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(5) QUALIFICATIONS.—In selecting individuals for appoint-
ment to the Board, the President shall ensure that the Board 
contains individuals with expertise representative of the fol-
lowing: 
(A) Commercial real estate and redevelopment. 
(B) Space optimization and utilization. 
(C) Community development, including transportation 
and planning. 
SEC. 5. BOARD MEETINGS. 
(a) OPEN MEETINGS.—Each meeting of the Board, other than 
meetings in which classified information is to be discussed, shall 
be open to the public. Any open meeting shall be announced in 
the Federal Register and the Federal Web site established by the 
Board at least 14 calendar days in advance of a meeting. For 
all public meetings, the Board shall release an agenda and a listing 
of materials relevant to the topics to be discussed. 
(b) QUORUM AND MEETINGS.—Five Board members shall con-
stitute a quorum for the purposes of conducting business and three 
or more Board members shall constitute a meeting of the Board. 
(c) TRANSPARENCY
OF
INFORMATION.—All the proceedings, 
information, and deliberations of the Board shall be open, upon 
request, to the Chairperson and ranking minority party member, 
and their respective subcommittee Chairperson and subcommittee 
ranking minority party member, of— 
(1) the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
of the House of Representatives; 
(2) the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 
of the House of Representatives; 
(3) the Committee on Homeland Security and Govern-
mental Affairs of the Senate; 
(4) the Committee on Environment and Public Works of 
the Senate; and 
(5) the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate. 
(d) GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE.—All proceedings, 
information, and deliberations of the Board shall be open, upon 
request, to the Comptroller General of the United States. 
SEC. 6. COMPENSATION AND TRAVEL EXPENSES. 
(a) COMPENSATION.— 
(1) RATE OF PAY FOR MEMBERS.—Each member, other than 
the Chairperson, shall be paid at a rate equal to the daily 
equivalent of the minimum annual rate of basic pay payable 
for level IV of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of 
title 5, United States Code, for each day (including travel 
time) during which the member is engaged in the actual 
performance of duties vested in the Board. 
(2) RATE OF PAY FOR CHAIRPERSON.—The Chairperson shall 
be paid for each day referred to in paragraph (1) at a rate 
equal to the daily equivalent of the minimum annual rate 
of basic pay payable for level III of the Executive Schedule 
under section 5314 of title 5, United States Code. 
(b) TRAVEL.—Members shall receive travel expenses, including 
per diem in lieu of subsistence, in accordance with sections 5702 
and 5703 of title 5, United States Code.
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SEC. 7. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. 
(a) APPOINTMENT.—The Board shall appoint an Executive 
Director, who may be appointed without regard to the provisions 
of title 5, United States Code, governing appointments in the 
competitive service. 
(b) RATE OF PAY.—The Executive Director shall be paid at 
the rate of basic pay payable for level IV of the Executive Schedule 
under section 5315 of title 5, United States Code. 
SEC. 8. STAFF. 
(a) ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL.—Subject to subsection (b), the 
Executive Director may request additional personnel detailed from 
Federal agencies. 
(b) REQUESTS FOR DETAIL EMPLOYEES.—Upon request of the 
Executive Director and approval of the Board and the Director 
of OMB, the head of any Federal agency shall detail the requested 
personnel of that agency to the Board to assist the Board in carrying 
out its duties under this Act. 
(c) QUALIFICATIONS.—Appointments shall be made with consid-
eration of a balance of expertise consistent with the qualifications 
of representatives described in section 4(c)(5). 
SEC. 9. CONTRACTING AUTHORITY. 
(a) EXPERTS AND CONSULTANTS.—The Board, to the extent prac-
ticable and subject to appropriations Acts, shall use contracts, 
including nonappropriated contracts, entered into by the Adminis-
trator for services necessary to carry out the duties of the Board. 
(b) OFFICE SPACE.—The Administrator, in consultation with 
the Board, shall identify and provide, without charge, suitable 
office space within the existing Federal space inventory to house 
the operations of the Board. 
(c) PERSONAL PROPERTY.—The Board shall use personal prop-
erty already in the custody and control of the Administrator. 
SEC. 10. TERMINATION. 
The Board shall cease operations and terminate 6 years after 
the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 11. DEVELOPMENT OF RECOMMENDATIONS TO BOARD. 
(a) SUBMISSIONS OF AGENCY INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDA-
TIONS.—Not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act, and not later than 120 days after the first day of each 
fiscal year thereafter until the termination of the Board, the head 
of each Federal agency shall submit to the Administrator and 
the Director of OMB the following: 
(1) CURRENT DATA.—Current data of all Federal civilian 
real properties owned, leased, or controlled by the agency, 
including all relevant information prescribed by the Adminis-
trator and the Director of OMB, including data related to 
the age and condition of the property, operating costs, history 
of capital expenditures, sustainability metrics, number of Fed-
eral employees and functions housed in the respective property, 
and square footage (including gross, rentable, and usable). 
(2) AGENCY RECOMMENDATIONS.—Recommendations of the 
agency on the following: 
(A) Federal civilian real properties that can be sold 
for proceeds or otherwise disposed of, reported as excess, 
declared surplus, outleased, or otherwise no longer meeting
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the needs of the agency, excluding leasebacks or other 
such exchange agreements where the property continues 
to be used by the agency. 
