SEC. 20. LIMITATION OF CERTAIN LEASING AUTHORITIES. 
(a) LIMITATION
ON CERTAIN LEASING AUTHORI-
TIES.—Chapter 33 of title 40, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘§ 3317. Limitation on leasing authority of other 
agencies 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other pro-
vision of law, no executive agency may lease space for the 
purposes of a public building as defined under section 
3301, except as provided under section 585, and the provi-
sions in this chapter. 
‘‘(b) PUBLIC BUILDING.—For the purposes of this 
section, the term ‘public building’ shall include leased 
space. 
‘‘(c) FURTHER EXCLUSIONS.—This section shall not 
apply to— 
‘‘(1) properties that are excluded for reasons of 
national security by the President; and 
‘‘(2) properties of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs. 
‘‘(d) CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section shall 
be construed as creating new authority for executive agen-
cies to enter into leases or limit the authority of the Ad-
ministration under section 3314.’’. 
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(b) SMALL BUSINESSES.—When using commercial 
leasing services, the Administrator shall adhere to the re-
quirements of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. et seq.). 
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis for such 
chapter is amended by adding at the end: 
‘‘3317. Limitation on leasing authority of other agencies.’’. 
SEC. 21. IMPLEMENTATION REVIEW BY GAO. 
Upon transmittal of the Commission’s recommenda-
tions from the President to the Congress under section 
13, the Comptroller General of the United States at least 
annually shall monitor, review the implementation activi-
ties of Federal agencies pursuant to section 15, and report 
to Congress any findings and recommendations. 
SEC. 22. SENSE OF CONGRESS AND REPORTS. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that— 
(1) the Civilian Property Realignment Commis-
sion, should take steps to provide assistance to 
small, minority, and woman-owned businesses seek-
ing to be awarded contracts to redevelop Federal 
property; 
(2) the Civilian Property Realignment Commis-
sion and other appropriate Federal officials should 
conduct a public information campaign to advise 
small, minority, and women-owned business firms 
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with respect to contracts for the sale or redevelop-
ment of Federal property; and 
(3) firms that are awarded contracts pertaining 
to the redevelopment of Federal property should, to 
the maximum extent practicable, seek to award sub-
contracts for such contracts to small, minority, and 
women-owned business firms. 
(b) PROGRESS REPORTS.—Every 6 months, the Civil-
ian Property Realignment Commission shall submit to the 
appropriate committees of Congress and the President, a 
report regarding contracting. Each such report shall indi-
cate, as of the date of the submission of such report, the 
size of all business firms awarded contracts by the Com-
mission and the size of all business firms awarded sub-
contracts under such contracts. 
SEC. 23. CONSIDERATION OF LIFE-CYCLE COST REQUIRED. 
Section 3305 of title 40, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(d) CONSIDERATION
OF LIFE-CYCLE COST RE-
QUIRED.— 
‘‘(1) REQUIREMENT.—The Administrator shall 
ensure that the life-cycle cost of a public building is 
considered in the construction or lease of a public 
building described in paragraph (2). 
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‘‘(2) FEDERAL
BUILDINGS
SUBJECT
TO
RE-
QUIREMENT.—A public building is subject to the re-
quirement under paragraph (1) if— 
‘‘(A) construction or lease of the building 
begins after the date of the enactment of the 
Civilian Property Realignment Act; 
‘‘(B) the estimated construction costs of 
the building exceed $1,000,000; 
‘‘(C) in the case of a lease, the square foot-
age of the property is more than 25,000 square 
feet; and 
‘‘(D) Federal funding comprises more than 
50 percent of the funding for the estimated 
construction or lease costs of the building. 
‘‘(3) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection, the fol-
lowing definitions apply: 
‘‘(A) LIFE-CYCLE COST.—The term ‘life- 
cycle cost’ means the sum of the following 
costs, as estimated for the lifetime of a build-
ing: 
‘‘(i) Investment costs. 
‘‘(ii) Capital costs. 
‘‘(iii) Installation costs. 
‘‘(iv) Energy costs. 
‘‘(v) Operating costs. 
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‘‘(vi) Maintenance costs. 
‘‘(vii) Replacement costs. 
‘‘(B) LIFETIME
OF
A
BUILDING.—The 
term ‘lifetime of a building’ means, with respect 
to a building, the greater of— 
‘‘(i) the period of time during which 
the building is projected to be utilized; or 
‘‘(ii) 50 years.’’. 
SEC. 24. LONG-TERM SAVINGS THROUGH LIFE-CYCLE COST 
ANALYSIS. 
Section 3307(b) of title 40, United States Code, as 
amended by section 19, is further amended— 
(1) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(2) in paragraph (8), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(9) with respect to any prospectus for the con-
struction, alteration, or acquisition of any building 
or space to be leased, a statement by the Adminis-
trator describing the use of life-cycle cost analysis 
and any increased design, construction, or acquisi-
tion costs identified by such analysis that are offset 
by lower long-term costs.’’. 
Æ 
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