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Union Calendar No. 448 

114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4465 

[Report No. 114–578, Parts I and II] 

To decrease the deficit by consolidating and selling Federal buildings and 

other civilian real property, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 4, 2016 

Mr. DENHAM (for himself, Mr. CHAFFETZ, Mr. SHUSTER, Mr. CUMMINGS, 

Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. BARLETTA, and Mr. CARSON of Indiana) introduced 

the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation 

and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and 

Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 

Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within 

the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

MAY 23, 2016 

Additional sponsor: Mr. LAMALFA

MAY 23, 2016 

Reported from the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 

MAY 23, 2016 

Reported from the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform with an 

amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on February 4, 2016] 


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A BILL 

To decrease the deficit by consolidating and selling Federal 

buildings and other civilian real property, and for other 

purposes. 


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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

4 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 

5 ‘‘Federal Assets Sale and Transfer Act of 2016’’. 

6 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.— 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

Sec. 2. Purposes. 

Sec. 3. Definitions. 

Sec. 4. Board. 

Sec. 5. Board meetings. 

Sec. 6. Compensation and travel expenses. 

Sec. 7. Executive Director. 

Sec. 8. Staff. 

Sec. 9. Contracting authority. 

Sec. 10. Termination. 

Sec. 11. Development of recommendations to Board. 

Sec. 12. Board duties. 

Sec. 13. Review by OMB. 

Sec. 14. Implementation of Board recommendations. 

Sec. 15. Authorization of appropriations. 

Sec. 16. Funding. 

Sec. 17. Congressional approval of proposed projects. 

Sec. 18. Preclusion of judicial review. 

Sec. 19. Implementation review by GAO. 

Sec. 20. Agency retention of proceeds. 

Sec. 21. Federal real property database. 

Sec. 22. Streamlining McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act. 

Sec. 23. Additional property. 

7 SEC. 2. PURPOSES. 

8 The purpose of this Act is to reduce the costs of Federal 

9 real estate by— 

10 (1) consolidating the footprint of Federal build11 ings and facilities; 

12 (2) maximizing the utilization rate of Federal 

13 buildings and facilities; 

14 (3) reducing the reliance on leased space; 


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1 (4) selling or redeveloping high value assets that 

2 are underutilized to obtain the highest and best value 

3 for the taxpayer and maximize the return to the tax4 payer; 

5 (5) reducing the operating and maintenance 

6 costs of Federal civilian real properties; 

7 (6) reducing redundancy, overlap, and costs as8 sociated with field offices; 

9 (7) creating incentives for Federal agencies to 

10 achieve greater efficiency in their inventories of civil11 ian real property; 

12 (8) facilitating and expediting the sale or dis13 posal of unneeded Federal civilian real properties; 

14 (9) improving the efficiency of real property 

15 transfers for the provision of services to the homeless; 

16 and 

17 (10) assisting Federal agencies in achieving the 

18 Government’s sustainability goals by reducing excess 

19 space, inventory, and energy consumption, as well as 

20 by leveraging new technologies. 

21 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

22 In this Act, unless otherwise expressly stated, the fol23 lowing definitions apply: 

24 (1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis25 trator’’ means the Administrator of General Services. 


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1 (2) BOARD.—The term ‘‘Board’’ means the Pub2 lic Buildings Reform Board established by section 4. 

3 (3) CERCLA.—The term ‘‘CERCLA’’ means the 

4 Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensa5 tion, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601 et 

6 seq.). 

7 (4) FEDERAL AGENCY.—The term ‘‘Federal agen8 cy’’ means an executive department or independent 

9 establishment in the executive branch of the Govern10 ment, and a wholly owned Government corporation. 

11 (5) FEDERAL CIVILIAN REAL PROPERTY AND CI12 VILIAN REAL PROPERTY.— 

13 (A) IN GENERAL.—The terms ‘‘Federal ci14 vilian real property’’ and ‘‘civilian real prop15 erty’’ refer to Federal real property assets, in16 cluding public buildings as defined in section 

17 3301(a) of title 40, United States Code, occupied 

18 and improved grounds, leased space, or other 

19 physical structures under the custody and control 

20 of any Federal agency. 

21 (B) EXCLUSIONS.—Subparagraph (A) shall 

22 not be construed as including any of the fol23 lowing types of property: 

24 (i) Properties that are on military in25 stallations (including any fort, camp, post, 


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1 naval training station, airfield proving 

2 ground, military supply depot, military 

3 school, or any similar facility of the De4 partment of Defense). 

5 (ii) A base, camp, post, station, yard, 

6 center, or homeport facility for any ship or 

7 activity under the jurisdiction of the Coast 

8 Guard. 

9 (iii) Properties that are excluded for 

10 reasons of national security by the Director 

11 of the Office of Management and Budget. 

12 (iv) Properties that are excepted from 

13 the definition of the term ‘‘property’’ under 

14 section 102 of title 40, United States Code. 

15 (v) Indian and Native Alaskan prop16 erties, including— 

17 (I) any property within the limits 

18 of an Indian reservation to which the 

19 United States owns title for the benefit 

20 of an Indian tribe; and 

21 (II) any property title that is held 

22 in trust by the United States for the 

23 benefit of an Indian tribe or indi24 vidual or held by an Indian tribe or 


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1 individual subject to restriction by the 

2 United States against alienation. 

3 (vi) Properties operated and main4 tained by the Tennessee Valley Authority 

5 pursuant to the Tennessee Valley Authority 

6 Act of 1933 (16 U.S.C. 831 et seq.). 

7 (vii) Postal properties owned by the 

8 United States Postal Service. 

9 (viii) Properties used in connection 

10 with Federal programs for agricultural, rec11 reational, or conservation purposes, includ12 ing research in connection with the pro13 grams. 

14 (ix) Properties used in connection with 

15 river, harbor, flood control, reclamation, or 

16 power projects. 

