[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2173 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 2173
To require the Administrator of General Services to sell certain
Federal buildings, and for other purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
June 25 (legislative day, June 24), 2025
Ms. Ernst introduced the following bill; which was read twice and
referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works
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A BILL
To require the Administrator of General Services to sell certain
Federal buildings, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``For Sale Act of 2025''.
SEC. 2. 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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