S. 211, SMART Leasing Act

3.0.0 211 2025-05-27T14:15:48Z 2025-05-27T14:15:48Z Senate S S 2023-02-01 118 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Standing Reported By 2023-05-30T20:45:21Z Markup By 2023-03-29T14:45:00Z Referred To 2023-02-01T19:47:57Z S. Rept. 118-35 2024-08-06 11:12:17 Held at the desk. Floor H15000 2 House floor actions 2024-08-06 11:02:48 Received in the House. Floor H14000 2 House floor actions 2024-08-02 Senate Message on Senate action sent to the House. Floor 2024-08-01 Senate Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5835-5836; text: CR S5835-5836) Floor 2024-08-01 Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5835-5836; text: CR S5835-5836) Floor 17000 9 Library of Congress 2023-05-30 Senate Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 81. Calendars 2023-05-30 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 118-35. Committee 2023-05-30 Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 118-35. Committee 14000 9 Library of Congress ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee 2023-03-29 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably. Committee 2023-02-01 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. IntroReferral 2023-02-01 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress P000595 Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI] Gary Peters D MI N L000575 Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK] James Lankford R OK 2023-02-01 True H001089 Sen. Hawley, Josh [R-MO] Josh Hawley R MO 2023-02-01 True S001191 Sen. Sinema, Kyrsten [I-AZ] Kyrsten Sinema I AZ 2023-02-01 True 2023-05-23T17:05:00Z S. 211, SMART Leasing Act https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59196 As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on March 29, 2023 Government Operations and Politics Congressional oversight 2023-03-30T16:30:25Z Government buildings, facilities, and property 2023-03-30T16:30:25Z State and local government operations 2023-03-30T16:30:25Z Government Operations and Politics 2023-02-16T21:00:48Z

00 2023-02-01 Introduced in Senate 2023-03-24T21:44:37Z Saving Money and Accelerating Repairs Through Leasing Act or the SMART Leasing Act This bill authorizes the General Services Administration (GSA) to establish a pilot program that allows federal agencies to lease underutilized properties with GSA approval and to use the rent payments to help fund capital projects and facilities maintenance. The GSA may not enter into a lease under the pilot program unless it certifies that the lease will not have a negative impact on its mission or that of the applicable federal agency. The bill provides for a maximum of six leases under the program during each fiscal year, with a term of up to 15 years.

25 2023-05-30 Reported to Senate 2023-10-19T16:39:20Z Saving Money and Accelerating Repairs Through Leasing Act or the SMART Leasing Act This bill authorizes the General Services Administration (GSA) to establish a pilot program that allows federal agencies to lease underutilized properties with GSA approval and to use the rent payments to reduce the deficit and help fund capital projects and facilities maintenance. The GSA may not enter into a lease unless it certifies that the lease will not have a negative impact on its mission or that of the applicable federal agency. The bill provides for a maximum of six leases under the program during each fiscal year, with a term of up to 15 years. Of collected funds that are not used to cover costs in connection with the lease, 50% shall be deposited in a working capital account and remain available until expended for maintenance, capital revitalization, and improvements, and 50% deposited in the Treasury's general fund for deficit reduction. The GSA may not enter into a lease under the pilot program with any individual or entity that <ul> <li>intends to carry out, under the lease, activities that are illegal to conduct in federal facilities or under federal law or activities for which federal funding is prohibited;</li> <li>is a political organization;</li> <li>is owned, operated, or controlled by a foreign government; or</li> <li>received any federal grant, contract, or award from the applicable federal agency engaged in the lease that is still in the performance period.</li> </ul> No lease entered into under the pilot program may be used to carry out lobbying activities.

SMART Leasing Act Display Title 45 SMART Leasing Act 2024-08-04T11:03:14Z Official Title as Introduced 6 A bill to authorize the Administrator of General Services to establish an enhanced use lease pilot program, and for other purposes. 2024-08-02T10:57:05Z Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Passed Senate 105 SMART Leasing Act 2024-08-02T03:23:12Z S Senate Engrossed in Senate ES Short Title(s) as Passed Senate 105 Saving Money and Accelerating Repairs Through Leasing Act 2024-08-02T03:23:12Z S Senate Engrossed in Senate ES Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 SMART Leasing Act 2024-05-24T13:42:46Z Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 Saving Money and Accelerating Repairs Through Leasing Act 2024-05-24T13:42:46Z Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Reported to Senate 103 SMART Leasing Act 2024-05-24T13:39:51Z S Senate Reported to Senate RS Short Title(s) as Reported to Senate 103 Saving Money and Accelerating Repairs Through Leasing Act 2024-05-24T13:39:51Z S Senate Reported to Senate RS Engrossed in Senate 2024-08-01T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-118s211es/xml/BILLS-118s211es.xml Reported to Senate 2023-05-30T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-118s211rs/xml/BILLS-118s211rs.xml Introduced in Senate 2023-02-01T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-118s211is/xml/BILLS-118s211is.xml 2024-08-06 Held at the desk. 11:12:17 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.