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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2502 

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 

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. 

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: 


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

2 INFORMATION. 

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

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

5 on a quarterly basis thereafter, the Administrator shall 

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

7 General Services Administration all prospectuses sub8 mitted pursuant to sections 3307 and 3316, and associ9 ated information subject to the following requirements: 

10 ‘‘(1) The Administrator shall maintain such in11 formation in an easily accessible and readable, orga12 nized, downloadable, and searchable format. 

13 ‘‘(2) The Administrator shall ensure the infor14 mation is current and prospectuses and associated 

15 information updated on a regular basis. 

16 ‘‘(3) The information required under this sec17 tion shall be inclusive for a period of not less than 

18 10 years. 

19 ‘‘(4) The information shall include— 

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

21 webpage was updated; 

22 ‘‘(B) approval dates of respective author23 izing resolutions by each committee of jurisdic24 tion, if applicable; 


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1 ‘‘(C) copies of respective committee of ju2 risdiction resolutions authorizing such 

3 prospectuses, as appropriate; 

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

5 or amended prospectuses and associated resolu6 tions; and 

7 ‘‘(E) such other information as determined 

8 by the Administrator. 

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

10 definitions apply: 

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

12 means prospectuses, building surveys, and factsheets 

13 submitted to the committees of jurisdiction pursuant 

14 to sections 3307 and 3316. 

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

16 term ‘committees of jurisdiction’ means the Com17 mittee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the 

18 House of Representatives and the Committee on En19 vironment and Public Works of the Senate. 

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

21 ‘associated information’ means resolutions approved 

22 by the committees of jurisdiction and other informa23 tion as required pursuant to subsection (a).’’. 


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1 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of chap2 ters for chapter 33 of title 40, United States Code, is 

3 amended by adding at the end the following: 

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

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