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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 328 

To establish a pilot program for the expedited disposal of Federal real 

property. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 22, 2013 

Mr. CHAFFETZ (for himself and Mr. QUIGLEY) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 

A BILL 

To establish a pilot program for the expedited disposal of 

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 ‘‘Excess Federal Build5 ing and Property Disposal Act of 2013’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FEDERAL REAL PROPERTY DISPOSAL PILOT PRO7 GRAM. 

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

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

10 following new subchapter: 

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1 ‘‘SUBCHAPTER VII—EXPEDITED DISPOSAL OF 

2 REAL PROPERTY 

3 ‘‘§ 621. Federal real property disposal pilot program 

4 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of General 

5 Services (in this subchapter referred to as the ‘Adminis6 trator’), in consultation with the Director of the Office of 

7 Management and Budget (in this subchapter referred to 

8 as the ‘Director’), shall conduct a pilot program to be 

9 known as the ‘Federal Real Property Disposal Pilot Pro10 gram’, under which the Administrator, in consultation 

11 with the Director, shall determine which 15 Federal Gov12 ernment real properties that are excess or surplus and 

13 have the highest fair market value and the greatest poten14 tial to sell and shall dispose of such properties in accord15 ance with this subchapter and through an expedited dis16 posal of real property. 

17 ‘‘(b) DISPOSAL.—During the five-year period begin18 ning on the date of the enactment of the Excess Federal 

19 Building and Property Disposal Act of 2013, the Adminis20 trator, in consultation with the Director, shall dispose of 

21 real property under the Federal Real Property Disposal 

22 Pilot Program through a public auction. 

23 ‘‘(c) ADDING PROPERTIES TO THE PILOT PRO24 GRAM.—Not later than 15 days after a property is dis25 posed of under subsection (b), the Administrator, in conmstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with 

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1 sultation with the Director, shall designate an additional 

2 property, in accordance with subsection (a), to be disposed 

3 of under the Federal Real Property Disposal Pilot Pro4 gram. 

5 ‘‘(d) EXCEPTIONS.—The Administrator shall not in6 clude for purposes of the Federal Real Property Pilot Pro7 gram any of the following types of property: 

8 ‘‘(1) A parcel of real property, building, or 

9 other structure located on such real property that is 

10 to be closed or realigned under the Defense Base 

11 Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 (10 U.S.C. 

12 2687 note). 

13 ‘‘(2) Properties that are excluded for reasons of 

14 national security by the Director of the Office of 

15 Management and Budget. 

16 ‘‘(3) Indian and Native Eskimo properties in17 cluding— 

18 ‘‘(A) any property within the limits of any 

19 Indian reservation to which the United States 

20 owns title; and 

21 ‘‘(B) any property title which is held in 

22 trust by the United States for the benefit of 

23 any Indian tribe or individual or held by an In24 dian tribe or individual subject to restriction by 

25 the United States against alienation. 

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1 ‘‘(4) Properties operated and maintained by the 

2 Tennessee Valley Authority pursuant to the Ten3 nessee Valley Authority Act of 1933 (16 U.S.C. 831 

4 et seq.). 

5 ‘‘(5) Postal properties owned by the United 

6 States Postal Service. 

7 ‘‘(6) Properties used in connection with river, 

8 harbor, flood control, reclamation, or power projects. 

9 ‘‘(7) Properties that the Administrator has de10 termined are suitable for assignment to the Sec11 retary of the Interior for transfer to a State, a polit12 ical subdivision or instrumentality of a State, or a 

13 municipality for use as a public park or recreation 

14 area under section 550(e) of this title. In making 

15 such determination, the Administrator may consider 

16 the appraised value of the property and the highest 

17 and best use. 

18 ‘‘(8) Properties used, as of the date of the en19 actment of this subchapter, in connection with Fed20 eral programs for recreational and conservation pur21 poses, including research for such programs. 

22 ‘‘(e) GAO REPORT.—Not later than 24 months after 

23 the date of the enactment of this subchapter, the Comp24 troller General of the United States shall submit to Conmstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with 

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1 gress and make publicly available a study of the effective2 ness of the Federal Real Property Pilot Program. 