17 (x) Properties located outside the 

18 United States operated or maintained by 

19 the Department of State or the United 

20 States Agency for International Develop21 ment. 

22 (6) FIELD OFFICE.—The term ‘‘field office’’ 

23 means any Federal office that is not the headquarters 

24 office location for the Federal agency. 


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1 (7) HUD.—The term ‘‘HUD’’ means the Depart2 ment of Housing and Urban Development. 

3 (8) OMB.—The term ‘‘OMB’’ means the Office of 

4 Management and Budget. 

5 (9) VALUE OF TRANSACTIONS.—The term ‘‘value 

6 of transactions’’ means the sum of the estimated pro7 ceeds and estimated costs, based on the accounting 

8 system developed or identified under section 12(e), as9 sociated with the transactions included in Board rec10 ommendations. 

11 SEC. 4. BOARD. 

12 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established an inde13 pendent board to be known as the Public Buildings Reform 

14 Board. 

15 (b) DUTIES.—The Board shall carry out the duties as 

16 specified in this Act. 

17 (c) MEMBERSHIP.— 

18 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Board shall be composed 

19 of a Chairperson appointed by the President, by and 

20 with the advice and consent of the Senate, and 6 

21 members appointed by the President. 

22 (2) APPOINTMENTS.—In selecting individuals for 

23 appointments to the Board, the President shall con24 sult with— 


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1 (A) the Speaker of the House of Representa2 tives concerning the appointment of 2 members; 

3 (B) the majority leader of the Senate con4 cerning the appointment of 2 members; 

5 (C) the minority leader of the House of 

6 Representatives concerning the appointment of 1 

7 member; and 

8 (D) the minority leader of the Senate con9 cerning the appointment of 1 member. 

10 (3) TERMS.—The term for each member of the 

11 Board shall be 6 years. 

12 (4) VACANCIES.—Vacancies shall be filled in the 

13 same manner as the original appointment. 

14 (5) QUALIFICATIONS.—In selecting individuals 

15 for appointment to the Board, the President shall en16 sure that the Board contains individuals with exper17 tise representative of the following: 

18 (A) Commercial real estate and redevelop19 ment. 

20 (B) Space optimization and utilization. 

21 (C) Community development, including 

22 transportation and planning. 

23 SEC. 5. BOARD MEETINGS. 

24 (a) OPEN MEETINGS.—Each meeting of the Board, 

25 other than meetings in which classified information is to 


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1 be discussed, shall be open to the public. Any open meeting 

2 shall be announced in the Federal Register and the Federal 

3 Web site established by the Board at least 14 calendar days 

4 in advance of a meeting. For all public meetings, the Board 

5 shall release an agenda and a listing of materials relevant 

6 to the topics to be discussed. 

7 (b) QUORUM AND MEETINGS.—Five Board members 

8 shall constitute a quorum for the purposes of conducting 

9 business and 3 or more Board members shall constitute a 

10 meeting of the Board. 

11 (c) TRANSPARENCY OF INFORMATION.—All the pro12 ceedings, information, and deliberations of the Board shall 

13 be open, upon request, to the Chairperson and ranking mi14 nority party member, and their respective subcommittee 

15 Chairperson and subcommittee ranking minority party 

16 member, of— 

17 (1) the Committee on Transportation and Infra18 structure of the House of Representatives; 

19 (2) the Committee on Oversight and Government 

20 Reform of the House of Representatives; 

21 (3) the Committee on Homeland Security and 

22 Governmental Affairs of the Senate; 

23 (4) the Committee on Environment and Public 

24 Works of the Senate; and 


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1 (5) the Committees on Appropriations of the 

2 House of Representatives and the Senate. 

3 (d) GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE.—All pro4 ceedings, information, and deliberations of the Board shall 

5 be open, upon request, to the Comptroller General of the 

6 United States. 

7 SEC. 6. COMPENSATION AND TRAVEL EXPENSES. 

8 (a) COMPENSATION.— 

9 (1) RATE OF PAY FOR MEMBERS.—Each member, 

10 other than the Chairperson, shall be paid at a rate 

11 equal to the daily equivalent of the minimum annual 

12 rate of basic pay payable for level IV of the Executive 

13 Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, United States 

14 Code, for each day (including travel time) during 

15 which the member is engaged in the actual perform16 ance of duties vested in the Board. 

17 (2) RATE OF PAY FOR CHAIRPERSON.—The 

18 Chairperson shall be paid for each day referred to in 

19 paragraph (1) at a rate equal to the daily equivalent 

20 of the minimum annual rate of basic pay payable for 

21 level III of the Executive Schedule under section 5314 

22 of title 5, United States Code. 

23 (b) TRAVEL.—Members shall receive travel expenses, 

24 including per diem in lieu of subsistence, in accordance 

25 with sections 5702 and 5703 of title 5, United States Code. 


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1 SEC. 7. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. 

2 (a) APPOINTMENT.—The Board shall appoint an Exec3 utive Director, who may be appointed without regard to 

4 the provisions of title 5, United States Code, governing ap5 pointments in the competitive service. 

6 (b) RATE OF PAY.—The Executive Director shall be 

7 paid at the rate of basic pay payable for level IV of the 

8 Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, United 

9 States Code. 

10 SEC. 8. STAFF. 

11 (a) ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL.—Subject to subsection 

12 (b), the Executive Director may request additional per13 sonnel detailed from Federal agencies. 

14 (b) REQUESTS FOR DETAIL EMPLOYEES.—Upon re15 quest of the Executive Director and approval of the Board 

16 and the Director of OMB, the head of any Federal agency 

17 shall detail the requested personnel of that agency to the 

18 Board to assist the Board in carrying out its duties under 

19 this Act. 

20 (c) QUALIFICATIONS.—Appointments shall be made 

21 with consideration of a balance of expertise consistent with 

22 the qualifications of representatives described in section 

23 4(c)(5). 

24 SEC. 9. CONTRACTING AUTHORITY. 

25 (a) EXPERTS AND CONSULTANTS.—The Board, to the 

26 extent practicable and subject to appropriations Acts, shall 


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1 use contracts, including nonappropriated contracts, entered 

2 into by the Administrator for services necessary to carry 

3 out the duties of the Board. 

