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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 8276 

To make data and internal guidance on excess personal property publicly 

available, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 7, 2024 

Mrs. MCCLAIN (for herself and Ms. PORTER) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability 

A BILL 

To make data and internal guidance on excess personal 

property publicly available, and for other purposes. 

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. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Reuse Excess Property 

5 Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. REPORTING ON EXCESS PERSONAL PROPERTY. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter II of chapter 5 of title 

8 40, United States Code, is amended— 

9 (1) in section 529— 


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1 (A) in subsection (a), in the matter pre2 ceding paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘and the 

3 Committee on Homeland Security and Govern4 mental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee 

5 on Oversight and Accountability of the House 

6 of Representatives’’ after ‘‘Administrator of 

7 General Services’’; and 

8 (B) by adding at the end the following: 

9 ‘‘(c) COMPILATION OF DATA.—Not later than 180 

10 days following the close of a fiscal year, the Administrator 

11 shall compile the data in the reports submitted under sub12 section (a) and submit to the Committee on Homeland Se13 curity Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Com14 mittee on Oversight and Accountability of the House of 

15 Representatives and publish on a centralized online 

16 website a publicly available report, which shall include— 

17 ‘‘(1) the complete data provided in each report 

18 in a user-friendly format; 

19 ‘‘(2) a summary of the findings of each report, 

20 including the aggregate dollar amount of personal 

21 property determined to be no longer required for the 

22 purpose of the appropriation used to make the pur23 chase; and 

24 ‘‘(3) any other recommendations from the Ad25 ministrator.’’; and 


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1 (2) by inserting after section 529 the following: 

2 ‘‘§ 530. Internal guidance on excess personal property 

3 ‘‘(a) INITIAL REPORT.—Not later than 180 days 

4 after the date of enactment of this section, each executive 

5 agency shall submit to the Administrator of General Serv6 ices and make publicly available on the website of the exec7 utive agency the internal guidance of the executive agency 

8 on considering using excess personal property to meet the 

9 needs of the executive agency, which shall include— 

10 ‘‘(1) a requirement to consider excess personal 

11 property before buying new; 

12 ‘‘(2) when it is practicable to check for and ob13 tain excess personal property; 

14 ‘‘(3) how to evaluate the suitability of excess 

15 personal property for use; and 

16 ‘‘(4) defined roles and responsibilities relevant 

17 to considering the use of excess personal property, 

18 including the designation of an employee as respon19 sible for searching through available excess personal 

20 property for items that meet the needs of the execu21 tive agency. 

22 ‘‘(b) UPDATES.—Each executive agency shall submit 

23 to the Administrator of General Services and update on 

24 the website of the executive agency any changes to the 


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1 internal guidance submitted and made available under 

2 subsection (a).’’. 

3 (b) REPORT ON INTERAGENCY WORKING GROUP.— 

4 Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of 

5 this Act, the Administrator of General Services shall pub6 lish a publicly available report on a centralized online 

7 website that includes a summary of findings from the 

8 interagency working group on the acquisition of personal 

9 property that was first convened in February 2023 on 

10 ways to improve the use of excess personal property. 

11 (c) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— 

12 The table of sections for chapter 5 of title 40, United 

13 States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relat14 ing to section 529 the following: 

‘‘530. Internal guidance on excess personal property.’’. 

15 (d) GAO REPORT.—The Comptroller General of the 

16 United States shall submit to the Committee on Homeland 

17 Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the 

18 Committee on Oversight and Accountability of the House 

19 of Representatives a report that evaluates the frequency 

20 with which executive agencies (as defined in section 102 

21 of title 40, United States Code) acquire personal property 

22 that was made, produced, or manufactured by any entity, 

23 including any corporation, that is organized under the 

24 laws of, is headquartered in, or has its principal place of 


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1 business in the People’s Republic of China, including any 

2 Special Administrative Region. 

3 (e) SUNSET.—Effective the date that is 5 years after 

4 the date of enactment of this Act, chapter 5 of title 40, 

5 United States Code, is amended— 

6 (1) in section 529— 

7 (A) in subsection (a), in the matter pre8 ceding paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘and the 

9 Committee on Homeland Security and Govern10 mental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee 

11 on Oversight and Accountability of the House 

12 of Representatives’’; and 

13 (B) by striking subsection (c); 

14 (2) by striking section 530; and 

15 (3) in the table of sections, by striking the item 

16 relating to section 530. 

17 (f) NO ADDITIONAL FUNDS.—No additional funds 

18 are authorized to be appropriated for the purpose of car19 rying out this Act or the amendments made by this Act. 

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