3 ‘‘(f) TERMINATION.—The Federal Real Property Dis4 posal Pilot Program shall terminate on the date that is 

5 five years after the date of the enactment of the Excess 

6 Federal Building and Property Disposal Act of 2013. 

7 ‘‘§ 622. Selection of real properties 

8 ‘‘The head of each executive agency shall recommend 

9 properties to the Director for disposal under the Federal 

10 Real Property Pilot Program. The Director, in consulta11 tion with the Administrator, shall then select properties 

12 for disposal under the pilot program and notify the recom13 mending executive agency accordingly. 

14 ‘‘§ 623. Expedited disposal requirements 

15 ‘‘(a) EXPEDITED DISPOSAL OF REAL PROPERTY DE16 FINED.—For purposes of this subchapter, an ‘expedited 

17 disposal of real property’ is the sale of real property for 

18 cash that is conducted pursuant to the requirements of 

19 section 545(a) of this title. 

20 ‘‘(b) FAIR MARKET VALUE REQUIREMENT.—Real 

21 property sold under the Federal Real Property Pilot Pro22 gram may not be sold at less than the fair market value 

23 as determined by the Administrator, in consultation with 

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1 ceed the fair market value of the property unless the Di2 rector approves incurring such costs. 

3 ‘‘(c) MONETARY PROCEEDS REQUIREMENT.—Real 

4 property shall be sold under the Federal Real Property 

5 Pilot Program only if the property will generate monetary 

6 proceeds to the Federal Government, as provided in sub7 section (b). A disposal of real property under the Federal 

8 Real Property Pilot Program may not include any ex9 change, trade, transfer, acquisition of like-kind property, 

10 or other non-cash transaction as part of the disposal. 

11 ‘‘(d) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sub12 chapter shall be construed as terminating or in any way 

13 limiting authorities that are otherwise available to agen14 cies under other provisions of law to dispose of Federal 

15 real property, except as provided in subsection (e). 

16 ‘‘(e) EXEMPTION FROM CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS.— 

17 Any expedited disposal of a real property conducted under 

18 this subchapter shall not be subject to— 

19 ‘‘(1) subchapter IV of this chapter; 

20 ‘‘(2) sections 550 and 553 of this title; 

21 ‘‘(3) section 501 of the McKinney-Vento Home22 less Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11411); 

23 ‘‘(4) any other provision of law authorizing the 

24 no-cost conveyance of real property owned by the 

25 Federal Government; or 

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1 ‘‘(5) any congressional notification requirement 

2 other than that in section 545 of this title. 

3 ‘‘§ 624. Special rules for deposit and use of proceeds 

4 from expedited disposals 

5 ‘‘The proceeds from an expedited disposal of real 

6 property under this subchapter shall be deposited into the 

7 General Fund of the Treasury. Two percent of such pro8 ceeds is authorized to be appropriated until expended to 

9 fund the grant program under section 625. 

10 ‘‘§ 625. Homeless assistance grants 

11 ‘‘(a) GRANT AUTHORITY.—To the extent amounts 

12 are made available pursuant to section 624 for use under 

13 this section, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop14 ment shall make grants to eligible private nonprofit orga15 nizations under subsection (b) to purchase property suit16 able for use to assist the homeless as provided in sub17 section (c). 

18 ‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE GRANTEES.—To be eligible to receive 

19 a grant under subsection (a), a private nonprofit organiza20 tion shall be a representative of the homeless, as such term 

21 is defined in section 501(i)(4) of the McKinney-Vento 

22 Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11411(i)(4)). 

23 ‘‘(c) USE OF PROPERTIES FOR HOUSING OR SHEL24 TER FOR THE HOMELESS.— 

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1 ‘‘(1) ELIGIBLE USES.—A nonprofit organization 

2 that receives a grant under subsection (a) shall use 

3 the amounts received under such grant only to ac4 quire or rehabilitate real property for use to provide 

5 permanent housing (as such term is defined in sec6 tion 401 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assist7 ance Act (42 U.S.C. 11360)), transitional housing 

8 (as such term is defined in such section 401), or 

9 temporary shelter, for persons who are homeless. 

10 ‘‘(2) TERM OF USE.—The Secretary of Housing 

11 and Urban Development may not make a grant 

12 under subsection (a) to a private nonprofit organiza13 tion unless the organization provides the Secretary 

14 with such assurances as the Secretary determines 

15 necessary to ensure that any property acquired or 

16 rehabilitated using the amounts received under such 

17 grant is used only as provided in paragraph (1) of 

18 this subsection for a period of not fewer than 15 

19 years. 

