Congressman Bob Onder Introduces the Shared Property Agency Collaboration and Engagement Act of 2025 (SPACE) Act
Monday, May 19, 2025
Washington, D.C. — Today, Congressman Bob Onder introduced H.R. 3424 the Shared Property Agency and Collaboration and Engagement Act of 2025 (SPACE) Act.
The SPACE Act requires the Administrator of the General Services Administration (GSA) to collaborate with tenants of federally leased spaces to identify and overcome concerns among the different federal agencies around shared-space arrangements.
This would:
· Facilitate the expanded use of space-sharing or collocating between different Federal Agencies that are located in the same general area.
· Identify how special-use spaces can be used to improve space-sharing or collocating
· Establish measurable objectives to quantify the success of shared-space arrangements among Federal agencies
Congressman Onder said, “This will ensure government efficiency and save taxpayers’ hard-earned money. When I came to D.C. I was shocked to learn that many federal buildings throughout our country are nowhere near full or are sitting empty. Agencies often fail to share space and have large vacancies, even though they are only blocks from each other.
The SPACE Act will require GSA to work with our Federal Agencies to address concerns about shared-space arrangements. In the long-term, this will save Americans money by consolidating the number of buildings our government owns, maintains, and pays for. Streamlining our government and saving taxpayer dollars are two of the major reasons I came to Washington, so I’m proud to champion this important reform.”