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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 6278 

To direct the Administrator of General Services to identify two Federal 

agencies to consolidate into the GSA Headquarters Building, 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 to identify 

two Federal agencies to consolidate into the GSA Headquarters Building, 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 ‘‘Maximizing Office 

5 Value and Efficiency Act of 2023’’ or the ‘‘MOVE Act 

6 of 2023’’. 

7 SEC. 2. PUBLIC BUILDING CONSOLIDATION AND SALE. 

8 (a) CONSOLIDATION PLAN.—Except as provided in 

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1 actment of this Act, the Administrator, in coordination 

2 with the director, shall— 

3 (1) subject to paragraph (3), identify not less 

4 than 2 Federal agencies to consolidate into the GSA 

5 Headquarters Building that will produce a building 

6 utilization of not less than 60 percent; 

7 (2) submit to the Committee on Transportation 

8 and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives 

9 and the Committee on Environment and Public 

10 Works of the Senate a plan to consolidate under 

11 paragraph (1); and 

12 (3) in identifying Federal agencies under para13 graph (1), consider Federal agencies that use on av14 erage 9 percent or less of the capacity of the head15 quarters buildings of such agencies as identified by 

16 the Government Accountability Office pursuant to 

17 the statement of the Government Accountability Of18 fice titled ‘‘Federal Real Property: Preliminary Re19 sults Show Federal Buildings Remain Underutilized 

20 Due to Longstanding Challenges and Increased 

21 Telework’’ and issued on July 13, 2023 (GAO–23– 

22 106200). 

23 (b) COMMENCEMENT OF CONSOLIDATION.—Not later 

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1 section (a)(2), the Administrator shall commence imple2 mentation of such plan. 

3 (c) ALTERNATIVE PLAN.—If the Administrator, in 

4 coordination with the Director, fails to identify Federal 

5 agencies pursuant to subsection (a)(1) and complete a 

6 consolidation under subsection (a)(2) not later than 3 

7 years after the submission date of the plan described in 

8 subsection (a)(2), the Administrator shall consolidate the 

9 General Services Administration personnel based in the 

10 GSA Headquarters Building into another federally-owned 

11 public building occupied by another Federal agency and 

12 prepare the GSA Headquarters Building for sale. 

13 (d) SALES.— 

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 

15 implementation of the plan pursuant to subsection 

16 (a)(2), the Administrator shall sell any public build17 ings vacated as a result of such plan for fair market 

18 value at highest and best use. 

19 (2) ALTERNATIVE SALE.—In the event, the al20 ternative plan is carried out pursuant to subsection 

21 (c), the Administrator shall sell the GSA Head22 quarters Building for fair market value at highest 

23 and best use. 

24 (3) NET PROCEEDS.—Any net proceeds from a 

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1 count in the Federal Buildings Fund established 

2 under section 592 of title 40, United States Code, 

3 and upon deposit, such proceeds may be expended 

4 only subject to a specific future appropriation. 

5 (e) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act: 

6 (1) ACTUAL UTILIZATION RATE.—The term 

7 ‘‘actual utilization rate’’ means the total useable 

8 square footage of a public building or federally9 leased space divided by the occupancy. 

10 (2) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis11 trator’’ means the Administrator of General Serv12 ices. 

13 (3) BUILDING UTILIZATION.—The term ‘‘build14 ing utilization’’ means the percentage of utilization 

15 generated by comparing the actual utilization rate 

16 with the capacity based on a utilization benchmark 

17 of 150 useable square feet per person. 

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

19 total usable square footage of a public building or 

20 federally-leased space divided by a utilization bench21 mark. 

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

23 the Director of the Office of Management and Budg24 et. 


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

2 agency’’ means an executive department covered by 

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

4 (7) GSA HEADQUARTERS BUILDING.—The term 

5 ‘‘GSA Headquarters Building’’ means the property 

6 located at 1800 F Street NW in Washington, Dis7 trict of Columbia. 

8 (8) OCCUPANCY.—The term ‘‘occupancy’’ 

9 means the total number of employees performing du10 ties in-person in a public building or federally-leased 

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

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