II 

112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2178 

To require the Federal Government to expedite the sale of underutilized 

Federal real property. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 8, 2012 

Mr. CARPER (for himself, Mr. PORTMAN, Mr. PRYOR, Mr. COBURN, and Mr. 

BEGICH) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 

A BILL 

To require the Federal Government to expedite the sale 

of underutilized Federal real property. 

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 ‘‘Federal Real Property 

5 Asset Management Reform Act of 2012’’. 

6 SEC. 2. SALE OF EXCESS FEDERAL PROPERTY. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 5 of subtitle I of title 40, 

8 United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 

9 following: 


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1 ‘‘SUBCHAPTER VII—EXPEDITED DISPOSAL OF 

2 REAL PROPERTY 

3 ‘‘§ 621. Definitions 

4 ‘‘In this subchapter: 

5 ‘‘(1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘Adminis6 trator’ means the Administrator of General Services. 

7 ‘‘(2) COUNCIL.—The term ‘Council’ means the 

8 Federal Real Property Council established by section 

9 623(a). 

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

11 the Director of the Office of Management and Budg12 et. 

13 ‘‘(4) LANDHOLDING AGENCY.—The term ‘land14 holding agency’ means a landholding agency (as de15 fined in section 501(i) of the McKinney-Vento 

16 Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11411(i))). 

17 ‘‘(5) UNDERUTILIZED PROPERTY.— 

18 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘underuti19 lized property’ means a parcel of property 

20 under the administrative jurisdiction of the 

21 Federal Government that is— 

22 ‘‘(i) excess; 

23 ‘‘(ii) surplus; 

24 ‘‘(iii) underperforming; or 


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1 ‘‘(iv) otherwise not meeting the needs 

2 of the Federal Government, as determined 

3 by the Director. 

4 ‘‘(B) EXCLUSION.—The term ‘underuti5 lized property’ does not include— 

6 ‘‘(i) any parcel of real property, and 

7 any building or other structure located on 

8 real property, that is to be closed or re9 aligned under the Defense Authorization 

10 Amendments and Base Closure and Re11 alignment Act (10 U.S.C. 2687 note; Pub12 lic Law 100–526); 

13 ‘‘(ii) any property that is excluded for 

14 reasons of national security by the Direc15 tor or by the Secretary of Defense; 

16 ‘‘(iii) any public lands (as defined in 

17 section 203 of the Public Lands Corps Act 

18 of 1993 (16 U.S.C. 1722)) administered 

19 by— 

20 ‘‘(I) the Secretary of the Interior, 

21 acting through the Director of the 

22 Bureau of Land Management, the Di23 rector of the National Park Service, 

24 or the Commissioner of Reclamation; 

25 or 


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1 ‘‘(II) the Secretary of Agri2 culture, acting through the Chief of 

3 the Forest Service; 

4 ‘‘(iv) any Indian lands (as defined in 

5 section 203 of the Public Lands Corps Act 

6 of 1993 (16 U.S.C. 1722)); 

7 ‘‘(v) any properties operated and 

8 maintained by the Tennessee Valley Au9 thority; 

10 ‘‘(vi) any properties located outside 

11 the United States that are operated or 

12 maintained by the Department of State or 

13 the United States Agency for International 

14 Development; 

15 ‘‘(vii) any properties that are excepted 

16 from the definition of ‘property’ under sec17 tion 102; or 

18 ‘‘(viii) any properties under the cus19 tody and control of the United States 

20 Postal Service, unless otherwise specified 

21 in this subchapter. 

22 ‘‘§ 622. Duties of landholding agencies 

23 ‘‘Each landholding agency shall— 


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1 ‘‘(1) maintain adequate inventory controls and 

2 accountability systems for property under the control 

3 of the agency; 

4 ‘‘(2) define current and future workforce pro5 jections so as to have the capacity to assess the 

6 needs of the Federal workforce regarding the use of 

7 Federal real property; 

8 ‘‘(3) continuously survey property under the 

9 control of the agency to identify underutilized prop10 erty; 

11 ‘‘(4) promptly report underutilized property to 

12 the Administrator; 

13 ‘‘(5) establish goals that lead the agency to re14 duce underutilized property in the inventory of the 

15 agency; 

16 ‘‘(6) reassign underutilized property to another 

17 activity within the agency if the property is no 

18 longer required for purposes of the appropriation 

19 used to make the purchase; 

20 ‘‘(7) transfer underutilized property under the 

21 control of the agency to other Federal agencies and 

22 to organizations specified in section 321(c)(2); 

23 ‘‘(8) obtain underutilized properties from other 

24 Federal agencies to meet mission needs before ac25 quiring non-Federal property; and 


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1 ‘‘(9) adopt workplace practices, configurations, 

2 and management techniques that can achieve in3 creased levels of productivity and decrease the need 

4 for real property assets. 

