H.R. 6480: To direct the Administrator of General Services to submit a report to Congress on the state of the real estate portfolio of the Public Building Service, and for other purposes.

119th Congress · introduced 2025-12-04 · Government Operations and Politics · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

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To direct the Administrator of General Services to submit a report to Congress on the state of the real estate portfolio of the Public Building Service, and for other purposes.

Plain summary

This bill requires the General Services Administration to annually report to Congress on the state of the Public Building Service's real estate portfolio for the previous calendar year. (The Public Building Service acquires, manages, and disposes of space on behalf of more than 100 federal agencies. Currently, it owns or leases 359 million square feet in more than 8,500 buildings.) The report must include certain information about the portfolio, including the number of buildings owned, completed new construction, top customers, and the total number of leased spaces.

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To direct the Administrator of General Services to submit a report to Congress on the state of the real estate portfolio of the Public Building Service, and for other purposes.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to House)

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Sponsor: Rep. Stanton, Greg [D-AZ-4] · 1 cosponsors

Money: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 6480, a bill to direct the Administrator of General Services to submit a report to Congress on the state of the real estate portfolio of the Public Building Service, and for other purposes (2026-02-05) No linked contracts or vendors yet.

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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-119hr6480.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/119/hr>

Record fed-us-cong119-hr6480 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong119 · updated 2026-11-03 by psicol fed-bills