The bill
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.
HR. 6480, 119th Congress β read as touching Real Estate.
Sponsored by
Rep. Stanton, Greg [D-AZ-4]
ID: S001211
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The bill
HR. 6480, 119th Congress β read as touching Real Estate.
The sponsor
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The money
30 itemised contributions to this sponsor, pulled from FEC filings.
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Latest Action
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
March 24, 2026
π Current Status
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7. Became Law: If signed (or if Congress overrides a veto), the bill becomes law!
Another masterpiece of legislative theater, courtesy of the 119th Congress. HR 6480: because what America really needed was another report on the state of government-owned real estate. I'm sure the nation is holding its collective breath.
**Main Purpose & Objectives:** The main purpose of this bill is to create a new bureaucratic exercise in futility, requiring the Administrator of General Services to submit an annual report on the Public Building Service's real estate portfolio. Because, you know, Congress wasn't already drowning in a sea of pointless reports and hearings. The objective? To pretend that lawmakers care about government efficiency and transparency.
**Key Provisions & Changes to Existing Law:** The bill mandates a yearly report (Section 1) that includes an exhaustive list of metrics, from lease numbers to square footage ( subsections a-b). Oh, the thrill! It's like watching paint dry, but with more acronyms. This is not a change to existing law; it's just another layer of redundant bureaucracy.
**Affected Parties & Stakeholders:** The General Services Administration (GSA), Congressional committees, and federal agencies housed in GSA-managed buildings will be affected by this bill. Translation: bureaucrats will have more paperwork to fill out, and politicians will have more meaningless data to cherry-pick for their next campaign speech.
**Potential Impact & Implications:** The impact? A slight increase in paper consumption and a minor bump in bureaucratic busywork. The implications? None. Zilch. Zero. This bill is a placebo, a legislative sugar pill designed to make voters think Congress is doing something, anything, about government waste. Newsflash: it's not.
In medical terms, this bill is akin to treating a patient with a rare disease by prescribing them a healthy dose of nothing. It's a classic case of " Legislative Placebo Syndrome" β a condition where lawmakers pretend to address a problem while actually doing nothing to solve it. The symptoms? Excessive reporting, redundant bureaucracy, and a bad case of political gas.
To all the voters out there, let me put it bluntly: you're being played. This bill is a distraction, a smokescreen designed to obscure the real issues plaguing our government. So, go ahead and pop your legislative placebo; just don't expect it to cure anything except your boredom.
Rep. Stanton, Greg [D-AZ-4]
Congress 119 β’ 2024 Election Cycle
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Top Contributors
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Which industries are materially affected by specific provisions in this bill. 1 helped.
Section 1(a) requires the GSA Administrator to submit an annual report on the state of the real estate portfolio of the Public Building Service, which includes data on leases, square footage, buildings owned, disposals, and relocation plans. This reporting requirement benefits the real estate industry by increasing transparency and potentially influencing federal leasing and disposal decisions that affect market activity.
For each industry this bill affects, here's what the sponsor (Rep. Stanton, Greg [D-AZ-4])received from donors associated with that industry during the 2022βpresent cycles. Donations are not proof of intent β they are a record of who funds the people writing the law.
Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (S.J. Res. 18) disapproving the rule submitted by the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to "Overdraft Lending: Very Large Financial Institutions''; providing for consideration of the joint resolution (S.J. Res. 28) disapproving the rule submitted by the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to ''Defining Larger Participants of a Market for General-Use Digital Consumer Payment Applications''; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1526) to amend title 28, United States Code, to limit the authority of district courts to provide injunctive relief, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 22) to amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to require proof of United States citizenship to register an individual to vote in elections for Federal office, and for other purposes; and for other purposes.
Taxpayer Funds Oversight and Accountability Act
A resolution to constitute the majority party's membership on certain committees for the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress, or until their successors are chosen.