S. 2685 

One Hundred Eighteenth Congress 

of the 

United States of America 

AT THE SECOND SESSION 

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday, 

the third day of January, two thousand and twenty four 

An Act 

To make data and internal guidance on excess personal property publicly available, 

and for other purposes. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 

the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Reuse Excess Property Act’’. 

SEC. 2. REPORTING ON EXCESS PERSONAL PROPERTY. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter II of chapter 5 of title 40, United 

States Code, is amended— 

(1) in section 529— 

(A) in subsection (a), in the matter preceding paragraph 

(1), by inserting ‘‘and the Committee on Homeland Security 

and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee 

on Oversight and Accountability of the House of Representatives’’ after ‘‘Administrator of General Services’’; and 

(B) by adding at the end the following: 

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

the close of a fiscal year, the Administrator shall compile the 

data in the reports submitted under subsection (a) and submit 

to the Committee on Homeland Security Governmental Affairs of 

the Senate and the Committee on Oversight and Accountability 

of the House of Representatives and publish on a centralized online 

website a publicly available report, which shall include— 

‘‘(1) the complete data provided in each report in a userfriendly format; 

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

the aggregate dollar amount of personal property determined 

to be no longer required for the purpose of the appropriation 

used to make the purchase; and 

‘‘(3) any other recommendations from the Administrator.’’; 

and 

(2) by inserting after section 529 the following: 

‘‘§ 530. Internal guidance on excess personal property 

‘‘(a) INITIAL REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 

of enactment of this section, each executive agency shall submit 

to the Administrator of General Services and make publicly available on the website of the executive agency the internal guidance 

of the executive agency on considering using excess personal property to meet the needs of the executive agency, which shall include— 

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

before buying new; 
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‘‘(2) when it is practicable to check for and obtain excess 

personal property; 

‘‘(3) how to evaluate the suitability of excess personal property for use; and 

‘‘(4) defined roles and responsibilities relevant to considering the use of excess personal property, including the designation of an employee as responsible for searching through available excess personal property for items that meet the needs 

of the executive agency. 

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

Administrator of General Services and update on the website of 

the executive agency any changes to the internal guidance submitted and made available under subsection (a).’’. 

(b) REPORT ON INTERAGENCY WORKING GROUP.—Not later than 

180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator 

of General Services shall publish a publicly available report on 

a centralized online website that includes a summary of findings 

from the interagency working group on the acquisition of personal 

property that was first convened in February 2023 on ways to 

improve the use of excess personal property. 

(c) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of 

sections for chapter 5 of title 40, United States Code, is amended 

by inserting after the item relating to section 529 the following: 

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

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

States shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Security and 

Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Oversight 

and Accountability of the House of Representatives a report that 

evaluates the frequency with which executive agencies (as defined 

in section 102 of title 40, United States Code) acquire personal 

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

including any corporation, that is organized under the laws of, 

is headquartered in, or has its principal place of business in the 

People’s Republic of China, including any Special Administrative 

Region. 

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

of enactment of this Act, chapter 5 of title 40, United States Code, 

is amended— 

(1) in section 529— 

(A) in subsection (a), in the matter preceding paragraph 

(1), by striking ‘‘and the Committee on Homeland Security 

and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee 

on Oversight and Accountability of the House of Representatives’’; and 

(B) by striking subsection (c); 

(2) by striking section 530; and 

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

to section 530. 
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(f) NO ADDITIONAL FUNDS.—No additional funds are authorized 

to be appropriated for the purpose of carrying out this Act or 

the amendments made by this Act. 

Speaker of the House of Representatives. 

Vice President of the United States and

President of the Senate.