{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://steube.house.gov/press-releases/rep-steube-and-sen-ernst-introduce-disposal-act/", "Rep. Steube and Sen. Ernst Introduce DISPOSAL Act", "2025-12-12", "2025", "2025-12", "Republican", "House", "FL", "W. Gregory Steube", "S001214", "steube.house.gov", "steube", "https://steube.house.gov/category/press-releases/page/", "scraper", "Rep. Steube and Sen. Ernst Introduce DISPOSAL Act\n\nWASHINGTON \u2014 U.S. Representative Greg Steube (R-Fla.) and Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) introduced yesterday the Disposing of Inactive Structures and Properties by Offering for Sale And Lease Act or DISPOSAL Act. This bill would require the auction of unused and underutilized federal buildings.\n\n\u201cAmericans deserve a government with maximum efficiency and minimal waste,\u201d said Rep. Steube. \u201cIt makes zero sense that the federal government continues to sit on vacant and underutilized buildings. I am grateful to partner with Senator Ernst on the DISPOSAL Act that will auction off the bloat of unused government facilities back to the private sector.\u201d\n\n\u201cDespite President Trump calling federal employees back to work, government buildings still remain vacant,\u201d said Senator Ernst. \u201cFor too long, the entrenched bureaucracy has used red tape to prevent these ghost towns from being sold off. I\u2019m glad Congressman Stuebe is leading my DISPOSAL Act in the House to immediately put six prime pieces of D.C. real estate on the auction block and slash through pointless regulations. By fast-tracking selling off the government\u2019s graveyard of lifeless real estate, we can generate hundreds of millions of dollars and save taxpayers billions.\u201d\n\nBackground: The DISPOSAL Act would require the sale of federal buildings with less than 60% utilization, with exceptions for structures that qualify under either section 501 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act or the National Historic Preservation Act. It also would require the sale of six properties in Washington, D.C.: the Frances Perkins Federal Building, the James V. Forrestal Building, the Theodore Roosevelt Federal Building, the Robert C. Weaver Federal Building, the Department of Agriculture South Building, and the Hubert H. Humphrey Federal Building.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:09:11Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://steube.house.gov/press-releases/rep-steube-and-sen-ernst-introduce-disposal-act/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.7585251480340958, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}