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<bill bill-stage="Placed-on-Calendar-Senate" dms-id="A1" public-private="public">
	<form>
		<distribution-code display="yes">II</distribution-code>
		<calendar>Calendar No. 626</calendar>
		<congress>110th CONGRESS</congress>
		<session>2d Session</session>
		<legis-num>S. 2810</legis-num>
		<current-chamber>IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES</current-chamber>
		<action>
			<action-date date="20080402">April 2, 2008</action-date>
			<action-desc><sponsor name-id="S301">Mr. Coburn</sponsor> introduced
			 the following bill; which was read the first time</action-desc>
		</action>
		<action>
			<action-date date="20080403">April 3, 2008</action-date>
			<action-desc>Read the second time and placed on the
			 calendar</action-desc>
		</action>
		<legis-type>A BILL</legis-type>
		<official-title>To require an annual report detailing the amount of
		  property the Federal Government owns and the cost of government land ownership
		  to taxpayers</official-title>
	</form>
	<legis-body>
		<section id="S1" section-type="section-one"><enum>1.</enum><header>Short
			 title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This Act may be cited as
			 the <quote><short-title>Government Real Estate
			 Accountability and Transparency Act of 2008</short-title></quote>.</text>
		</section><section id="idD06D000356634753ABAD7225F94E743C"><enum>2.</enum><header>Annual report
			 detailing amount of land owned by federal government and the cost of government
			 land ownership to taxpayers</header>
			<subsection id="id7865E8EC797F4717A45CFEF09ACA575F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Annual
			 report</header>
				<paragraph id="idF09D45E7802F411DB0AB7D8084809F5D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
			 general</header><text>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 <quote>Director</quote>) shall ensure that
			 a report that contains the information described in subsection (b) is posted on
			 a publicly available website.</text>
				</paragraph><paragraph id="id550788D80DB540ABBF33B3FB8EDA8124"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Extension
			 relating to certain segment of report</header><text>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—</text>
					<subparagraph id="idC1E4CED9C9304C0D9FC67743EC521C7E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>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</text>
					</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2532227C05C04D5FA6C1BA4A5749AD10"><enum>(B)</enum><text>as of May 15,
			 2010, post the segment of information required under subsection
			 (b)(3)(B).</text>
					</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idE244A84D412F4E7D826027A8CCA727C1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Required
			 information</header><text>An annual report described in subsection (a) shall
			 contain, for the period covered by the report—</text>
				<paragraph id="id8DBAF2AF757F44D3A4053364B51E2332"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a description of
			 the total quantity of—</text>
					<subparagraph id="idB9001B628A5C43CC941B2849BAFB7602"><enum>(A)</enum><text>land located
			 within the jurisdiction of the United States, to be expressed in acres;</text>
					</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idE0DF9EF15A314132B91447852F99F003"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the land
			 described in subparagraph (A) that is owned by the Federal Government, to be
			 expressed—</text>
						<clause id="id65ECAE8F30154529A5A94F02FF23915E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
			 acres; and</text>
						</clause><clause id="id5F0F87721DA043A18835558BD4628962"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>as
			 a percentage of the quantity described in subparagraph (A); and</text>
						</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id843676C061B04AC29E87A78722E50359"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the land
			 described in subparagraph (B) that is located in each State, to be expressed,
			 with respect to each State—</text>
						<clause id="id911CA04C170B4E8CB6ECFD26DC986FC1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
			 acres; and</text>
						</clause><clause id="id1125C35B81BD49BB86E69B4E70B4D423"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>as
			 a percentage of the quantity described in subparagraph (B);</text>
						</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idE35CF8D7E9F34C65A57A0C79FB750046"><enum>(2)</enum><text>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</text>
				</paragraph><paragraph id="id25E348BA8ECD46FD91E9F44A5347611C"><enum>(3)</enum><text>a list and
			 detailed summary of—</text>
					<subparagraph id="id6F6B575D10A6409383BE33F47B48C2EC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>with respect to
			 each Federal agency—</text>
						<clause id="idD0C6425B48254D63AF53479F9FCDA623"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the
			 number of unused or vacant assets;</text>
						</clause><clause id="idF80294D5466E4D98A82660E34E4EAAFA"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the replacement
			 value for each unused or vacant asset;</text>
						</clause><clause id="idA4AD0F66CF4141F49CC29730AD96F903"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the total
			 operating costs for each unused or vacant asset; and</text>
						</clause><clause id="idE71352AE479841C2A0263CE5F9EC5A2A"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>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—</text>
							<subclause id="idB585B8D5DBE6413FA9B94A742EDF3BBA"><enum>(I)</enum><text>not more than 1
			 year;</text>
							</subclause><subclause id="idA089A03BF0144E298DD7BF986277740D"><enum>(II)</enum><text>not less than 1,
			 but not more than 2, years; and</text>
							</subclause><subclause id="id5DB129C439E9400282D6D2367A255D84"><enum>(III)</enum><text>not less than 2
			 years; and</text>
							</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id69C9D60F51884B92A6E6B773C5AA488B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the estimated
			 costs to the Federal Government of the maintenance backlog of each Federal
			 agency, to be—</text>
						<clause id="id4D92EA89116F45A4850D82C21B8EC5D7"><enum>(i)</enum><text>organized in
			 categories comprised of buildings and structures; and</text>
						</clause><clause id="idDDAB4C22F34E4F25AD83A6C90DADD3D6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>expressed as an
			 aggregate cost.</text>
						</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id646EE87CCD164C29A58524C5FF5FC962"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Use of existing
			 annual reports</header><text>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.</text>
			</subsection></section></legis-body>
	<endorsement>
		<action-date date="20080403">April 3, 2008</action-date>
		<action-desc>Read the second time and placed on the
		  calendar</action-desc>
	</endorsement>
</bill>
