Government Services Accessibility Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4859
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Ellison, Keith [D-MN-5]
Introduced: 2014-06-12
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Government buildings, facilities, and property

Public contracts and procurement

Public transit
Latest action: action_date: 2014-06-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.

Summaries:
action_date: 2014-06-12
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Government Services Accessibility Act of 2014 - Prohibits the Administrator of the General Services Administration (GSA) from leasing a building for a federal agency&nbsp;unless the Administrator determines that the building to be leased would satisfy requirements relating to access to public transportation, including any requirement that the building is located not greater than a certain distance from public transportation that operates regularly throughout the building's normal business hours.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 4859 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 12, 2014 Mr. Ellison 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 that the Administrator of General Services verify that a building to be leased to accommodate a Federal agency is located a certain distance from public transportation before entering into the lease agreement.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Government Services Accessibility Act of 2014 . 2. Lease agreements Section 585(a) of title 40, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: (3) Distance to public transportation (A) Definition of public transportation In this paragraph, the term public transportation has the meaning given the term in section 5302 of title 49. (B) Determination The Administrator of General Services shall not enter into a lease agreement under paragraph (1) unless the Administrator determines that— (i) the building (or improvement) to be leased would satisfy any requirement concerning access to public transportation listed in a proposed short form lease or solicitation for offers provided to each prospective offeror in accordance with section 570.203–3 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (or successor regulations); and (ii) if the short form lease or solicitation for offers contains a requirement concerning access to public transportation, the building (or improvement) is located not greater than a certain distance from public transportation that operates regularly throughout the normal business hours of the building (or improvement). .