Senate the actual number of personnel housed in each 
building, leased or owned, in the inventory of the General 
Services Administration. Such written certifications shall 
detail the number of Federal employees, temporary em-
ployees, contractors, and any other non-Federal employ-
ees. 
‘‘(e) DATABASE.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Administrator shall 
maintain a database of utilization rates and metrics 
developed pursuant to this section. 
‘‘(2) ACCESSIBILITY.—The database described 
in paragraph (1) shall be made available upon re-
quest by congressional committees. 
‘‘(3) EXCLUSIONS.—For reasons of national se-
curity, the President may exclude any property from 
the requirements of this subsection. 
‘‘(f) AGENCY SPACE PLANS.—Not later than 60 days 
after the date of enactment of this section, the Adminis-
trator shall submit to the Committee on Transportation 
and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and 
the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the 
Senate all agency Real Property Cost Savings and Innova-
tion Plans submitted pursuant to the MANAGEMENT 
PROCEDURES MEMORANDUM NO. 2013–02 of the 
Office of Management and Budget. The Administrator 
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shall submit subsequent updates of the Real Property Cost 
Savings and Innovation Plans or any successor plans to 
the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of 
the House of Representatives and the Committee on Envi-
ronment and Public Works of the Senate not later than 
60 days after their receipt by the Administrator.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis for such 
chapter, as amended by this Act, is further amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘3322. Utilization rates.’’. 
SEC. 13. ELIMINATING PROJECT ESCALATIONS. 
Section 3307(c) of title 40, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘The Admin-
istrator shall notify, in writing, the Committee on Trans-
portation and Infrastructure of the House of Representa-
tives and the Committee on Environment and Public 
Works of the Senate of any increase of more than 5 per-
cent of an estimated maximum cost or of any increase or 
decrease in the scope or size of a project of 5 or more 
percent. Such notification shall include an explanation re-
garding any such increase or decrease. The scope or size 
of a project shall not increase or decrease by more than 
10 percent unless an amended prospectus is submitted and 
approved pursuant to this section.’’. 
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SEC. 14. REPORT ON PUBLIC BUILDING SERVICE ACTIVI-
TIES. 
Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Administrator of the General Services shall 
submit a report to the Committee on Transportation and 
Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Sen-
ate regarding how the Public Buildings Service, through 
its acquisition activities— 
(1) conserves existing urban, suburban and 
rural resources; 
(2) encourages the development and redevelop-
ment of urban, suburban, and rural areas; and 
(3) reduces costs to the Public Building Service 
and improves the social, economic, environmental, 
and cultural conditions of the communities in urban, 
suburban, and rural areas. 
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Union Calendar No. 493 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 2612 
[Report No. 113–656] 
A BILL 
To amend title 40, United States Code, to improve 
the functioning and management of the Public 
Buildings Service. 
DECEMBER 11, 2014 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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