Performance-Based Building Act of 2018
Latest action · Dec 20, 2018 Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
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.
- IntroducedDec 19, 2018
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Performance-Based Building Act of 2018
This bill requires the General Services Administration (GSA) and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to develop a pilot program under which the GSA may enter into agreements with non-government entities to ground-lease, finance, and execute improvements to identified VA facilities. Under the program, the GSA will leaseback the facility from the non-government entity for use by the VA, and the facility shall be operated and maintained by the non-government entity.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Referred Dec 19, 2018 |
| Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee | Referred Dec 20, 2018 | |
| House | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Referred Dec 19, 2018 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 20, 2018Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
- Dec 19, 2018Introduced in House
- Dec 19, 2018Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H10337.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 7317 | Performance-based Building Act of 2018 | Related bill | Dec 18, 2018 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To direct the Administrator of General Services to carry out a pilot program under which the Administrator shall enter into agreements for the construction, renovation, improvement, and lease of facilities in order to address the deferred capital backlog of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Performance-Based Building Act of 2018
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
- Building construction
- Congressional oversight
- Department of Veterans Affairs
- Government buildings, facilities, and property
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government studies and investigations
- Health facilities and institutions
- Performance measurement
- Public contracts and procurement
- Public-private cooperation
- Veterans' medical care
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 19, 2018Introduced in House
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.