5 ‘‘§ 623. Establishment of a Federal Real Property 

6 Council 

7 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established within 

8 the Office of Management and Budget a council to be 

9 known as the ‘Federal Real Property Council’. 

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

11 to develop guidance for the asset management program 

12 of each executive agency. 

13 ‘‘(c) COMPOSITION.— 

14 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Council shall be com15 posed exclusively of— 

16 ‘‘(A) the senior real property officers of 

17 each executive agency; 

18 ‘‘(B) the Deputy Director for Management 

19 of the Office of Management and Budget; 

20 ‘‘(C) the Controller of the Office of Man21 agement and Budget; 

22 ‘‘(D) the Administrator; and 

23 ‘‘(E) any other full-time or permanent 

24 part-time Federal officials or employees, as the 

25 Chairperson determines to be necessary. 


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1 ‘‘(2) CHAIRPERSON.—The Deputy Director for 

2 Management of the Office of Management and 

3 Budget shall serve as Chairperson of the Council. 

4 ‘‘(3) ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT.—The Office of 

5 Management and Budget shall provide funding and 

6 administrative support for the Council, as appro7 priate. 

8 ‘‘(d) DUTIES.—The Council, in consultation with the 

9 Director and the Administrator, shall— 

10 ‘‘(1) establish an asset management plan, to be 

11 updated annually, which shall include performance 

12 measures to determine the effectiveness of Federal 

13 real property management that are designed— 

14 ‘‘(A) to enable Congress and heads of land15 holding agencies to track progress in the 

16 achievement of property management objectives 

17 on a government-wide basis; and 

18 ‘‘(B) allow for comparison of the perform19 ance of landholding agencies against industry 

20 and other public sector agencies in terms of 

21 performance; 

22 ‘‘(2) in developing and implementing the per23 formance measures described in paragraph (1), use 

24 existing data sources and automated data collection 

25 tools; 


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1 ‘‘(3) not later than 90 days after the date of 

2 enactment of this subchapter, submit to the Com3 mittees on Environment and Public Works and 

4 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the 

5 Senate and the Committees on Transportation and 

6 Infrastructure and Oversight and Government Re7 form of the House of Representatives a report that 

8 contains— 

9 ‘‘(A) an analysis of the existing inventory 

10 of Federal civilian real properties and the con11 dition of those assets, including data relating 

12 to— 

13 ‘‘(i) the age and condition of the prop14 erty; 

15 ‘‘(ii) the size in square footage and 

16 acreage; 

17 ‘‘(iii) the geographical location, in18 cluding an address and description; 

19 ‘‘(iv) operating costs; 

20 ‘‘(v) the history of capital expendi21 tures; 

22 ‘‘(vi) sustainability metrics; 

23 ‘‘(vii) the number of Federal employ24 ees and functions housed in the respective 

25 property; and 


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1 ‘‘(viii) the relevance of each Federal 

2 real property to the mission of the land3 holding agency; 

4 ‘‘(B) an identification of properties that 

5 can be removed from the Federal inventory and 

6 sold for proceeds, transferred, or otherwise dis7 posed of, so as to reduce the civilian real prop8 erty inventory and operating costs of the Fed9 eral Government; 

10 ‘‘(C) a list of civilian real property assets 

11 that are agency field offices that are suitable 

12 for co-location into another Federal civilian real 

13 property asset; 

14 ‘‘(D) an evaluation of the leasing process 

15 in effect as of the date of submission of the re16 port to identify and document inefficiencies in 

17 that process; 

18 ‘‘(E) a suggested strategy to reduce the re19 liance of landholding agencies on leased space 

20 for long-term needs if ownership would be less 

21 costly; and 

22 ‘‘(F) an assessment of domestically held, 

23 federally leased space, including— 


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1 ‘‘(i) a description of the overall quan2 tity and type of space leased by land3 holding agencies; and 

4 ‘‘(ii) an identification of current con5 tracts for leased office space in which the 

6 leased space is not fully used or occupied 

7 (including a plan for subletting of unoccu8 pied space); 

