To direct the Administrator of General Services to submit a report to Congress on the state of the real estate portfolio of the Public Building Service, and for other purposes.

Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 6480) to direct the Administrator of General Services to submit a report to Congress on the state of the real estate portfolio of the Public Building Service, and for other purposes.

Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that Members have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and insert extraneous material into the Record on H.R. 6480.

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.

Mr. Speaker, H.R. 6480 directs the Administrator of General Services to submit a report to Congress on the state of the real estate portfolio of GSA's Public Buildings Service.

I thank the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management ranking member, Mr. Stanton, along with the subcommittee chairman, Mr. Perry, for their work on this legislation.

H.R. 6480 improves transparency and supports congressional oversight of the GSA's real estate portfolio by directing the GSA to begin reissuing its state of the portfolio report. The GSA used to produce a state of the portfolio report that contained critical and useful information each year.

The report provided the taxpayer and Congress with a clear accounting of the GSA's real estate holdings, including a breakdown of costs and liabilities and updates on deferred maintenance.

Since the GSA stopped issuing this report nearly one decade ago, the information has become less accessible. This bill will ensure that the GSA reissues these reports to improve congressional oversight and ensure that

the GSA is accountable to the American taxpayer.

Mr. Speaker, I urge support of this legislation, and I reserve the balance of my time.

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time to close.

Mr. Speaker, this legislation will increase transparency of GSA's real estate holdings and ensure there is greater accountability to the American taxpayer for the management of our Federal real estate portfolio.

I urge support of H.R. 6480, and I yield back the balance of my time.

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.

Mr. Speaker, I support H.R. 6480, legislation introduced by me and cosponsored by Representative Scott Perry. The Federal real estate portfolio is being reshaped at a speed and scale this institution has never seen. Last year, under DOGE, leases were terminated overnight, buildings were emptied, and entire agencies were displaced. Through all of it, Congress was given little information about what was being sold or surrendered.

This should concern every single Member of this Chamber, regardless of political party. This has been a problem under both Democratic and Republican administrations.

The GSA used to keep Congress informed. They produced a ``State of the Portfolio'' report, a clear, comprehensive accounting of the Federal real estate footprint. They haven't done so since 2013.

Now, in 2026, after an aggressive reshaping of the Federal Government's real estate portfolio, Congress is flying blind. H.R. 6480 turns the lights back on.

This bill, introduced by myself and cosponsored by Representative Perry, directs the Administrator of General Services to submit an annual report to Congress on the state of the Federal real estate portfolio: every lease signed and terminated, every square foot leased and occupied, every GSA-owned building disposed of, every plan to relocate Federal agencies, all of it on the record, in front of Congress, accountable to the people of this country.

Congress has a constitutional obligation to know what is happening to Federal property that belongs to the American taxpayer. No administration of either party should be making unilateral decisions about the public's assets without this body having full visibility.

Mr. Speaker, I support this important bill, H.R. 6480, and urge my colleagues to do the same. I yield back the balance of my time.