Strengthening Oversight in Public Buildings Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 10305 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                               H. R. 10305

 To amend the Thomas R. Carper Water Resources Development Act of 2024 
 to provide the Comptroller General with certain data, to provide for 
              certain swing space, and for other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 8, 2026

  Mr. Perry introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
             Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL

 
 To amend the Thomas R. Carper Water Resources Development Act of 2024 
 to provide the Comptroller General with certain data, to provide for 
              certain swing space, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Strengthening Oversight in Public 
Buildings Act''.

SEC. 2. STRENGTHENING OVERSIGHT.

    (a) Comptroller General of the United States.--Section 2302 of the 
Thomas R. Carper Water Resources Development Act of 2024 (40 U.S.C. 584 
note) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(i) GAO Access to Data.--The Director and Administrator shall 
provide to the Comptroller General of the United States all data and 
reports pursuant to this section, including subsections (c), (e), and 
(f).''.
    (b) Clarification on Agencies With Independent Leasing Authority.--
Subsection (f) of section 2302 of the Thomas R. Carper Water Resources 
Development Act of 2024 (40 U.S.C. 584 note) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (6);
            (2) by redesignating paragraphs (4), (5), and (6) as 
        paragraphs (3), (4), and (5), respectively;
            (3) in paragraph (5), as so redesignated--
                    (A) by striking the paragraph enumerator and all 
                that follows through ``with independent leasing 
                authorities'' and inserting the following:
            ``(5)(A) Requirements for federal agencies with independent 
        leasing authorities.--The head of any agency, regardless of 
        whether the agency is covered by section 901 of title 31, 
        United States Code, with independent leasing authorities''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(B) Oversight and accountability.--
                    ``(i) Accounting.--Not later than 1 year after the 
                date of enactment of the Strengthening Oversight in 
                Public Buildings Act, the Director shall submit to the 
                Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the 
                House of Representatives, the Committee on Environment 
                and Public Works of the Senate, and the Comptroller 
                General of the United States a list of all agencies 
                that have an independent leasing authority to procure 
                office space.
                    ``(ii) Oversight.--The Director shall ensure all 
                agencies with independent leasing authorities are 
                notified of and comply with the requirements of this 
                section.''.

SEC. 3. SWING SPACE TO SUPPORT BUILDING SALES.

    Section 2312 of the Thomas R. Carper Water Resources Development 
Act of 2024 (40 U.S.C. 584 note) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a) by striking ``Not later'' and 
        inserting ``Except as provided in subsection (d), not later''; 
        and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(d) Swing Space Exception.--The Administrator of General Services 
may retain the Federal building described in subsection (a) so long as 
such building is used as swing space to facilitate the sale or major 
renovation of other Federal buildings so long as--
            ``(1) the cost of retaining such building does not exceed 
        any savings realized by the sale or major renovation of any 
        other Federal building; and
            ``(2) the Administrator submits to the Committee on 
        Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of 
        Representatives and the Committee on Environment and Public 
        Works of the Senate annual plans for the use of such 
        building.''.

SEC. 4. PUBLIC BUILDINGS REFORM BOARD.

    (a) In General.--The Federal Assets Sale and Transfer Act (40 
U.S.C. 1303 note) is amended--
            (1) in section 10 by striking ``December 31, 2026'' and 
        inserting ``December 31, 2028''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new section:

``SEC. 27. ACCESS TO UTILIZATION DATA.

    ``The Director of the Office of Management and Budget and the 
Administrator shall provide all data and reports to the Board collected 
and produced pursuant to section 2302 of the Thomas R. Carper Water 
Resources Development Act of 2024 (40 U.S.C. 584 note).''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--The table of contents in section 1(b) of 
the Federal Assets Sale and Transfer Act (40 U.S.C. 1303 note) is 
amended by adding at the end the following:

``Sec. 27. Access to utilization data.''.
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