9 ‘‘(4) not later than 120 days after the date of 

10 enactment of this subchapter, and annually there11 after, submit to the Director, for the year covered by 

12 the report— 

13 ‘‘(A) all underutilized property under the 

14 jurisdiction of each landholding agency; 

15 ‘‘(B) an asset disposal plan, or an update 

16 of an asset disposal plan, that includes an an17 nual goal established under section 622(5) to be 

18 used by landholding agencies in reducing, by 

19 not later than 2 years after the date of enact20 ment of this subchapter, underutilized real 

21 property in the inventory of the Federal Gov22 ernment; 

23 ‘‘(C) the number of real property disposals 

24 completed, including the disposal method used 

25 for each individual real property; and 


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1 ‘‘(D) specific milestones, measurable sav2 ings, and evaluation criteria for the disposal of 

3 real property under this subchapter; 

4 ‘‘(5) in accordance with subsection (e), identify 

5 and compile a list of civilian real property assets 

6 that are agency field offices that are suitable for co7 location into other Federal civilian real property as8 sets; and 

9 ‘‘(6)(A) review contracts for leased office space 

10 that are in effect as of the date of submission of the 

11 report; and 

12 ‘‘(B) work with landholding agencies to renego13 tiate leases having at least 2 years remaining in the 

14 term of the leases to recognize potential cost savings 

15 as quickly as practicable. 

16 ‘‘(e) CO-LOCATION AMONG POSTAL SERVICE PROP17 ERTIES.— 

18 ‘‘(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 

19 ‘‘(A) AGENCY FIELD OFFICE.—The term 

20 ‘agency field office’ means the field office of a 

21 landholding agency. 

22 ‘‘(B) POSTAL PROPERTY.—The term ‘Post23 al property’ means real property owned by the 

24 United States Postal Service. 


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1 ‘‘(2) IDENTIFICATION OF REAL PROPERTY AS2 SETS.—Each year, the Council shall— 

3 ‘‘(A) identify and compile a list of agency 

4 field offices that are suitable for co-location 

5 with another Federal civilian real property 

6 asset; and 

7 ‘‘(B) submit the list to the Director of the 

8 Office of Management and Budget and the 

9 Postmaster General. 

10 ‘‘(3) POSTAL PROPERTY.— 

11 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 

12 days after the completion of the list under para13 graph (2), the Director of the Office of Man14 agement and Budget, in collaboration with the 

15 Postmaster General, shall identify agency field 

16 offices on the list that are within reasonable 

17 distance of a Postal property. 

18 ‘‘(B) REASONABLE DISTANCE.—For pur19 poses of this paragraph, an agency field office 

20 shall be considered within reasonable distance 

21 of a Postal property if the office would be able 

22 to fulfill the mission of the office if the office 

23 is located at the Postal property. 

24 ‘‘(C) REVIEW BY POSTAL SERVICE.—Not 

25 later than 90 days after the receipt of the list 


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1 submitted under paragraph (2)(B), the Post2 master General shall— 

3 ‘‘(i) review the list; and 

4 ‘‘(ii) submit to the Director of the Of5 fice of Management and Budget a report 

6 containing the conclusions of the review. 

7 ‘‘(4) TERMS OF CO-LOCATION.—On approval of 

8 the recommendations under paragraph (3) by the 

9 Postmaster General and the applicable agency head, 

10 the co-location of a Postal property and an agency 

11 field office shall consist of the Executive agency that 

12 owns or leases the agency field office entering into 

13 a lease for space within the Postal property with 

14 United States Postal Service that has— 

15 ‘‘(A) an initial lease term of not less than 

16 5 years; 

17 ‘‘(B) a cost that is within 5 percent of the 

18 prevailing market lease rate for a similarly situ19 ated space identified under this subsection. 

20 ‘‘(f) OMB SCORECARD.—The Director shall prepare 

21 an annual scorecard measuring the success of each land22 holding agency in achieving savings under this subchapter. 


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1 ‘‘§ 624. Limitation on certain leasing authorities 

2 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other pro3 vision of this subchapter, a landholding agency with inde4 pendent leasing authority shall— 

5 ‘‘(1) obtain congressional approval for all leases 

6 requiring a prospectus under section 3307; 

7 ‘‘(2) acquire space at rates consistent with pre8 vailing market rates for comparable facilities within 

9 the specified geographical area; and 

10 ‘‘(3) not later than 180 days after the date of 

11 enactment of this subchapter and annually there12 after, submit to the Administrator a report that de13 scribes the use of the independent leasing authority 

14 during the period covered by the report. 

