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Union Calendar No. 562 

113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 328 

[Report No. 113–731, Part I] 

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 

JANUARY 2, 2015 

Additional sponsors: Mr. CICILLINE and Mr. LANGEVIN

JANUARY 2, 2015 

Reported from the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure for a period ending not later than January 2, 2015, for consideration of such 

provisions of the bill as fall within the jurisdiction of that committee pursuant to clause 1(r) of rule X 

JANUARY 2, 2015 

The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure discharged; committed 

to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 

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A BILL 

To establish a pilot program for the expedited disposal of 

Federal real property. 

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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: 

11 ‘‘SUBCHAPTER VII—EXPEDITED DISPOSAL OF 

12 REAL PROPERTY 

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

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

15 Services (in this subchapter referred to as the ‘Adminis16 trator’), in consultation with the Director of the Office of 

17 Management and Budget (in this subchapter referred to 

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

19 known as the ‘Federal Real Property Disposal Pilot Pro20 gram’, under which the Administrator, in consultation 

21 with the Director, shall determine which 15 Federal Gov22 ernment real properties that are excess or surplus and 

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1 ance with this subchapter and through an expedited dis2 posal of real property. 

3 ‘‘(b) DISPOSAL.—During the five-year period begin4 ning on the date of the enactment of the Excess Federal 

5 Building and Property Disposal Act of 2013, the Adminis6 trator, in consultation with the Director, shall dispose of 

7 real property under the Federal Real Property Disposal 

8 Pilot Program through a public auction. 

9 ‘‘(c) ADDING PROPERTIES TO THE PILOT PRO10 GRAM.—Not later than 15 days after a property is dis11 posed of under subsection (b), the Administrator, in con12 sultation with the Director, shall designate an additional 

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

14 of under the Federal Real Property Disposal Pilot Pro15 gram. 

16 ‘‘(d) EXCEPTIONS.—The Administrator shall not in17 clude for purposes of the Federal Real Property Pilot Pro18 gram any of the following types of property: 

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

20 other structure located on such real property that is 

21 to be closed or realigned under the Defense Base 

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

23 2687 note). 

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

2 national security by the Director of the Office of 

3 Management and Budget. 

4 ‘‘(3) Indian and Native Eskimo properties in5 cluding— 

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

7 Indian reservation to which the United States 

8 owns title; and 

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

10 trust by the United States for the benefit of 

11 any Indian tribe or individual or held by an In12 dian tribe or individual subject to restriction by 

13 the United States against alienation. 

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

15 Tennessee Valley Authority pursuant to the Ten16 nessee Valley Authority Act of 1933 (16 U.S.C. 831 

17 et seq.). 

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

19 States Postal Service. 

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

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

22 ‘‘(7) Properties that the Administrator has de23 termined are suitable for assignment to the Sec24 retary of the Interior for transfer to a State, a polit25 ical subdivision or instrumentality of a State, or a 

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1 municipality for use as a public park or recreation 

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

3 such determination, the Administrator may consider 

4 the appraised value of the property and the highest 

5 and best use. 

6 ‘‘(8) Properties used, as of the date of the en7 actment of this subchapter, in connection with Fed8 eral programs for recreational and conservation pur9 poses, including research for such programs. 

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

11 the date of the enactment of this subchapter, the Comp12 troller General of the United States shall submit to Con13 gress and make publicly available a study of the effective14 ness of the Federal Real Property Pilot Program. 

15 ‘‘(f) TERMINATION.—The Federal Real Property Dis16 posal Pilot Program shall terminate on the date that is 

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

18 Federal Building and Property Disposal Act of 2013. 

19 ‘‘§ 622. Selection of real properties 

20 ‘‘The head of each executive agency shall recommend 

21 properties to the Director for disposal under the Federal 

22 Real Property Pilot Program. The Director, in consulta23 tion with the Administrator, shall then select properties 

24 for disposal under the pilot program and notify the recom25 mending executive agency accordingly. 

