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111TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 111-662
FEDERAL BUILDINGS PERSONNEL TRAINING ACT OF 2010
NOVEMBER 30, 2010.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. OBERSTAR, from the Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure, submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 5112]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to whom
was referred the bill (H.R. 5112) to provide for the training of Fed-
eral building personnel, and for other purposes, having considered
the same, report favorably thereon without amendment and rec-
ommend that the bill do pass.
PURPOSE OF THE LEGISLATION
H.R. 5112, the Federal Buildings Personnel Training Act, au-
thorizes the Administrator of General Services, in consultation
with others, to establish core competencies relating to buildings op-
eration and maintenance, energy management, sustainability,
building performance, and other matters for Federal personnel and
contract employees performing buildings operations functions in
Federal buildings.
BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION
H.R. 5112 establishes core competencies for Federal employees
and contract personnel working in certain building operations and
maintenance disciplines to ensure that Federal buildings perform
and are maintained in accordance with industry best practices. The
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (P.L. 111-5) (Recovery
Act) provided $4.5 billion to the General Services Administration
(GSA) to upgrade Federally owned facilities with more energy-effi-
cient and sustainable building components and systems. H.R. 5112
will safeguard that investment, as well as other Federal invest-
ment in energy-efficient building infrastructure, to ensure that this
infrastructure is well maintained and operating at peak perform-
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