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114TH CONGRESS

2d Session 

REPORT

2016

114–304 

Calendar No. 558 

FEDERAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT 

ACT OF 2016 

R E P O R T 

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON HOMELAND SECURITY AND 

GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS 

UNITED STATES SENATE 

TO ACCOMPANY

S. 2509 

TO IMPROVE THE GOVERNMENTWIDE MANAGEMENT OF FEDERAL 

PROPERTY 

AUGUST 30, 2016.—Ordered to be printed 

Filed, under authority of the order of the Senate of July 14, 2016 


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COMMITTEE ON HOMELAND SECURITY AND GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS 

RON JOHNSON, Wisconsin, Chairman 

JOHN MCCAIN, Arizona 

ROB PORTMAN, Ohio 

RAND PAUL, Kentucky 

JAMES LANKFORD, Oklahoma 

MICHAEL B. ENZI, Wyoming 

KELLY AYOTTE, New Hampshire 

JONI ERNST, Iowa 

BEN SASSE, Nebraska 

THOMAS R. CARPER, Delaware 

CLAIRE MCCASKILL, Missouri 

JON TESTER, Montana 

TAMMY BALDWIN, Wisconsin 

HEIDI HEITKAMP, North Dakota 

CORY A. BOOKER, New Jersey 

GARY C. PETERS, Michigan 

CHRISTOPHER R. HIXON, Staff Director 

GABRIELLE D’ADAMO SINGER, Chief Counsel 

COURTNEY J. ALLEN, Counsel 

GABRIELLE A. BATKIN, Minority Staff Director 

JOHN P. KILVINGTON, Minority Deputy Staff Director 

MARY BETH SCHULTZ, Minority Chief Counsel 

BRIAN F. PAPP, JR., Minority Professional Staff Member 

LAURA W. KILBRIDE, Chief Clerk 


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Calendar No. 558 

114TH CONGRESS REPORT " ! SENATE 2d Session 114–304 

FEDERAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT ACT OF 2016 

AUGUST 30, 2016.—Ordered to be printed 

Filed, under authority of the order of the Senate of July 14, 2016 

Mr. JOHNSON, from the Committee on Homeland Security and 

Governmental Affairs, submitted the following 

R E P O R T 

[To accompany S. 2509] 

The Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, 

to which was referred the bill (S. 2509) to improve the Government-wide management of Federal property, having considered the 

same, reports favorably thereon with an amendment and recommends that the bill do pass. 

CONTENTS 

Page 

I. Purpose and Summary .................................................................................. 1 

II. Background and Need for the Legislation ................................................... 2 

III. Legislative History ......................................................................................... 7 

IV. Section-by-Section Analysis .......................................................................... 7 

V. Evaluation of Regulatory Impact .................................................................. 9 

VI. Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate ................................................ 9 

VII. Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported ........................... 11 

I. PURPOSE AND SUMMARY

The purpose of S. 2509, the Federal Property Management Reform Act of 2016, is to improve the management of the Federal 

Government’s property assets. This bill establishes a Federal Property Council that will guide and ensure implementation of property 

management measures and expand the duties of Federal agencies 

in the management and accountability of property assets under 

their custody and control. The bill also establishes a single, comprehensive and descriptive database of all real property under the 

custody and control of all Federal agencies. The bill directs agencies, including the United States Postal Service, to take additional 


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1Gov’t Accountability Office, GAO–15–290, High Risk Series 135 (Feb. 2015), available at 

http://www.gao.gov/assets/670/668415.pdf. 2 Id. 3 Id. at 23–24. 4 Exec. Order No. 13327, 69 Fed. Reg. 25, 5897 (Feb. 4, 2004). 

5 Id. at 5897–98. 6 Id. 

7 Id. at 5898. 8 Id. 

actions to improve the management of their properties, including 

by maintaining an up-to-date inventory of real property. The bill 

incentivizes Federal agencies to invest in real property disposals by 

allowing the agencies to retain the net proceeds from real property 

sales. 

II. BACKGROUND AND THE NEED FOR LEGISLATION

The Federal Government owns and leases thousands of buildings 

that cost billions of dollars each year just to operate and maintain.1

In 2003, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) first placed 

Federal real property management on its High-Risk List.2 At that 

time, GAO reported that: 

[M]uch of this vast and valuable asset portfolio presents 

significant management challenges and reflects an infrastructure based on the business model and technological 

environment of the 1950s. Many assets are no longer effectively aligned with, or responsive to, agencies’ changing 

missions and are therefore no longer needed. Furthermore, 

many assets are in an alarming state of deterioration 

. . . . Compounding these problems are the lack of reliable government-wide data for strategic asset management, a heavy reliance on costly leasing instead of ownership to meet new space needs, and the cost and challenge 

of protecting these assets against potential terrorism.3

The Administrations of Presidents Bush and Obama have made 

improvements to Government-wide real property management 

through a series of directives. President Bush issued Executive 

Order 13327 in 2004, to improve the Federal Government’s management of its real property assets.4 This executive order required 

each Federal agency to designate a Senior Real Property Officer to 

be charged with developing and implementing an agency asset 

management plan and with submitting a list of the agencies’ real 

property assets to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) or 

the General Services Administration (GSA) annually.5 The Senior 

Real Property Officer was also required to monitor the agency’s 

real property assets to ensure they were ‘‘consistent with the real 

property asset management principles’’ developed under the order.6

The executive order established the Federal Real Property Council (FRPC) ‘‘to develop guidance for, and facilitate the success of, 

each agency’s asset management plan.’’ 7 The order required the 

FRPC to be chaired by the Deputy Director for Management of 

OMB and ‘‘composed exclusively of all agency Senior Real Property 

Officers, the Controller of [OMB], the Administrator of [GSA] and 

any other full-time or permanent part-time Federal officials as 

deemed necessary by the Chairman of the [FRPC].’’ 8 The FRPC 


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9 Id. at 5898–99. 10 Id. at 5899. 11 Id. 12 U.S. Gen. Services Admin., Federal Real Property Profile Management System, available at 

https://www.realpropertyprofile.gov. 13Memorandum on Disposing of Unneeded Federal Real Estate, 75 Fed. Reg. 115, 33987 

(June 10, 2010), available at https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/presidential-memorandum-disposing-unneeded-federal-real-estate. 14 Id. 15 Id. 16 Exec. Order No. 13589, 76 Fed.Reg. 220, 70861 (Nov. 9, 2011). 17Office of Mgmt. and Budget, Exec. Office of the President, OMB Mem. No. M–12–12, Promoting Efficient Spending to Support Agency Operations (2012), available at https:// 

www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/omb/memoranda/2012/m-12–12.pdf. 18Office of Mgmt. and Budget, Exec. Office of the President, OMB Mgmt. Procedures Mem. 