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1 ‘‘§ 623. Expedited disposal requirements 

2 ‘‘(a) EXPEDITED DISPOSAL OF REAL PROPERTY DE3 FINED.—For purposes of this subchapter, an ‘expedited 

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

5 cash that is conducted pursuant to the requirements of 

6 section 545(a) of this title. 

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

8 property sold under the Federal Real Property Pilot Pro9 gram may not be sold at less than the fair market value 

10 as determined by the Administrator, in consultation with 

11 the Director. Costs associated with disposal may not ex12 ceed the fair market value of the property unless the Di13 rector approves incurring such costs. 

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

15 property shall be sold under the Federal Real Property 

16 Pilot Program only if the property will generate monetary 

17 proceeds to the Federal Government, as provided in sub18 section (b). A disposal of real property under the Federal 

19 Real Property Pilot Program may not include any ex20 change, trade, transfer, acquisition of like-kind property, 

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

22 ‘‘(d) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sub23 chapter shall be construed as terminating or in any way 

24 limiting authorities that are otherwise available to agen25 cies under other provisions of law to dispose of Federal 

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

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

2 Any expedited disposal of a real property conducted under 

3 this subchapter shall not be subject to— 

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

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

6 ‘‘(3) section 501 of the McKinney-Vento Home7 less Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11411); 

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

9 no-cost conveyance of real property owned by the 

10 Federal Government; or 

11 ‘‘(5) any congressional notification requirement 

12 other than that in section 545 of this title. 

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

14 from expedited disposals 

15 ‘‘The proceeds from an expedited disposal of real 

16 property under this subchapter shall be deposited into the 

17 General Fund of the Treasury. Two percent of such pro18 ceeds is authorized to be appropriated until expended to 

19 fund the grant program under section 625. 

20 ‘‘§ 625. Homeless assistance grants 

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

22 are made available pursuant to section 624 for use under 

23 this section, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop24 ment shall make grants to eligible private nonprofit orga25 nizations under subsection (b) to purchase property suitmstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with BILLS

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1 able for use to assist the homeless as provided in sub2 section (c). 

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

4 a grant under subsection (a), a private nonprofit organiza5 tion shall be a representative of the homeless, as such term 

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

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

8 ‘‘(c) USE OF PROPERTIES FOR HOUSING OR SHEL9 TER FOR THE HOMELESS.— 

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

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

12 the amounts received under such grant only to ac13 quire or rehabilitate real property for use to provide 

14 permanent housing (as such term is defined in sec15 tion 401 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assist16 ance Act (42 U.S.C. 11360)), transitional housing 

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

18 temporary shelter, for persons who are homeless. 

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

20 and Urban Development may not make a grant 

21 under subsection (a) to a private nonprofit organiza22 tion unless the organization provides the Secretary 

23 with such assurances as the Secretary determines 

24 necessary to ensure that any property acquired or 

25 rehabilitated using the amounts received under such 

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

2 this subsection for a period of not fewer than 15 

3 years. 

4 ‘‘(d) PREFERENCE.—In awarding grants under sub5 section (a), the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop6 ment shall give preference for such grants to private non7 profit organizations that operate within areas in which 

8 Federal real property is being sold under the Federal Real 

9 Property Disposal Pilot Program under this subchapter. 

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

11 this section, the following definitions shall apply: 

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

13 meaning given such term in section 103 of the 

14 McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 

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

16 section shall not apply for purposes of this section. 

17 ‘‘(2) PRIVATE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION.— 

18 The term ‘private nonprofit organization’ has the 

19 meaning given such term in section 401 of the 

20 McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 

21 U.S.C. 11360). 

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

23 Urban Development may issue any regulations necessary 

24 to carry out this section.’’. 

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

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

3 United States Code, is amended by inserting after the 

4 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.’’. 