20 ‘‘(d) PREFERENCE.—In awarding grants under sub21 section (a), the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop22 ment shall give preference for such grants to private non23 profit organizations that operate within areas in which 

24 Federal real property is being sold under the Federal Real 

25 Property Disposal Pilot Program under this subchapter. 

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1 ‘‘(e) NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION.—For purposes of 

2 this section, the following definitions shall apply: 

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

4 meaning given such term in section 103 of the 

5 McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 

6 U.S.C. 11302(a)), except that subsection (c) of such 

7 section shall not apply for purposes of this section. 

8 ‘‘(2) PRIVATE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION.— 

9 The term ‘private nonprofit organization’ has the 

10 meaning given such term in section 401 of the 

11 McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 

12 U.S.C. 11360). 

13 ‘‘(f) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary of Housing and 

14 Urban Development may issue any regulations necessary 

15 to carry out this section.’’. 

16 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

17 at the beginning of chapter 5 of subtitle I of title 40, 

18 United States Code, is amended by inserting after the 

19 item relating to section 611 the following: 

‘‘SUBCHAPTER VII—EXPEDITED DISPOSAL OF REAL PROPERTY

‘‘621. Federal real property disposal pilot program. 

‘‘622. Selection of real properties. 

‘‘623. Expedited disposal requirements. 

‘‘624. Special rules for deposit and use of proceeds from expedited disposals. 

‘‘625. Homeless assistance grants.’’. 

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1 SEC. 3. DUTIES OF THE GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRA2 TION AND EXECUTIVE AGENCIES. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 524 of title 40, United 

4 States Code, is amended to read as follows: 

5 ‘‘§ 524. Duties of the General Services Administration 

6 and executive agencies 

7 ‘‘(a) DUTIES OF THE GENERAL SERVICES ADMINIS8 TRATION.— 

9 ‘‘(1) GUIDANCE.—Not later than 6 months 

10 after the date of the enactment of this section, and 

11 when necessary thereafter, the Administrator of 

12 General Services shall issue guidance for the devel13 opment and implementation of executive agency real 

14 property plans. Such guidance shall include rec15 ommendations on— 

16 ‘‘(A) how to identify excess properties; 

17 ‘‘(B) how to evaluate the costs and benefits 

18 associated with disposing of real property; 

19 ‘‘(C) how to prioritize disposal decisions 

20 based on agency missions and anticipated fu21 ture need for holdings; and 

22 ‘‘(D) how best to dispose of those prop23 erties identified as excess to meet the needs of 

24 the agency. 

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1 ‘‘(2) ASSISTANCE.—The Administrator shall as2 sist executive agencies in the identification and dis3 posal of excess real property. 

4 ‘‘(b) DUTIES OF EXECUTIVE AGENCIES.— 

5 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Each executive agency 

6 shall— 

7 ‘‘(A) maintain adequate inventory controls 

8 and accountability systems for property under 

9 its control; 

10 ‘‘(B) continuously survey property under 

11 its control to identify excess property; 

12 ‘‘(C) promptly report excess property to 

13 the Administrator; 

14 ‘‘(D) perform the care and handling of ex15 cess property; and 

16 ‘‘(E) transfer or dispose of excess property 

17 as promptly as possible in accordance with au18 thority delegated and regulations prescribed by 

19 the Administrator. 

20 ‘‘(2) SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS WITH RESPECT

21 TO REAL PROPERTY.—With respect to real property, 

22 each executive agency shall— 

23 ‘‘(A) develop and implement a real prop24 erty plan in order to identify properties to demstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with 

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1 clare as excess using the guidance issued under 

2 subsection (a)(1); 

3 ‘‘(B) identify and categorize all real prop4 erty owned, leased, or otherwise managed by 

5 the agency; 

6 ‘‘(C) establish adequate goals and incen7 tives to reduce excess real property in such 

8 agency’s inventory; and 

9 ‘‘(D) when appropriate, use the authorities 

10 in section 572(a)(2)(B) of this title in order to 

11 identify and prepare real property to be re12 ported as excess. 