No. 2013–02, Implementation of OMB Memorandum M–12–12 Section 3: Freeze the Footprint 

(Mar. 14, 2013), available at https://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/omb/financial/ 

memos/implementation-of-freeze-the-footprint-guidance.pdf. 19 Id. 

was also charged with establishing performance measures to determine the effectiveness of Federal real property management.9

The executive order required GSA to ‘‘establish and maintain a 

single, comprehensive, and descriptive database of all real property 

under the custody and control of all Executive Branch agencies.’’ 10

GSA was required to collect the information for this database from 

each Executive Branch agency that would ‘‘best describe the nature, use, and extent of the real property holdings of the Federal 

Government.’’ 11 This database is known as the Federal Real Property Profile (FRPP).12

In 2010, President Obama issued a new memorandum on the disposal of unneeded Federal real property assets.13 This memorandum directed Federal agencies ‘‘to accelerate efforts to identify 

and eliminate excess properties.’’ 14 The total of agency efforts required by the memorandum: 

should produce no less than $3 billion in cost savings by 

the end of fiscal year 2012, yielded from increased proceeds from the sale of assets and reduced operating, maintenance, and energy expenses from disposals or other 

space consolidation efforts, including leases that are 

ended.15

Two years later, to achieve the administrative savings required 

by Executive Order 13589,16 OMB ordered all Federal agencies to: 

not increase the size of their civilian real estate inventory. Acquisition of a new Federal building space . . . that 

increases an agency’s total square footage of civilian property must be offset through consolidation, co-location, or 

disposal of space from the inventory of that agency.17

This became known as the ‘‘Freeze the Footprint’’ policy.18 This 

policy also required each agency to develop a three-year Revised 

Real Property Cost Savings and Innovation Plan, which was a revision of each agency’s 2010 Real Property Cost Savings and Innovation Plan with a narrower focus, and prospective analysis of real 

property spending for the next three fiscal years. The policy noted 

that for every third year thereafter, each agency shall submit a Revised Real Property Cost Savings and Innovation plan within 120 

days after the deadline for agencies to submit their data to the 

Federal Real Property Profile.19


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20Office of Mgmt. and Budget, Exec. Office of the President, National Strategy for the Efficient Use of Real Property: Reducing the Federal Portfolio Through Improved Space Utilization, 

Consolidation, and Disposal (2015), available at https://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/ 

files/omb/financial/national-strategy-efficient-use-real-property.pdf. 21 Id. 22 Id. 23GAO–15–290, High Risk Series, supra note 1 at 135. 24 Id. 25 Id. 26 Id. 27 Id. 28Federal Real Property Reform: How Cutting Red Tape and Better Management Could 

Achieve Billions in Saving: Hearing Before the S. Comm. on Homeland Sec. and Governmental 

Affairs, 114th Cong. (2015), http://www.hsgac.senate.gov/hearings/federal-real-property-reformhow-cutting-red-tape-and-better-management-could-achieve-billions-in-savings [hereinafter Hearing]. 

In 2015, the Administration issued the National Strategy for the 

Efficient Use of Real Property.20 The National Strategy imposes 

three requirements for agencies to improve Federal real property 

management: freeze growth in the Federal real property footprint; 

measure the costs and utilization of real property assets; and reduce the Federal real property footprint.21 This strategy directs 

agencies to continue the Freeze the Footprint policy, to analyze 

their office and warehouse spaces, to improve the quality of the 

data they submit for the FRPP, to accelerate the disposal of excess 

and unutilized property, and to execute opportunities to improve 

space utilization.22

GAO acknowledged in its 2015 High-Risk List that the Federal 

Government has demonstrated ‘‘leadership commitment to improving the management of real property by pursuing numerous reform 

efforts over multiple administrations.’’ 23 However, GAO still considers Federal real property management to be a high-risk issue 

area for the Government because there are still ‘‘long-standing 

challenges in managing its real property.’’ 24 GAO reported: 

[T]he federal government continues to maintain too 

much excess and underutilized property. It also relies too 

heavily on leasing in situations where ownership would be 

more cost efficient in the long run . . . . [E]ffective real 

property management and reform are undermined by unreliable real property data. Specifically, despite a high 

level or leadership commitment to improve real property 

data, the federal government continues to face challenges 

with the accuracy and consistency of the [FRPP], causing 

the government to report inaccurate inventory and outcome information.25

GAO found that while ‘‘the federal government has also made 

partial progress toward increasing its capacity, developing an action plan, and monitoring its progress toward improving real property management . . . significant challenges in demonstrating 

progress in achieving tangible results remain.’’ 26 GAO also noted 

that it found results from the first year of the Freeze the Footprint 

policy that overstated the real property portfolio reductions ‘‘to the 

point where some of the reported decreases do not represent any 

decrease at all.’’ 27

Officials from OMB, GSA, and GAO testified about these Federal 

real property management challenges at a Committee hearing held 

in June 2015.28 At this hearing, GAO reiterated these challenges, 

stating ‘‘although multiple administrations have committed to a 


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29 Id. (statement of David Wise, Director, Physical Infrastructure Issues, U.S. Gov’t Accountability Office). 30 Id. 31 Id. (statement of Norman Dong, Commissioner, Public Buildings Service, U.S. Gen. Services 

Admin.). 32 Id. 33Gov’t Accountability Office, GAO–16–275, Federal Real Property: Improving Data Transparency and Expanding the National Strategy Could Help Address Long-Standing Challenges 

(Mar. 2016), available at http://www.gao.gov/assets/680/676253.pdf. 34 Id. at 13–19. 35 Id. at 20. 36 Id. at 11. 37 Id. at 20. 38 Id. at 21–22. 

