Subcommittee Rosters, FY27 Views & Estimates, GSA Capital & Leasing Resolutions

I call the Committee on Transportation Infrastructure to order. Pursuant to Committee Rule six F and House Rule eleven clause two HF, the Chairman may postpone further proceedings today on any question of approving any measure in matter of adopting an amendment in which the recorded vote of the yeas and nays is ordered. I'd ask unanimous consent that the Chairman be authorized to declare a recess at any time during today's meeting and without objection that is so ordered. All rosters and texts have been distributed electronically and paper copies are also available here in the hearing room. As a reminder, the committee may use an electronic voting system for any requested recorded votes. So today the committee is considering approval of updated subcommittee rosters due to changes on the majority side, the fiscal year twenty twenty seven views and estimates of the committee on transportation and infrastructure, and a general services administration capital investment and leasing program resolution. And finally,

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unanimous consent for the committee to use an amendments roster for any items under consideration by the committee. And without objection that's so ordered. Our first item for business today is approval of the revised subcommittee roster due to uh membership changes on the majority side. And so I call up the subcommittee rosters for consideration. Without objection the rosters will be considered as read and recognized. I recognize myself uh for a quick statement. Pursuant to House Resolution eleven seventy-six, Congressman Clay Fuller of Georgia and Congressman Kevin Kiley of California were appointed to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. I'm pleased to welcome the newest member of the House of Representatives, Congressman Clay Fuller from Northwest Georgia to the committee. Prior to his election, Congressman Fuller served as an officer in the United States Air Force and Georgia Air National Guard and he also served as a district attorney for Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit. He's already had an eventful introduction to the committee as he participated in our surface mark-up just a couple weeks ago. Revised rosters reflect the addition of Congressman Fuller to the subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment Highways in Transit, and Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials. Congressman Kiley to the subcommittees on Water Resources and Environment, Highways in Transit, and Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management. Congressman Kiley, we are glad uh to have you back on the committee and Congressman Fuller, we look forward to working with you for the rest of uh for the rest of the Congress. Is there anyone else wish to speak on the amendments roster? Seeing none, I'd ask you now on this consent for the approval of revised subcommittee rosters due to membership changes uh on the majority side and without objection that is so ordered the revised subcommittee rosters have been approved. The next item for consideration is the views and estimates of the Committee on Transportation Infrastructure fiscal year twenty twenty seven. And I call up the views and estimates and without objection the first reading is dispensed with. The views and estimates are now considered as read and open for amendment at any point. Recognize myself for a quick statement. The committee has been busy and productive. During the hundred and nineteen Congress, we've held forty-nine hearings and round tables, reported fifty-three bills out of committee and forty-six bills referred to the committee have been approved by the House. Most recently, the committee favorably reported the Build Act two fifty or the Build America two fifty Act a bipartisan surface transportation reauthorization which provides core infrastructure investments to the nation. This bill will advance our highways and railroads and contains the largest investment in bridges in the history of the United States. This critical bill also addresses the highway trust fund fairness issue, strengthens the user fee foundation that it was built upon and provides new funding for the trust funds the first time in over thirty years. I can't stress how important uh it was for the commu- uh that the committee acted to ensure that all users of the nation's uh highways begin paying into the highway trust fund, not just the users who drive gas and diesel powered vehicles. and it provided this new funding mechanism to the Highway Trust Fund. Further, the committee helped deliver reconciliation legislation that provided historic investments to the United States Coast Guard for border and national security, as well as a down payment on the modernization of America's air traffic control system. And it will continue to be busy uh this Congress uh for the committee as we work together on a Water Resources Development Act, advance the committee's reported pipeline safety bill, female reform in aviation safety legislation, and more. And I'm proud to say that we've advanced critical legislation in a bipartisan manner and our hard work is paying off for the American people. I appreciate ranking member uh Larson for working with us on all these important um items, as well as the views and estimates um that we are considering today. And I'd urge my colleagues to support the views and estimates for fiscal year twenty twenty-seven. Now rep recognize Rick.

