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H.R. 3424 · Government Operations and Politics
SPACE Act of 2025
Introduced May 15, 2025 · Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
What does this mean?

The General Services Administration—the federal agency that leases and manages office buildings for the government—would have to work with the various federal agencies that rent that space to figure out how they can share buildings and rooms more efficiently instead of each agency having its own dedicated, often underused space. This means the GSA has to talk to these agency "tenants" about what's holding shared-space setups back, come up with rules to make more sharing possible, and figure out how to better use special-purpose spaces (like labs or storage areas) for this purpose. Within six months of the bill becoming law, GSA has to report to Congress on how this is going, so mainly this affects federal employees and the agencies they work for, not the general public directly, though it could eventually reduce government spending on office space.

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Bill Lifecycle
Real action history from Congress.gov — where this bill is in the process, and every recorded step along the way.
Introduced in House
May 15, 2025
Referred to Committee
May 15, 2025
Passed House
Sep 8, 2025
Received in Senate
Sep 9, 2025
Full action history (17)
May 15, 2025Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
May 15, 2025Introduced in House
May 16, 2025Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
Jun 11, 2025Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
Jun 11, 2025Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Jun 11, 2025Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Discharged
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