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4	4	STSESSION S. 102
5	5	To require Federal agencies to impose in-person work requirements for em-
6	6	ployees of those agencies and to occupy a certain portion of the office
7	7	space of those agencies, and for other purposes.
8	8	IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
9	9	JANUARY15, 2025
10	10	Mr. K
11	11	ENNEDYintroduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred
12	12	to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
13	13	A BILL
14	14	To require Federal agencies to impose in-person work re-
15	15	quirements for employees of those agencies and to occupy
16	16	a certain portion of the office space of those agencies,
17	17	and for other purposes.
18	18	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
19	19	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
20	20	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
21	21	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Reinforce Occupancy 4
22	22	Obligations for Maximized Interagency Efficiency Act’’ or 5
23	23	the ‘‘ROOMIE Act’’. 6
24	24	SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 7
25	25	In this Act: 8
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29	29	(1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis-1
30	30	trator’’ means the Administrator of General Serv-2
31	31	ices. 3
32	32	(2) F
33	33	EDERAL AGENCY .—The term ‘‘Federal 4
34	34	agency’’ has the meaning given the term in section 5
35	35	621 of title 40, United States Code. 6
36	36	(3) F
37	37	EDERAL CIVILIAN REAL PROPERTY .—The 7
38	38	term ‘‘Federal civilian real property’’ has the mean-8
39	39	ing given the term in section 3 of the Federal Assets 9
40	40	Sale and Transfer Act of 2016 (40 U.S.C. 1303 10
41	41	note; Public Law 114–287). 11
42	42	(4) U
43	43	SABLE SQUARE FEET .—The term ‘‘usable 12
44	44	square feet’’ has the meaning given the term by the 13
45	45	Administrator. 14
46	46	SEC. 3. FINDINGS. 15
47	47	Congress finds that— 16
48	48	(1) according to a 2023 review of Federal agen-17
49	49	cies by the Government Accountability Office— 18
50	50	(A) 17 Federal agencies ‘‘used on average 19
51	51	an estimated 25 percent or less of the capacity 20
52	52	of their headquarters buildings’’; and 21
53	53	(B) 1 Federal agency headquarters exam-22
54	54	ined would only occupy 67 percent of the office 23
55	55	space of the Federal agency if 100 percent of 24
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59	59	the employees of the Federal agency worked in- 1
60	60	person; 2
61	61	(2) according to a 2024 report by the Public 3
62	62	Buildings Reform Board established by section 4(a) 4
63	63	of the Federal Assets Sale and Transfer Act of 2016 5
64	64	(40 U.S.C. 1303 note; Public Law 114–287)— 6
65	65	(A) in the National Capital Region, the 7
66	66	Federal Government owns or leases almost 8
67	67	90,000,000 square feet of property; 9
68	68	(B) a sample of Federal properties in 10
69	69	Washington, D.C., maintained only 12 percent 11
70	70	capacity on average; 12
71	71	(C) ‘‘billions of dollars are being expended 13
72	72	on buildings that should be disposed of given 14
73	73	the new normal of low occupancy’’; and 15
74	74	(D) some Federal agencies have developed 16
75	75	cultural expectations that they should retain a 17
76	76	‘‘flagship’’ property despite significant under 18
77	77	usage of that property; and 19
78	78	(3) according to a 2023 report by the Office of 20
79	79	Audits of the Office of Inspector General of the Gen-21
80	80	eral Services Administration— 22
81	81	(A) Federal Government buildings can 23
82	82	pose significant health risks if they remain un-24
83	83	derutilized; and 25
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87	87	(B) since July 2023, ‘‘elevated levels of 1
88	88	Legionella’’, which is a bacterium that can 2
89	89	cause serious infection and death, ‘‘were found 3
90	90	in six GSA-controlled buildings, all of which are 4
91	91	open to the public’’. 5
92	92	SEC. 4. IN-PERSON WORK REQUIREMENTS. 6
93	93	(a) F
94	94	EDERALAGENCYPOLICYMODIFICATION.— 7
95	95	(1) I
96	96	N GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days 8
97	97	after the date of enactment of this Act, the head of 9
98	98	each Federal agency shall amend the policies of the 10
99	99	Federal agency, if necessary, to require— 11
100	100	(A) not less than 80 percent of the employ-12