15 ‘‘(b) SUBLEASING.—The head of a landholding agen16 cy may by lease, permit, license, or similar instrument 

17 make available to State and local governments the unex18 pired portion of any government lease for real property 

19 if the head of the landholding agency determines that the 

20 property is underutilized. 

21 ‘‘§ 625. Database 

22 ‘‘The Administrator shall— 

23 ‘‘(1) not later than 1 year after the date of en24 actment of this subchapter, establish and maintain 

25 a single, comprehensive, and descriptive database of 

26 all real property under the custody and control of all 


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1 landholding branch agencies, except when otherwise 

2 required for reasons of national security; 

3 ‘‘(2) collect from each landholding agency such 

4 descriptive information (except for classified infor5 mation) as the Administrator determines will best 

6 describe the nature, use, and extent of real property 

7 holdings for the Federal Government; and 

8 ‘‘(3) to the extent consistent with national secu9 rity, make the database established under paragraph 

10 (1) accessible to the public at no cost through the 

11 website of the General Services Administration. 

12 ‘‘§ 626. Expedited disposal program 

13 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.— 

14 ‘‘(1) REQUIRED DISPOSAL.— 

15 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—On an annual basis, 

16 the Director shall require landholding agencies 

17 to dispose of, by sale, transfer, or other means 

18 of disposal, any real property determined by the 

19 Director to be underutilized property under the 

20 goal established under section 622(5). 

21 ‘‘(B) FAIR MARKET VALUE REQUIRE22 MENT.—Underutilized property required to be 

23 disposed of under subparagraph (A) may not be 

24 sold for less than the fair market value, as de25 termined by the Administrator, in consultation 


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1 with the head of the applicable executive agen2 cy. 

3 ‘‘(C) MONETARY PROCEEDS REQUIRE4 MENT.— 

5 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Underutilized 

6 property may be sold under this section 

7 only if disposal of the property will gen8 erate monetary proceeds to the Federal 

9 Government that exceed the costs of dis10 posal of the property. 

11 ‘‘(ii) PROHIBITIONS ON NONCASH

12 TRANSACTIONS.—A disposal of real prop13 erty under this section may not include 

14 any exchange, trade, transfer, acquisition 

15 of the like-kind property, or other noncash 

16 transaction as part of the disposal. 

17 ‘‘(2) WEBSITE.— 

18 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 

19 subparagraph (B), the Administrator shall en20 sure that all real properties selected for disposal 

21 under this section are listed on a website that 

22 shall— 

23 ‘‘(i) be updated routinely; and 

24 ‘‘(ii) include the functionality to allow 

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1 the member, to receive updates of the list 

2 through electronic mail. 

3 ‘‘(B) NATIONAL SECURITY EXEMPTION.— 

4 The Director or the Secretary of Defense may, 

5 for purposes of national security, exclude from 

6 listing on the website under subparagraph (A) 

7 any real property selected for disposal under 

8 this section. 

9 ‘‘(3) APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN LAW.—Any 

10 expedited disposal of a real property conducted 

11 under this section shall not be subject to— 

12 ‘‘(A) any section of An Act Authorizing the 

13 Transfer of Certain Real Property for Wildlife, 

14 or other Purposes (16 U.S.C. 667b); 

15 ‘‘(B) sections 107 and 317 of title 23; 

16 ‘‘(C) sections 545(b)(8), 550, 553, 554, 

17 and 1304(b) of this title; 

18 ‘‘(D) section 501 of the McKinney-Vento 

19 Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11411); 

20 ‘‘(E) section 47151 of title 49; 

21 ‘‘(F) section 13(d) of the Surplus Property 

22 Act of 1944 (50 U.S.C. App. 1622(d)); 

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1 the Federal Government for no consideration; 

2 or 

3 ‘‘(H) any congressional notification re4 quirement other than that in section 545 of this 

5 title. 

