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associated with energy savings and building oper-
ations. 
(c) IMPLEMENTATION.—Not later than 1 year after 
the submission of the plan under subsection (a), the Ad-
ministrator and Director shall begin implementing such 
plan. 
SEC. 7. FEDERAL USE IT OR LOSE IT LEASES ACT. 
(a) REPORTING OF SPACE UTILIZATION AND OCCU-
PANCY DATA FOR OFFICE SPACE.—An occupancy agree-
ment between the Administrator of General Services and 
a Federal tenant for office space shall— 
(1) include language that requires the Federal 
tenant to submit to the Administrator an annual re-
port for the duration of the agreement containing 
data on— 
(A) monthly total occupancy of such office 
space; 
(B) the actual utilization of such office 
space; 
(C) monthly space utilization rates; and 
(D) any other office space utilization data 
considered important by the Administrator; and 
(2) include language that requires the Federal 
tenant to have written procedures in place governing 
the return of office space to the Administrator if the 
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occupancy of the Federal tenant falls below a 60 
percent space utilization rate for 6 months within 
any 1-year period, beginning on the date on which 
the agreement takes effect. 
(b) REQUIREMENTS FOR FEDERAL AGENCIES WITH 
INDEPENDENT LEASING AUTHORITIES.—The head of any 
agency with independent leasing authorities with leases for 
office space shall submit to the Committee on Transpor-
tation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives, 
the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the 
Senate, and each congressional committee of jurisdiction 
of the applicable independent leasing authority an annual 
report for the duration of such agreement containing data 
on— 
(1) monthly total occupancy of the office space; 
(2) the actual utilization of such office space; 
(3) monthly space utilization rates; and 
(4) any other office space utilization data con-
sidered important for collection by Congress. 
(c) EXCEPTIONS TO REPORTING AND OCCUPANCY 
AGREEMENT REQUIREMENTS.—This section shall not 
apply to properties used by an element of the intelligence 
community. 
(d) APPLICABILITY.—The requirements of this sec-
tion shall apply to any occupancy or novation agreement 
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entered into on or after the date that is 6 months after 
the date of enactment of this Act. 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) FEDERAL
TENANT.—The term ‘‘Federal 
tenant’’— 
(A) means an Federal agency that has an 
occupancy agreement with the Administrator of 
General Services to occupy a commercial lease 
for office space secured by the Administrator on 
behalf of the Federal Government; and 
(B) does not include an element of the in-
telligence community. 
(2) INTELLIGENCE
COMMUNITY.—The term 
‘‘intelligence community’’ has the meaning given 
that term in section 3 of the National Security Act 
of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003). 
SEC. 8. GAO REPORT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General 
of the United States shall submit to Congress a report 
on the cost to each Federal agency of measuring the occu-
pancy and actual utilization rates of space in public build-
ings and federally-leased space to prepare the reports re-
quired under section 4. 
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(b) REQUIREMENTS.—The Comptroller General shall 
include in the report required under subsection (a) the 
cost of deploying sensors and technologies pursuant to sec-
tion 3 but shall exclude any such technologies that were 
in place before the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 9. INVESTIGATION OF UNDERUTILIZED SPACE. 
(a) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 90 
days after the submission of each report under section 4, 
the head of each Federal agency shall submit to the in-
spector general of each respective agency a report detail-
ing any public building or federally-leased space with a 
capacity of 500 or more employees under the jurisdiction 
of such agency that has a utilization rate below 20 percent 
during the reporting period that is not a vacant office 
building. 
(b) INSPECTOR GENERAL INVESTIGATION.—Upon 
receipt of a report under subsection (a), the inspector gen-
eral of the relevant Federal agency shall conduct an inves-
tigation to determine whether there is any evidence of 
fraud, waste, abuse, or mismanagement with respect to 
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the use of the public building or federally-leased space 
identified in the report. 
Passed the House of Representatives March 12, 
2024. 
Attest: 
KEVIN F. MCCUMBER, 
Clerk. 
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