more strategic approach toward managing real property, their efforts have not yet fully addressed the underlying challenges that 

we have identified.’’ 29

Accurate data for agency real property holdings has long been a 

concern for Federal real property management. When asked about 

the major issues impeding the disposal of excess real property, a 

GAO official told the Committee: 

[N]umber one . . . we really do not have a great handle 

on exactly what we have and how it is being used. The 

real property data is still a work in progress in terms of 

improving the FRPP. So that is number one. And I think 

that as a Federal manager in Washington or any other 

place, unless you have a really good handle on exactly 

what you have out there, its condition and how it is being 

used, it is kind of difficult to move the chess pieces in that 

sense.30

The Public Buildings Commissioner at GSA echoed this problem, 

stating ‘‘[t]he bottom line is that having the right data and management tools is essential to making good decisions.’’ 31 The Commissioner explained to the Committee that ‘‘I think what is most 

critical is to actually analyze the data and to use that to be able 

to have conversations with the agencies in terms of what is underutilized and what is not utilized, and really force disposition.’’ 32

GAO again raised concerns in a 2016 report about the quality of 

data in the FRPP.33 GAO reported that FRPP guidance has various 

interpretations across agencies, specifically regarding a building’s 

condition, operating costs, and utilization.34 OMB and GSA officials 

told GAO that ‘‘a key component of their data validation process relies on each agency to certify the information is accurate.’’ 35 GSA 

also now requires the agency’s Chief Financial Officer to certify the 

data so that it is tied to the agency’s annual financial statement 

audit.36 However, GSA does not require agencies to describe their 

approach to collecting data for the FRPP, ‘‘limiting OMB and GSA’s 

insight into the quality of the FRPP data and the extent to which 

agencies are following sound and comparable collection and reporting practices.’’ 37 However, in the March 2016 report, GAO concluded ‘‘because GSA’s existing [data validation and verification] 

approach and its planned improvements to that approach provide 

limited insight into how agencies collect and report data into 

FRPP, decision-makers at OMB, GSA, and other federal agencies 

have limited insight into the risk of using the data to guide decisions.’’ 38


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39Letter from Senators Johnson, Carper, Portman, King, Lankford, and Heitkamp to the Honorable Denise Turner Roth, Administrator U.S. General Services Administration (April 12, 2016) 

(on file with Comm.). 40 Id. 41 Id. 42 40 U.S.C. § 572(a)(1). 43 Hearing, supra note 28 (statement of Norman Dong). 44 Id. 45 Id. (statement of David Mader, Controller, Office of Mgmt. & Budget). 46 Id. (statement of Norman Dong). 

On April 12, 2016, the sponsors of S. 2509 wrote to the Administrator of GSA to further inquire as to GSA’s progress in improving 

the quality of Federal real property data.39 GSA responded and 

provided a complete list of validation checks for each of the data 

elements contained in the FY 2015 FRPP data dictionary.40 GSA 

also noted that GSA and OMB are 

reviewing Agencies’ Reduce the Footprint plans to identify opportunities to improve asset utilization and dispose 

of poorly utilized properties that no longer meet mission 

needs. As part of this review, GSA developed a robust 

Asset Repositioning Pipeline and intends to meet with 

multiple landholding agencies to discuss their plans, share 

best practices and identify opportunities for improvement.41

Another challenge for Federal real property management is the 

lack of incentives for agencies to dispose of their properties. Current law requires most agencies to return funds received from the 

sale of surplus property to the Treasury.42 The Public Buildings 

Commissioner explained that a major obstacle to disposing of 

unneeded property is the fact that agencies incur the costs of the 

up-front investments to prepare the property for disposal but are 

not authorized to retain any of the proceeds from the sale of a 

property to recoup those up-front costs.43 The Commissioner stated, 

‘‘I think having some limited retention of proceeds where agencies 

can recoup their costs will show dramatic results in terms of the 

[disposal] activity that we see.’’ 44 The Controller of OMB agreed 

that to ‘‘retain savings to plow back into a fund is critical.’’ 45

The Commissioner pointed to two Federal agencies that currently 

have the authority to retain proceeds from the sale of real property 

assets, noting ‘‘we think that is critical because there has to be 

some economic incentive for agencies to move these off the books, 

and what you are seeing is . . . far more significant activity among 

those two agencies [that retain proceeds] compared to other agencies in the Federal Government.46

The Federal Property Management Reform Act of 2016 codifies 

the broader management framework put forward by the Bush and 

Obama Administrations, ensuring that the management improvements borne over time become a permanent framework for agency 

property management. The bill codifies and expands the Federal 

Real Property Council while charging the Council with additional 

requirements that will monitor agencies’ progress in managing 

their property. Federal agencies would be required to report on underutilized real properties and provide more detailed information 

on how each property asset serves the agency’s mission needs. The 

bill would codify and bring additional transparency to the FRPP, 

recognizing its value as an essential tool for Government-wide 


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property management. This bill would also provide a key incentive 

for agencies to dispose of properties by allowing them to retain the 

net proceeds from the sale of property for the purpose of investing 

in subsequent real property disposals or for training Federal buildings personnel. 

III. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY

S. 2509, the Federal Property Management Reform Act of 2016, 

was introduced on February 4, 2016, by Ranking Member Tom Carper with Senators Rob Portman, Ron Johnson, Angus King, Heidi 

Heitkamp, and James Lankford as original cosponsors. The bill 

was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. 

The Committee considered S. 2509 at a business meeting on February 10, 2016. During the business meeting, one amendment by 

Ranking Member Carper, in the form of a substitute, was offered 

and adopted. Both the substitute amendment and the legislation as 

amended were passed by voice vote with Senators Johnson, 

McCain, Portman, Paul, Lankford, Ayotte, Ernst, Sasse, Carper, 

McCaskill, Tester, Baldwin, Heitkamp, Booker, and Peters present. 

IV. SECTION-BY-SECTION ANALYSIS OF THE BILL, AS REPORTED

Section 1. Short title 

This section establishes the bill’s title as the ‘‘Federal Property 

Management Reform Act of 2016.’’ 

Section 2. Purpose 

This section outlines the purpose of the Federal Property Management Reform Act of 2016 to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of the management of Federal Government property. This bill 

seeks to achieve this by establishing a Federal Property Council to 

develop and implement strategies for improved management of 

Federal property, by allowing Federal agencies to retain proceeds 

from the sale of Federal real property, and by requiring the United 

States Postal Service to better manage and account for its property 

and modernize the Postal fleet. 