Thank you, Mr. Chair, and thank you for working collaboratively on the budget views and We've had a productive session so far, having drafted and passed the bipartisan Alert Act in the House and marking up a bipartisan surface transportation reauthorization bill in this committee. We still have work to do for the remainder of Congress, including working with the Senate to get the Alert Act enacted, getting the Build Act uh, Build America T- fifty Act and the FEMA Act to the floor and enacted, and passing a bipartisan Water Resources Development Act or word-out bill. as well as conducting our continued oversight of the administration's air traffic control modernization efforts. These views and estimates, I believe, reflect our desire to continue working in a bipartisan and productive manner, and I urge my colleagues to join me in supporting the FY twenty twenty-seven budget views and estimates. With that, I yield back.

Do any other members wish to be recognized? Seeing no one. Are there any amendments to the views and estimates for fiscal year twenty twenty seven? Hearing none, the question is now on adopting and submitting the views and estimates for fiscal year twenty twenty seven to the house committee on budget. All those in favor, signify by saying aye.

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All opposed, signify by saying nay. The ayes have it, and the views and estimates for fiscal year twenty s twenty seven are adopted. Pursuant to house rule ten clause four, I'd ask unanimous consent. fiscal year twenty twenty seven views and estimates as adopted by the committee on transportation and infrastructure be submitted to the committee on budget without objection that is so ordered our last item for consideration is a resolution for a project in the general services administration's capital investment and leasing program and i'd ask unanimous consent to call up the resolution it is now considered as read and open for amendment at any point without objection That is so ordered. Recognize myself quickly for a statement. So the GSA resolution that we're considering today is an alter or or alteration project of the GSA's headquarters. Uh, this prospectus will allow GSA and OPM to consolidate into one building. This continues the committee's efforts to shrink the federal footprint, reducing the taxpayers' liability, and ensure that space usage is cons uh consistent. with requirements set in the public buildings reforms that we enacted in the Water Resource and Development Act of twenty twenty four. In fact, GSA has informed the committee that this would boost the building utilization uh r uh rate by over eighty percent. I wanna thank subcommittee chairman Perry for his work on ensuring that this project makes sense uh to the taxpayers. With that, I urge my committee to support the resolution and recognize Rickford's statement.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I support the GSA's resolution before us today, which provides the um um GSA with the authority to renovate its headquarters building located at eighteen hundred F street northwest in the c in the capital. Eighteen hundred F street was constructed for the Department of Interior in nineteen seventeen and placed on the National Register of Historic Places in nineteen eighty six. Between two thousand nine and two thousand thirteen, GSA used American recovery and reinvestment. Act funding to renovate elevator, mechanical, plumbing, and life sa- safety systems in sixty percent of the building. But the remaining forty percent of the building has been emptied due to poor ventilation. In twenty twenty six, FYI twenty twenty six, that is, GSA submitted the prospectus before us today, which provide GSA with two hundred and thirty-nine million dollars to complete the renovations. GSA plans to keep this building in its inventory and and co-locate the Office of Personnel Management there. According to GSA, once GSA and OPM are in the building, the utilization rate will exceed eighty percent. So I support this resolution and urge my colleagues to do the same, and with that yield back.

Does anyone else wish to be recognized on the GSA resolution? Seeing no further. Speakers, are there any amendments to the GSA resolution? Hearing none, the question is now on the adoption of the GSA resolution. All those in favor, signify by saying aye. All opposed, signify by saying nay. If any of the chair, the ayes have it. And the GSA resolution is agreed to and approved. Thank you everyone for participating today. Pursuant to committee rule six of the rules of the Committee on Transportation Infrastructure, I'd note the presence of a quorum for actions taken on all committee business today. I'd ask unanimous consent that the staff be authorized to make all necessary technical, clarifying and conforming changes to each item adopted today to reflect the actions of the committee. Without objection, that is so ordered. I would remind members that we are about to transition into an aviation subcommittee hearing. Please allow staff just a moment to prepare the hearing room for the next uh committee activity. And with that, the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure has completed its administrative and organizational business. For the day, the committee stands adjourned.