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S 1869 116th Congress Senate Government Operations and Politics Congressional oversight Financial services and investments Foreign property Government buildings, facilities, and property Landlord and tenant Public contracts and procurement Real estate business U.S. and foreign investments

Secure Federal LEASEs Act

Introduced: June 13, 2019 Introduced by: Peters, Gary C. Democratic · Michigan See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 26 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 31, 2020
Became Public Law No: 116-276.
Dec 31, 2020
Signed by President.
Dec 21, 2020
Presented to President.
Dec 9, 2020
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Dec 8, 2020
Senate agreed to the House amendment to S. 1869 by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7285)
Dec 8, 2020
Resolving differences -- Senate actions: Senate agreed to the House amendment to S. 1869 by Unanimous Consent.
Nov 18, 2020
Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House amendment to Senate bill.
Nov 17, 2020
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Nov 17, 2020
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5854-5855)
Nov 17, 2020
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H5854-5855)
Nov 17, 2020
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 1869.
Nov 17, 2020
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5854-5856)
Nov 17, 2020
Ms. Norton moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Mar 5, 2020
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
Mar 4, 2020
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Mar 4, 2020
Received in the House.
Mar 4, 2020
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Mar 3, 2020
Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S1428-1430)
Mar 3, 2020
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
Mar 3, 2020
The committee substitute withdrawn by Unanimous Consent.
Mar 3, 2020
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S1443-1444)
Sep 10, 2019
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 196.
Sep 10, 2019
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 116-92.
Jun 19, 2019
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Jun 13, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Jun 13, 2019
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Secure Federal Leases from Espionage And Suspicious Entanglements Act or the Secure Federal LEASEs Act

(Sec. 3) This bill instructs the General Services Administration (GSA), the Architect of the Capitol, or any federal agency (other than the Department of Defense and the intelligence community) that has independent statutory leasing authority (federal lessee), before entering into a lease agreement or approving a novation agreement with an entity involving a change of ownership under a lease that will be used for high-security leased space, to require the entity to identify the immediate or highest-level owner of the space and disclose whether that owner is a foreign person or entity, including the country associated with the ownership entity.

A federal lessee shall require the entity to (1) provide such identification and disclosure when first submitting a proposal in response to a solicitation for offers issued by the federal lessee; and (2) update such information annually, including the list of the immediate or highest-level owners of that entity or the information required to be provided related to each such owner.

(Sec. 4) The GSA shall develop a government-wide plan for identifying all immediate, highest-level, or beneficial owners of high-security leased spaces before entering into a lease agreement to accommodate a federal tenant.

(Sec. 5) The bill provides a rule for language in a lease agreement (concerning restriction of access to high-security space) between a federal lessee and an entity to accommodate an agency in a building or improvement used for high-security leased space.

What's happening now December 31, 2020

Became Public Law No: 116-276.

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