Section 3. Property management 

This section establishes property management definitions for use 

later in the bill and establishes a Federal Property Council whose 

purpose is to reduce the costs of managing Federal property by developing guidance and ensuring implementation of a property management strategy and by identifying opportunities for improved 

management of Federal properties and assets. The Council will be 

comprised of Federal officials and employees and would meet no 

less than four times each year. 

The Council is charged with establishing a property management 

plan template with performance measures and goals that will enable Congress and Federal agencies to improve Federal property 

management, including reducing surplus property, achieving better 

utilization of underutilized property, or to enhance management of 

high value personal property and track the Government’s progress 

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quired to submit to OMB a report that includes a list of underutilized, excess, and surplus Federal real properties and the progress 

achieved in Federal real property management. Federal agencies 

with independent leasing authority are directed to submit to the 

Council information about their leases no later than December 31 

of each year following enactment. 

This section also requires GSA to create and maintain a database 

of all Federal real property assets. This database will include descriptive information about each property and a list of completed 

real property disposals. This database will be publicly available, to 

the extent possible considering national security and public safety 

concerns, on the GSA website no later than three years after the 

enactment of this bill. 

Under this section, the Postmaster General of the United States 

is required to identify postal properties with available space for use 

by other Federal agencies. This list of properties is to be submitted 

to Congress and to each Federal agency, with the option of also 

submitting this list of identified available properties to the Council. 

Each Federal agency is required to review the list submitted by the 

Postmaster General and recommend colocations if appropriate. The 

Postmaster General and applicable agency head are then directed 

to establish appropriate terms of a lease for each postal property. 

Section 4. United States Postal Service property management 

This section provides definitions for postal property management, 

requires the United States Postal Service to maintain adequate inventory controls and accountability systems for its property, and directs it to develop workforce projections to assess the property 

needs of the Postal Service. It also encourages the Postal Service 

to develop a 5-year management template to better manage postal 

property which shall include an assessment of its real property assets. This section does not require the Postal Service to conduct an 

appraisal of its real property assets. 

Section 5. Agency retention of proceeds 

Under this section the net proceeds from the sale of a real property asset will be deposited with the agency that had custody and 

accountability for the asset at the time it was determined to be excess property. Federal agencies are permitted to use these proceeds 

as authorized in annual appropriations acts for purposes of real 

property management and disposals, for activities pursuant to the 

Federal Buildings Personnel Training Act, or for deficit reduction. 

This section is not intended to affect any other provision of Federal 

law that directs the use of retained proceeds to a different use. 

Section 6. Inspector General report on United States Postal Service 

property 

This section requires the Inspector General of the United States 

Postal Service to submit a report to Congress on the excess property held by the Postal Service and recommendations for reducing 

excess capacity and increasing collocation with other Federal agencies without diminishing the ability of the Postal Service to meet 

service standards. 


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Section 7. Reports on United States Postal fleet modernization 

This section requires the GAO to submit a report to Congress on 

integrating the use of collision-averting technology into its vehicle 

fleet and on designing mail delivery vehicles that are equipped for 

diverse geographic conditions. This section also requires the United 

States Postal Service to submit a report to Congress about its fleet 

replacement and modernization efforts and strategic planning. 

Section 8. Surplus property donations to museums 

Under this section, museums that are not for profit and are open 

to the public on a regularly scheduled weekly basis during normal 

business hours may receive donations of surplus Federal personal 

property for purposes of education or public health, including research. 

Section 9. Duties of federal agencies 

This section provides additional required duties for Federal agencies to exercise in the management of Federal real property. These 

additional duties include establishing goals and policies that will 

lead the executive agency to reduce excess property and underutilized property in its inventory, assessing leased space to identify 

space that is not fully used or occupied, and on an annual basis 

and subject to the guidance of the Council, submit an annual report 

to the Council on all excess and underutilized real properties. 

Under this section, Federal agencies must also conduct an annual 

inventory of their real property assets to be submitted to the Council and GSA for inclusion in the real property database established 

by this bill. 

V. EVALUATION OF REGULATORY IMPACT

Pursuant to the requirements of paragraph 11(b) of rule XXVI of 

the Standing Rules of the Senate, the Committee has considered 

the regulatory impact of this bill and determined that the bill will 

have no regulatory impact within the meaning of the rules. The 

Committee agrees with the Congressional Budget Office’s statement that the bill contains no intergovernmental or private-sector 

mandates as defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act 

(UMRA) and would impose no costs on state, local, or tribal governments. 

VI. CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE COST ESTIMATE

JULY 11, 2016. 

Hon. RON JOHNSON, Chairman, 

Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, 

U.S. Senate, Washington, DC. 

DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: The Congressional Budget Office has prepared the enclosed cost estimate for S. 2509, the Federal Property 

Management Reform Act of 2016. 

If you wish further details on this estimate, we will be pleased 

to provide them. The CBO staff contact for this estimate is Matthew Pickford. 

Sincerely, 

KEITH HALL. 

Enclosure. 


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S. 2509—Federal Property Management Reform Act of 2016 

Summary: S. 2509 would amend federal laws related to managing federal property. Specifically the legislation would require 

the United States Postal Service (USPS) to prepare a physical and 

financial assessment for each of its properties. In addition, the bill 

would codify and expand the duties and responsibilities of the Federal Real Property Council (FRPC), provide new authorities to the 

General Services Administration (GSA), and require additional reports from federal agencies on their use of real property, whether 

owned or leased. 

CBO estimates that enacting the bill would increase direct 

spending by the USPS by $15 million over the 2017–2021 period. 

USPS cash flows are classified as off-budget. Because enacting the 

legislation would affect only direct spending that is off-budget and 

would not affect revenues, pay-as-you-go procedures do not apply. 

In addition, CBO estimates that implementing S. 2509 would 

cost federal agencies $3 million over the 2017–2021 period for additional administrative and reporting activities related to property 

disposal; such spending would be subject to the availability of appropriated funds. 

CBO estimates that enacting S. 2509 would not increase net direct spending or on-budget deficits in any of the four consecutive 

10-year periods beginning in 2027. 

S. 2509 contains no intergovernmental or private-sector mandates as defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act (UMRA) 

and would not affect the budgets of state, local, or tribal governments. 