6 ‘‘(b) USE OF PROCEEDS.— 

7 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Of the proceeds received 

8 from the disposal of any real property under this 

9 subchapter— 

10 ‘‘(A) not less than 80 percent shall be re11 turned to the general fund of the Treasury for 

12 debt reduction; 

13 ‘‘(B) the lesser of 18 percent or the share 

14 of proceeds otherwise authorized to be retained 

15 under law shall be retained by landholding 

16 agencies, subject to paragraphs (2) and (3); 

17 ‘‘(C) not more than 2 percent shall be 

18 made available to carry out section 627, subject 

19 to annual appropriations; and 

20 ‘‘(D) any remaining share of the proceeds 

21 shall be returned to the general fund of the 

22 Treasury for debt reduction. 

23 ‘‘(2) LIMITATION ON USE OF PROCEEDS.—Any 

24 proceeds retained by landholding agencies under this 

25 section shall be— 


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1 ‘‘(A) deposited into the appropriate real 

2 property account of the agency that had cus3 tody and accountability for the real property, 

4 with the funds expended only as authorized in 

5 annual appropriations Acts; 

6 ‘‘(B) used— 

7 ‘‘(i) by not later than 1 year after the 

8 date of disposal of the real property; and 

9 ‘‘(ii) only for activities relating to 

10 Federal real property asset management 

11 and disposal, including paying costs in12 curred by the General Services Administra13 tion for any disposal-related activity au14 thorized by this title; and 

15 ‘‘(C) if not used by the date described in 

16 subparagraph (A)(i), returned to the general 

17 fund of the Treasury for debt reduction pur18 poses. 

19 ‘‘(3) POSTAL PROPERTY PROCEEDS.—The pro20 ceeds resulting from the disposal of any property 

21 owned by the United States Postal Service shall be 

22 deposited in the Postal Service Fund established 

23 under section 2003 of title 39. 

24 ‘‘(c) PUBLIC BENEFIT.— 


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1 ‘‘(1) CONVEYANCE.—If an underutilized prop2 erty has not been disposed of by the date that is 3 

3 years after the date of designation of the property 

4 as underutilized, the Director, in consultation with 

5 the Administrator and the Secretary of Housing and 

6 Urban Development, may consider a request from 

7 the disposing agency that the underutilized property 

8 be conveyed to State and local governments or non9 profit organizations for various public purposes or 

10 uses as permitted by applicable law. 

11 ‘‘(2) PREDOMINANT USE AND SIZE STAND12 ARDS.—Underutilized property the predominant use 

13 of which is other than housing, and the area of 

14 which is equal to or greater than 25,000 square feet 

15 or the fair market value of which exceeds 

16 $2,000,000, shall be considered to be unsuitable for 

17 disposal under this subsection. 

18 ‘‘(d) ENFORCEMENT.— 

19 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para20 graph (3), if a landholding agency fails to make 

21 available for public sale the underutilized properties 

22 described in subsection (a) by the date that is 18 

23 months after the date of a determination by the Di24 rector under subsection (a), no landholding agency 

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1 istrative jurisdiction of the Federal Government, by 

2 sale or lease, until the Director submits a certifi3 cation to Congress of the disposal of all of those sur4 plus real properties. 

5 ‘‘(2) SEQUESTRATION AUTHORITY.—Except as 

6 provided in paragraph (3), if a landholding agency 

7 fails to dispose of, or make available for public sale, 

8 the underutilized properties described in subsection 

9 (a) by the date that is 2 years after the date of a 

10 determination by the Director under subsection 

11 (a)— 

12 ‘‘(A) the Director shall order a 1-time se13 questration from the annual budget of the land14 holding agency equal to 80 percent of the fair 

15 market value of the underutilized property, with 

16 the sequestered funds returned to the general 

17 fund of the Treasury for debt reduction pur18 poses; and 

19 ‘‘(B) the Director shall submit a sequestra20 tion report to Committees on Budget, Environ21 ment and Public Works, and Homeland Secu22 rity and Governmental Affairs of the Senate 

23 and the Committees on Budget, Transportation 

24 and Infrastructure, and Oversight and Govern25 ment Reform of the House of Representatives. 


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1 ‘‘(3) WAIVER.—Paragraphs (1) and (2) shall 

2 not apply to a landholding agency if— 

3 ‘‘(A) the landholding agency submits to the 

4 Director and the Committees on Environment 

5 and Public Works and Homeland Security and 

6 Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the 

7 Committees on Transportation and Infrastruc8 ture and Oversight and Government Reform of 

9 the House of Representatives a written jus10 tification describing the reasons why the sur11 plus real properties described in subsection (a) 

12 under the jurisdiction of the landholding agency 

13 were not disposed of; and 

14 ‘‘(B) Congress enacts a law approving the 

15 waiver. 

