,i  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ifhi  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #ad1 #bjbf,ms4 
,titus 7for herself and ,mr4 ,doggett7  
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on          
,transportation and ,infrastructure1 and
 in addition to the ,committee on       
,oversight and ,government ,reform1 for 
a period to be subsequently determined  
by the ,speaker1 in each case for       
consideration of such provisions as fall
 within the jurisdiction of the         
committee concerned  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
protect publicly commissioned art1 and  
for other purposes4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the          
,protecting ,resources and ,ensuring    
,stewardship of ,enduring ,records of   
,visual ,expression ,act or the         
,,preserve ,act4  #b4 ,protecting       
publicly commissioned art  7a7 ,covered 
art designation  7#a7 ,determination    
required by ,,gsa ,not later than #cj   
days after the date on which the        

,administrator determines excess        
property that is ,federal real property 
is surplus property1 the ,administrator 
shall determine whether the surplus     
property contains covered art4  7#b7    
,notification required ,not later than  
#fj days after the ,administrator       
determines that surplus property is     
covered surplus property1 the           
,administrator shall notify the         
appropriate congressional committees and
 each ,member of ,congress that         
represents the area where the surplus   
property is located of such designation4
  7b7 ,preservation ,committee  7#a7    
,establishment ,not later than #ij days 
before the initiation of the first      
demolition1 transfer1 or disposal of a  
covered surplus property1 the           
,administrator shall establish a        
,preservation ,committee for such       
covered surplus property4  7#b7 ,member 
,there shall be at least #c and not more
 than #f members of the ,preservation   
,committee as follows3 7,a7 ,at least   

one member shall be a ,,gsa ,fine ,arts 
,program employee who is a career       
employee in the civil service4  7,b7 ,at
 least two members from different       
categories as follows3 7i7 ,an expert in
 art conservation or art history in     
either the time period or medium of the 
covered art4  7ii7 ,any ,,gsa employee  
that is responsible for preserving the  
artwork in the ,federal building1 such  
as an ,historic ,preservation ,program  
employee4  7iii7 ,any other individual  
the ,administrator determines has       
important historical knowledge about the
 creation or preservation of the covered
 artwork4  7#c7 ,,gsa plan or           
alternatives required to be submitted   
,on the date on which the ,preservation 
,committee is established1 the          
,administrator shall provide the        
,preservation ,committee with-- 7,a7 a  
proposed plan of action for the sale1   
transfer1 or demolition of the property2
 or  7,b7 a range of alternatives the   
,administrator is considering for the   

covered surplus property4  7#d7         
,preservation plan  7,a7 ,submission of 
plan ,not later than #ij days after the 
date on which the ,preservation         
,committee is established1 the          
,preservation ,committee shall submit to
 the ,administrator1 the appropriate    
congressional committees1 and each      
,member of ,congress that represents the
 area where the surplus property is     
located a preservation plan for covered 
art within the surplus properties to    
preserve the covered artwork to the     
maximum extent possible1 including      
through a preservation covenant in an   
outlease agreement and sale terms1 or   
moving covered artwork to another       
facility or museum4  7,b7 ,availability 
of preservation plan on ,,gsa website   
,not later than #cj days after the date 
on which the ,administrator receives the
 preservation plan pursuant to          
subparagraph 7,a71 the ,administrator   
shall make the plan publicly available  
on the ,,gsa website for not less than  

#ij days4  7,c7 ,report required for    
missed deadline ,if the ,preservation   
,committee does not meet the deadline   
under subparagraph 7,a71 the ,committee 
shall submit to ,congress and the       
,administrator a report explaining why  
the deadline was missed4  7#e7 ,transfer
 of property ,at the recommendation of  
the ,preservation ,committee1 the       
,administrator may place the covered art
 on long-term loan to a museum or       
nonprofit organization1 if the agreement
 to transfer includes the requirements  
described in subparagraphs 7,a7 and 7,b7
 of paragraph 7#d74  7#f7 ,condition for
 real property disposal ,the            
,administrator may not dispose of1      
demolish1 or outlease any covered       
surplus property unless--  7,a7 the     
,administrator has established a        
,preservation ,committee for such       
covered surplus property and the        
,preservation ,committee has finished   
the preservation plan for any covered   
art in the property1 in accordance with 

paragraph 7#d72 and  7,b7 the           
,administrator certifies to the         
appropriate congressional committees    
that the ,,gsa is implementing such     
preservation plan and the covered       
artwork in such covered surplus property
 will remain publicly accessible under  
any future owners or tenants of the     
property4  7c7 ,definitions ,in this    
section3 7#a7 ,administrator ,the term  
,administrator means the ,administrator 
of ,general ,services4  7#b7            
,appropriate congressional ,committees  
,the term appropriate congressional     
committees means-- 7,a7 the ,committee  
on ,transportation and ,infrastructure  
of the ,house of ,representatives2  7,b7
 the ,committee on ,oversight and       
,government ,reform of the ,house of    
,representatives2 and  7,c7 the         
,committee on ,environment and ,public  
,works of the ,senate4  7#c7 ,civil     
service ,the term civil service has the 
meaning given that term in section #baja
 of title #e1 ,united ,states ,code4    

7#d7 ,covered art ,the term covered art 
means artwork that--  7,a7 is owned by  
the ,federal ,government2 and  7,b7 is  
or was1 within the preceding #e years1  
managed by the ,general ,services       
,administration ,fine ,arts ,program1   
including any work commissioned using   
taxpayer funds under a ,federal program 
established as part of the ,new ,deal of
 ,president ,franklin ,d4 ,roosevelt or 
commissioned through the ,,gsa ,art in  
,architecture program4  7#e7 ,covered   
surplus property ,the term covered      
surplus property means surplus property 
the ,administrator determines contains  
covered art under subsection 7a74  7#f7 
,excess property2 surplus property ,the 
terms excess property and surplus       
property have the meaning given those   
terms in section #ajb of title #dj1     
,united ,states ,code4  7#g7 ,,gsa ,the 
term ,,gsa means the ,general ,services 
,administration4  7#h7 ,nonprofit       
organization ,the term nonprofit        
organization means an organization that 

is described in section #eja7;c77#c7 of 
the ,internal ,revenue ,code of #aihf   
and exempt from taxation under section  
#eja7;a7 of such ,code4  7#i7 ,publicly 
accessible ,the term publicly accessible
 means accessible to the general public 
on a regular and predictable basis4