IIB 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2502 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

OCTOBER 29, 2019 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and 

Public Works 

AN ACT 

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

prospectuses for public buildings to be made publicly 

available, 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, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Transparency in Fed3 eral Buildings Projects Act of 2019’’. 

4 SEC. 2. PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF BUILDING PROJECT IN5 FORMATION. 

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

7 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol8 lowing new section: 

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

10 INFORMATION. 

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

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

13 on a quarterly basis thereafter, the Administrator shall 

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

15 General Services Administration all prospectuses sub16 mitted pursuant to sections 3307 and 3316, and associ17 ated information subject to the following requirements: 

18 ‘‘(1) The Administrator shall maintain such in19 formation in an easily accessible and readable, orga20 nized, downloadable, and searchable format. 

21 ‘‘(2) The Administrator shall ensure the infor22 mation is current and prospectuses and associated 

23 information updated on a regular basis. 

24 ‘‘(3) The information required under this sec25 tion shall be inclusive for a period of not less than 

26 10 years. 


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1 ‘‘(4) The information shall include— 

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

3 webpage was updated; 

4 ‘‘(B) approval dates of respective author5 izing resolutions by each committee of jurisdic6 tion, if applicable; 

7 ‘‘(C) copies of respective committee of ju8 risdiction resolutions authorizing such 

9 prospectuses, as appropriate; 

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

11 or amended prospectuses and associated resolu12 tions; and 

13 ‘‘(E) such other information as determined 

14 by the Administrator. 

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

16 definitions apply: 

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

18 means prospectuses, building surveys, and factsheets 

19 submitted to the committees of jurisdiction pursuant 

20 to sections 3307 and 3316. 

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

22 term ‘committees of jurisdiction’ means the Com23 mittee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the 

24 House of Representatives and the Committee on En25 vironment and Public Works of the Senate. 


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

2 ‘associated information’ means resolutions approved 

3 by the committees of jurisdiction and other informa4 tion as required pursuant to subsection (a).’’. 

5 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of chap6 ters for chapter 33 of title 40, United States Code, is 

7 amended by adding at the end the following: 

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

Passed the House of Representatives October 28, 

2019. 

Attest: CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 

Clerk. 


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