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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 6276 

To direct the Administrator of General Services and the Director of the 

Office of Management and Budget to identify the utilization rate of 

certain public buildings and federally-leased space, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 7, 2023 

Mr. PERRY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Transportation and Infrastructure 

A BILL 

To direct the Administrator of General Services and the 

Director of the Office of Management and Budget to 

identify the utilization rate of certain public buildings 

and federally-leased space, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Utilizing Space Effi5 ciently and Improving Technologies Act of 2023’’ or the 

6 ‘‘USE IT Act of 2023’’. 

7 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—In this Act: 


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1 (1) ACTUAL UTILIZATION RATE.—The term 

2 ‘‘actual utilization rate’’ means the total usable 

3 square footage of a public building or federally4 leased space divided by the occupancy. 

5 (2) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis6 trator’’ means the Administrator of General Serv7 ices. 

8 (3) BUILDING UTILIZATION.—The term ‘‘build9 ing utilization’’ means the percentage of utilization 

10 generated by comparing the actual utilization rate 

11 with the capacity based on a utilization benchmark 

12 of 150 useable square feet per person. 

13 (4) CAPACITY.—The term ‘‘capacity’’ means the 

14 total usable square footage of a public building or 

15 federally-leased space divided by a utilization bench16 mark. 

17 (5) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ means 

18 the Director of the Office of Management and Budg19 et. 

20 (6) FEDERAL AGENCY.—The term ‘‘Federal 

21 agency’’ means an executive department covered by 

22 the CFO Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–576). 

23 (7) OCCUPANCY.—The term ‘‘occupancy’’ 

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1 ties in person in a public building or federally-leased 

2 space at least 5 days per week on a regular basis. 

3 SEC. 3. IDENTIFICATION AND DEPLOYMENT OF BUILDING 

4 USAGE TECHNOLOGY. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after the 

6 date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator, in co7 ordination with the Director, shall establish standard 

8 methodologies and identify technologies available for 

9 measuring occupancy in public buildings and federally10 leased space. 

11 (b) MEASUREMENT OF UTILIZATION.—Not later 

12 than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 

13 the heads of Federal agencies shall work with the Admin14 istrator to identify, deploy, and use sensors and other 

15 technologies in public buildings and federally-leased space, 

16 where the Federal agency occupies space to measure the 

17 occupancy of public buildings and leased space. 

18 SEC. 4. REPORTING ON USAGE OF REAL PROPERTY. 

19 Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 

20 of this Act, and annually thereafter, the heads of Federal 

21 agencies shall submit to the Director, the Administrator, 

22 the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of 

23 the House of Representatives, the Committee on Environ24 ment and Public Works of the Senate, and the Committees 


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1 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

2 Senate a report on— 

3 (1) the occupancy and the actual utilization 

4 rates of space in public buildings and federally5 leased space occupied by the respective agency of the 

6 Federal agency head broken down by building and 

7 lease; 

8 (2) the methodology used for determining occu9 pancy, including the period of time and other pa10 rameters used to determine occupancy on a regular 

11 basis; 

12 (3) the utilization percentage of each public 

13 building and federally-leased space by the respective 

14 agency of the Federal agency head, comparing the 

15 capacity to the actual utilization rate based on a uti16 lization benchmark of 150 usable square feet per 

17 person; and 

18 (4) any costs associated with capacity that ex19 ceeds occupancy with respect to the respective agen20 cy of the Federal agency head. 

21 SEC. 5. REDUCING UNNEEDED SPACE. 

22 (a) TARGET UTILIZATION METRICS.—Not later than 

23 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, and annu24 ally thereafter, the Director, in consultation with the Ad25 ministrator, shall ensure building utilization in each public 


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1 building and federally-leased space is not less than 60 per2 cent on average over each 1-year period. 

3 (b) ACTIONS.—In the event that building utilization 

4 is below 60 percent on average over a 1-year period de5 scribed in subsection (a) for any particular public building 

6 or federally-leased space, the Administrator shall— 

7 (1) provide notice to the tenant agency inform8 ing such agency of the excess in capacity along with 

9 associated costs of such excess; and 

10 (2) notify the Committee on Transportation 

11 and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives, 

12 the Committee on Environment and Public Works of 

13 the Senate, and the Committees on Appropriations 

14 of the House of Representatives and the Senate of 

15 such excess capacity and associated costs. 

16 (c) SUBSEQUENT FAILURE.—If the tenant agency 

17 fails to meet the 60 percent target under subsection (a) 

18 in the reporting period subsequent to the reporting period 

19 under subsection (b), the Administrator shall, in consulta20 tion with the Director, take steps to reduce the space of 

21 the tenant agency, including consolidating the tenant 

22 agency with another agency, selling or disposing of excess 

23 capacity space, and adjusting space requirements, as ap24 propriate, for any replacement space. 


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1 (d) PRIORITIZATION.—The Administrator, in coordi2 nation with the Director, shall prioritize to the maximum 

3 extent practicable capital investments in public buildings 

4 where Federal agencies meet or exceed building utilization 

5 metrics, except that prioritization may be given to projects 

6 that will result in building utilization of 60 percent or 

7 more. 

8 (e) EXCEPTIONS.— 

9 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Director may provide 

10 exceptions to building utilization metrics based on 

11 the amount of non-standard office space a Federal 

12 agency demonstrates is required to meet the mission 

13 of the agency, including warehouse space, labora14 tories critical to the mission of the agency, and pub15 lic customer-facing spaces driven by agency mis16 sions. 

17 (2) REPORTING.—The Administrator shall sub18 mit to the Committee on Transportation and Infra19 structure of the House of Representatives, the Com20 mittee on Environment and Public Works of the 

21 Senate, and the Committees on Appropriations of 

22 the House of Representatives and the Senate a re23 port on any exceptions granted, including the jus24 tification for such exception. 


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1 SEC. 6. HEADQUARTERS BUILDINGS. 

2 (a) HEADQUARTERS CONSOLIDATIONS.—Not later 

3 than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the 

4 Director, in consultation with the Administrator, shall 

5 submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infra6 structure of the House of Representatives and the Com7 mittee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate 

8 a plan to consolidate department and agency headquarters 

9 buildings in the National Capital Region that will result 

10 in building utilizations of 60 percent or greater. 

11 (b) CONTENTS.—The plan submitted under sub12 section (a) shall include details on the following: 

13 (1) Which departments and agencies will collo14 cate and consolidate and into which buildings and 

15 associated details before and after plan implementa16 tion related to building utilization, building capac17 ities, and actual utilization. 

18 (2) Details on the strategies for the sale or dis19 posal of buildings that will no longer be needed for 

20 Federal use. 

21 (3) A detailed breakdown of any costs associ22 ated with the proposed consolidations and colloca23 tions. 

24 (4) An estimate of future savings as a result of 

25 space reductions and consolidations, including costs 


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1 associated with energy savings and building oper2 ations. 

3 (c) IMPLEMENTATION.—Not later than 1 year after 

4 the submission of the plan under subsection (a), the Ad5 ministrator and Director shall begin implementing such 

6 plan. 

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