118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 2685 

AN ACT 

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, 
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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

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

3 Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. REPORTING ON EXCESS PERSONAL PROPERTY. 

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

6 40, United States Code, is amended— 

7 (1) in section 529— 

8 (A) in subsection (a), in the matter pre9 ceding paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘and the 

10 Committee on Homeland Security and Govern11 mental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee 

12 on Oversight and Accountability of the House 

13 of Representatives’’ after ‘‘Administrator of 

14 General Services’’; and 

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

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

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

18 shall compile the data in the reports submitted under sub19 section (a) and submit to the Committee on Homeland Se20 curity Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Com21 mittee on Oversight and Accountability of the House of 

22 Representatives and publish on a centralized online 

23 website a publicly available report, which shall include— 

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

25 in a user-friendly format; 
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1 ‘‘(2) a summary of the findings of each report, 

2 including the aggregate dollar amount of personal 

3 property determined to be no longer required for the 

4 purpose of the appropriation used to make the pur5 chase; and 

6 ‘‘(3) any other recommendations from the Ad7 ministrator.’’; and 

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

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

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

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

12 agency shall submit to the Administrator of General Serv13 ices and make publicly available on the website of the exec14 utive agency the internal guidance of the executive agency 

15 on considering using excess personal property to meet the 

16 needs of the executive agency, which shall include— 

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

18 property before buying new; 

19 ‘‘(2) when it is practicable to check for and ob20 tain excess personal property; 

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

22 personal property for use; and 

23 ‘‘(4) defined roles and responsibilities relevant 

24 to considering the use of excess personal property, 

25 including the designation of an employee as respon-
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1 sible for searching through available excess personal 

2 property for items that meet the needs of the execu3 tive agency. 

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

5 to the Administrator of General Services and update on 

6 the website of the executive agency any changes to the 

7 internal guidance submitted and made available under 

8 subsection (a).’’. 

9 (b) REPORT ON INTERAGENCY WORKING GROUP.— 

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

11 this Act, the Administrator of General Services shall pub12 lish a publicly available report on a centralized online 

13 website that includes a summary of findings from the 

14 interagency working group on the acquisition of personal 

15 property that was first convened in February 2023 on 

16 ways to improve the use of excess personal property. 

17 (c) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— 

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

19 States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relat20 ing to section 529 the following: 

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

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

22 United States shall submit to the Committee on Homeland 

23 Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the 

24 Committee on Oversight and Accountability of the House 

25 of Representatives a report that evaluates the frequency 
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1 with which executive agencies (as defined in section 102 

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

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

4 including any corporation, that is organized under the 

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

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

7 Special Administrative Region. 

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

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

10 United States Code, is amended— 

11 (1) in section 529— 

12 (A) in subsection (a), in the matter pre13 ceding paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘and the 

14 Committee on Homeland Security and Govern15 mental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee 

16 on Oversight and Accountability of the House 

17 of Representatives’’; and 

18 (B) by striking subsection (c); 

19 (2) by striking section 530; and 

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

21 relating to section 530. 
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1 (f) NO ADDITIONAL FUNDS.—No additional funds 

2 are authorized to be appropriated for the purpose of car3 rying out this Act or the amendments made by this Act. 

Passed the Senate December 18, 2023. 

Attest: 

Secretary. 

118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 2685 

AN ACT 

To make data and internal guidance on excess perpurposes. sonal property publicly available, and for other