4 (b) OFFICE SPACE.—The Administrator, in consulta5 tion with the Board, shall identify and provide, without 

6 charge, suitable office space within the existing Federal 

7 space inventory to house the operations of the Board. 

8 (c) PERSONAL PROPERTY.—The Board shall use per9 sonal property already in the custody and control of the 

10 Administrator. 

11 SEC. 10. TERMINATION. 

12 The Board shall cease operations and terminate 6 

13 years after the date of enactment of this Act. 

14 SEC. 11. DEVELOPMENT OF RECOMMENDATIONS TO BOARD. 

15 (a) SUBMISSIONS OF AGENCY INFORMATION AND REC16 OMMENDATIONS.—Not later than 120 days after the date 

17 of enactment of this Act, and not later than 120 days after 

18 the first day of each fiscal year thereafter until the termi19 nation of the Board, the head of each Federal agency shall 

20 submit to the Administrator and the Director of OMB the 

21 following: 

22 (1) CURRENT DATA.—Current data of all Fed23 eral civilian real properties owned, leased, or con24 trolled by the agency, including all relevant informa25 tion prescribed by the Administrator and the Director 


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1 of OMB, including data related to the age and condi2 tion of the property, operating costs, history of cap3 ital expenditures, sustainability metrics, number of 

4 Federal employees and functions housed in the respec5 tive property, and square footage (including gross, 

6 rentable, and usable). 

7 (2) AGENCY RECOMMENDATIONS.—Recommenda8 tions of the agency on the following: 

9 (A) Federal civilian real properties that can 

10 be sold for proceeds or otherwise disposed of, re11 ported as excess, declared surplus, outleased, or 

12 otherwise no longer meeting the needs of the 

13 agency, excluding leasebacks or other such ex14 change agreements where the property continues 

15 to be used by the agency. 

16 (B) Federal civilian real properties that 

17 can be transferred, exchanged, consolidated, co18 located, reconfigured, or redeveloped, so as to re19 duce the civilian real property inventory, reduce 

20 the operating costs of the Government, and create 

21 the highest value and return for the taxpayer. 

22 (C) Operational efficiencies that the Govern23 ment can realize in its operation and mainte24 nance of Federal civilian real properties. 

25 (b) STANDARDS AND CRITERIA.— 


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1 (1) DEVELOPMENT OF STANDARDS AND CRI2 TERIA.—Not later than 60 days after the deadline for 

3 submissions of agency recommendations under sub4 section (a), the Director of OMB, in consultation with 

5 the Administrator, shall— 

6 (A) review the agency recommendations; 

7 (B) develop consistent standards and cri8 teria against which the agency recommendations 

9 will be reviewed; and 

10 (C) submit to the Board the recommenda11 tions developed pursuant to paragraph (2). 

12 (2) RECOMMENDATIONS TO BOARD.—The Direc13 tor of OMB and the Administrator shall jointly de14 velop recommendations to the Board based on the 

15 standards and criteria developed under paragraph 

16 (1). 

17 (3) FACTORS.—In developing the standards and 

18 criteria under paragraph (1), the Director of OMB, 

19 in consultation with the Administrator, shall incor20 porate the following factors: 

21 (A) The extent to which the civilian real 

22 property could be sold (including property that 

23 is no longer meeting the needs of the Govern24 ment), redeveloped, outleased, or otherwise used 


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1 to produce the highest and best value and return 

2 for the taxpayer. 

3 (B) The extent to which the operating and 

4 maintenance costs are reduced through consoli5 dating, co-locating, and reconfiguring space, and 

6 through realizing other operational efficiencies. 

7 (C) The extent to which the utilization rate 

8 is being maximized and is consistent with non9 governmental industry standards for the given 

10 function or operation. 

11 (D) The extent and timing of potential costs 

12 and savings, including the number of years, be13 ginning with the date of completion of the pro14 posed recommendation. 

15 (E) The extent to which reliance on leasing 

16 for long-term space needs is reduced. 

17 (F) The extent to which a civilian real 

18 property aligns with the current mission of the 

19 Federal agency. 

20 (G) The extent to which there are opportu21 nities to consolidate similar operations across 

22 multiple agencies or within agencies. 

23 (H) The economic impact on existing com24 munities in the vicinity of the civilian real 

25 property. 


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1 (I) The extent to which energy consumption 

2 is reduced. 

3 (J) The extent to which public access to 

4 agency services is maintained or enhanced. 

5 (c) SPECIAL RULE FOR UTILIZATION RATES.—Stand6 ards developed by the Director of OMB pursuant to sub7 section (b) shall incorporate and apply clear standard utili8 zation rates to the extent that such standard rates increase 

9 efficiency and provide performance data. The utilization 

10 rates shall be consistent throughout each applicable category 

11 of space and with nongovernment space utilization rates. 

12 To the extent the space utilization rate of a given agency 

13 exceeds the utilization rates to be applied under this sub14 section, the Director of OMB may recommend realignment, 

15 co-location, consolidation, or other type of action to improve 

16 space utilization. 

17 (d) SUBMISSION TO BOARD.— 

18 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Director of OMB shall 

19 submit the standards, criteria, and recommendations 

20 developed pursuant to subsection (b) to the Board 

21 with all supporting information, data, analyses, and 

22 documentation. 

23 (2) PUBLICATION.—The standards, criteria, and 

24 recommendations developed pursuant to subsection (b) 

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1 mitted to the committees listed in section 5(c) and to 

2 the Comptroller General of the United States. 

3 (3) ACCESS TO INFORMATION.—The Board shall 

4 also have access to all information pertaining to the 

5 recommendations developed pursuant to subsection 

6 (b), including supporting information, data, analyses, 

7 and documentation submitted pursuant to subsection 

8 (a). Upon request, a Federal agency shall provide to 

9 the Board any additional information pertaining to 

10 the civilian real properties under the custody, control, 

11 or administrative jurisdiction of the Federal agency. 

