I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3614 
To direct the Administrator of General Services to establish a program to 
sell Federal buildings that are not utilized to provide revenue for in-
creases in Social Security benefits and military retirement pay, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 28, 2017 
Mr. POLIQUIN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the 
Committees on Ways and Means, and Armed Services, for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 
of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee con-
cerned 
A BILL 
To direct the Administrator of General Services to establish 
a program to sell Federal buildings that are not utilized 
to provide revenue for increases in Social Security bene-
fits and military retirement pay, and for other purposes. 
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 ‘‘Guaranteed COLA 
Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. CERTAIN BUILDING SALES. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.—The Adminis-
trator of General Services shall establish a program under 
which the Administrator shall sell all Federal buildings 
that are not utilized by the Federal Government. 
(b) IDENTIFICATION OF BUILDINGS.— 
(1) INITIAL IDENTIFICATION.—Not later than 1 
year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Ad-
ministrator shall make an initial identification of all 
buildings owned and not utilized by the Federal Gov-
ernment. 
(2) REGULAR IDENTIFICATION.—After the date 
on which the Administrator makes the initial identi-
fication under paragraph (1), the Administrator 
shall identify on a continuing basis any building 
owned and not utilized by the Federal Government 
that was not included in such initial identification. 
(c) SALE REQUIRED.—Not later than 5 years after 
a building is identified under subsection (b), the Adminis-
trator, notwithstanding any other provision of law and to 
the extent practicable, shall complete a sale of— 
(1) such building; and 
(2) the land relevant to such building. 
(d) LIMITATION.—The Administrator shall not sell a 
building identified under subsection (b) if the building, or 
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the land relevant to such building, has been set aside for 
preservation or historic purposes. 
(e) REVENUES FROM SALE.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, the revenue from a sale under sub-
section (c), after payment of any costs related to the sale, 
shall be made available only for the following: 
(1) To increase benefits under title II of the So-
cial Security Act, effective with the month of Decem-
ber 2017, by applying section 215(i) of such Act as 
if the applicable increase percentage with respect to 
the base quarter in 2017 (as determined under such 
section without regard to this paragraph) is in-
creased by an additional 1.5 percentage points. 
(2) Effective December 1, 2017, to make the 
cost-of-living adjustment to the retired pay of mem-
bers and former members of the Armed Forces pur-
suant to section 1401a of title 10, United States 
Code, as if the applicable percentage of the increase 
calculated under subsection (b)(2) of such section 
(without regard to this paragraph) is increased by 
an additional 1.5 percentage points. 
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