Sec. 5. Development of recommendations for Commission
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Not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act, and not later than 90 days after the beginning of each fiscal year thereafter, the head of each Federal agency shall submit to the Administrator and the Director a report that includes— current data of all Federal civilian real properties owned, leased, or controlled by the respective agency (including all relevant information prescribed by the Administrator and the Director), including data relating to— the age and condition of the property; operating costs; history of capital expenditures; sustainability metrics; number of Federal employees and functions housed in the respective property; and square footage (including gross, rentable, and usable square footage); and recommendations with respect to the property that include— Federal civilian properties that can be disposed, transferred, consolidated, colocated, reconfigured, or redeveloped— to reduce the civilian real property inventory; to reduce the operating costs of the Federal Government; and to create the highest value and return for the taxpayer; operational efficiencies that may be realized by the Federal Government in the operation and maintenance of Federal civilian real properties; opportunities to pursue enhanced use leasing in underused buildings in an effort to realize highest and best use of the buildings for the taxpayers; and opportunities to reduce the number of high-value leases in the Federal inventory through relocation to less costly properties.
Not later than 60 days after each date specified in subsection (a), subject to subsection (c), the Director, in consultation with the Administrator, shall— review agency recommendations submitted pursuant to subsection (a); develop consistent standards and criteria against which agency recommendations will be reviewed, which shall be developed taking into consideration— the extent to which a Federal building or facility aligns with the current mission of the applicable Federal agency; the extent to which there are opportunities to consolidate similar operations across multiple agencies or within agencies; the extent and timing of potential costs and savings, including the number of years, beginning with the date of completion of the proposed recommendation; the economic impact on State and local communities in the vicinity of the Federal building or facility; the extent to which the use rate is being maximized and is consistent with nongovernmental industry standards for the given function or operation; the extent to which reliance on leasing for long-term space needs is reduced; the extent to which the Federal building or facility could be redeveloped or otherwise used to produce the highest and best value and return for the taxpayer; the extent to which the operating and maintenance costs are reduced through consolidating, colocating, and reconfiguring space, and through realizing other operational efficiencies; and the extent to which energy consumption is reduced; and develop recommendations for the Commission based on those standards and criteria.
Standards developed by the Director under subsection
(b)shall incorporate and apply clear standard use rates consistent throughout each category of space and with nongovernment space use rates. To the extent use rates are underutilized by a given agency, the Director shall recommend realignment, colocation, consolidation, or another type of action to improve space use. The standards, criteria, and recommendations developed pursuant to subsection
(b)shall be— submitted to the Commission with all supporting information, data, analyses, and documentation; published in the Federal Register; and submitted to the committees referred to in section 4(b)(3) and the Comptroller General of the United States. The Commission shall have access to— all information pertaining to the recommendations, including supporting information, data, analyses, and documentation submitted pursuant to subsection (a); on request of the Commission to a Federal agency, any additional information pertaining to the properties of the Federal agency; and all information in the Federal Real Property Profile.