12 The Board shall notify the committees listed in sec13 tion 5(c) of any failure by an agency to comply with 

14 a request of the Board. 

15 SEC. 12. BOARD DUTIES. 

16 (a) IDENTIFICATION OF PROPERTY REDUCTION OP17 PORTUNITIES.—The Board shall identify opportunities for 

18 the Government to reduce significantly its inventory of ci19 vilian real property and reduce costs to the Government. 

20 (b) IDENTIFICATION OF HIGH VALUE ASSETS.— 

21 (1) IDENTIFICATION OF CERTAIN PROPERTIES.— 

22 Not later than 180 days after Board members are ap23 pointed pursuant to section 4, the Board shall— 

24 (A) identify not fewer than 5 Federal civil25 ian real properties that are not on the list of 


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1 surplus or excess as of such date with a total fair 

2 market value of not less than $500,000,000 and 

3 not more than $750,000,000; and 

4 (B) transmit the list of the Federal civilian 

5 real properties to the Director of OMB and Con6 gress as Board recommendations and subject to 

7 the approval process described in section 13. 

8 (2) INFORMATION AND DATA.—In order to meet 

9 the goal established under paragraph (1), each Fed10 eral agency shall provide, upon request, any and all 

11 information and data regarding its civilian real 

12 properties to the Board. The Board shall notify the 

13 committees listed in section 5(c) of any failure by an 

14 agency to comply with a request of the Board. 

15 (3) FACTORS.—In identifying properties pursu16 ant to paragraph (1), the Board shall consider the 

17 factors listed in section 11(b)(3). 

18 (4) LEASEBACK RESTRICTIONS.—None of the ex19 isting improvements on properties sold under this 

20 subsection may be leased back to the Government. 

21 (5) REPORT OF EXCESS.—Not later than 60 days 

22 after the approval of Board recommendations pursu23 ant to paragraph (1), Federal agencies with custody, 

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1 fied properties shall submit a Report of Excess to the 

2 General Services Administration. 

3 (6) SALE.— 

4 (A) INITIATION OF SALE.—Not later than 

5 120 days after the acceptance by the Adminis6 trator of the Report of Excess and notwith7 standing any other provision of law (including 

8 section 501 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless As9 sistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11411), but except as 

10 provided in section 14(g)), the General Services 

11 Administration shall initiate the sale of the ci12 vilian real properties described in paragraph 

13 (1). 

14 (B) COMPLETION OF SALE.—Not later than 

15 1 year after the acceptance of the Report of Ex16 cess, the Administrator shall sell the civilian real 

17 properties at fair market value at highest and 

18 best use, unless the Director of OMB determines 

19 it is in the financial interest of the Government 

20 to execute a sale more than a year after the ac21 ceptance of the Report of Excess, but not greater 

22 than two years after the acceptance of the Report 

23 of Excess. 

24 (c) ANALYSIS OF INVENTORY.—The Board shall per25 form an independent analysis of the inventory of Federal 


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1 civilian real property and the recommendations submitted 

2 pursuant to section 11. The Board shall not be bound or 

3 limited by the recommendations submitted pursuant to sec4 tion 11. If, in the opinion of the Board, an agency fails 

5 to provide needed information, data, or adequate rec6 ommendations that meet the standards and criteria, the 

7 Board shall develop such recommendations as the Board 

8 considers appropriate based on existing data contained in 

9 the Federal Real Property Profile or other relevant informa10 tion. 

11 (d) INFORMATION AND PROPOSALS.— 

12 (1) RECEIPT.—Notwithstanding any other provi13 sion of law, the Board may receive and consider pro14 posals, information, and other data submitted by 

15 State and local officials and the private sector. 

16 (2) CONSULTATION.—The Board shall consult 

17 with State and local officials on information, pro18 posals, and other data that the officials submit to the 

19 Board. 

20 (3) AVAILABILITY.—Information submitted to the 

21 Board shall be made publicly available. 

22 (e) ACCOUNTING SYSTEM.—Not later than 120 days 

23 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Board shall iden24 tify or develop and implement a system of accounting to 

25 be used to independently evaluate the costs of and returns 


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1 on the recommendations. Such accounting system shall be 

2 applied in developing the Board’s recommendations and de3 termining the highest return to the taxpayer. In applying 

4 the accounting system, the Board shall set a standard per5 formance period of not less than 15 years. 

6 (f) PUBLIC HEARING.—The Board shall conduct pub7 lic hearings. All testimony before the Board at a public 

8 hearing under this subsection shall be presented under oath. 

9 (g) REPORTING OF INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDA10 TIONS.— 

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the schedule and 

12 limitations specified in paragraph (2), the Board 

13 shall transmit to the Director of OMB, and publicly 

14 post on a Federal Web site maintained by the Board, 

15 reports containing the Board’s findings, conclusions, 

16 and recommendations for— 

17 (A) the consolidation, exchange, co-location, 

18 reconfiguration, lease reductions, sale, outlease, 

19 and redevelopment of Federal civilian real prop20 erties; and 

21 (B) other operational efficiencies that can 

22 be realized in the Government’s operation and 

23 maintenance of such properties. 

24 (2) SCHEDULE AND LIMITATIONS.— 


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1 (A) FIRST ROUND.—Not later than 2 years 

2 after the date of transmittal of the list of prop3 erties recommended pursuant to subsection (b), 

4 the Board shall transmit to the Director of OMB 

5 the first report required under paragraph (1). 

6 The total value of transactions contained in the 

7 first report may not exceed $2,500,000,000. 

8 (B) SECOND ROUND.—Not earlier than 3 

9 years after the date of transmittal of the first re10 port, the Board shall transmit to the Director of 

11 OMB the second report required under para12 graph (1). The total value of transactions con13 tained in the second report may not exceed 

14 $4,750,000,000. 

