“(a) Short Title.—This Act may be cited as the ‘Secure Federal Leases from Espionage And Suspicious Entanglements Act’ or the ‘Secure Federal LEASEs Act’.
“(b) Findings.—Congress finds that—“(1) the Government Accountability Office has reported that the Federal Government often leases high-security space from private sector landlords;
“(2) the General Services Administration collects highest-level and immediate ownership information through the System for Award Management, but it is not currently required to collect beneficial ownership information and lacks an adequate system for doing so;
“(3) the General Services Administration and Federal agencies with leasing authority may not know if foreign owners have a stake in the buildings leased by the agencies, either through foreign-incorporated legal entities or through ownership in United States-incorporated legal entities, even when the leased space is used for classified operations or to store sensitive data; and
“(4) according to a report of the Government Accountability Office, dated January 2017, that examined the risks of foreign ownership of Government-leased real estate, ‘leasing space in foreign-owned buildings could present security risks such as espionage and unauthorized cyber and physical access’.
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