IIB 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6276 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
MARCH 14, 2024 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and 
Public Works 
AN ACT 
To authorize the Administrator of General Services and the 
Director of the Office of Management and Budget to 
identify the utilization rate of certain public buildings 
and federally- leased space, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Utilizing Space Effi-
ciently and Improving Technologies Act of 2023’’ or the 
‘‘USE IT Act of 2023’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In this Act: 
(1) ACTUAL
UTILIZATION
RATE.—The term 
‘‘actual utilization rate’’ means the total usable 
square footage of a public building or federally- 
leased space divided by the occupancy. 
(2) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis-
trator’’ means the Administrator of General Serv-
ices. 
(3) BUILDING UTILIZATION.—The term ‘‘build-
ing utilization’’ means the percentage of utilization 
generated by comparing the actual utilization rate 
with the capacity based on a utilization benchmark 
of 150 useable square feet per person. 
(4) CAPACITY.—The term ‘‘capacity’’ means the 
total usable square footage of a public building or 
federally-leased space divided by a utilization bench-
mark. 
(5) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ means 
the Director of the Office of Management and Budg-
et. 
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(6) FEDERAL
AGENCY.—The term ‘‘Federal 
agency’’ means an executive department covered by 
the CFO Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–576). 
(7) 
OCCUPANCY.—The 
term 
‘‘occupancy’’ 
means the total number of employees actually per-
forming duties in person in a public building or fed-
erally-leased space 40 hours per week regardless of 
work arrangements. 
SEC. 3. IDENTIFICATION AND DEPLOYMENT OF BUILDING 
USAGE TECHNOLOGY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator, in co-
ordination with the Director, shall establish standard 
methodologies and identify technologies available for 
measuring occupancy in public buildings and federally- 
leased space. 
(b) MEASUREMENT
OF UTILIZATION.—Not later 
than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the heads of Federal agencies shall work with the Admin-
istrator to identify, deploy, and use sensors, Personal 
Identity Verification badge swipe data isolating only the 
first credential use of the day for each cardholder, and 
other technologies in public buildings and federally-leased 
space, where the Federal agency occupies space to meas-
ure the occupancy of public buildings and leased space. 
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