15 (3) CONSENSUS IN MAJORITY.—The Board shall 

16 seek to develop consensus recommendations, but if a 

17 consensus cannot be obtained, the Board may include 

18 in the reports required under this subsection rec19 ommendations that are supported by a majority of 

20 the Board. 

21 (h) FEDERAL WEB SITE.—The Board shall establish 

22 and maintain a Federal Web site for the purposes of mak23 ing relevant information publicly available. 

24 (i) REVIEW BY GAO.—The Comptroller General of the 

25 United States shall transmit to Congress and the Board a 


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1 report containing a detailed analysis of the recommenda2 tions and selection process. 

3 SEC. 13. REVIEW BY OMB. 

4 (a) REVIEW OF RECOMMENDATIONS.—Upon receipt of 

5 the Board’s recommendations pursuant to subsections (b) 

6 and (g) of section 12, the Director of OMB shall conduct 

7 a review of the recommendations. 

8 (b) REPORT TO BOARD AND CONGRESS.—Not later 

9 than 30 days after the receipt of the Board’s recommenda10 tions, the Director of OMB shall transmit to the Board and 

11 Congress a report that sets forth the Director of OMB’s ap12 proval or disapproval of the Board’s recommendations. 

13 (c) APPROVAL AND DISAPPROVAL.— 

14 (1) APPROVAL.—If the Director of OMB ap15 proves the Board’s recommendations, the Director of 

16 OMB shall transmit a copy of the recommendations 

17 to Congress, together with a certification of such ap18 proval. 

19 (2) DISAPPROVAL.—If the Director of OMB dis20 approves the Board’s recommendations, in whole or 

21 in part, the Director of OMB shall transmit a copy 

22 of the recommendations to Congress and the reasons 

23 for disapproval of the recommendations to the Board 

24 and Congress. 


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1 (3) REVISED RECOMMENDATIONS.—Not later 

2 than 30 days after the receipt of reasons for dis3 approval under paragraph (2), the Board shall trans4 mit to the Director of OMB revised recommendations 

5 for approval. 

6 (4) APPROVAL OF REVISED RECOMMENDA7 TIONS.—If the Director of OMB approves the revised 

8 recommendations received under paragraph (3), the 

9 Director of OMB shall transmit a copy of the revised 

10 recommendations to Congress, together with a certifi11 cation of such approval. 

12 (d) TERMINATION OF PROCESS FOR GIVEN ROUND.— 

13 If the Director of OMB does not transmit to Congress an 

14 approval and certification described in paragraph (1) or 

15 (4) of subsection (c) on or before the 30th day following 

16 the receipt of the Board’s recommendations or revised rec17 ommendations, as the case may be, the process shall termi18 nate until the following round, as described in section 12. 

19 SEC. 14. IMPLEMENTATION OF BOARD RECOMMENDATIONS. 

20 (a) DEADLINES.— 

21 (1) PREPARATION.—Federal agencies shall— 

22 (A) not later than 60 days after the Direc23 tor of OMB transmits the Board’s recommenda24 tions to Congress pursuant to paragraph (1) or 

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1 tions to carry out the Board’s recommendations; 

2 and 

3 (B) not later than 2 years after such trans4 mittal, initiate all activities necessary to carry 

5 out the Board’s recommendations. 

6 (2) COMPLETION.—Not later than 6 years after 

7 the Director of OMB transmits the Board’s rec8 ommendations to Congress pursuant to paragraph (1) 

9 or (4) of section 13(c), Federal agencies shall complete 

10 all recommended actions. All actions shall be eco11 nomically beneficial, cost neutral, or otherwise favor12 able to the Government. 

13 (3) EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES.—For actions 

14 that will take longer than the 6-year period described 

15 in paragraph (2) due to extenuating circumstances, 

16 Federal agencies shall notify the Director of OMB 

17 and Congress, as soon as the extenuating cir18 cumstance presents itself, with an estimated time to 

19 complete the relevant action. 

20 (b) ACTIONS OF FEDERAL AGENCIES RELATED TO CI21 VILIAN REAL PROPERTIES.—In taking actions related to 

22 any civilian real property under this Act, Federal agencies 

23 may take, pursuant to subsection (c), all such necessary and 

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1 (1) acquiring land, constructing replacement fa2 cilities, performing such other activities, and con3 ducting advance planning and design as may be re4 quired to transfer functions from a Federal asset or 

5 property to another Federal civilian property; 

6 (2) reimbursing other Federal agencies for ac7 tions performed at the request of the Board; and 

8 (3) taking such actions as are practicable to 

9 maximize the value of Federal civilian real property 

10 to be sold by clarifying zoning and other limitations 

11 on use of such property. 

12 (c) ACTIONS OF FEDERAL AGENCIES TO IMPLEMENT

13 BOARD RECOMMENDATIONS.— 

14 (1) USE OF EXISTING LEGAL AUTHORITIES.— 

15 (A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 

16 paragraph (2), when acting on a recommenda17 tion of the Board, a Federal agency shall— 

18 (i) in consultation with the Adminis19 trator, continue to act within the Federal 

20 agency’s existing legal authorities, including 

21 legal authorities delegated to the Federal 

22 agency by the Administrator; or 

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1 (B) NECESSARY AND PROPER ACTIONS.— 

2 The Administrator may take such necessary and 

3 proper actions, including the sale, conveyance, or 

4 exchange of civilian real property, as required to 

5 implement the Board’s recommendations in the 

6 time period required under subsection (a). 

7 (2) EXPERTS.—A Federal agency may enter into 

8 no cost, nonappropriated contracts for expert commer9 cial real estate services to carry out the Federal agen10 cy’s responsibilities pursuant to the recommendations. 

11 (d) DISCRETION OF ADMINISTRATOR REGARDING

12 TRANSACTIONS.—For any transaction identified, rec13 ommended, or commenced as a result of this Act, any other14 wise required legal priority given to, or requirement to 

15 enter into, a transaction to convey a Federal civilian real 

16 property for less than fair market value, for no consider17 ation at all, or in a transaction that mandates the exclusion 

18 of other market participants, shall be at the discretion of 

19 the Administrator. 

