Sec. 4. Development of recommendations to the board
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Not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act and not later than 120 days after the beginning of each fiscal year thereafter, the head of each Federal agency shall submit to the Administrator and the Director the following: 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; the history of capital expenditures; sustainability metrics; the number of Federal employees and functions housed in the respective property; and the square footage (including gross, rentable, and usable) of each property.
Current data of all Federal physical property 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; the history of capital expenditures; and warehousing and storage costs. Recommendations as to— any Federal tangible properties that can be sold for proceeds and otherwise disposed of, reported as excess, declared surplus, or outleased or are otherwise no longer meeting the needs of the agency, excluding leasebacks or other exchange agreements where the property continues to be used by the agency; any Federal tangible properties that can be transferred, exchanged, consolidated, colocated, reconfigured, shared, or redeveloped— to reduce the tangible property inventory; to reduce the operating costs of the Federal Government; and to create the highest value and return for the taxpayer; and operational efficiencies that may be realized by the Federal Government in the operation and maintenance of Federal tangible properties.
Not later than 60 days after each date specified in subsection (a), 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 could be sold (including property that is no longer meeting the needs of the Federal Government), redeveloped, outleased, or otherwise used to produce the highest and best value and return for the taxpayer; the extent and timing of potential costs and savings, including the number of years, beginning with the date of completion of the proposed recommendation; for real property— the extent to which the operating and maintenance costs are reduced through consolidating, co-locating, and reconfiguring space, and through realizing other operational efficiencies; the extent to which the utilization 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 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 economic impact on communities in the vicinity of the Federal building or facility; and the extent to which energy consumption is reduced; and for physical property— the extent to which the property aligns with the current mission of the Federal agency; and the extent to which warehousing and storage costs can be reduced; and develop recommendations for the Board based on the standards and criteria developed under paragraph (2).
Standards developed by the Director under subsection (b)(2) shall incorporate and apply clear standard utilization rates consistent throughout each category of space and with nongovernment space utilization rates. To the extent the space utilization rate of a given agency exceeds the utilization rates to be applied under this subsection, the Director may recommend realignment, colocation, consolidation, or other type of action to improve space utilization. The standards, criteria, and recommendations developed pursuant to subsection (b)(2) shall be submitted to the Board with all supporting information, data, analyses, and documentation.
The standards, criteria, and recommendations developed pursuant to subsection (b)(2) shall be— published in the Federal Register; and submitted to— the committees described in section 3(d)(3)(A); and the Comptroller General of the United States. The Board shall have access to all information pertaining to the recommendations, including supporting information, data, analyses, and documentation submitted pursuant to subsection (a). On request, a Federal agency shall provide to the Board any additional information pertaining to the civilian real property of the agency.