13 ‘‘(3) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS.—Each exec14 utive agency, as far as practicable, shall— 

15 ‘‘(A) reassign property to another activity 

16 within the agency when the property is no 

17 longer required for the purposes of the appro18 priation used to make the purchase; 

19 ‘‘(B) transfer excess property under its 

20 control to other Federal agencies and to organi21 zations specified in section 321(c)(2) of this 

22 title; and 

23 ‘‘(C) obtain excess properties from other 

24 Federal agencies to meet mission needs before 

25 acquiring non-Federal property.’’. 

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1 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The item relating to 

2 section 524 in the table of sections at the beginning of 

3 chapter 5 of such title is amended to read as follows: 

‘‘524. Duties of the General Services Administration and executive agencies.’’. 

4 (c) GSA REPORT.— 

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than three years 

6 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Ad7 ministrator of General Services shall submit a report 

8 to the Committee on Oversight and Government Re9 form of the House of Representatives and the Com10 mittee on Homeland Security and Governmental Af11 fairs of the Senate on the implementation of section 

12 524, as amended by subsection (a), and each of the 

13 following: 

14 (A) The efforts of each executive agency to 

15 reduce such agency’s real property assets, based 

16 on data submitted from such agency. 

17 (B) For each excess and surplus real prop18 erty facility/installation disposed of, an indica19 tion of— 

20 (i) the date and method of disposal; 

21 (ii) the proceeds obtained from the 

22 disposition of such property; 

23 (iii) the amount of time required to 

24 fully dispose of excess and surplus real 

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1 property under the custody and control of 

2 all executive agencies; and 

3 (iv) the cost to dispose of surplus and 

4 excess real property under the custody and 

5 control of all executive agencies. 

6 (2) DEFINITIONS.—The terms ‘‘excess prop7 erty’’, ‘‘executive agency’’, and ‘‘surplus property’’ 

8 have the meanings given those terms in section 102 

9 of title 40, United States Code. 

10 SEC. 4. ENHANCED AUTHORITIES WITH REGARD TO PRE11 PARING PROPERTIES TO BE REPORTED AS 

12 EXCESS. 

13 Section 572(a)(2) of title 40, United States Code, is 

14 amended— 

15 (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) and 

16 (C) as subparagraphs (C) and (D), respectively; and 

17 (2) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the fol18 lowing new subparagraph: 

19 ‘‘(B) ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY.—(i) From 

20 the fund described in paragraph (1), subject to 

21 clause (iv) of this subparagraph, the Adminis22 trator may obligate an amount to pay the direct 

23 and indirect costs related to identifying and 

24 preparing properties to be reported excess by 

25 another agency. 

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1 ‘‘(ii) The General Services Administration 

2 shall be reimbursed from the proceeds of the 

3 sale of such properties for such costs. 

4 ‘‘(iii) Net proceeds shall be dispersed pur5 suant to section 571 of this title. 

6 ‘‘(iv) The authority under clause (i) to ob7 ligate funds to prepare properties to be reported 

8 excess does not include the authority to convey 

9 such properties by use, sale, lease, exchange, or 

10 otherwise, including through leaseback arrange11 ments or service agreements. 

12 ‘‘(v) Nothing in this subparagraph is in13 tended to affect subparagraph (D).’’. 

14 SEC. 5. ENHANCED AUTHORITIES WITH REGARD TO RE15 VERTED REAL PROPERTY. 

16 (a) AUTHORITY TO PAY EXPENSES RELATED TO RE17 VERTED REAL PROPERTY.—Section 572(a)(2)(A) of title 

18 40, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 

19 the following: 

20 ‘‘(iv) The direct and indirect costs as21 sociated with the reversion, custody, and 

22 disposal of reverted real property.’’. 

23 (b) REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO SALES OF RE24 VERTED PROPERTY UNDER SECTION 550.—Section 

25 550(b)(1) of title 40, United States Code, is amended— 

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1 (1) by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ after ‘‘(1) IN GEN2 ERAL.—’’; and 

3 (2) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘If the 

4 official, in consultation with the Administrator, rec5 ommends reversion of the property, the Adminis6 trator shall take control of such property, and, sub7 ject to subparagraph (B), sell it at or above ap8 praised fair market value for cash and not by lease, 

9 exchange, leaseback arrangements, or service agree10 ments. 

