,,ib ,union ,calendar ,no4 #eci #aafth  
,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,h4 ,r4 #ejdg
 ,report ,no4 #aaf-fee ,,in ,,the       
,,house ,,of ,,representatives          
,november #ab1 #bjai,mr4 ,de,fazio 7for 
himself and ,ms4 ,titus7 introduced the 
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,transportation and   
,infrastructure  ,december #af1         
#bjbj;,additional sponsors3 ,ms4 ,norton
 and ,ms4 ,davids of ,kansas  ,december 
#af1 #bjbj,reported from the ,committee 
on ,transportation and ,infrastructure2 
committed to the ,committee of the      
,whole ,house on the ,state of the      
,union and ordered to be printed  ,a    
,,bill  ,to require the ,administrator  
of ,general ,services to conduct an     
annual audit of properties leased to    
private parties1 and for other purposes4
  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be    
cited as the ,,gsa ,lease ,transparency 
,act of #bjai4  #b4 ,annual audit  7a7  
,in general ,chapter #e of subtitle ,i  
of title #dj1 ,united ,states ,code1 is 

amended by adding at the end the        
following3  #fbe4 ,annual audit of      
leases  7a7 ,in general ,not later than 
#ij days after the date of enactment of 
this ,act1 and annually thereafter1 the 
,administrator of ,general ,services    
shall complete an audit1 in compliance  
with generally accepted government      
accounting standards1 of covered leases4
  7b7 ,content of audit ,the audit shall
 determine whether the ,federal         
,government has received all rent1      
revenues1 and anything of value due in  
accordance with the provisions of each  
covered lease4  7c7 ,submission ,not    
later than #cj days after the date of   
completion of an audit1 the             
,administrator of ,general ,services    
shall submit to the ,committee on       
,transportation and ,infrastructure of  
the ,house of ,representatives and the  
,committee on ,environment and ,public  
,works of the ,senate the audit and a   
report on such audit4  7d7 ,additional  
audit requirement for leases ,with      

respect to any covered lease that takes 
effect on or after the date of enactment
 of this section1 the ,administrator    
shall require that such a lease contains
 audit rights for the ,administrator and
 the ,inspector ,general of the ,general
 ,services ,administration4  7e7        
,definition ,in this section1 the       
following definition applies3 7#a7      
,covered lease ,the term covered lease  
means an active lease of space in a     
,federal building in which at least #bj 
percent of such building is leased to   
any entity pursuant to any provision of 
law1 including-- 7,a7 section #edc2     
7,b7 section #eha2  7,c7 sections       
#cjfaba and #cjfabb of title #ed1       
,united ,states ,code2 and  7,d7 ,public
 ,law #ajh-ddg 7#ajh ,stat4 #bhji et    
seq474  4  7b7 ,conforming amendment    
,the table of chapters for chapter #e of
 subtitle ,i of title #dj1 ,united      
,states ,code1 is amended by adding     
after the item relating to section #fbd 
the following new item3  #fbe4 ,annual  

audit of leases4  4  ,december #af1     
#bjbj;,committed to the ,committee of   
the ,whole ,house on the ,state of the  
,union and ordered to be printed