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HR 1940 117th Congress House Government Operations and Politics Congressional oversight Government buildings, facilities, and property Government studies and investigations Performance measurement Public contracts and procurement Public-private cooperation

Performance-Based Public Buildings Act of 2021

Introduced: March 16, 2021 See on congress.gov
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Mar 17, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
Mar 16, 2021
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Mar 16, 2021
Introduced in House
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Performance-Based Public Buildings Act of 2021

This bill directs the General Services Administration to carry out a pilot program to enter into public-private partnerships to carry out projects to acquire space for public building purposes.

The Government Accountability Office shall conduct a review of all such projects and submit a report to Congress that includes (1) a review and evaluation of the public-private partnerships executed and a comparison of such agreements to similar projects completed as government construction, and (2) recommendations on the use of public-private partnerships as options for meeting the space needs of the federal government.

What's happening now March 17, 2021

Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Republican 2
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Guest, Michael
Mississippi · Mar 16, 2021
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Webster, Daniel
Florida · Mar 16, 2021
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1940: Performance-Based Public Buildings Act of 2021. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-1940/
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"H.R. 1940: Performance-Based Public Buildings Act of 2021." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-1940/.
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H.R. 1940, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-1940/.
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