11 ‘‘(B) Prior to sale, the Administrator shall 

12 make such property available to State and local gov13 ernments and certain non-profit institutions or orga14 nizations pursuant to this section and sections 553 

15 and 554 of this title.’’. 

16 (c) REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO SALES OF RE17 VERTED PROPERTY UNDER SECTION 553.—Section 

18 553(e) of title 40, United States Code, is amended— 

19 (1) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘THIS SECTION.— 

20 ’’; and 

21 (2) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘If the 

22 Administrator determines that reversion of the prop23 erty is necessary to enforce compliance with the 

24 terms of the conveyance, the Administrator shall 

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1 graph (2), sell it at or above appraised fair market 

2 value for cash and not by lease, exchange, leaseback 

3 arrangements, or service agreements. 

4 ‘‘(2) Prior to sale, the Administrator shall make such 

5 property available to State and local governments and cer6 tain non-profit institutions or organizations pursuant to 

7 this section and sections 550 and 554 of this title.’’. 

8 SEC. 6. AGENCY RETENTION OF PROCEEDS. 

9 The text of section 571 of title 40, United States 

10 Code, is amended to read as follows: 

11 ‘‘(a) PROCEEDS FROM TRANSFER OR SALE OF REAL

12 PROPERTY.— 

13 ‘‘(1) DEPOSIT OF NET PROCEEDS.—Net pro14 ceeds described in subsection (d) shall be deposited 

15 into the appropriate real property account of the 

16 agency that had custody and accountability for the 

17 real property at the time the real property is deter18 mined to be excess. 

19 ‘‘(2) EXPENDITURE OF NET PROCEEDS.—The 

20 net proceeds deposited pursuant to paragraph (1) 

21 may only be expended as authorized in annual ap22 propriations Acts, for activities described in sections 

23 543 and 545 of this title, including paying costs in24 curred by the General Services Administration for 

25 any disposal-related activity authorized by this title. 

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1 ‘‘(3) DEFICIT REDUCTION.—Any net proceeds 

2 described in subsection (d) from the sale, lease, or 

3 other disposition of surplus real property that are 

4 not expended under paragraph (2) shall be used for 

5 deficit reduction. 

6 ‘‘(b) EFFECT ON OTHER SECTIONS.—Nothing in this 

7 section is intended to affect section 572(b), 573, or 574 

8 of this title. 

9 ‘‘(c) DISPOSAL AGENCY FOR REVERTED PROP10 ERTY.—For the purposes of this section, for any real 

11 property that reverts to the United States under sections 

12 550 and 553 of this title, the General Services Administra13 tion, as the disposal agency, shall be treated as the agency 

14 with custody and accountability for the real property at 

15 the time the real property is determined to be excess. 

16 ‘‘(d) NET PROCEEDS.—The net proceeds described in 

17 this subsection are proceeds under this chapter, less ex18 penses of the transfer or disposition as provided in section 

19 572(a) of this title, from a— 

20 ‘‘(1) transfer of excess real property to a Fed21 eral agency for agency use; or 

22 ‘‘(2) sale, lease, or other disposition of surplus 

23 real property. 

24 ‘‘(e) PROCEEDS FROM TRANSFER OR SALE OF PER25 SONAL PROPERTY.— 

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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise pro2 vided in this subchapter, proceeds described in para3 graph (2) shall be deposited in the Treasury as mis4 cellaneous receipts. 

5 ‘‘(2) PROCEEDS.—The proceeds described in 

6 this paragraph are proceeds under this chapter 

7 from— 

8 ‘‘(A) a transfer of excess personal property 

9 to a Federal agency for agency use; or 

10 ‘‘(B) a sale, lease, or other disposition of 

11 surplus personal property. 

12 ‘‘(3) PAYMENT OF EXPENSES OF SALE BEFORE

13 DEPOSIT.—Subject to regulations under this sub14 title, the expenses of the sale of personal property 

15 may be paid from the proceeds of sale so that only 

16 the net proceeds are deposited in the Treasury. This 

17 paragraph applies whether proceeds are deposited as 

18 miscellaneous receipts or to the credit of an appro19 priation as authorized by law.’’. 

