(C) the immediate and projected costs of 
any option evaluated under such subparagraph; 
and 
(D) the immediate and projected costs of 
maintaining the current level of protective secu-
rity officers and full-time Federal Protective 
Service law enforcement officers. 
(b) REPORT ON FUNDING.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 
submit to the appropriate congressional committees a re-
port on the best method of funding for the Federal Protec-
tive Service, which shall include recommendations regard-
ing whether the Federal Protective Service should— 
(1) continue to be funded by a collection of fees 
and security charges; 
(2) be funded by appropriations; or 
(3) be funded by a combination of fees, security 
charges, and appropriations. 
SEC. 6. ZERO-BASED SPACE JUSTIFICATION. 
Section 3307(b) of title 40, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (5), by inserting before the 
semicolon the following: ‘‘including a cost compari-
son between leasing space or constructing space’’; 
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(2) in paragraph (6) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(3) in paragraph (7) by striking the period and 
inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(8) with respect to any prospectus, including 
for replacement space, lease renewal, or lease exten-
sion, the Administrator shall include a justification 
for such space, including an explanation of why such 
space could not be consolidated or colocated into 
other owned or leased space.’’. 
SEC. 7. 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. 8. LIMITATION ON AUTHORIZATIONS. 
Section 3307 of title 40, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(i) EXPIRATION OF COMMITTEE RESOLUTIONS.— 
Unless a lease is executed or a construction, alteration, 
repair, design, or acquisition project is initiated not later 
than 5 years after the resolution approvals adopted by the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the 
House of Representatives or the Committee on Environ-
ment and Public Works of the Senate pursuant to sub-
section (a), such resolutions shall be deemed expired. This 
subsection shall only apply to resolutions approved after 
the date of enactment of this subsection.’’. 
SEC. 9. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY HEADQUARTERS RE-
PLACEMENT. 
(a) SALE OF CERTAIN PROPERTY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator 
of the General Services Administration is directed to 
sell, exchange, or some combination thereof, a por-
tion of the Forrestal Complex necessary to generate 
the funds necessary to construct a new Department 
of Energy headquarters on Government-owned land 
in a manner consistent with the SW Ecodistrict 
Plan. 
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(2) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this sec-
tion, the following definitions apply: 
(A) DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY FORRESTAL 
COMPLEX.—The term ‘‘Forrestal Complex’’ 
means the land, including the buildings and 
other improvements thereon, that— 
(i) subject to survey and as deter-
mined by the Administrator, is— 
(I) located in the District of Co-
lumbia; 
(II) generally bounded by Inde-
pendence Avenue, Southwest, 12th 
Street, Southwest, Maryland Avenue, 
Southwest, and 9th Street, Southwest; 
and 
(III) 
generally 
consisting 
of 
Squares 351–N, 351, 383, 384, and 
385 and portions of Squares 325 and 
352; and 
(ii) is under the jurisdiction and con-
trol of the General Services Administra-
tion. 
(B) SW ECODISTRICT
PLAN.—The term 
‘‘SW Ecodistrict Plan’’ means the plan of the 
National Capital Planning Commission titled 
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‘‘The SW Ecodistrict: A Vision Plan For A 
More Sustainable Future’’ and dated January 
2013. 
(b) REPLACEMENT OF HEADQUARTERS.—Not later 
than 2 years after the disposal of the necessary portions 
of the Forrestal Complex, the Administrator shall replace 
the Department of Energy headquarters located on the 
Forrestal Complex in a Government-owned building on 
Government-owned land. 
(c) CERTAIN
PROHIBITIONS.—The Administrator 
shall not lease a new Department of Energy headquarters 
or engage in a leaseback of the current headquarters. 
(d) NET PROCEEDS.—Any net proceeds received, ex-
ceeding the expenses of implementing subsection (b), shall 
be paid into an account in the Federal Buildings Fund 
established under section 592 of title 40, United States 
Code. Upon deposit, the net proceeds from the sale may 
only be expended subject to a specific future appropria-
tion. 
SEC. 10. ACQUISITION CLASSIFICATIONS. 
For the purposes of classifying the type of acquisition 
pursuant to section 585 of title 40, United States Code, 
when options to purchase, discounted or otherwise, are 
proposed for or incorporated in acquisition agreements of 
real property pursuant to such section, no presumption 
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