(B) Federal civilian real properties that can be trans-
ferred, exchanged, consolidated, co-located, reconfigured, 
or redeveloped, so as to reduce the civilian real property 
inventory, reduce the operating costs of the Government, 
and create the highest value and return for the taxpayer. 
(C) Operational efficiencies that the Government can 
realize in its operation and maintenance of Federal civilian 
real properties. 
(b) STANDARDS AND CRITERIA.— 
(1) DEVELOPMENT OF STANDARDS AND CRITERIA.—Not later 
than 60 days after the deadline for submissions of agency 
recommendations under subsection (a), the Director of OMB, 
in consultation with the Administrator, shall— 
(A) review the agency recommendations; 
(B) develop consistent standards and criteria against 
which the agency recommendations will be reviewed; and 
(C) submit to the Board the recommendations devel-
oped pursuant to paragraph (2). 
(2) RECOMMENDATIONS TO BOARD.—The Director of OMB 
and the Administrator shall jointly develop recommendations 
to the Board based on the standards and criteria developed 
under paragraph (1). 
(3) FACTORS.—In developing the standards and criteria 
under paragraph (1), the Director of OMB, in consultation 
with the Administrator, shall incorporate the following factors: 
(A) The extent to which the civilian real property could 
be sold (including property that is no longer meeting the 
needs of the Government), redeveloped, outleased, or other-
wise used to produce the highest and best value and return 
for the taxpayer. 
(B) The extent to which the operating and maintenance 
costs are reduced through consolidating, co-locating, and 
reconfiguring space, and through realizing other oper-
ational efficiencies. 
(C) The extent to which the utilization rate is being 
maximized and is consistent with non-governmental 
industry standards for the given function or operation. 
(D) The extent and timing of potential costs and 
savings, including the number of years, beginning with 
the date of completion of the proposed recommendation. 
(E) The extent to which reliance on leasing for long- 
term space needs is reduced. 
(F) The extent to which a civilian real property aligns 
with the current mission of the Federal agency. 
(G) The extent to which there are opportunities to 
consolidate similar operations across multiple agencies or 
within agencies. 
(H) The economic impact on existing communities in 
the vicinity of the civilian real property. 
(I) The extent to which energy consumption is reduced. 
(J) The extent to which public access to agency services 
is maintained or enhanced. 
(c) SPECIAL RULE FOR UTILIZATION RATES.—Standards devel-
oped by the Director of OMB pursuant to subsection (b) shall
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incorporate and apply clear standard utilization rates to the extent 
that such standard rates increase efficiency and provide perform-
ance data. The utilization rates shall be consistent throughout 
each applicable category of space and with nongovernment space 
utilization rates. To the extent the space utilization rate of a given 
agency exceeds the utilization rates to be applied under this sub-
section, the Director of OMB may recommend realignment, co- 
location, consolidation, or other type of action to improve space 
utilization. 
(d) SUBMISSION TO BOARD.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director of OMB shall submit the 
standards, criteria, and recommendations developed pursuant 
to subsection (b) to the Board with all supporting information, 
data, analyses, and documentation. 
(2) 
PUBLICATION.—The 
standards, 
criteria, 
and 
rec-
ommendations developed pursuant to subsection (b) shall be 
published in the Federal Register and transmitted to the 
committees listed in section 5(c) and to the Comptroller General 
of the United States. 
(3) ACCESS TO INFORMATION.—The Board shall also have 
access to all information pertaining to the recommendations 
developed pursuant to subsection (b), including supporting 
information, data, analyses, and documentation submitted 
pursuant to subsection (a). Upon request, a Federal agency 
shall provide to the Board any additional information per-
taining to the civilian real properties under the custody, control, 
or administrative jurisdiction of the Federal agency. The Board 
shall notify the committees listed in section 5(c) of any failure 
by an agency to comply with a request of the Board. 
SEC. 12. BOARD DUTIES. 
(a) IDENTIFICATION OF PROPERTY REDUCTION OPPORTUNITIES.— 
The Board shall identify opportunities for the Government to reduce 
significantly its inventory of civilian real property and reduce costs 
to the Government. 
(b) IDENTIFICATION OF HIGH VALUE ASSETS.— 
(1) IDENTIFICATION
OF
CERTAIN
PROPERTIES.—Not later 
than 180 days after Board members are appointed pursuant 
to section 4, the Board shall— 
(A) identify not fewer than five Federal civilian real 
properties that are not on the list of surplus or excess 
as of such date with a total fair market value of not 
less than $500,000,000 and not more than $750,000,000; 
and 
(B) transmit the list of the Federal civilian real prop-
erties to the Director of OMB and Congress as Board 
recommendations and subject to the approval process 
described in section 13. 
(2) INFORMATION AND DATA.—In order to meet the goal 
established under paragraph (1), each Federal agency shall 
provide, upon request, any and all information and data 
regarding its civilian real properties to the Board. The Board 
shall notify the committees listed in section 5(c) of any failure 
by an agency to comply with a request of the Board. 
(3) FACTORS.—In identifying properties pursuant to para-
graph (1), the Board shall consider the factors listed in section 
11(b)(3).