Government Real Estate Accountability and Transparency Act of 2008
Latest action · Apr 3, 2008 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 626.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedApr 2, 2008
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Government Real Estate Accountability and Transparency Act of 2008 - Requires the submission of annual reports: (1) describing the total quantity of land within the jurisdiction of the United States, the land that is owned by the federal government, and the land that is located within each state; (2) describing the total annual cost to the government for maintaining all parcels of administrative land and all administrative buildings or structures under the jurisdiction of each federal agency; and (3) listing and summarizing the unused or vacant assets of each agency and the estimated costs to the government of the maintenance backlog of each agency.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 3, 2008Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 626.
- Apr 2, 2008Introduced in Senate
- Apr 2, 2008Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
In the Congressional Record 2
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S2367 | Harry Reid D-NV | Apr 3, 2008 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S2365 | Harry Reid D-NV | Apr 2, 2008 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| RL33484 | National Park Management Archived | Report | Aug 15, 2008 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2807 | Land and Liberty Protection Act of 2008 | Related bill | Apr 3, 2008 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to require an annual report detailing the amount of property the Federal government owns and the cost of government land ownership to taxpayers.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Government Real Estate Accountability and Transparency Act of 2008
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 3, 2008Placed on Calendar Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
