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[S. 2810 Placed on Calendar Senate (PCS)]






                                                       Calendar No. 626
110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2810

   To require an annual report detailing the amount of property the 
 Federal Government owns and the cost of government land ownership to 
                               taxpayers


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 2, 2008

Mr. Coburn introduced the following bill; which was read the first time

                             April 3, 2008

            Read the second time and placed on the calendar

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                                 A BILL


 
   To require an annual report detailing the amount of property the 
 Federal Government owns and the cost of government land ownership to 
                               taxpayers

    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 ``Government Real Estate 
Accountability and Transparency Act of 2008''.

SEC. 2. ANNUAL REPORT DETAILING AMOUNT OF LAND OWNED BY FEDERAL 
              GOVERNMENT AND THE COST OF GOVERNMENT LAND OWNERSHIP TO 
              TAXPAYERS.

    (a) Annual Report.--
            (1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), not later than 
        May 15, 2009, and annually thereafter, the Director of the 
        Office of Management and Budget (referred to in this section as 
        the ``Director'') shall ensure that a report that contains the 
        information described in subsection (b) is posted on a publicly 
        available website.
            (2) Extension relating to certain segment of report.--With 
        respect to the date on which the first annual report is 
        required to be posted under paragraph (1), if the Director 
        determines that an additional period of time is required to 
        gather the information required under subsection (b)(3)(B), the 
        Director may--
                    (A) as of the date described in paragraph (1), post 
                each segment of information required under paragraphs 
                (1), (2), and (3)(A) of subsection (b); and
                    (B) as of May 15, 2010, post the segment of 
                information required under subsection (b)(3)(B).
    (b) Required Information.--An annual report described in subsection 
(a) shall contain, for the period covered by the report--
            (1) a description of the total quantity of--
                    (A) land located within the jurisdiction of the 
                United States, to be expressed in acres;
                    (B) the land described in subparagraph (A) that is 
                owned by the Federal Government, to be expressed--
                            (i) in acres; and
                            (ii) as a percentage of the quantity 
                        described in subparagraph (A); and
                    (C) the land described in subparagraph (B) that is 
                located in each State, to be expressed, with respect to 
                each State--
                            (i) in acres; and
                            (ii) as a percentage of the quantity 
                        described in subparagraph (B);
            (2) a description of the total annual cost to the Federal 
        Government for maintaining all parcels of administrative land 
        and all administrative buildings or structures under the 
        jurisdiction of each Federal agency; and
            (3) a list and detailed summary of--
                    (A) with respect to each Federal agency--
                            (i) the number of unused or vacant assets;
                            (ii) the replacement value for each unused 
                        or vacant asset;
                            (iii) the total operating costs for each 
                        unused or vacant asset; and
                            (iv) the length of time that each type of 
                        asset described in clause (i) has been unused 
                        or vacant, organized in categories comprised of 
                        periods of--
                                    (I) not more than 1 year;
                                    (II) not less than 1, but not more 
                                than 2, years; and
                                    (III) not less than 2 years; and
                    (B) the estimated costs to the Federal Government 
                of the maintenance backlog of each Federal agency, to 
                be--
                            (i) organized in categories comprised of 
                        buildings and structures; and
                            (ii) expressed as an aggregate cost.
    (c) Use of Existing Annual Reports.--An annual report required 
under subsection (a) may be comprised of any annual report relating to 
the management of Federal real property that is published by a Federal 
agency.
                                                       Calendar No. 626

110th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                                S. 2810

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

   To require an annual report detailing the amount of property the 
 Federal Government owns and the cost of government land ownership to 
                               taxpayers

_______________________________________________________________________

                             April 3, 2008

            Read the second time and placed on the calendar