Smart Space Act of 2026
Latest action · Mar 25, 2026 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
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.
- IntroducedFeb 5, 2026
- Passed HouseMar 24, 2026
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Smart Space Act of 2026
This bill requires the General Services Administration (GSA) to publish a recommended list of public building projects for which public-private partnerships and alternative financing methods should be used.
Under the bill, GSA must hold consultation meetings to identify alternative financing solutions for the construction, renovation, or preparation for disposal of public buildings that will reduce costs to the federal government. Such meetings must include experts in private commercial real estate and federal real estate. If available, state real estate experts with experience leveraging private financing for public buildings and facilities must also be included.
GSA must submit to the President and Congress, and publish on its website (1) recommendations on types of public-private partnerships and alternative financing methods best suited for meeting the federal government's public building needs, and (2) a list of recommended projects for which such methods should be used.
Projects included on the recommended projects list must meet certain criteria, including consolidating or relocating federal agencies out of costly, inefficient, and underutilized spaces that GSA intends to sell or dispose of once vacated.
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 Feb 5, 2026Discharged Feb 11, 2026Markup Feb 11, 2026Reported Mar 20, 2026 |
| Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee | Referred Feb 5, 2026 | |
| Senate | Environment and Public Works Committee | Referred Mar 25, 2026 |
Actions 14
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 25, 2026Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
- Mar 24, 2026Mr. Taylor moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Mar 24, 2026Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2650-2651)
- Mar 24, 2026DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 7388.
- Mar 24, 2026Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2650)
- Mar 24, 2026Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Mar 20, 2026Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 119-562.
- Mar 20, 2026Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 483.
- Feb 11, 2026Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Discharged
- Feb 11, 2026Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Feb 11, 2026Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- Feb 5, 2026Introduced in House
- Feb 5, 2026Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
- Feb 5, 2026Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
In the Congressional Record 1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H2650, H2651Text printed H2650 | David J. Taylor R-OH, Greg Stanton D-AZ | Mar 24, 2026 |
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.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Mar 18, 2026H.R. 7388, Smart Space Act of 2026As ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on February 11, 2026
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 172, no. 26, February 5, 2026, page H2041.
Titles 6
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To direct the Administrator of General Services to convene consultation meetings to identify alternative financing solutions for the construction of new public buildings that will reduce costs to the Federal Government, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Smart Space Act of 2026
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- Smart Space Act of 2026
- Short Title(s) as Passed House
- Smart Space Act of 2026
- Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
- Smart Space Act of 2026
- Official Title from EH (Engrossed in House) bill text
- To direct the Administrator of General Services to convene consultation meetings to identify alternative financing solutions for the construction of new public buildings that will reduce costs to the Federal Government, and for other purposes.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 25, 2026Referred in Senate
- Mar 24, 2026Engrossed in House
- Mar 20, 2026Reported in House
- Feb 5, 2026Introduced 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.
