1. Short title; findings (a) Short title This Act may be cited as the Secure Government Buildings from Espionage Act of 2017 . (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 and other Federal agencies with leasing authority are not currently required to collect beneficial ownership information and therefore do not know if foreign owners have a stake in the buildings leased by the agencies, even when the leased space is used for classified operations or to store sensitive data; and (3) according to a report of the Government Accountability Office, dated January 2017, that examined the risks of foreign ownership of G overnment-leased real estate, leasing space in foreign-owned buildings could present security risks such as espionage and unauthorized cyber and physical access . 2. Disclosure of beneficial ownership by foreign persons of high-security space leased for Federal agencies (a) In general Before entering into a lease agreement with a covered entity for the accommodation of a Federal agency in a building (or other improvement) that will be used for high-security leased space, a Federal lessee shall require the covered entity to— (1) identify each beneficial owner of the covered entity by— (A) name; (B) current residential or business street address; and (C) a unique identifying number from a nonexpired passport issued by the United States or a nonexpired drivers license issued by a State; (2) disclose to the Federal lessee any beneficial owner of the covered entity that is a foreign person