Estimated cost to the Federal Government: The estimated budgetary impact of S. 2509 is shown in the following table. The costs 

of this legislation fall within budget functions 370 (commerce and 

housing credit) and 800 (general government). 

By fiscal year, in millions of dollars— 

2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2017– 

2021 

INCREASES IN DIRECT SPENDING (OFF-BUDGET) 

Estimated Budget Authority ............................................. 10 5 0 0 0 15 

Estimated Outlays ............................................................ 10 5 0 0 0 15 

INCREASES IN SPENDING SUBJECT TO APPROPRIATION 

Estimated Authorization Level .......................................... 1 * * * * 3 

Estimated Outlays ............................................................ 1 * * * * 3 

Notes:* = less than $500,000; components may not sum to totals because of rounding. 

Basis of estimate: For this estimate, CBO assumes that S. 2509 

will be enacted near the end of 2016, that the necessary funds will 

be available each year, and that spending will follow historical patterns for the affected programs. 

Direct spending. S. 2509 would direct the USPS to prepare an assessment for each of its properties, including information on the 

age and condition, annual operating costs, capital expenditures, 

and estimated operation and maintenance costs. The Postal Service 

has roughly 30,000 properties that would be affected by the bill. 

Based on information from the USPS and the costs of similar activities, CBO expects that assessments would cost, on average, 

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crease direct spending by $15 million over the 2017–2018 period for 

the agency to carry out the assessments required by S. 2509. 

Spending by the Postal Service is classified as off-budget. 

Spending subject to appropriation. S. 2509 would codify and expand the duties of the FRPC, increase the reporting responsibilities 

of landholding agencies, require GSA to improve its database of 

federal real property, and require the USPS Inspector General to 

prepare a report on excess property held by the Postal Service. 

Under the legislation, the FRPC would need to develop new measures to evaluate the use of government facilities and to create a 

strategy to reduce the need to lease buildings. The FRPC also 

would need to create a list of excess, surplus, and underultized 

property, and properties that would be available for federal agencies to share. Finally, agencies would have to report new information to the FRPC, including the cost of selling properties, the 

amount of capital expenditures per building, and the number of 

federal employees and contractors that use each facility. 

Based on information from GSA and some landholding agencies 

and the costs of similar activities, CBO estimates that implementing those provisions would cost about $3 million over the 

2017–2021 period, mostly for salaries and expenses. 

Pay-As-You-Go considerations: None. 

Increase in long-term direct spending and deficits: CBO estimates that enacting the bill would not increase net direct spending 

or on-budget deficits in any of the four consecutive 10-year periods 

beginning in 2027. 

Intergovernmental and private-sector impact: S. 2509 contains no 

intergovernmental or private-sector mandates as defined in UMRA 

and would not affect the budgets of state, local, or tribal governments. 

Estimate prepared by: Federal spending: Mark Grabowicz and 

Matthew Pickford; Impact on State, local, and tribal governments: 

Jon Sperl; Impact on the private sector: Paige Piper/Bach. 

Estimate approved by: H. Samuel Papenfuss, Deputy Assistant 

Director for Budget Analysis. 

VII. CHANGES IN EXISTING LAW MADE BY THE BILL, AS REPORTED

In compliance with paragraph 12 of rule XXVI of the Standing 

Rules of the Senate, changes in existing law made by the bill, as 

reported, are shown as follows: (existing law proposed to be omitted 

is enclosed in brackets, new matter is printed in italic, and existing 

law in which no change is proposed is shown in roman): 

UNITED STATES CODE 

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TITLE 40—PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, 

AND WORKS 

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Subtitle I—Federal Property and Administrative 

Services 

* * * * * * * 

CHAPTER 1—GENERAL 

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Subchapter I—Purpose and Definitions 

* * * * * * * 

SEC. 102. DEFINITIONS. 

øThe¿ Except as provided in subchapters VII and VIII of chapter 

5 of this title, the following definitions apply in chapters 1 through 

7 of this title and in division C (except sections 3302, 3501(b), 3509, 

3906, 4710, and 4711) of subtitle I of title 41: 

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CHAPTER 5—PROPERTY MANAGEMENT 

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Subchapter II—Use of Property 

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SEC. 524. DUTIES OF EXECUTIVE AGENCIES. 

(a) 

(1) * * * 

* * * * * * * 

* 

(4) perform the care and handling of excess property; øand¿ 

(5) transfer or dispose of excess property as promptly as possible in accordance with authority delegated and regulations 

prescribed by the Administratorø.¿; 

(6) develop current and future workforce projections so as to 

have the capacity to assess the needs of the Federal workforce 

regarding the use of real property; 

(7) establish goals and policies that will lead the executive 

agency to reduce excess property and underutilized property in 

the inventory of the executive agency; 

(8) submit to the Federal Property Council an annual report 

on all excess property that is real property and underutilized 

property in the inventory of the executive agency, including— 

(A) whether underutilized property can be better utilized, 

including through collocation with other executive agencies 

or consolidation with other facilities; and 

(B) the extent to which the executive agency believes that 

retention of the underutilized property serves the needs of 

the executive agency; 

(9) adopt workplace practices, configurations, and management techniques that can achieve increased levels of productivity and decrease the need for real property assets; 

(10) assess leased space to identify space that is not fully used 

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(11) on an annual basis and subject to the guidance of the 

Federal Property Council— 

(A) conduct an inventory of real property under the control of the executive agency; and 

(B) make an assessment of each property, which shall include— 

(i) the age and condition of the property; 

(ii) the size of the property in square footage and 

acreage 

(iii) the geographical location of the property, including an address and description; 

(iv) the extent to which the property is being utilized; 

(v) the actual annual operating costs associated with 

the property; 

(vi) the total cost of capital expenditures incurred by 

the Federal Government associated with the property; 

(vii) sustainability metrics associated with the property; 

(viii) the number of Federal employees and contractor employees and functions housed at the property; 

(ix) the extent to which the mission of the executive 

agency is dependent on the property; 

(x) the estimated amount of capital expenditures projected to maintain and operate the property during the 

5-year period beginning on the date of enactment of 

this paragraph; and 

(xi) any additional information required by the Administrator of General Services to carry out section 

623; and 

(12) provide to the Federal Property Council and the Administrator of General Services the information described in paragraph (11)(B) to be used for the establishment and maintenance 

of the database described in section 624. 