20 (e) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER LAWS.—Any rec21 ommendation or commencement of a sale, disposal, consoli22 dation, reconfiguration, co-location, or realignment of civil23 ian real property under this Act shall not be subject to— 

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1 (2) sections 550, 553, and 554 of title 40, United 

2 States Code; 

3 (3) any section of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act Au4 thorizing the transfer of certain real property for 

5 wildlife, or other purposes’’ (16 U.S.C. 667b); 

6 (4) section 47151 of title 49, United States Code; 

7 (5) sections 107 and 317 of title 23, United 

8 States Code; 

9 (6) section 1304(b) of title 40, United States 

10 Code; 

11 (7) section 13(d) of the Surplus Property Act of 

12 1944 (50 U.S.C. App. 1622(d)); 

13 (8) any other provision of law authorizing the 

14 conveyance of real property owned by the Government 

15 for no consideration; and 

16 (9) any congressional notification requirement 

17 other than that in section 545 of title 40, United 

18 States Code. 

19 (f) PUBLIC BENEFIT.— 

20 (1) SUBMISSION OF INFORMATION TO HUD.—The 

21 Director of OMB shall submit to the Secretary of 

22 HUD, on the same day the Director of OMB submits 

23 the Board’s recommendations to Congress pursuant to 

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1 included in the recommendations (except those rec2 ommended under section 12(b)). 

3 (2) HUD TO REPORT TO BOARD.—Not later than 

4 30 days after the submission of information on Fed5 eral properties under paragraph (1), the Secretary 

6 shall identify any suitable civilian real properties for 

7 use as a property benefiting the mission of assistance 

8 to the homeless for the purposes of further screening 

9 pursuant to section 501 of the McKinney-Vento 

10 Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11411). 

11 (3) ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY.—Following the re12 view under paragraph (2), with respect to a civilian 

13 real property that is not identified by the Secretary 

14 as suitable for use as a property benefiting the mis15 sion of assistance to the homeless and that has been 

16 recommended for sale by the Board, the Director of 

17 OMB may exclude the property from the Board’s rec18 ommendations if the Director determines that the 

19 property is suitable for use as a public park or recre20 ation area by a State or local government and it is 

21 in the best interest of taxpayers. 

22 (g) ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS.— 

23 (1) TRANSFERS OF REAL PROPERTY.— 

24 (A) IN GENERAL.—When implementing the 

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1 that have been identified in the Board’s report, 

2 as specified in section 12(g), and subject to para3 graph (2) and in compliance with CERCLA, in4 cluding section 120(h) of CERCLA (42 U.S.C. 

5 9620(h)), Federal agencies may enter into an 

6 agreement to transfer by deed, pursuant to sec7 tion 120(h)(3) of that Act (42 U.S.C. 

8 9620(h)(3)), civilian real property with any per9 son. 

10 (B) ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS.— 

11 The head of the disposing agency may require 

12 any additional terms and conditions in connec13 tion with an agreement authorized by subpara14 graph (A) as the head of the disposing agency 

15 considers appropriate to protect the interests of 

16 the United States. Such additional terms and 

17 conditions shall not affect or diminish any rights 

18 or obligations of the Federal agencies under sec19 tion 120(h) of CERCLA (including, without lim20 itation, the requirements of subsections (h)(3)(A) 

21 and (h)(3)(C)(iv) of that section). 

22 (2) CERTIFICATION CONCERNING COSTS.—A 

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1 posing agency certifies to the Board and Congress 

2 that— 

3 (A) the costs of all environmental restora4 tion, waste management, and environmental 

5 compliance activities otherwise to be paid by the 

6 disposing agency with respect to the property are 

7 equal to or greater than the fair market value of 

8 the property to be transferred, as determined by 

9 the head of the disposing agency; or 

10 (B) if such costs are lower than the fair 

11 market value of the property, the recipient of the 

12 property agrees to pay the difference between the 

13 fair market value and such costs. 

14 (3) PAYMENTS TO RECIPIENTS.—In the case of a 

15 civilian real property covered by a certification under 

16 paragraph (2)(A), the disposing agency may pay the 

17 recipient of such property an amount equal to the 

18 lesser of— 

19 (A) the amount by which the costs incurred 

20 by the recipient of such property for all environ21 mental restoration, waste management, and en22 vironmental compliance activities with respect to 

23 such property exceed the fair market value of 

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1 (B) the amount by which the costs (as deter2 mined by the head of the disposing agency) that 

3 would otherwise have been incurred by the Sec4 retary for such restoration, waste management, 

5 and environmental compliance activities with re6 spect to such property exceed the fair market 

7 value of such property as so specified. 

8 (4) INFORMATION TO BE PROVIDED TO RECIPI9 ENTS.—As part of an agreement under paragraph 

10 (1), the head of the disposing agency shall disclose, in 

11 accordance with applicable law, to the person to 

12 whom the civilian real property will be transferred 

13 information possessed by the disposing agency regard14 ing the environmental restoration, waste manage15 ment, and environmental compliance activities that 

16 relate to the property. The head of the disposing agen17 cy shall provide such information before entering into 

18 the agreement. 

19 (5) CONSIDERATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL REME20 DIATION IN GRANTING TIME EXTENSIONS.—For the 

21 purposes of granting time extensions under subsection 

22 (a), the Director of OMB shall give the need for sig23 nificant environmental remediation to a civilian real 

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1 mining whether to grant an extension to implement 

2 a Board recommendation. 

3 (6) LIMITATION ON STATUTORY CONSTRUC4 TION.—Nothing in this Act may be construed to mod5 ify, alter, or amend CERCLA, the National Environ6 mental Policy Act of 1969, or the Solid Waste Dis7 posal Act (42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.). 

8 SEC. 15. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

9 There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

10 this Act an initial appropriation of— 

11 (1) $2,000,000 for salaries and expenses of the 

12 Board; and 

13 (2) $40,000,000 to be deposited into the Asset 

14 Proceeds and Space Management Fund for activities 

15 related to the implementation of the Board’s rec16 ommendations. 

