51风流 Opposes Automatic Debarment Amendment
On July 16, the House passed the , which funds the General Services Administration (GSA), by a . The bill includes slight decreases in funding for GSA in FY 2015, as compared to FY 2014. However, the House bill comes in about $700 million less than the president鈥檚 request. Of particular note, the House would only fund land port-of-entry projects for Customs and Border Protection through the construction and acquisition account and ignore the facility needs of all other executive agencies completely. To view what projects the House would provide GSA funding for, . 聽To view the president鈥檚 request for GSA, .
While the bill was on the House floor, 51风流 encouraging members of Congress to support amendments increasing funding for GSA鈥檚 Public Buildings Fund. In addition, 51风流 noted its strong opposition to an amendment that would automatically debar a federal contractor for a violation鈥攐r even an accusation thereof鈥攐f the Fair Labor Standards Act. For more information on 51风流鈥檚 effort against automatic debarment on this, .
The Senate has not passed any of the 12 annual appropriations bills to date. It is considered unlikely that the Senate would pass its version of the GSA funding before the election. As such, the likelihood of a continuing resolution that freezes spending levels from FY 2014 is increasingly likely as the November election approaches.
GSA Accounts |
FY 2012 |
FY 2013* |
FY 2014 |
FY 2015 President鈥檚 Request |
FY 2015 House Bill |
Construction & Acquisition |
$50,000,000 |
$50,000,000 |
$506,178,000 |
$745,449,000 |
$420,460,000 |
Repairs & Alterations |
$280,000,000 |
$280,000,000 |
$1,076,823,000 |
$1,256,738,000 |
$965,817,000 |
TOTAL |
$330,000,000 |
$330,000,000 |
$1,583,001,000 |
$2,002,187,000 |
$1,386,277,000 |
*Please note that these GSA accounts did not experience sequestration cuts in FY 2013. 聽
GSA Repairs & Alterations Account Breakdown |
FY 2014 |
FY 2015 President鈥檚 Request |
FY 2015 House Bill |
Major Repairs & Alterations |
$593,288,000 |
$666,472,000 |
$402,282,000 |
Fire & Life Safety Program |
$30,000,000 |
$40,000,000 |
$40,000,000 |
Energy & Water Retrofit & Conservation Measures |
$5,000,000 |
$40,000,000 |
n/a |
Consolidated Activities |
$70,000,000 |
$100,000,000 |
$100,000,000 |
Basic Repairs and Alterations |
$378,535,000 |
$390,266,000 |
$378,535,000 |
Judiciary Court Security Program |
n/a |
$20,000,000 |
$20,000,000 |
Real Property Disposal |
n/a |
n/a |
$25,000,000 |
TOTAL |
$1,076,823,000 |
$1,256,738,000 |
$965,817,000 |
For more information, please contact Jimmy Christianson at 703-837-5325 or christiansonj@agc.org.听