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(c) DEFINITION OF EXECUTIVE AGENCY.—For the purpose of paragraphs (6) through (12) of subsection (a), the term ‘‘executive agency’’ 

shall have the meaning given the term ‘‘Federal agency’’ in section 

621. 

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Subchapter III—Disposing of Property 

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SEC. 549. DONATION OF PERSONAL PROPERTY THROUGH STATE 

AGENCIES. 

(a) * * * 

(b) * * * 

(c) * * * 

(1) * * * 

(2) * * * 

(3) * * * 

(A) * * * 

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(i) * * * 

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ø(vii) a museum attended by the public¿ (vii) a museum open to the public on a regularly scheduled weekly basis, and the hours of operation are, at a minimum, during normal business hours (as determined 

by the Administrator); 

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Subchapter IV—Proceeds from Sale or Transfer 

SEC. 571. GENERAL RULES FOR DEPOSIT AND USE OF PROCEEDS. 

ø(a) DEPOSIT IN TREASURY AS MISCELLANEOUS RECEIPTS.— 

ø(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise provided in this subchapter, proceeds described in paragraph (2) shall be deposited 

in the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. 

ø(2) PROCEEDS.—The proceeds referred to in paragraph (1) 

are proceeds under this chapter from a— 

ø(A) transfer of excess property to a federal agency for 

agency use; or 

ø(B) sale, lease, or other disposition of surplus property. 

ø(b) PAYMENT OF EXPENSES OF SALE BEFORE DEPOSIT.—Subject 

to regulations under this subtitle, the expenses of the sale of old 

material, condemned stores, supplies, or other public property may 

be paid from the proceeds of sale so that only the net proceeds are 

deposited in the Treasury. This subsection applies whether proceeds are deposited as miscellaneous receipts or to the credit of an 

appropriation as authorized by law.¿ 

(a) PROCEEDS FROM TRANSFER OR SALE OF REAL PROPERTY.— 

(1) DEPOSIT OF NET PROCEEDS.—Net proceeds described in 

subsection (d) shall be deposited into the appropriate account of 

the agency that had custody and accountability for the property 

at the time the property is determined to be excess. 

(2) EXPENDITURE OF NET PROCEEDS.—The net proceeds deposited pursuant to paragraph (1) may only be expended as authorized in annual appropriations Acts, for— 

(A) activities described in sections 543 and 545, including paying costs incurred by the General Services Administration for any disposal-related activity authorized by this 

title; and 

(B) activities pursuant to implementation of the Federal 

Buildings Personnel Training Act of 2010 (40 U.S.C. 581 

note; Public Law 111–308). 

(3) DEFICIT REDUCTION.—Any net proceeds described in subsection (d) from the sale, lease, or other disposition of surplus 

real property that are not expended under paragraph (2) shall 

be used for deficit reduction. 

(b) EFFECT ON OTHER SECTIONS.—Nothing in this section is intended to affect section 572(b), 573, or 574. 

(c) DISPOSAL AGENCY FOR REVERTED PROPERTY.—For the purposes of this section, for any property that reverts to the United 

States under sections 550 and 553, the General Services Administration, as the disposal agency, shall be treated as the agency with 


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custody and accountability for the property at the time the property 

is determined to be excess. 

(d) NET PROCEEDS.—The net proceeds described in this subsection 

are proceeds under this chapter, less expenses of the transfer or disposition as provided in section 572(a), from— 

(1) a transfer of excess real property to a Federal agency for 

agency use; or 

(2) a sale, lease, or other disposition of surplus real property. 

(e) PROCEEDS FROM TRANSFER OR SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise provided in this subchapter, proceeds described in paragraph (2) shall be deposited 

in the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. 

(2) PROCEEDS.—The proceeds described in this paragraph are 

proceeds under this chapter from— 

(A) a transfer of excess personal property to a Federal 

agency for agency use; or 

(B) a sale, lease, or other disposition of surplus personal 

property. 

(3) PAYMENT OF EXPENSES OF SALE BEFORE DEPOSIT.— 

(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to regulations under this subtitle, the expenses of the sale of personal property may be 

paid from the proceeds of the sale so that only the net proceeds are deposited in the Treasury. 

(B) APPLICATION.—This paragraph applies whether proceeds are deposited as miscellaneous receipts or to the credit of an appropriation as authorized by law. 

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Subchapter VII—Property Management 

Table of sections 

Sec. 

621. Definitions. 

622. Collocation among United States Postal Service properties. 

623. Establishment of a Federal Property Council. 

624. Inventory and database. 

625. Information on certain leasing authorities. 

SEC. 621. DEFINITIONS. 

In this subchapter: 

(1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Administrator’’ means the 

Administrator of General Services. 

(2) COUNCIL.—The term ‘‘Council’’ means the Federal Property Council established by Section 623(a). 

(3) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ means the Director of the 

Office of Management and Budget. 

(4) DISPOSAL.—The term ‘‘disposal’’ means any action that 

constitutes the removal of any property from the inventory of the 

Federal agency, including sale, transfer, deed, demolition, donation, or exchange. 

(5) FEDERAL AGENCY.—The term ‘‘Federal agency’’ means— 

(A) an executive department of independent establishment 

in the executive branch of the Government; or 

(B) a wholly owned Government corporation (other than 

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(6) FIELD OFFICE.—The term ‘‘field office’’ means any office of 

a Federal agency that is not the headquarters office location for 

the Federal agency. 

(7) POSTAL PROPERTY.—The term ‘‘postal property’’ means any 

property owned or leased by the United States Postal Service. 

(8) PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP.—The term ‘‘public-private 

partnership’’ means any partnership or working relationship between a Federal agency and a corporation, individual, or nonprofit organization for the purpose of financing, constructing, 

operating, managing, or maintaining 1 or more Federal real 

property assets. 

(9) UNDERUTILIZED PROPERTY.—The term ‘‘underutilized 

property’’ means a portion or the entirety of any real property, 

including any improvements, that is used— 

(A) irregularly or intermittently by the accountable Federal agency for program purposes of the Federal agency; or 

(B) for program purposes than can be satisfied only with 

a portion of the property. 

SEC. 622. COLLOCATION AMONG UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE 

PROPERTIES. 

