United States S 1538: CPRA

Bill Text

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116TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION S. 1538
To decrease the deficit by realigning, consolidating, disposing, and improving
the efficiency of Federal buildings and other civilian real property, and
for other purposes.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
MAY 16, 2019
Mr. WARNER (for himself, Mr. BLUNT, Mr. GRAHAM, and Mr. BRAUN) intro-
duced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Com-
mittee on Environment and Public Works
A BILL
To decrease the deficit by realigning, consolidating, dis-
posing, and improving the efficiency of Federal buildings
and other civilian real property, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Civilian Property Re-4
alignment Act of 2019’’ or ‘‘CPRA’’. 5
SEC. 2. PURPOSES. 6
The purposes of this Act are— 7
(1) to consolidate the footprint of Federal 8
buildings and facilities; 9
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(2) to maximize the rate of use of Federal 1
buildings and facilities; 2
(3) to reduce the reliance of the Federal Gov-3
ernment on leased space; 4
(4) to sell or redevelop high-value assets that 5
are underused to obtain the highest and best value 6
for the taxpayer and maximize the return to the tax-7
payer; 8
(5) to reduce the operating and maintenance 9
costs of Federal civilian real properties through the 10
realignment of real properties by consolidating, co-11
locating, and reconfiguring space, and by imple-12
menting other operational efficiencies; 13
(6) to reduce redundancy, overlap, and costs as-14
sociated with field offices; 15
(7) to facilitate and expedite the disposal of 16
unneeded civilian properties; and 17
(8) to assist Federal agencies in achieving sus-18
tainability goals of the Federal Government by re-19
ducing excess space, inventory, and energy consump-20
tion, as well as by leveraging new technologies. 21
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 22
Section 3 of the Federal Assets Sale and Transfer 23
Act of 2016 (40 U.S.C. 1303 note; Public Law 114–287) 24
is amended— 25
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(1) by redesignating paragraphs (4) through 1
(9) as paragraphs (5), (6), (7), (8), (9), and (11), 2
respectively; 3
(2) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol-4
lowing: 5
‘‘(4) DISPOSAL.—The term ‘disposal’ means 6
any action that constitutes the removal of any Fed-7
eral civilian real property from the Federal inven-8
tory, including sale, deed, demolition, or exchange.’’; 9
and 10
(3) by inserting after paragraph (9) (as so re-11
designated) the following: 12
‘‘(10) SECRETARY.—The term ‘Secretary’ 13
means the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop-14
ment.’’. 15
SEC. 4. DUTIES OF BOARD. 16
Section 12 of the Federal Assets Sale and Transfer 17
Act of 2016 (40 U.S.C. 1303 note; Public Law 114–287) 18
is amended— 19
(1) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the 20
following: 21
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Board shall identify— 22
‘‘(1) opportunities for the Federal Government 23
to reduce significantly the inventory of civilian real 24
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property and reduce costs to the Federal Govern-1
ment; and 2
‘‘(2) a total savings to the Federal Government 3
of not less than $9,000,000,000 from the disposal of 4
Federal civilian real property under this Act, which 5
may be achieved through opportunities such as the 6
sale of Federal civilian real property and the termi-7
nation of leases, colocation, maintenance, operations, 8
and security activities.’’; 9
(2) in subsection (b)— 10
(A) in paragraph (1)— 11
(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 12
‘‘and not more than $750,000,000’’; and 13
(ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 14
‘‘transmit the list of the Federal civilian 15
real properties to the Director of OMB and 16
Congress’’ and inserting ‘‘submit to the 17
President and Congress the list of the Fed-18
eral civilian real properties’’; and 19
(B) in paragraph (6)— 20
(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 21
‘‘section 14(g)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 22
16(d)’’; and 23
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(ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 1
‘‘Director of OMB’’ and inserting ‘‘Presi-2
dent’’; and 3
(3) in subsection (g)— 4
(A) in paragraph (1), in the matter pre-5
ceding subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘transmit 6
to the Director of OMB’’ and inserting ‘‘submit 7
to the President’’; and 8
(B) in paragraph (2)— 9
(i) in subparagraph (A)— 10
(I) in the first sentence, by strik-