Government Services Accessibility Act of 2014

Government Services Accessibility Act of 2014 - Prohibits the Administrator of the General Services Administration (GSA) from leasing a building for a federal agency unless the Administrator determines that the building to be leased would satisfy requirements relating to access to public transportation, including any requirement that the building is located not greater than a certain distance from public transportation that operates regularly throughout the building's normal business hours.

[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4859 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4859

      To amend title 40, United States Code, to require that the 
 Administrator of General Services verify that a building to be leased 
  to accommodate a Federal agency is located a certain distance from 
    public transportation before entering into the lease agreement.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 12, 2014

 Mr. Ellison introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
             Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
      To amend title 40, United States Code, to require that the 
 Administrator of General Services verify that a building to be leased 
  to accommodate a Federal agency is located a certain distance from 
    public transportation before entering into the lease agreement.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Government Services Accessibility 
Act of 2014''.

SEC. 2. LEASE AGREEMENTS.

    Section 585(a) of title 40, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) Distance to public transportation.--
                    ``(A) Definition of public transportation.--In this 
                paragraph, the term `public transportation' has the 
                meaning given the term in section 5302 of title 49.
                    ``(B) Determination.--The Administrator of General 
                Services shall not enter into a lease agreement under 
                paragraph (1) unless the Administrator determines 
                that--
                            ``(i) the building (or improvement) to be 
                        leased would satisfy any requirement concerning 
                        access to public transportation listed in a 
                        proposed short form lease or solicitation for 
                        offers provided to each prospective offeror in 
                        accordance with section 570.203-3 of the 
                        Federal Acquisition Regulation (or successor 
                        regulations); and
                            ``(ii) if the short form lease or 
                        solicitation for offers contains a requirement 
                        concerning access to public transportation, the 
                        building (or improvement) is located not 
                        greater than a certain distance from public 
                        transportation that operates regularly 
                        throughout the normal business hours of the 
                        building (or improvement).''.
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