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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 2685 

To make data and internal guidance on excess personal property publicly 

available, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 27, 2023 

Mr. PETERS (for himself and Mr. LANKFORD) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 

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, by adding at the end the fol10 lowing: 


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

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

3 shall compile the data in the reports submitted under sub4 section (a) and publish a publicly available report on a 

5 centralized online website, which shall include— 

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

7 in a user-friendly format; 

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

9 including the aggregate dollar amount of personal 

10 property determined to be no longer required for the 

11 purpose of the appropriation used to make the pur12 chase; and 

13 ‘‘(3) any other recommendations from the Ad14 ministrator.’’; and 

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

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

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

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

19 agency shall submit to the Administrator and make pub20 licly available on the website of the executive agency the 

21 internal guidance of the executive agency on considering 

22 using excess personal property to meet the needs of the 

23 executive agency, which shall include— 

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

25 property before buying new; 


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1 ‘‘(2) when it is practicable to check for and ob2 tain excess personal property; 

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

4 personal property for use; and 

5 ‘‘(4) defined roles and responsibilities relevant 

6 to considering the potential use of excess personal 

7 property, including the designation of an employee 

8 as responsible for searching through available excess 

9 personal property for items that meet the needs of 

10 the executive agency. 

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

12 to the Administrator and update on the website of the ex13 ecutive agency any changes to the internal guidance sub14 mitted and made available under subsection (a).’’. 

15 (b) REPORT ON INTERAGENCY WORKING GROUP.— 

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

17 this Act, the Administrator of General Services shall pub18 lish a publicly available report on a centralized online 

19 website that includes a summary of findings from the 

20 interagency working group on the acquisition of personal 

21 property that was first convened in February 2023 on 

22 ways to improve the use of excess personal property. 

23 (c) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— 

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


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1 States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relat2 ing to section 529 the following: 

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

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