20 SEC. 7. FEDERAL REAL PROPERTY DATABASE. 

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

22 40, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 

23 the following new section: 

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1 ‘‘§ 530. Federal real property database 

2 ‘‘(a) DATABASE REQUIRED.—Not later than one year 

3 after the date of the enactment of this section, the Admin4 istrator of General Services shall publish a single, com5 prehensive, and descriptive database of all Federal real 

6 property under the custody and control of all executive 

7 agencies, other than Federal real property excluded for 

8 reasons of national security, in accordance with subsection 

9 (b). 

10 ‘‘(b) REQUIRED INFORMATION FOR DATABASE.—The 

11 Administrator shall collect from the head of each executive 

12 agency descriptive information, except for classified infor13 mation, of the nature, use, and extent of the Federal real 

14 property of each such agency, including the following: 

15 ‘‘(1) The geographic location of each Federal 

16 real property of each such agency, including the ad17 dress and description for each such property. 

18 ‘‘(2) The total size of each Federal real prop19 erty of each such agency, including square footage 

20 and acreage of each such property. 

21 ‘‘(3) The relevance of each Federal real prop22 erty to the agency’s mission. 

23 ‘‘(4) The level of use of each Federal real prop24 erty for each such agency, including whether such 

25 property is excess, surplus, underutilized, or unuti26 lized. 

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1 ‘‘(5) The number of days each Federal real 

2 property is designated as excess, surplus, underuti3 lized, or unutilized. 

4 ‘‘(6) The annual operating costs of each Fed5 eral real property. 

6 ‘‘(7) The replacement value of each Federal 

7 real property. 

8 ‘‘(c) ACCESS TO DATABASE.— 

9 ‘‘(1) FEDERAL AGENCIES.—The Administrator 

10 shall, in consultation with the Director of the Office 

11 of Management and Budget, make the database es12 tablished and maintained under this section available 

13 to other Federal agencies. 

14 ‘‘(2) PUBLIC ACCESS.—To the extent consistent 

15 with national security, the database shall be acces16 sible by the public at no cost through the Web site 

17 of the General Services Administration. 

18 ‘‘(d) TRANSPARENCY OF DATABASE.—To the extent 

19 practicable, the Administrator shall ensure that the data20 base— 

21 ‘‘(1) uses an open, machine-readable format; 

22 ‘‘(2) permits users to search and sort Federal 

23 real property data; and 

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1 ‘‘(3) includes a means to download a large 

2 amount of Federal real property data and a selection 

3 of such data retrieved using a search. 

4 ‘‘(e) APPLICABILITY.—Nothing in this section may be 

5 construed to require an agency to make available to the 

6 public information that is exempt from disclosure pursu7 ant to section 552(b) of title 5.’’. 

8 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

9 at the beginning of chapter 5 of title 40, United States 

10 Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to 

11 section 529 the following new item: 

‘‘530. Federal real property database.’’. 

12 SEC. 8. SUSTAINABLE DISPOSAL OF PROPERTY. 

13 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter III of chapter 5 of 

14 title 40, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 

15 end the following new section: 

16 ‘‘§ 560. Sustainable disposal of property 

17 ‘‘The head of each Federal agency shall divert at 

18 least 50 percent of construction and demolition materials 

19 and debris by the end of fiscal year 2015.’’. 

20 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

21 at the beginning of chapter 5 of title 40, United States 

22 Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to 

23 section 559 the following new item: 

‘‘560. Sustainable disposal of property.’’. 

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1 SEC. 9. STREAMLINING THE MCKINNEY-VENTO HOMELESS 

2 ASSISTANCE ACT. 

3 Section 501 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assist4 ance Act (42 U.S.C. 11411) is amended— 

5 (1) in subsection (a), by adding at the end the 

6 following new sentence: ‘‘Agencies shall not be re7 quired to submit information to the Secretary re8 garding properties located in an area for which the 

9 general public is denied access in the interest of na10 tional security.’’; 

11 (2) in subsection (c)(1)(A), by striking ‘‘in the 

12 Federal Register’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘on 

13 the Web site of the Department of Housing and 

14 Urban Development or the General Services Admin15 istration’’; and 

16 (3) in subsection (d)(3), by adding at the end 

17 the following new sentence: ‘‘If no such review of the 

18 determination is requested within the 20-day period, 

19 such property will not be included in subsequent 

20 publications unless the landholding agency reclassi21 fies the property as available and the Secretary sub22 sequently determines the property is suitable.’’. 

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