101	101	ees of the Federal agency to work in-person 13
102	102	Monday through Friday of each week, not in-14
103	103	cluding any day that is a legal public holiday 15
104	104	described in section 6103 of title 5, United 16
105	105	States Code, as certified by the Director of the 17
106	106	Office of Personnel Management; and 18
107	107	(B) except as provided in paragraph (2), 19
108	108	not less than 60 percent of the usable square 20
109	109	feet of the office space of the Federal agency in 21
110	110	any Federal civilian real property owned, 22
111	111	leased, or controlled by the Federal agency to 23
112	112	be occupied by employees of the Federal agen-24
113	113	cy, as certified by the Administrator. 25
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117	117	(2) EXCEPTION.— 1
118	118	(A) I
119	119	N GENERAL.—If a Federal agency 2
120	120	does not employ enough individuals to occupy 3
121	121	60 percent of the usable square feet of the of-4
122	122	fice space of the Federal agency in any Federal 5
123	123	civilian real property owned, leased, or con-6
124	124	trolled by the Federal agency, the head of the 7
125	125	Federal agency shall, not later than 1 year 8
126	126	after the date of enactment of this Act, prepare 9
127	127	and submit to the Administrator, the Com-10
128	128	mittee on Environment and Public Works of the 11
129	129	Senate, and the Committee on Transportation 12
130	130	and Infrastructure of the House of Representa-13
131	131	tives an occupancy plan in accordance with sub-14
132	132	paragraph (B). 15
133	133	(B) R
134	134	EQUIREMENTS.—An occupancy plan 16
135	135	prepared and submitted under subparagraph 17
136	136	(A) shall detail how the Federal agency plans to 18
137	137	reach 60 percent occupancy in the usable 19
138	138	square feet of the office space of the Federal 20
139	139	agency in any Federal civilian real property 21
140	140	owned, leased, or controlled by the Federal 22
141	141	agency through the use of individuals employed 23
142	142	by any Federal agency, with special consider-24
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146	146	ation given to individuals employed by different 1
147	147	Federal agencies. 2
148	148	(b) R
149	149	EPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 3
150	150	that is 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 4
151	151	the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit 5
152	152	to Congress a report regarding the implementation of the 6
153	153	requirement under subsection (a)(1), as certified by the 7
154	154	Director of the Office of Personnel Management and the 8
155	155	Administrator, as applicable. 9
156	156	SEC. 5. NONCOMPLIANCE. 10
157	157	(a) I
158	158	NGENERAL.—If a Federal agency fails to com-11
159	159	ply with section 4(a) by the deadlines described in that 12
160	160	section, the Federal agency or the General Services Ad-13
161	161	ministration, as applicable, shall sell, terminate, or be pro-14
162	162	hibited from re-signing the lease for, the applicable Fed-15
163	163	eral civilian real property in accordance with subsection 16
164	164	(b) or (c), as applicable. 17
165	165	(b) P
166	166	ROPERTYOWNED ORCONTROLLED BY THE 18
167	167	F
168	168	EDERALAGENCY.—If the Federal agency owns or con-19
169	169	trols the Federal civilian real property in which the office 20
170	170	space described in subsection (a) is located, the Federal 21
171	171	agency or the General Services Administration, as applica-22
172	172	ble, shall sell the Federal civilian real property. 23
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174	174	ROPERTYLEASED BY THE FEDERALAGEN-24
175	175	CY.—If the Federal agency leases the Federal civilian real 25
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179	179	property in which the office space described in subsection 1
180	180	(a) is located, the Federal agency or the General Services 2
181	181	Administration, as applicable— 3
182	182	(1) if the lease contains an early termination or 4
183	183	other applicable provision— 5
184	184	(A) shall execute that provision and termi-6
185	185	nate the lease early; and 7
186	186	(B) shall not re-sign the lease; or 8
187	187	(2) if the lease does not contain an early termi-9
188	188	nation or other applicable provision, shall not re-sign 10
189	189	the lease. 11
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