[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1959 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 1959

 To prevent delay in the completion of Federal construction projects, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

             March 22 (legislative day, February 22), 1994

  Mr. Graham introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
           referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To prevent delay in the completion of Federal construction projects, 
                        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 ``Federal Construction Project 
Prevention of Delay Act of 1994''.

SEC. 2. REPORTS AND ASSISTANCE.

    (a) Reports by Federal Agencies.--
            (1) In general.--Not less often than quarterly and in 
        accordance with paragraph (2), the head of each Federal agency 
        shall report to the Director of the Office of Management and 
        Budget (referred to in this section as the ``Director'') on the 
        status of each then ongoing construction project that is under 
        the jurisdiction of the agency. Each report shall specify, with 
        respect to each project--
                    (A) the date, or projected date, of commencement of 
                design;
                    (B) the date, or projected date, of completion of 
                design;
                    (C) the date, or projected date, of acquisition of 
                the site;
                    (D) the date, or projected date, of commencement of 
                construction;
                    (E) the projected date of completion of 
                construction; and
                    (F) the projected total cost of the project.
            (2) Format for reporting.--The Director shall develop a 
        consistent format for the reports submitted under paragraph 
        (1). The format shall include a timeline for the projected 
        dates of action with respect to each project, and the 
        corresponding actual dates of action, described in such 
        paragraph.
    (b) Assistance and Reports by OMB.--The Director shall--
            (1) review the information included in each report 
        submitted under subsection (a);
            (2) with respect to each project that the Director 
        determines is likely to be subject to a reversion under section 
        3 during the fiscal year, provide such assistance to the 
        Federal agency that has jurisdiction over the project as the 
        Director determines will promote completion of the project on 
        schedule; and
            (3) not later than January 1 of each year, submit to 
        Congress a report that lists by agency and by State--
                    (A) the information referred to in paragraph (1) 
                submitted during the previous fiscal year;
                    (B) each project referred to in paragraph (2) and 
                the actions that are being taken to complete the 
                project; and
                    (C) each project with respect to which funds 
                reverted under section 3 during the previous fiscal 
                year.

SEC. 3. REVERSION OF FUNDS FOR FEDERAL CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.

    Any amount that is appropriated with respect to a Federal 
construction project for an action described in section 2(a)(1) that 
has not been obligated through a binding contract or a general 
construction contract by the date that is 2 years after the amount is 
made available to carry out the action shall revert on that date to the 
fund from which the appropriation was made and shall be available for 
reappropriation.

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