[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6276 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 6276

To direct the Administrator of General Services and the Director of the 
  Office of Management and Budget to identify the utilization rate of 
  certain public buildings and federally-leased space, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 7, 2023

  Mr. Perry introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
             Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
To direct the Administrator of General Services and the Director of the 
  Office of Management and Budget to identify the utilization rate of 
  certain public buildings and federally-leased space, 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 ``Utilizing Space Efficiently and 
Improving Technologies Act of 2023'' or the ``USE IT Act of 2023''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    (a) In General.--In this Act:
            (1) Actual utilization rate.--The term ``actual utilization 
        rate'' means the total usable square footage of a public 
        building or federally-leased space divided by the occupancy.
            (2) Administrator.--The term ``Administrator'' means the 
        Administrator of General Services.
            (3) Building utilization.--The term ``building 
        utilization'' means the percentage of utilization generated by 
        comparing the actual utilization rate with the capacity based 
        on a utilization benchmark of 150 useable square feet per 
        person.
            (4) Capacity.--The term ``capacity'' means the total usable 
        square footage of a public building or federally-leased space 
        divided by a utilization benchmark.
            (5) Director.--The term ``Director'' means the Director of 
        the Office of Management and Budget.
            (6) Federal agency.--The term ``Federal agency'' means an 
        executive department covered by the CFO Act of 1990 (Public Law 
        101-576).
            (7) Occupancy.--The term ``occupancy'' means the total 
        number of employees performing duties in person in a public 
        building or federally-leased space at least 5 days per week on 
        a regular basis.

SEC. 3. IDENTIFICATION AND DEPLOYMENT OF BUILDING USAGE TECHNOLOGY.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Administrator, in coordination with the Director, 
shall establish standard methodologies and identify technologies 
available for measuring occupancy in public buildings and federally-
leased space.
    (b) Measurement of Utilization.--Not later than 180 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the heads of Federal agencies shall work 
with the Administrator to identify, deploy, and use sensors and other 
technologies in public buildings and federally-leased space, where the 
Federal agency occupies space to measure the occupancy of public 
buildings and leased space.

SEC. 4. REPORTING ON USAGE OF REAL PROPERTY.

    Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, and 
annually thereafter, the heads of Federal agencies shall submit to the 
Director, the Administrator, the Committee on Transportation and 
Infrastructure of the House of Representatives, the Committee on 
Environment and Public Works of the Senate, and the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate a report 
on--
            (1) the occupancy and the actual utilization rates of space 
        in public buildings and federally-leased space occupied by the 
        respective agency of the Federal agency head broken down by 
        building and lease;
            (2) the methodology used for determining occupancy, 
        including the period of time and other parameters used to 
        determine occupancy on a regular basis;
            (3) the utilization percentage of each public building and 
        federally-leased space by the respective agency of the Federal 
        agency head, comparing the capacity to the actual utilization 
        rate based on a utilization benchmark of 150 usable square feet 
        per person; and
            (4) any costs associated with capacity that exceeds 
        occupancy with respect to the respective agency of the Federal 
        agency head.

SEC. 5. REDUCING UNNEEDED SPACE.

    (a) Target Utilization Metrics.--Not later than 1 year after the 
date of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Director, 
in consultation with the Administrator, shall ensure building 
utilization in each public building and federally-leased space is not 
less than 60 percent on average over each 1-year period.
    (b) Actions.--In the event that building utilization is below 60 
percent on average over a 1-year period described in subsection (a) for 
any particular public building or federally-leased space, the 
Administrator shall--
            (1) provide notice to the tenant agency informing such 
        agency of the excess in capacity along with associated costs of 
        such excess; and
            (2) notify the Committee on Transportation and 
        Infrastructure of the House of Representatives, the Committee 
        on Environment and Public Works of the Senate, and the 
        Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
        and the Senate of such excess capacity and associated costs.
    (c) Subsequent Failure.--If the tenant agency fails to meet the 60 
percent target under subsection (a) in the reporting period subsequent 
to the reporting period under subsection (b), the Administrator shall, 
in consultation with the Director, take steps to reduce the space of 
the tenant agency, including consolidating the tenant agency with 
another agency, selling or disposing of excess capacity space, and 
adjusting space requirements, as appropriate, for any replacement 
space.
    (d) Prioritization.--The Administrator, in coordination with the 
Director, shall prioritize to the maximum extent practicable capital 
investments in public buildings where Federal agencies meet or exceed 
building utilization metrics, except that prioritization may be given 
to projects that will result in building utilization of 60 percent or 
more.
    (e) Exceptions.--
            (1) In general.--The Director may provide exceptions to 
        building utilization metrics based on the amount of non-
        standard office space a Federal agency demonstrates is required 
        to meet the mission of the agency, including warehouse space, 
        laboratories critical to the mission of the agency, and public 
        customer-facing spaces driven by agency missions.
            (2) Reporting.--The Administrator shall submit to the 
        Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of 
        Representatives, the Committee on Environment and Public Works 
        of the Senate, and the Committees on Appropriations of the 
        House of Representatives and the Senate a report on any 
        exceptions granted, including the justification for such 
        exception.

SEC. 6. HEADQUARTERS BUILDINGS.

    (a) Headquarters Consolidations.--Not later than 1 year after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Director, in consultation with the 
Administrator, shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and 
Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Environment and Public Works of the Senate a plan to consolidate 
department and agency headquarters buildings in the National Capital 
Region that will result in building utilizations of 60 percent or 
greater.
    (b) Contents.--The plan submitted under subsection (a) shall 
include details on the following:
            (1) Which departments and agencies will collocate and 
        consolidate and into which buildings and associated details 
        before and after plan implementation related to building 
        utilization, building capacities, and actual utilization.
            (2) Details on the strategies for the sale or disposal of 
        buildings that will no longer be needed for Federal use.
            (3) A detailed breakdown of any costs associated with the 
        proposed consolidations and collocations.
            (4) An estimate of future savings as a result of space 
        reductions and consolidations, including costs associated with 
        energy savings and building operations.
    (c) Implementation.--Not later than 1 year after the submission of 
the plan under subsection (a), the Administrator and Director shall 
begin implementing such plan.
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