,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bagc  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #be      
7legislative day1 ,june #bd71 #bjbe ,ms4
 ,ernst introduced the following bill2  
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,environment and ,public 
,works  ,a ,,bill  ,to require the      
,administrator of ,general ,services to 
sell certain ,federal buildings1 and for
 other purposes4  #a4  ,short title     
,this ,act may be cited as the ,for     
,sale ,act of #bjbe4  #b4  ,closure and 
sale of underutilized ,federal buildings
  7a7  ,consolidation2 sale  7#a7       
,consolidation  ,not later than #ah     
months after the date of enactment of   
this ,act1 any ,federal agency located  
within a ,federal building described in 
paragraph 7#b7 as of that date of       
enactment shall vacate the applicable   
,federal building and relocate to       
another ,federal building4  7#b7  ,sale 
,not later than #b years after the      
vacancy of existing ,federal agencies in

 accordance with paragraph 7#a71 and    
subject to subsection 7b77#b71 the      
,administrator of ,general ,services    
7referred to in this section as the     
,administrator7 shall sell for fair     
market value at highest and best use the
 following ,federal buildings3  7,a7    
,the ,department of ,agriculture ,south 
,building1 located at #adjj             
,independence ,avenue ,,sw in           
,washington1 ,,dc4  7,b7 ,the ,hubert   
,h4 ,humphrey ,federal ,building1       
located at #bjj ,independence ,avenue   
,,sw in ,washington1 ,,dc4  7,c7 ,the   
,frances ,perkins ,federal ,building1   
located at #bjj ,constitution ,avenue   
,,nw in ,washington1 ,,dc4  7,d7 ,the   
,james ,v4 ,forrestal ,building1 located
 at #ajjj ,independence ,avenue ,,sw in 
,washington1 ,,dc4  7,e7 ,the ,theodore 
,roosevelt ,federal ,building1 located  
at #aijj ,e4 ,street ,,nw in            
,washington1 ,,dc4  7,f7 ,the ,robert   
,c4 ,weaver ,federal ,building1 located 
at #dea #gth ,street ,,sw in            

,washington1 ,,dc4  7b7  ,prohibition on
 foreign ownership  7#a7  ,definitions  
,in this subsection1 the terms          
beneficial owner1 foreign entity1 and   
foreign person have the meanings given  
those terms in section #b of the ,secure
 ,federal ,l,e,a,s,es ,act 7#dj         
,u4,s4,c4 #ehe note2 ,public ,law       
#aaf-bgf74  7#b7  ,prohibition  ,in     
conducting the sale required under      
subsection 7a77#b71 the ,administrator  
may not sell any ,federal building      
described in that subsection to any     
foreign person1 any foreign entity1 or  
any entity of which a foreign person is 
a beneficial owner4  7c7  ,net proceeds 
7#a7  ,in general  ,of the net proceeds 
received from the sale required under   
subsection 7a77#b7--  7,a7 such amount  
as may be required to implement this    
section1 as determined by the           
,administrator1 shall be deposited into 
an account in the ,federal ,buildings   
,fund established by section #eib7;a7 of
 title #dj1 ,united ,states ,code       

7referred to in this subsection as the  
,fund72 and  7,b7 any additional amounts
 after the deposit required under       
subparagraph 7,a7 shall be deposited    
into the general fund of the ,treasury  
for purposes of reducing the deficit4   
7#b7  ,future appropriation  ,on deposit
 of amounts into the ,fund under        
paragraph 7#a77;,a71 those amounts may  
be expended only subject to a specific  
future appropriation4  7d7  ,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 7a77#b74  7e7  ,exemption    
from certain requirements  ,the sale    
required under subsection 7a77#b7 shall 
be exempt from the requirements of--    
7#a7 section #eja of the                
,mc,kinney-,vento ,homeless ,assistance 

,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #aadaa72  7#b7 the  
,national ,environmental ,policy ,act of
 #aifi 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #dcba et seq472   
7#c7 division ,a of subtitle ,,iii of   
title #ed1 ,united ,states ,code        
7formerly known as the ,national        
,historic ,preservation ,act72 and  7#d7
 chapters #e and #hg of title #dj1      
,united ,states ,code4