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Union Calendar No. 109 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2502 

[Report No. 116–147] 

To amend title 40, United States Code, to require certain prospectuses for 

public buildings to be made publicly available, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 2, 2019 

Mr. PALMER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 

JULY 11, 2019 

Additional sponsors: Mr. MEADOWS and Mr. PENCE

JULY 11, 2019 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 

and ordered to be printed 


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A BILL 

To amend title 40, United States Code, to require certain 

prospectuses for public buildings to be made publicly 

available, and for other purposes. 


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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 ‘‘Transparency in Fed5 eral Buildings Projects Act of 2019’’. 

6 SEC. 2. PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF BUILDING PROJECT IN7 FORMATION. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 33 of title 40, United 

9 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol10 lowing new section: 

11 ‘‘SEC. 3318. AVAILABILITY OF FEDERAL BUILDING PROJECT 

12 INFORMATION. 

13 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after 

14 the date of enactment of this section, and, at a minimum, 

15 on a quarterly basis thereafter, the Administrator shall 

16 make publicly available on a subpage of the website of the 

17 General Services Administration all prospectuses sub18 mitted pursuant to sections 3307 and 3316, and associ19 ated information subject to the following requirements: 

20 ‘‘(1) The Administrator shall maintain such in21 formation in an easily accessible and readable, orga22 nized, downloadable, and searchable format. 

23 ‘‘(2) The Administrator shall ensure the infor24 mation is current and prospectuses and associated 

25 information updated on a regular basis. 


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1 ‘‘(3) The information required under this sec2 tion shall be inclusive for a period of not less than 

3 10 years. 

4 ‘‘(4) The information shall include— 

5 ‘‘(A) the last date on which the relevant 

6 webpage was updated; 

7 ‘‘(B) approval dates of respective author8 izing resolutions by each committee of jurisdic9 tion, if applicable; 

10 ‘‘(C) copies of respective committee of ju11 risdiction resolutions authorizing such 

12 prospectuses, as appropriate; 

13 ‘‘(D) cross-references to any resubmitted 

14 or amended prospectuses and associated resolu15 tions; and 

16 ‘‘(E) such other information as determined 

17 by the Administrator. 

18 ‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the following 

19 definitions apply: 

20 ‘‘(1) PROSPECTUS.—The term ‘prospectus’ 

21 means prospectuses, building surveys, and factsheets 

22 submitted to the committees of jurisdiction pursuant 

23 to sections 3307 and 3316. 

24 ‘‘(2) COMMITTEES OF JURISDICTION.—The 

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1 mittee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the 

2 House of Representatives and the Committee on En3 vironment and Public Works of the Senate. 

4 ‘‘(3) ASSOCIATED INFORMATION.—The term 

5 ‘associated information’ means resolutions approved 

6 by the committees of jurisdiction and other informa7 tion as required pursuant to subsection (a).’’. 

8 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of chap9 ters for chapter 33 of title 40, United States Code, is 

10 amended by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘3318. Availability of Federal building project information.’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 109 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2502 

[Report No. 116–147] 

A BILL 

To amend title 40, United States Code, to require 

made publicly available, and for other purposes. certain prospectuses for public buildings to be 

JULY 11, 2019 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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