5 SEC. 3. DUTIES OF THE GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRA6 TION AND EXECUTIVE AGENCIES. 

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

8 States Code, is amended to read as follows: 

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

10 and executive agencies 

11 ‘‘(a) DUTIES OF THE GENERAL SERVICES ADMINIS12 TRATION.— 

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

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

15 when necessary thereafter, the Administrator of 

16 General Services shall issue guidance for the devel17 opment and implementation of executive agency real 

18 property plans. Such guidance shall include rec19 ommendations on— 

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

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

22 associated with disposing of real property; 

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1 ‘‘(C) how to prioritize disposal decisions 

2 based on agency missions and anticipated fu3 ture need for holdings; and 

4 ‘‘(D) how best to dispose of those prop5 erties identified as excess to meet the needs of 

6 the agency. 

7 ‘‘(2) ASSISTANCE.—The Administrator shall as8 sist executive agencies in the identification and dis9 posal of excess real property. 

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

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

12 shall— 

13 ‘‘(A) maintain adequate inventory controls 

14 and accountability systems for property under 

15 its control; 

16 ‘‘(B) continuously survey property under 

17 its control to identify excess property; 

18 ‘‘(C) promptly report excess property to 

19 the Administrator; 

20 ‘‘(D) perform the care and handling of ex21 cess property; and 

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

23 as promptly as possible in accordance with au24 thority delegated and regulations prescribed by 

25 the Administrator. 

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1 ‘‘(2) SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS WITH RESPECT

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

3 each executive agency shall— 

4 ‘‘(A) develop and implement a real prop5 erty plan in order to identify properties to de6 clare as excess using the guidance issued under 

7 subsection (a)(1); 

8 ‘‘(B) identify and categorize all real prop9 erty owned, leased, or otherwise managed by 

10 the agency; 

11 ‘‘(C) establish adequate goals and incen12 tives to reduce excess real property in such 

13 agency’s inventory; and 

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

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

16 identify and prepare real property to be re17 ported as excess. 

18 ‘‘(3) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS.—Each exec19 utive agency, as far as practicable, shall— 

20 ‘‘(A) reassign property to another activity 

21 within the agency when the property is no 

22 longer required for the purposes of the appro23 priation used to make the purchase; 

24 ‘‘(B) transfer excess property under its 

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1 zations specified in section 321(c)(2) of this 

2 title; and 

3 ‘‘(C) obtain excess properties from other 

4 Federal agencies to meet mission needs before 

5 acquiring non-Federal property.’’. 

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

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

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

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

9 (c) GSA REPORT.— 

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

11 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Ad12 ministrator of General Services shall submit a report 

13 to the Committee on Oversight and Government Re14 form of the House of Representatives and the Com15 mittee on Homeland Security and Governmental Af16 fairs of the Senate on the implementation of section 

17 524, as amended by subsection (a), and each of the 

18 following: 

19 (A) The efforts of each executive agency to 

20 reduce such agency’s real property assets, based 

21 on data submitted from such agency. 

22 (B) For each excess and surplus real prop23 erty facility/installation disposed of, an indica24 tion of— 

25 (i) the date and method of disposal; 

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1 (ii) the proceeds obtained from the 

2 disposition of such property; 

3 (iii) the amount of time required to 

4 fully dispose of excess and surplus real 

5 property under the custody and control of 

6 all executive agencies; and 

7 (iv) the cost to dispose of surplus and 

8 excess real property under the custody and 

9 control of all executive agencies. 

10 (2) DEFINITIONS.—The terms ‘‘excess prop11 erty’’, ‘‘executive agency’’, and ‘‘surplus property’’ 

12 have the meanings given those terms in section 102 

13 of title 40, United States Code. 

14 SEC. 4. ENHANCED AUTHORITIES WITH REGARD TO PRE15 PARING PROPERTIES TO BE REPORTED AS 

16 EXCESS. 

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

18 amended— 

19 (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) and 

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

21 (2) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the fol22 lowing new subparagraph: 

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

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

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1 trator may obligate an amount to pay the direct 

2 and indirect costs related to identifying and 

3 preparing properties to be reported excess by 

4 another agency. 

5 ‘‘(ii) The General Services Administration 

6 shall be reimbursed from the proceeds of the 

7 sale of such properties for such costs. 

8 ‘‘(iii) Net proceeds shall be dispersed pur9 suant to section 571 of this title. 

