Public buildings Legislation - Federal Government

Ice Age Floods National Geologic Trail Designation Act - Designates the Ice Age Floods National Geologic Trail, a trail from Missoula, Montana to the Pacific Ocean, to provide for the public appreciation, understanding, and enjoyment of the nationally significant natural and cultural features of the Ice Age Floods and to promote efforts to interpret and educate along the pathways of the floods.

Requires the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the National Park Service, to administer the Trail. Prohibits the Trail, except as provided in this Act, from being considered a unit of the National Park System (NPS). Allows the Secretary to establish and operate a Trail management office within the vicinity of the Trail.

Requires the Secretary to prepare a cooperative management and interpretation plan for the Trail.

Directs the Administrator of General Services to convey to the city of St. Joseph, Michigan, by quitclaim deed, any interest retained by the United States in St. Joseph Memorial Hall.

Requires the city of St. Joseph, as consideration for such conveyance, to pay $10,000 to the United States.

Permits the Administrator to require such additional terms and conditions for such conveyance as the Administrator considers appropriate to protect U.S. interests.

Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the Missouri River Basin Lewis and Clark Interpretive Trail and Visitor Center Foundation, Inc., specified federal land associated with the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail in Nebraska, to be used as an historic site and interpretive center for the Trail. Directs the Secretary to enter into a written agreement with the Foundation to ensure that the land conveyed is operated in accordance with National Park Service standards for preservation, maintenance, and interpretation.

Restroom Gender Parity in Federal Buildings Act of 2007 - Requires the Administrator of General Services to include in a prospectus submitted to Congress for approval of a proposed public facility a statement that the number of toilets in women's restrooms in such facility will exceed the number of toilets (including urinals) in men's restrooms by a ratio of two to one or a statement as to why such a ratio is not needed.

Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the Missouri River Basin Lewis and Clark Interpretive Trail and Visitor Center Foundation, Inc., specified federal land associated with the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail in Nebraska, to be used as an historic site and interpretive center for the Trail. Requires the National Park Service (NPS), through a written agreement with the Foundation, to ensure that the operation of the land conveyed is in accordance with NPS standards for preservation, maintenance, and interpretation. Authorizes appropriations for site and center operation.

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that all American flags flown over federal buildings should be entirely produced in the United States.

Government Real Estate Accountability and Transparency Act of 2008 - Requires the submission of annual reports: (1) describing the total quantity of land within the jurisdiction of the United States, the land that is owned by the federal government, and the land that is located within each state; (2) describing the total annual cost to the government for maintaining all parcels of administrative land and all administrative buildings or structures under the jurisdiction of each federal agency; and (3) listing and summarizing the unused or vacant assets of each agency and the estimated costs to the government of the maintenance backlog of each agency.

Snoqualmie Pass Land Conveyance Act - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to convey a specified parcel of National Forest System land to the King and Kittitas Counties Fire District No. 51 of King and Kittitas counties, Washington, to permit the District to use such parcel as a site for a new Snoqualmie Pass fire and rescue station.

Amends the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to prohibit any federal or state requirement to increase energy efficient lighting in public buildings from requiring a hospital, school, day care center, mental health facility, or nursing home to install or utilize energy efficient lighting that contains mercury.

Prohibits until January 1, 2009, the expenditure of funds for the construction or lease of buildings or space in the District of Columbia for any federal branch or entity within it, unless: (1) a contract for the construction or lease was entered into before the enactment of this Act; or (2) the interests of national security require the expenditure of funds for such purposes.

Calls for: (1) the Director of the National Park Service and the Secretary of the Interior to develop a comprehensive plan to upgrade the Langston Golf Course and enhance future annual budgets for such park; and (2) the Director to assess and designate a museum within the park to commemorate the history of this golf, recreational, and instructional African-American sports institution as a unique part of the National Park System.

Declares that the House of Representatives: (1) affirms the rich spiritual and diverse religious history of our nation's founding and subsequent history, including up to today; (2) recognizes that the religious foundations of faith on which America was built are critical underpinnings of our nation's most valuable institutions; (3) rejects any effort to remove, obscure, or omit such history from public buildings and educational resources; and (4) expresses support for designation of a "American Religious History Week" every year.

Expresses the sense of Congress that no federal or state requirement to increase energy efficient lighting in public buildings should require a hospital, school, day care center, mental health facility, or nursing home to install or utilize lighting that contains mercury.