[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 112 (Saturday, June 28, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S3970]
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  SA 2371. Ms. ERNST submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 2360 proposed by Mr. Thune (for Mr. Graham) to the bill 
H.R. 1, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. 
Res. 14; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
        At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. CLOSURE AND SALE OF UNDERUTILIZED FEDERAL BUILDINGS.

       (a) Consolidation; Sale.--
       (1) Consolidation.--Not later than 18 months after the date 
     of enactment of this Act, any Federal agency located within a 
     Federal building described in paragraph (2) as of that date 
     of enactment shall vacate the applicable Federal building and 
     relocate to another Federal building.
       (2) Sale.--Not later than 2 years after the vacancy of 
     existing Federal agencies in accordance with paragraph (1), 
     and subject to subsection (b)(2), the Administrator of 
     General Services (referred to in this section as the 
     ``Administrator'') shall sell for fair market value at 
     highest and best use the following Federal buildings:
       (A) The Department of Agriculture South Building, located 
     at 1400 Independence Avenue SW in Washington, DC.
       (B) The Hubert H. Humphrey Federal Building, located at 200 
     Independence Avenue SW in Washington, DC.
       (C) The Frances Perkins Federal Building, located at 200 
     Constitution Avenue NW in Washington, DC.
       (D) The James V. Forrestal Building, located at 1000 
     Independence Avenue SW in Washington, DC.
       (E) The Theodore Roosevelt Federal Building, located at 
     1900 E. Street NW in Washington, DC.
       (F) The Robert C. Weaver Federal Building, located at 451 
     7th Street SW in Washington, DC.
       (b) Prohibition on Foreign Ownership.--
       (1) Definitions.--In this subsection, the terms 
     ``beneficial owner'', ``foreign entity'', and ``foreign 
     person'' have the meanings given those terms in section 2 of 
     the Secure Federal LEASEs Act (40 U.S.C. 585 note; Public Law 
     116-276).
       (2) Prohibition.--In conducting the sale required under 
     subsection (a)(2), the Administrator may not sell any Federal 
     building described in that subsection to any foreign person, 
     any foreign entity, or any entity of which a foreign person 
     is a beneficial owner.
       (c) Net Proceeds.--
       (1) In general.--Of the net proceeds received from the sale 
     required under subsection (a)(2)--
       (A) such amount as may be required to implement this 
     section, as determined by the Administrator, shall be 
     deposited into an account in the Federal Buildings Fund 
     established by section 592(a) of title 40, United States Code 
     (referred to in this subsection as the ``Fund''); and
       (B) any additional amounts after the deposit required under 
     subparagraph (A) shall be deposited into the general fund of 
     the Treasury for purposes of reducing the deficit.
       (2) Future appropriation.--On deposit of amounts into the 
     Fund under paragraph (1)(A), those amounts may be expended 
     only subject to a specific future appropriation.
       (d) Prohibition on Additional Property Acquisition.--No 
     other building or property may be purchased or leased by the 
     Administrator or any Federal agency or department on a short-
     term or long-term basis as part of the closing or 
     consolidation of the Federal agencies impacted by the sale 
     required under subsection (a)(2).
       (e) Exemption From Certain Requirements.--The sale required 
     under subsection (a)(2) shall be exempt from the requirements 
     of--
       (1) section 501 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance 
     Act (42 U.S.C. 11411);
       (2) the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 
     U.S.C. 4321 et seq.);
       (3) division A of subtitle III of title 54, United States 
     Code (formerly known as the ``National Historic Preservation 
     Act''); and
       (4) chapters 5 and 87 of title 40, United States Code.
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