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The Transportation and Infrastructure Committee will hold a Full Committee markup this Wednesday, June 27, 2018 at 10:00 am in 2167 Rayburn House Office Building to consider the following measures:

H.R. 6194 – Real Estate Assets and Leasing (REAL) Reform Act – reforms the General Services Administration’s (GSA) management of federal real estate assets and provides the civilian federal government landlord agency with the necessary tools to negotiate the best lease deals possible on behalf of taxpayers.  The bill also strengthens oversight of federal construction projects and ensures that such projects remain on or under budget.  In addition the bill provides for more accountability and oversight of the Federal Protective Service (FPS).  More information about the REAL Reform Act is available here.

H.R. 6175 – to enhance marine safety – Addresses maritime safety issues in response to the sinking of the U.S.-flagged cargo ship, the El Faro, and the Coast Guard’s final report on the incident.  The bill requires the Coast Guard to ensure proper vessel inspections are undertaken, that vessels and crew have necessary safety equipment and timely weather forecast charts, and that voyage data recorders float free after an accident.

H.R. 6206 – Coast Guard Blue Technology Center of Expertise Act – Establishes a Blue Technology Center of Expertise to help promote awareness within the Coast Guard of the range and diversity of so-called Blue Technologies – new and emerging maritime domain awareness technologies, especially more cost effective unmanned technologies – and how the use of such technologies could enhance Coast Guard mission readiness and performance.  The bill also enables the sharing and dissemination of Blue Technology information between the private sector, academia, nonprofits and the Coast Guard.

S. 756 – Save Our Seas Act of 2017 – Reauthorizes and revises the Marine Debris Program to require the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to work with other agencies including the State Department to address international sources of marine debris and promote international action to reduce marine debris; makes funds available to NOAA to clean up and respond to severe marine debris events; expands Interagency Marine Debris Coordinating Committee to include a senior officials from State Department and Interior Department.

H.R. 5846 – Promoting Flood Risk Mitigation Act – Requires the Government Accountability Office to conduct a study of the flood loss buyout program of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

H.R. 3906 – Innovative Stormwater Infrastructure Act of 2017 – Under an amendment in the nature of a substitute that will be considered, the legislation establishes a stormwater infrastructure funding task force to look at means for funding stormwater infrastructure.

H.R. 66 – Route 66 Centennial Commission Act – Establishes a commission to recommend to Congress how best to commemorate Route 66 on its 100-year anniversary in 2026, and requires the Secretary of Transportation to prepare a plan for the preservation of Route 66.

H.R. 3460 – To designate the United States courthouse located at 323 East Chapel Hill Street in Durham, North Carolina, as the “John Hervey Wheeler United States Courthouse.”

H.R. 5772 – To designate the J. Marvin Jones Federal Building and Courthouse in Amarillo, Texas, as the "J. Marvin Jones Federal Building and Mary Lou Robinson United States Courthouse.”

19 General Services Administration (GSA) Capital Investment and Leasing Program (CILP) prospectuses

More information about the markup hearing, including expected agenda order, legislative text, and a live webcast, will be posted here as it becomes available.