Summary

Requires the General Services Administration (GSA) to sell or ground-lease six specified federal buildings in Washington, D.C., or place them on long-term ground leases (up to 99 years). GSA may relocate occupant agencies to other federal space or arrange leasebacks up to five years, is authorized to add up to 20 additional underutilized GSA buildings per year with notice, and may set terms it deems in the U.S. interest. The law exempts these disposals from several environmental, historic preservation, and homeless-assistance review requirements in many cases, prohibits sales/leases to foreign persons or entities with foreign beneficial owners, directs net proceeds first to relocation and implementation costs and then to the Treasury, bars judicial review of actions under the authority, and sunsets the authority on December 31, 2028.

Key Points

• GSA must sell or ground-lease six specified federal buildings in Washington, D.C., or otherwise dispose of them.
• Ground leases can run up to 99 years; short-term leasebacks to original occupants are allowed up to five years.
• GSA may add up to 20 additional underutilized buildings per year after giving congressional notice.
• Disposals are broadly exempted from NEPA, certain historic-preservation reviews, and some homeless-assistance requirements, with limited exceptions for added buildings.
• Sales/leases may not be made to foreign persons, foreign entities, or entities with foreign beneficial owners.
• Net proceeds first cover relocation and implementation costs to the Federal Buildings Fund; remaining proceeds go to the Treasury to reduce the deficit.
• Actions under the authority are not subject to judicial review (including APA and Tucker Act claims).
• Authority to add buildings and make disposals sunsets on December 31, 2028, but prior actions remain valid.

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