Smart Space Act of 2026
Introduced Feb 5, 2026 by Rep. Eric Burlison
The House passed it. The Senate has to pass it before it can reach the President.
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.
Summary by the Congressional Research Service.
No recorded roll-call vote on this bill — it may have passed by voice vote or unanimous consent, which don't record individual votes.
- Mar 25, 2026Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
- Mar 24, 2026Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Mar 24, 2026On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2650)
- Mar 24, 2026Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
- Mar 24, 2026DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 7388.
- Mar 24, 2026Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2650-2651)
- Mar 24, 2026Mr. Taylor moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Mar 20, 2026Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 483.
- Mar 20, 2026Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 119-562.
- Feb 11, 2026Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- Feb 11, 2026Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Feb 11, 2026Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Discharged
- Feb 5, 2026Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
- Feb 5, 2026Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
- Feb 5, 2026Introduced in House