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Union Calendar No. 262 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 1734 
[Report No. 112–384, Part I] 
To decrease the deficit by realigning, consolidating, selling, disposing, and 
improving the efficiency of Federal buildings and other civilian real 
property, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 4, 2011 
Mr. DENHAM introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Com-
mittees on Oversight and Government Reform and Rules, for a period to 
be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consider-
ation of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
concerned 
FEBRUARY 1, 2012 
Additional sponsors: Mr. HUELSKAMP, Mr. CRAWFORD, Mr. KELLY, Mr. 
MCHENRY, Mr. MULVANEY, Mr. BUCSHON, Mr. REED, Mr. SHUSTER, 
Mr. STUTZMAN, Mr. NUGENT, Mr. HANNA, Mr. DUNCAN of Tennessee, 
Mr. BOREN, Mr. COSTA, Mr. GIBBS, Mr. HULTGREN, Mr. BARLETTA, 
Mr. GUINTA, Mr. LANDRY, Mr. MEEHAN, Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. 
SCHWEIKERT, Mr. LONG, Mr. GARY G. MILLER of California, Mr. JOHN-
SON of Ohio, Mrs. MYRICK, Mr. FINCHER, Mr. DUNCAN of South Caro-
lina, Mr. WESTMORELAND, Mr. WOMACK, and Mr. HERGER 
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FEBRUARY 1, 2012 
Reported from the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure with an 
amendment 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
FEBRUARY 1, 2012 
The Committees on Oversight and Government Reform and Rules discharged; 
committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the 
Union and ordered to be printed 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on May 4, 2011] 
A BILL 
To decrease the deficit by realigning, consolidating, selling, 
disposing, and improving the efficiency of Federal build-
ings and other civilian real property, and for other pur-
poses. 
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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 ‘‘Civilian Property Re-
alignment Act’’ or ‘‘CPRA’’. 
SEC. 2. PURPOSES. 
The purposes of this Act are— 
(1) to consolidate the footprint of Federal build-
ings and facilities; 
(2) to maximize the utilization rate of Federal 
buildings and facilities; 
(3) to reduce the reliance on leased space; 
(4) to sell or redevelop high value assets that are 
underutilized to obtain the highest and best value for 
the taxpayer and maximize the return to the tax-
payer; 
(5) to reduce the operating and maintenance 
costs of Federal civilian real properties through the 
realignment of real properties by consolidating, co-lo-
cating, and reconfiguring space, and other oper-
ational efficiencies; 
(6) to reduce redundancy, overlap, and costs as-
sociated with field offices; 
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(7) to create incentives for Federal agencies to 
achieve greater efficiency in their inventories of civil-
ian real property; 
(8) to facilitate and expedite the sale or disposal 
of unneeded civilian properties; and 
(9) to assist Federal agencies in achieving the 
Government’s sustainability goals by reducing excess 
space, inventory, and energy consumption, as well as 
by leveraging new technologies. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act, unless otherwise expressly stated, the fol-
lowing definitions apply: 
(1) FEDERAL CIVILIAN REAL PROPERTY AND CI-
VILIAN REAL PROPERTY.— 
(A) PROPERTY.—The terms ‘‘Federal civil-
ian real property’’ and ‘‘civilian real property’’ 
refer to Federal real property assets, including 
public buildings as defined in section 3301 of 
title 40, United States Code, occupied and im-
proved grounds, leased space, or other physical 
structures under the custody and control of any 
Federal agency. 
(B) FURTHER EXCLUSIONS.—Subparagraph 
(A) shall not be construed as including any of 
the following types of property: 
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