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Union Calendar No. 539 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5047 
[Report No. 116–655] 
To require the Administrator of General Services to conduct an annual audit 
of properties leased to private parties, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 12, 2019 
Mr. DEFAZIO (for himself and Ms. TITUS) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
DECEMBER 16, 2020 
Additional sponsors: Ms. NORTON and Ms. DAVIDS of Kansas 
DECEMBER 16, 2020 
Reported from the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure; com-
mitted to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
and ordered to be printed 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘GSA Lease Trans-
parency Act of 2019’’. 
SEC. 2. ANNUAL AUDIT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 5 of subtitle I of title 40, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘§ 625. Annual audit of leases 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, 
the Administrator of General Services shall complete an 
audit, in compliance with generally accepted government 
accounting standards, of covered leases. 
‘‘(b) CONTENT OF AUDIT.—The audit shall deter-
mine whether the Federal Government has received all 
rent, revenues, and anything of value due in accordance 
with the provisions of each covered lease. 
‘‘(c) SUBMISSION.—Not later than 30 days after the 
date of completion of an audit, the Administrator of Gen-
eral Services shall submit to the Committee on Transpor-
tation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives 
and the Committee on Environment and Public Works of 
the Senate the audit and a report on such audit. 
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‘‘(d) 
ADDITIONAL
AUDIT
REQUIREMENT
FOR 
LEASES.—With respect to any covered lease that takes ef-
fect on or after the date of enactment of this section, the 
Administrator shall require that such a lease contains 
audit rights for the Administrator and the Inspector Gen-
eral of the General Services Administration. 
‘‘(e) DEFINITION.—In this section, the following defi-
nition applies: 
‘‘(1) COVERED
LEASE.—The term ‘covered 
lease’ means an active lease of space in a Federal 
building in which at least 20 percent of such build-
ing is leased to any entity pursuant to any provision 
of law, including— 
‘‘(A) section 543; 
‘‘(B) section 581; 
‘‘(C) sections 306121 and 306122 of title 
54, United States Code; and 
‘‘(D) Public Law 108–447 (108 Stat. 2809 
et seq.).’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of chap-
ters for chapter 5 of subtitle I of title 40, United States 
Code, is amended by adding after the item relating to sec-
tion 624 the following new item: 
‘‘625. Annual audit of leases.’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 539 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5047 
[Report No. 116–655] 
A BILL 
To require the Administrator of General Services to 
conduct an annual audit of properties leased to 
private parties, and for other purposes. 
DECEMBER 16, 2020 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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