(a) IDENTIFICATION OF POSTAL PROPERTY.—Each year, the Postmaster General shall— 

(1) identify a list of postal properties with space available for 

use by Federal agencies; and 

(2) not later than September 30, submit the list to— 

(A) the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; and 

(B) the Committee on Oversight and government Reform 

of the House of Representatives. 

(b) VOLUNTARY IDENTIFICATION OF POSTAL PROPERTY.—Each 

year, the Postmaster General may submit the list under subsection 

(a) to the Council. 

(c) SUBMISSION OF LIST OF POSTAL PROPERTIES TO FEDERAL

AGENCIES.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after the completion 

of a list under subsection (a), the Council shall provide the list 

to each Federal agency. 

(2) REVIEW BY FEDERAL AGENCIES.—Not later than 90 days 

after the receipt of the list submitted under paragraph (1), each 

Federal agency shall— 

(A) review the list; 

(B) review the properties under the control of the Federal 

agency; and 

(C) recommend collocations if appropriate. 

(d) TERMS OF COLLOCATION.—On approval of the recommendations under subsection (c) by the Postmaster General and the applicable agency head, the Federal agency or appropriate landholding 

entity may work with the Postmaster General to establish appropriate terms of a lease for each postal property. 

(e) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section exceeds, 

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SEC. 623 ESTABLISHMENT OF A FEDERAL PROPERTY COUNCIL. 

(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established a Federal Property 

Council. 

(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the Council shall be— 

(1) to develop guidance and ensure implementation of an efficient and effective property management strategy; 

(2) to identify opportunities for the Federal Government to 

better manage property and assets of the Federal Government; 

and 

(3) to reduce the costs of managing property of the Federal 

Government, including operations, maintenance, and security 

associated with Federal property. 

(c) COMPOSITION.— (1) IN GENERAL.—The Council shall be composed exclusively 

of— 

(A) the senior real property officers of each Federal agency and the Postal Service; 

(B) the Deputy Director for Management of the Office of 

Management and Budget; 

(C) the Controller of the Office of Management and Budget; 

(D) the Administrator; and 

(E) any other full-time or permanent part-time Federal 

officials or employees, as the Chairperson determines to be 

necessary. 

(2) CHAIRPERSON.—The Deputy Director for Management of 

the Office of Management and Budget shall serve as Chairperson of the Council. 

(3) EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.— 

(A) IN GENERAL.—The Chairperson shall designate an 

Executive Director to assist in carrying out the duties of the 

Council. 

(B) QUALIFICATIONS; FULL-TIME.—The Executive Director 

shall— 

(i) be appointed from among individuals who have 

substantial experience in the areas of commercial real 

estate and development, real property management, 

and Federal operations and management; 

(ii) serve full-time; and 

(iii) hold no outside employment that may conflict 

with duties inherent to the position. 

(d) MEETINGS.— (1) IN GENERAL.—The Council shall meet subject to the call 

of the Chairperson. 

(2) MINIMUM.—The Council shall meet not fewer than 4 times 

each year. 

(e) DUTIES.—The Council, in consultation with the Director and 

the Administrator, shall— 

(1) not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this 

subchapter, establish a property management plan template, to 

be updated annually, which shall include performance measures, specific milestones, measurable savings, strategies, and 

Government-wide goals based on the goals established under 

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teria to determine the effectiveness of property management that 

are designed— 

(A) to enable Congress and heads of Federal agencies to 

track progress in the achievement of property management 

objectives on a Government-wide basis; 

(B) to improve the management of real property; and 

(C) to allow for comparison of the performance of Federal 

agencies against industry and other public sector agencies 

in terms of performance; 

(2) develop utilization rates consistent throughout each category of space, considering the diverse nature of the Federal 

portfolio and consistent with non-governmental space use rates; 

(3) develop a strategy to reduce the reliance of Federal agencies on leased space for long-term needs if ownership would be 

less costly; 

(4) provide guidance on eliminating inefficiencies in the Federal leasing process; 

(5) compile a list of field offices that are suitable for collocation with other property assets; 

(6) research best practices regarding the use of public-private 

partnerships to manage properties and develop guidelines for 

the use of those partnerships in the management of Federal 

property; 

(7) not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this 

subchapter— 

(A) examine the disposal of surplus property through the 

State Agencies for Surplus Property program; and 

(B) issue a report that includes recommendations on how 

the program could be improved to ensure accountability 

and increase efficiency in the property disposal process; and 

(8) not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this 

subchapter and annually during the 4-year period beginning on 

the date that is 1 year after the date of enactment of this subchapter and ending on the date that is 5 years after the date 

of enactment of this subchapter, the Council shall submit to the 

Director a report that contains— 

(A) a list of the remaining excess property or surplus 

property that is real property, and underutilized properties 

of each Federal agency; 

(B) the progress of the Council toward developing guidance for Federal agencies to ensure that the assessment required under section 524(a)(11)(B) is carried out in a uniform manner; 

(C) the progress of Federal agencies toward achieving the 

goals established under section 524(a)(7); and 

(D) if necessary, recommendations for legislation or statutory reforms that would further the goals of the Council, 

including streamlining the disposal of excess real or personal property or underutilized property. 

(f) CONSULTATION.—In carrying out the duties described in subsection (e), the Council shall also consult with representatives of— 

(1) State, local, tribal authorities, and affected communities; 

and 

(2) appropriate private sector entities and non-governmental 

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(A) commercial real estate and development; 

(B) government management and operations; 

(C) space planning; 

(D) community development, including transportation 

and planning; 

(E) historic preservation; 

(F) providing housing to the homeless population; and 

(G) personal property management. 

(g) COUNCIL RESOURCES.—The Director and the Administrator 

shall provide staffing, and administrative support for the Council, 

as appropriate. 

(h) ACCESS TO INFORMATION.—The Council shall makes available, on request, all information generated by the Council in performing the duties of the Council to— 

(1) the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 

Affairs of the Senate; 

(2) the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the 

Senate; 

(3) the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of 

the House of Representatives; 

(4) the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of 

the House of Representatives; and 

(5) the Comptroller General of the United States. 

(i) EXCLUSIONS.—In this section, surplus property shall not include— 

(1) any military installation (as defined in section 2910 of the 

Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 (10 U.S.C. 