17 SEC. 16. FUNDING. 

18 (a) SALARIES AND EXPENSES ACCOUNT.— 

19 (1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in 

20 the Treasury of the United States an account to be 

21 known as the ‘‘Public Buildings Reform Board Sala22 ries and Expenses Account’’ (in this subsection re23 ferred to as the ‘‘Account’’). 

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1 vided in appropriations Acts, for those necessary pay2 ments for salaries and expenses to accomplish the ad3 ministrative needs of the Board. 

4 (b) ASSET PROCEEDS AND SPACE MANAGEMENT

5 FUND.— 

6 (1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established with7 in the Federal Buildings Fund established under sec8 tion 592 of title 40, United States Code, an account 

9 to be known as the Public Buildings Reform Board— 

10 Asset Proceeds and Space Management Fund (in this 

11 subsection referred to as the ‘‘Fund’’). 

12 (2) USE OF AMOUNTS.—Amounts in the Fund 

13 shall be used solely for the purposes of carrying out 

14 actions pursuant to the Board recommendations ap15 proved under section 13. 

16 (3) DEPOSITS.—The following amounts shall be 

17 deposited into the Fund and made available for obli18 gation or expenditure only as provided in advance in 

19 appropriations Acts (subject to section 3307 of title 

20 40, United States Code, to the extent an appropria21 tion normally covered by that section exceeds 

22 $20,000,000) for the purposes specified: 

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1 change, redevelopment, reconfiguration of space, 

2 disposal, and other actions recommended by the 

3 Board for Federal agencies. 

4 (B) Amounts received from the sale of any 

5 civilian real property action taken pursuant to 

6 a recommendation of the Board. 

7 (4) USE OF AMOUNTS TO COVER COSTS.—As pro8 vided in appropriations Acts, amounts in the Fund 

9 may be made available to cover necessary costs associ10 ated with implementing the recommendations pursu11 ant to section 14, including costs associated with— 

12 (A) sales transactions; 

13 (B) acquiring land, construction, con14 structing replacement facilities, and conducting 

15 advance planning and design as may be required 

16 to transfer functions from a Federal asset or 

17 property to another Federal civilian property; 

18 (C) co-location, redevelopment, disposal, 

19 and reconfiguration of space; and 

20 (D) other actions recommended by the 

21 Board for Federal agencies. 

22 (c) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT FOR BUDGET CON23 TENTS.—The President shall transmit along with the Presi24 dent’s budget submitted pursuant to section 1105 of title 

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1 the result of the Board’s recommendations and the obliga2 tions and expenditures needed to support such recommenda3 tions. 

4 SEC. 17. CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL OF PROPOSED 

5 PROJECTS. 

6 Section 3307(b) of title 40, United States Code, is 

7 amended— 

8 (1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph 

9 (6); 

10 (2) by striking the period at the end of para11 graph (7) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

12 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

13 ‘‘(8) a statement of how the proposed project is 

14 consistent with the standards and criteria developed 

15 under section 11(b) of the Federal Assets Sale and 

16 Transfer Act of 2016.’’. 

17 SEC. 18. PRECLUSION OF JUDICIAL REVIEW. 

18 The following actions shall not be subject to judicial 

19 review: 

20 (1) Actions taken pursuant to sections 12 and 

21 13. 

22 (2) Actions of the Board. 

23 SEC. 19. IMPLEMENTATION REVIEW BY GAO. 

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1 the Comptroller General of the United States at least annu2 ally shall monitor and review the implementation activities 

3 of Federal agencies pursuant to section 14, and report to 

4 Congress any findings and recommendations. 

5 SEC. 20. AGENCY RETENTION OF PROCEEDS. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 571 of title 40, United 

7 States Code, is amended by striking subsections (a) and (b) 

8 and inserting the following: 

9 ‘‘(a) PROCEEDS FROM TRANSFER OR SALE OF REAL

10 PROPERTY.— 

11 ‘‘(1) DEPOSIT OF NET PROCEEDS.—Net proceeds 

12 described in subsection (c) shall be deposited into the 

13 appropriate real property account of the agency that 

14 had custody and accountability for the real property 

15 at the time the real property is determined to be ex16 cess. 

17 ‘‘(2) EXPENDITURE OF NET PROCEEDS.—The net 

18 proceeds deposited pursuant to paragraph (1) may 

19 only be expended, as authorized in annual appropria20 tions Acts, for activities described in sections 543 and 

21 545, including paying costs incurred by the General 

22 Services Administration for any disposal-related ac23 tivity authorized by this chapter. 

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1 disposition of surplus real property that are not ex2 pended under paragraph (2) shall be used for deficit 

3 reduction. Any net proceeds not obligated within 3 

4 years after the date of deposit and not expended with5 in 5 years after such date shall be deposited as mis6 cellaneous receipts in the Treasury. 

7 ‘‘(b) EFFECT ON OTHER SECTIONS.—Nothing in this 

8 section is intended to affect section 572(b), 573, or 574. 

9 ‘‘(c) NET PROCEEDS.—The net proceeds described in 

10 this subsection are proceeds under this chapter, less expenses 

11 of the transfer or disposition as provided in section 572(a), 

12 from a— 

13 ‘‘(1) transfer of excess real property to a Federal 

14 agency for agency use; or 

15 ‘‘(2) sale, lease, or other disposition of surplus 

16 real property.’’. 

17 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The provisions of this section, 

18 including the amendments made by this section, shall take 

19 effect upon the termination of the Board pursuant to section 

20 10 and shall not apply to proceeds from transactions con21 ducted under section 14. 

22 SEC. 21. FEDERAL REAL PROPERTY DATABASE. 

23 (a) DATABASE REQUIRED.—Not later than 1 year 

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1 sive, and descriptive database of all Federal real property 

2 under the custody and control of all executive agencies, 

3 other than Federal real property excluded for reasons of na4 tional security, in accordance with subsection (b). 

