{"format":1,"id":"118-hr-6276","congress":118,"number":"H.R. 6276","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"USE IT Act of 2023","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"To direct the Administrator of General Services and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to identify the utilization rate of certain public buildings and federally-leased space, and for other purposes.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To direct the Administrator of General Services and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to identify the utilization rate of certain public buildings and federally-leased space, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Display Title","title":"USE IT Act of 2023"},{"type":"Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"USE IT Act of 2023"},{"type":"Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"Utilizing Space Efficiently and Improving Technologies Act of 2023"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Utilizing Space Efficiently and Improving Technologies Act of 2023"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"USE IT Act of 2023"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Reported to House","title":"USE IT Act of 2023"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Reported to House","title":"Utilizing Space Efficiently and Improving Technologies Act of 2023"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"USE IT Act of 2023"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"Utilizing Space Efficiently and Improving Technologies Act of 2023"},{"type":"Official Titles as Amended by House","title":"To authorize the Administrator of General Services and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to identify the utilization rate of certain public buildings and federally-leased space, and for other purposes."}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2023-11-07","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2024-03-12","vote":{"id":"118-2024-h84","question":"On Passage","title":"USE IT Act","result":"Passed","yea":217,"nay":203,"present":0,"not_voting":12,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2024/roll084.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"na","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"na","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.","date":"2024-03-14"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[{"chamber":"house","date":"2024-03-12","question":"On Motion to Recommit","title":"USE IT Act","result":"Failed","yea":206,"nay":213,"present":0,"not_voting":13,"kind":"procedural","source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2024/roll083.xml"}],"crs_summary":{"date":"2024-03-12","stage":"Passed House","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Utilizing Space Efficiently and Improving Technologies Act of 2023 or USE IT Act of 2023"},{"k":"p","t":"This bill requires the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the General Services Administration (GSA) to establish standard methodologies and identify technologies to measure federal building utilization and to use both to evaluate and consolidate public buildings and federally leased space. Federal agencies must (1) work with GSA to use sensors and other technologies in public buildings to measure occupancy, and (2) report on actual space utilization."},{"k":"p","t":"OMB and GSA must annually ensure building utilization averages at least 60% in each public building and federally leased space over each 1-year period. The bill also requires OMB and GSA to submit a plan to Congress and the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to consolidate federal agency headquarters buildings in the National Capital region so that building utilization exceeds 60%."},{"k":"p","t":"Occupancy agreements between federal tenants and the GSA shall stipulate annual reporting to GSA on space utilization and occupancy. Federal tenants must return office space to GSA if the occupancy of the tenant falls below a 60% space utilization rate for six months within any 1-year period. Agencies with independent leasing authorities must report space utilization and occupancy annually to Congress."},{"k":"p","t":"The GAO shall report on agency costs and occupancy rates for public or federally leased buildings."},{"k":"p","t":"Agencies must report certain buildings with utilization rates below 20% to the agency's inspector general for investigation."}],"words":237},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Directs the General Services Administration and the Office of Management and Budget to measure how much federal buildings and federally-leased space are occupied, to set a 60 percent building utilization target, and to require reports and actions tied to that measurement.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/6276/text/eh#H1033FE0A433448828D75EBC379D62816"},{"label":"Sec. 4","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/6276/text/eh#HC9060C3EC87B43E4A4044D8A6E873390"},{"label":"Sec. 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congressional committees of excess capacity and its costs when utilization is below 60 percent, and to take steps to reduce the agency's space if the target is missed in the next reporting period.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 5","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/6276/text/eh#H396348A709254774BB18ED3F6EFED126"}},{"text":"Requires the Director to submit a plan to consolidate department and agency headquarters buildings in the National Capital Region to reach building utilization of 60 percent or greater, and requires implementation to begin within 1 year after the plan is submitted.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 6","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/6276/text/eh#HECE159F05BD94F30A5FFAB87A31FC504"}},{"text":"Requires agency heads to report to their inspector general any public building or federally-leased space with a capacity of 500 or more employees and a utilization rate below 20 percent, and requires the inspector general to investigate for evidence of fraud, waste, abuse, or mismanagement.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 9","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/6276/text/eh#H92FFFE47764A4385B735A8F5DAD31EB1"}}],"unexpected":[{"category":"selective_carve_out","items":[{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 5","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/6276/text/eh#H396348A709254774BB18ED3F6EFED126"},"heading":"Reducing unneeded space","effect":"Lets the Director of the Office of Management and Budget grant exceptions to the building utilization metrics for agencies that show a need for non-standard office space such as warehouses, laboratories, and public customer-facing space.","amount":null,"quote":"The Director may provide exceptions to building utilization metrics based on the amount of non-standard office space a Federal agency demonstrates is required to meet the mission of the agency"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 7","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/6276/text/eh#H8056E1C7A1B646F18B4F870F38E1EE57"},"heading":"Federal Use it or Lose it Leases Act","effect":"Exempts properties used by an element of the intelligence community, and tenants that are such elements, from the occupancy agreement and reporting requirements. The requirements apply only to agreements entered into 6 months or more after enactment.","amount":null,"quote":"This section shall not apply to properties used by an element of the intelligence community."}]}],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2024-03-12","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/6276/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-02","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/6276","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/6276/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/118-hr-6276.png","v":"4433a787abf7","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 6276, 118th Congress: USE IT Act of 2023. House: 217 Yea, 203 Nay. Outcome: Passed House, 12 Mar 2024."}}