2687 note; Public Law 101–510)); 

(2) any property that is excepted from the definition of the 

term ‘‘property’’ under section 102; 

(3) Indian and native Eskimo property held in trust by the 

Federal Government as described in section 3301(a)(5)(C)(iii); 

(4) real property operated and maintained by the Tennessee 

Valley Authority pursuant to the Tennessee Valley Authority Act 

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

(5) any real property the Director excludes for reasons of national security; 

(6) any public lands (as defined in section 203 II the Public 

Lands Corps Act of 1993 (16 U.S.C. 1722)) administered by— 

(A) the Secretary of the Interior, acting through— 

(i) the Director of the Bureau of Land Management; 

(ii) the Director of the National Park Service; 

(iii) the Commissioner of Reclamation; or 

(iv) the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service; or 

(B) the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief 

of the Forest Service; or 

(7) any property operated and maintained by the United 

States Postal Service. 

SEC. 624. INVENTORY AND DATABASE. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this subchapter, the Administrator shall establish and 

maintain a single, comprehensive, and descriptive database of all 

real property under the custody and control of all Federal agencies. 

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(1) information provided to the Administrator under section 

524(a)(11)(B); and 

(2) a list of property disposals completed, including— 

(A) the date and disposal method used for each property; 

(B) the proceeds obtained from the disposal of each property; 

(C) the amount of time required to dispose of the property, including the date on which the property is designated 

as excess property; 

(D) the date on which the property is designated as surplus property and the date on which the property is disposed; and 

(E) all costs associated with the disposal. 

(c) ACCESSIBILITY.— 

(1) COMMITTEES.—The database established under subsection 

(a) shall be made available on request to the Committee on 

Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate and the 

Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of 

Representatives. 

(2) GENERAL PUBLIC.—Not later than 3 years after the date 

of enactment of this subchapter and to the extent consistent 

with national security, the Administrator shall make the database established under subsection (a) accessible to the public at 

no cost through the website of the General Services Administration. 

(d) EXCLUSIONS.—In this section, surplus property shall not include— 

(1) any military installation (as defined in section 2910 of the 

Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 (10 U.S.C. 

2687 note; Public Law 101–510)); 

(2) any property that is excepted from the definition of the 

term ‘‘property’’ under section 102; 

(3) Indian and native Eskimo property held in trust by the 

Federal Government as described in section 3301(a)(5)(C)(iii); 

(4) real property operated and maintained by the Tennessee 

Valley Authority pursuant to the Tennessee Valley Authority Act 

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

(5) any real property the Director excludes for reasons of national security; 

(6) any public lands (as defined in section 203 II the Public 

Lands Corps Act of 1993 (16 U.S.C. 1722)) administered by— 

(A) the Secretary of the Interior, acting through— 

(i) the Director of the Bureau of Land Management; 

(ii) the Director of the National Park Service; 

(iii) the Commissioner of Reclamation; or 

(iv) the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service; or 

(B) the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief 

of the Forest Service; or 

(7) any property operated and maintained by the United 

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SEC. 625. INFORMATION ON CERTAIN LEASING AUTHORITIES. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection (b), not later 

than December 31 of each year following the date of enactment of 

this subchapter, a Federal agency with independent leasing authority shall submit to the Council a list of all leases, including operating leases, in effect on the date of enactment of this subchapter 

that includes— 

(1) the date on which each lease was executed; 

(2) the date on which each lease will expire; 

(3) a description of the size of the space; 

(4) the location of the property; 

(5) the tenant agency; 

(6) the total annual rental payment; and 

(7) the amount of the net present value of the total estimated 

legal obligations of the Federal Government over the life of the 

contract. 

(b) EXCEPTION.—Subsection (a) shall not apply to— 

(1) the United States Postal Service; or 

(2) any other property the President excludes from subsection 

(a) for reasons of national security. 

Subchapter VIII—United States Postal Service Property 

Management 

Table of Sections 

Sec. 

641. Definitions. 

642. United States Postal Service property management. 

SEC. 641. DEFINITIONS. 

In this subchapter: 

(1) EXCESS PROPERTY.—The term ‘‘excess property’’ means any 

postal property that the Postal Service determines is not required to meet the needs or responsibilities of the Postal service. 

(2) POSTAL PROPERTY.—The term ‘‘postal property’’ means any 

property owned or leased by, or under the control of, the Postal 

Service. 

(3) POSTAL SERVICE.—The term ‘‘Postal Service’’ means the 

United States Postal Service. 

(4) UNDERUTILIZED PROPERTY.—The term ‘‘underutilized 

property’’ means a portion or the entirety of any real property, 

including any improvement that is used— 

(A) irregularly or intermittently by the Postal Service for 

program purposes of the Postal Service; or 

(B) for program purposes that can be satisfied only with 

a portion of the property. 

SEC. 642. UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT. 

The Postal Service— 

(1) shall maintain adequate inventory controls and accountability systems for postal property; 

(2) shall develop current and future workforce projections so 

as to have the capacity to assess the needs of the Postal Service 

workforce regarding the use of property; 

(3) may develop a 5-year management template that— 

(A) establishes goals and policies that will lead to the reduction of excess property and underutilized property in the 

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(B) adopts workplace practices, configurations, and management techniques that can achieve increased levels of productivity and decrease the need for real property assets; 

(C) assesses leased space to identify space that is not fully 

used or occupied; 

(D) develops recommendations on how to address excess 

capacity at Postal Service facilities without negatively impacting mail delivery; and 

(E) develops recommendations on ensuring the security of 

mail processing operations; and 

(4) shall, on a regular basis— 

(A) conduct an inventory of postal property that is real 

property; and 

(B) make an assessment of each property described in 

subparagraph (A), which shall include— 

(i) the age and condition of the property; 

(ii) the size of the property in square footage and 

acreage 

(iii) the geographical location of the property, including an address and description; 

(iv) the extent to which the property is being utilized; 

(v) the actual annual operating costs associated with 

the property; 

(vi) the total cost of capital expenditures associated 

with the property; 

(vii) the number of postal employees, contractor employees, and functions housed at the property; 

(viii) the extent to which the mission of the Postal 

Service is dependent on the property; and 

(ix) the estimated amount of capital expenditures 

projected to maintain and operate the property over 

each of the next 5 years after the date of enactment of 

this subchapter. 

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