16 ‘‘(4) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the 

17 date of enactment of this subchapter and annually 

18 thereafter, the Council shall submit to the Director 

19 a report listing each landholding agency that fails to 

20 meet the applicable underutilized property reduction 

21 goal established under section 622(5), along with a 

22 list of the remaining underutilized properties of the 

23 landholding agency. 


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1 ‘‘(e) TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY.—The authority 

2 provided by this section terminates on the date that is 7 

3 years after the date of enactment of this subchapter. 

4 ‘‘§ 627. Homeless assistance grants 

5 ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

6 ‘‘(1) HOMELESS.—The term ‘homeless’ has the 

7 meaning given the term in section 103 of the 

8 McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 

9 U.S.C. 11302), except that subsection (c) of that 

10 section shall not apply. 

11 ‘‘(2) PERMANENT HOUSING.—The term ‘perma12 nent housing’ has the meaning given the term sec13 tion 401 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assist14 ance Act (42 U.S.C. 11360). 

15 ‘‘(3) PRIVATE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION.— 

16 The term ‘private nonprofit organization’ has the 

17 meaning given the term in section 401 of the 

18 McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 

19 U.S.C. 11360). 

20 ‘‘(4) REPRESENTATIVE OF THE HOMELESS.— 

21 The term ‘representative of the homeless’ has the 

22 meaning given the term in section 501(i) of the 

23 McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 

24 U.S.C. 11411(i)). 


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1 ‘‘(5) SECRETARY.—The term ‘Secretary’ means 

2 the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. 

3 ‘‘(6) TRANSITIONAL HOUSING.—The term 

4 ‘transitional housing’ has the meaning given the 

5 term in section 401 of the McKinney-Vento Home6 less Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11360). 

7 ‘‘(b) GRANT AUTHORITY.—To the extent amounts 

8 are made available under section 626 for use under this 

9 section, the Secretary shall make grants to eligible private 

10 nonprofit organizations under subsection (c) through the 

11 continuum of care program established under subtitle C 

12 of title IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance 

13 Act (42 U.S.C. 11381 et seq.), to purchase property suit14 able for use to assist the homeless in accordance with sub15 section (d). 

16 ‘‘(c) ELIGIBLE GRANTEES.—To be eligible to receive 

17 a grant under subsection (b), a private nonprofit organiza18 tion shall be a representative of the homeless. 

19 ‘‘(d) USE OF PROPERTIES FOR HOUSING OR SHEL20 TER FOR THE HOMELESS.— 

21 ‘‘(1) ELIGIBLE USES.—A private nonprofit or22 ganization that receives a grant under subsection (b) 

23 shall use the amounts received only to acquire or re24 habilitate real property for use to provide permanent 


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1 housing, transitional housing, or temporary shelter 

2 to the homeless. 

3 ‘‘(2) TERM OF USE.—The Secretary may not 

4 make a grant under subsection (b) to a private non5 profit organization unless the private nonprofit orga6 nization provides to the Secretary such assurances 

7 as the Secretary determines necessary to ensure that 

8 any property acquired or rehabilitated using 

9 amounts received under a grant is used only for the 

10 uses described in paragraph (1) for a period of not 

11 less than 15 years. 

12 ‘‘(e) PREFERENCE.—In awarding grants under sub13 section (b), the Secretary shall give preference to private 

14 nonprofit organizations that operate within areas in which 

15 Federal real property is being sold under the disposal pro16 gram authorized under section 626. 

17 ‘‘(f) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary may promulgate 

18 such regulations as are necessary to carry out this sec19 tion.’’. 

20 (b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— 

21 The table of sections for chapter 5 of subtitle I of title 

22 40, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the 

23 item relating to section 611 the following: 

‘‘SUBCHAPTER VII—EXPEDITED DISPOSAL OF REAL PROPERTY

‘‘Sec. 621. Definitions. 

‘‘Sec. 622. Duties of landholding agencies. 

‘‘Sec. 623. Establishment of a Federal Real Property Council. 


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‘‘Sec. 624. Limitation on certain leasing authorities. 

‘‘Sec. 625. Database. 

‘‘Sec. 626. Expedited disposal program. 

‘‘Sec. 627. Homeless assistance grants.’’. 

1 (c) REPORT OF THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL.—Not 

2 later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act, 

3 the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit 

4 to Congress a report on the use by executive agencies of 

5 the authorities provided by this Act and amendments 

6 made by this Act. 

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