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116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2502 
To amend title 40, United States Code, to require certain prospectuses for 
public buildings to be made publicly available, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 2, 2019 
Mr. PALMER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To amend title 40, United States Code, to require certain 
prospectuses for public buildings to be made publicly 
available, 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 ‘‘Transparency in Fed-
eral Buildings Projects Act of 2019’’. 
SEC. 2. PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF BUILDING PROJECT IN-
FORMATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 33 of title 40, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new section: 
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‘‘SEC. 3318. AVAILABILITY OF FEDERAL BUILDING PROJECT 
INFORMATION. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of enactment of this section, and, at a minimum, 
on a quarterly basis thereafter, the Administrator shall 
make publicly available on a subpage of the website of the 
General Services Administration all prospectuses sub-
mitted pursuant to sections 3307 and 3316, and associ-
ated information subject to the following requirements: 
‘‘(1) The Administrator shall maintain such in-
formation in an easily accessible and readable, orga-
nized, downloadable, and searchable format. 
‘‘(2) The Administrator shall ensure the infor-
mation is current and prospectuses and associated 
information updated on a regular basis. 
‘‘(3) The information required under this sec-
tion shall be inclusive for a period of not less than 
10 years. 
‘‘(4) The information shall include— 
‘‘(A) the last date on which the relevant 
webpage was updated; 
‘‘(B) approval dates of respective author-
izing resolutions by each committee of jurisdic-
tion, if applicable; 
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‘‘(C) copies of respective committee of ju-
risdiction 
resolutions 
authorizing 
such 
prospectuses, as appropriate; 
‘‘(D) cross-references to any resubmitted 
or amended prospectuses and associated resolu-
tions; and 
‘‘(E) such other information as determined 
by the Administrator. 
‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the following 
definitions apply: 
‘‘(1) 
PROSPECTUS.—The 
term 
‘prospectus’ 
means prospectuses, building surveys, and factsheets 
submitted to the committees of jurisdiction pursuant 
to sections 3307 and 3316. 
‘‘(2) COMMITTEES
OF
JURISDICTION.—The 
term ‘committees of jurisdiction’ means the Com-
mittee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on En-
vironment and Public Works of the Senate. 
‘‘(3) ASSOCIATED
INFORMATION.—The term 
‘associated information’ means resolutions approved 
by the committees of jurisdiction and other informa-
tion as required pursuant to subsection (a).’’. 
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(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of chap-
ters for chapter 33 of title 40, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘3318. Availability of Federal building project information.’’. 
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