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[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2502 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.2502

                     One Hundred Sixteenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America

                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

           Begun and held at the City of Washington on Friday,
            the third day of January, two thousand and twenty

                                 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.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
    This Act may be cited as the ``Transparency in Federal Buildings 
Projects Act of 2019''.
SEC. 2. PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF BUILDING PROJECT INFORMATION.
    (a) In General.--Chapter 33 of title 40, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``SEC. 3318. AVAILABILITY OF FEDERAL BUILDING PROJECT INFORMATION.
    ``(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
enactment of this section, and, at a minimum, on a quarterly basis 
thereafter, the Administrator shall make publicly available on a 
subpage of the website of the General Services Administration all 
prospectuses submitted pursuant to sections 3307 and 3316, and 
associated information subject to the following requirements:
        ``(1) The Administrator shall maintain such information in an 
    easily accessible and readable, organized, downloadable, and 
    searchable format.
        ``(2) The Administrator shall ensure the information is current 
    and prospectuses and associated information updated on a regular 
    basis.
        ``(3) The information required under this section shall be 
    inclusive for a period of not less than 10 years.
        ``(4) The information shall include--
            ``(A) the last date on which the relevant webpage was 
        updated;
            ``(B) approval dates of respective authorizing resolutions 
        by each committee of jurisdiction, if applicable;
            ``(C) copies of respective committee of jurisdiction 
        resolutions authorizing such prospectuses, as appropriate;
            ``(D) cross-references to any resubmitted or amended 
        prospectuses and associated resolutions; and
            ``(E) such other information as determined by the 
        Administrator.
    ``(b) Definitions.--In this section, the following definitions 
apply:
        ``(1) Prospectus.--The term `prospectus' means prospectuses, 
    building surveys, and factsheets submitted to the committees of 
    jurisdiction pursuant to sections 3307 and 3316.
        ``(2) Committees of jurisdiction.--The term `committees of 
    jurisdiction' means the Committee on Transportation and 
    Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
    Environment and Public Works of the Senate.
        ``(3) Associated information.--The term `associated 
    information' means resolutions approved by the committees of 
    jurisdiction and other information as required pursuant to 
    subsection (a).''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--The table of chapters for chapter 33 of 
title 40, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
following:

``3318. Availability of Federal building project information.''.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.
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