5 (b) REQUIRED INFORMATION FOR DATABASE.—The 

6 Administrator shall collect from the head of each executive 

7 agency descriptive information, except for classified infor8 mation, of the nature, use, and extent of the Federal real 

9 property of each such agency, including the following: 

10 (1) The geographic location of each Federal real 

11 property of each such agency, including the address 

12 and description for each such property. 

13 (2) The total size of each Federal real property 

14 of each such agency, including square footage and 

15 acreage of each such property. 

16 (3) Whether the Federal real property is cur17 rently, or will in the future be, needed to support 

18 agency’s mission or function. 

19 (4) The utilization of each Federal real property 

20 for each such agency, including whether such property 

21 is excess, surplus, underutilized, or unutilized. 

22 (5) The number of days each Federal real prop23 erty is designated as excess, surplus, underutilized, or 

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1 (6) The annual operating costs of each Federal 

2 real property. 

3 (7) The replacement value of each Federal real 

4 property. 

5 (c) ACCESS TO DATABASE.— 

6 (1) FEDERAL AGENCIES.—The Administrator, in 

7 consultation with the Director of OMB, shall make 

8 the database established and maintained under this 

9 section available to other Federal agencies. 

10 (2) PUBLIC ACCESS.—To the extent consistent 

11 with national security and procurement laws, the 

12 database shall be accessible by the public at no cost 

13 through the Web site of the General Services Adminis14 tration. 

15 (d) TRANSPARENCY OF DATABASE.—To the extent 

16 practicable, the Administrator shall ensure that the data17 base— 

18 (1) uses an open, machine-readable format; 

19 (2) permits users to search and sort Federal real 

20 property data; and 

21 (3) includes a means to download a large 

22 amount of Federal real property data and a selection 

23 of such data retrieved using a search. 

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1 lic information that is exempt from disclosure pursuant to 

2 section 552(b) of title 5, United States Code. 

3 SEC. 22. STREAMLINING MCKINNEY-VENTO HOMELESS AS4 SISTANCE ACT. 

5 Section 501 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assist6 ance Act (42 U.S.C. 11411) is amended— 

7 (1) in subsection (b)(2)— 

8 (A) by striking ‘‘(2)(A)’’ and inserting 

9 ‘‘(2)’’; 

10 (B) by redesignating clauses (i) and (ii) as 

11 subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively; 

12 (C) in subparagraph (A) (as so redesig13 nated) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

14 (D) in subparagraph (B) (as so redesig15 nated) by striking the period at the end and in16 serting ‘‘; and’’; and 

17 (E) by adding at the end the following: 

18 ‘‘(C) in the case of surplus property, the 

19 provision of permanent housing with or without 

20 supportive services is an eligible use to assist the 

21 homeless under this section.’’; 

22 (2) in subsection (c)(1)(A) by striking ‘‘in the 

23 Federal Register’’ and inserting ‘‘on the Web site of 

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1 (3) in subsection (d)— 

2 (A) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘period of 

3 60 days’’ and inserting ‘‘period of 30 days’’; 

4 (B) in paragraphs (2) and (4) by striking 

5 ‘‘60-day period’’ and inserting ‘‘30-day period’’; 

6 and 

7 (C) in paragraph (3) by adding at the end 

8 the following: ‘‘If no such review of the deter9 mination is requested within the 20-day period, 

10 such property will not be included in subsequent 

11 publications unless the landholding agency 

12 makes changes to the property (e.g. improve13 ments) that may change the unsuitable deter14 mination and the Secretary subsequently deter15 mines the property is suitable.’’; 

16 (4) in subsection (e)— 

17 (A) in paragraph (2)— 

18 (i) by striking ‘‘(2)’’ and inserting 

19 ‘‘(2)(A)’’; 

20 (ii) in subparagraph (A) (as so des21 ignated)— 

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1 (II) by striking ‘‘a complete ap2 plication’’ and inserting ‘‘an initial 

3 application’’; and 

4 (iii) by adding at the end the fol5 lowing: 

6 ‘‘(B) An initial application shall set forth— 

7 ‘‘(i) the services that will be offered; 

8 ‘‘(ii) the need for the services; and 

9 ‘‘(iii) the experience of the applicant that dem10 onstrates the ability to provide the services.’’; 

11 (B) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘25 days 

12 after receipt of a completed application’’ and in13 serting ‘‘10 days after receipt of an initial appli14 cation’’; and 

15 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

16 ‘‘(4) If the Secretary of Health and Human Services 

17 approves an initial application, the applicant has 45 days 

18 in which to provide a final application that sets forth a 

19 reasonable plan to finance the approved program. 

20 ‘‘(5) No later than 15 days after receipt of the final 

21 application, the Secretary of Health and Human Services 

22 shall review, make a final determination, and complete all 

23 actions on the final application. The Secretary of Health 

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1 (5) in subsection (f)(1) by striking ‘‘available 

2 by’’ and inserting ‘‘available, at the applicant’s dis3 cretion, by’’. 

4 SEC. 23. ADDITIONAL PROPERTY. 

5 Section 549(c)(3)(B)(vii) of title 40, United States 

6 Code, is amended to read as follows: 

7 ‘‘(vii) a museum attended by the pub8 lic, and, for purposes of determining wheth9 er a museum is attended by the public, the 

10 Administrator shall consider a museum to 

11 be public if the nonprofit educational or 

12 public health institution or organization, at 

13 minimum, accedes to any request submitted 

14 for access during business hours;’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 448 

114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4465 

[Report No. 114–578, Parts I and II] 

A BILL 

To decrease the deficit by consolidating and selling 

erty, and for other purposes. Federal buildings and other civilian real propMAY 23, 2016 

Reported from the Committee on Transportation and 

M

Infrastructure 

AY 23, 2016 

Reported from the Committee on Oversight and GovernUnion, and ordered to be printed Committee of the Whole House on the State of the ment Reform with an amendment, committed to the 


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