3.0.0 2426 2023-01-11T13:36:46Z 2023-01-11T13:36:46Z House HR 2017-05-16 115 [Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 84 (Tuesday, May 16, 2017)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. LYNCH:H.R. 2426.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1 section 8 Clause 18 of the United StatesConstitution.[Page H4223]]]> hspw00 Transportation and Infrastructure Committee House Standing hspw13 Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee Referred to 2017-05-17T18:29:35Z Referred to 2017-05-16T16:00:15Z 2017-05-17 hspw13 Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management. Committee 2017-05-16 Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hspw00 Transportation and Infrastructure Committee 2017-05-16 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2017-05-16 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress L000562 Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8] Stephen Lynch D MA F. 8 N K000210 Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-2] PETER KING R NY T. 2 2017-05-16 True C001037 Rep. Capuano, Michael E. [D-MA-7] MICHAEL CAPUANO D MA E. 7 2017-06-13 False C001049 Rep. Clay, Wm. Lacy [D-MO-1] WM. CLAY D MO LACY 1 2017-09-26 False H001064 Rep. Heck, Denny [D-WA-10] Denny Heck D WA 10 2018-06-07 False Government Operations and Politics Espionage and treason Government buildings, facilities, and property Government information and archives Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information Public contracts and procurement Real estate business U.S. and foreign investments Government Operations and Politics 00 2017-05-16 Introduced in House 2018-02-09T19:33:08Z Secure Government Buildings from Espionage Act of 2017

This bill instructs the General Services Administration, the Architect of the Capitol, or any other federal agency (other than the Department of Defense), before entering into a lease agreement with a public or private entity to accommodate a federal agency in a building or other improvement that will be used for high-security leased space, to require such entity:

  • to identify each beneficial owner of such entity;
  • to disclose to such agency any beneficial owner that is a foreign person; and
  • if such agency is assigning the building or other improvement to a federal tenant, to notify that tenant of any such disclosure.

The agency shall require such entity to:

  • provide such identification and disclosure when first submitting a proposal in response to an agency solicitation, and
  • update such information within 60 days of any change in the beneficial owners of that entity or the information required to be provided relating to each such owner.
]]> Secure Government Buildings from Espionage Act of 2017 Display Title Secure Government Buildings from Espionage Act of 2017 Official Title as Introduced To require the disclosure of beneficial ownership by a foreign person of high-security space leased to accommodate a Federal agency, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Secure Government Buildings from Espionage Act of 2017 Introduced in House 2017-05-16T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115hr2426ih/xml/BILLS-115hr2426ih.xml 2017-05-17 Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.