10 ‘‘(iv) The authority under clause (i) to ob11 ligate funds to prepare properties to be reported 

12 excess does not include the authority to convey 

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

14 otherwise, including through leaseback arrange15 ments or service agreements. 

16 ‘‘(v) Nothing in this subparagraph is in17 tended to affect subparagraph (D).’’. 

18 SEC. 5. ENHANCED AUTHORITIES WITH REGARD TO RE19 VERTED REAL PROPERTY. 

20 (a) AUTHORITY TO PAY EXPENSES RELATED TO RE21 VERTED REAL PROPERTY.—Section 572(a)(2)(A) of title 

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

23 the following: 

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1 ‘‘(iv) The direct and indirect costs as2 sociated with the reversion, custody, and 

3 disposal of reverted real property.’’. 

4 (b) REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO SALES OF RE5 VERTED PROPERTY UNDER SECTION 550.—Section 

6 550(b)(1) of title 40, United States Code, is amended— 

7 (1) by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ after ‘‘(1) IN GEN8 ERAL.—’’; and 

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

10 official, in consultation with the Administrator, rec11 ommends reversion of the property, the Adminis12 trator shall take control of such property, and, sub13 ject to subparagraph (B), sell it at or above ap14 praised fair market value for cash and not by lease, 

15 exchange, leaseback arrangements, or service agree16 ments. 

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

18 make such property available to State and local gov19 ernments and certain non-profit institutions or orga20 nizations pursuant to this section and sections 553 

21 and 554 of this title.’’. 

22 (c) REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO SALES OF RE23 VERTED PROPERTY UNDER SECTION 553.—Section 

24 553(e) of title 40, United States Code, is amended— 

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

2 ’’; and 

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

4 Administrator determines that reversion of the prop5 erty is necessary to enforce compliance with the 

6 terms of the conveyance, the Administrator shall 

7 take control of such property and, subject to para8 graph (2), sell it at or above appraised fair market 

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

10 arrangements, or service agreements. 

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

12 property available to State and local governments and cer13 tain non-profit institutions or organizations pursuant to 

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

15 SEC. 6. AGENCY RETENTION OF PROCEEDS. 

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

17 Code, is amended to read as follows: 

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

19 PROPERTY.— 

20 ‘‘(1) DEPOSIT OF NET PROCEEDS.—Net pro21 ceeds described in subsection (d) shall be deposited 

22 into the appropriate real property account of the 

23 agency that had custody and accountability for the 

24 real property at the time the real property is deter25 mined to be excess. 

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

2 net proceeds deposited pursuant to paragraph (1) 

3 may only be expended as authorized in annual ap4 propriations Acts, for activities described in sections 

5 543 and 545 of this title, including paying costs in6 curred by the General Services Administration for 

7 any disposal-related activity authorized by this title. 

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

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

10 other disposition of surplus real property that are 

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

12 deficit reduction. 

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

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

15 of this title. 

16 ‘‘(c) DISPOSAL AGENCY FOR REVERTED PROP17 ERTY.—For the purposes of this section, for any real 

18 property that reverts to the United States under sections 

19 550 and 553 of this title, the General Services Administra20 tion, as the disposal agency, shall be treated as the agency 

21 with custody and accountability for the real property at 

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

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

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1 penses of the transfer or disposition as provided in section 

2 572(a) of this title, from a— 

3 ‘‘(1) transfer of excess real property to a Fed4 eral agency for agency use; or 

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

6 real property. 

7 ‘‘(e) PROCEEDS FROM TRANSFER OR SALE OF PER8 SONAL PROPERTY.— 

9 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise pro10 vided in this subchapter, proceeds described in para11 graph (2) shall be deposited in the Treasury as mis12 cellaneous receipts. 

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

14 this paragraph are proceeds under this chapter 

15 from— 

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

17 to a Federal agency for agency use; or 

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

19 surplus personal property. 

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

21 DEPOSIT.—Subject to regulations under this sub22 title, the expenses of the sale of personal property 

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

24 the net proceeds are deposited in the Treasury. This 

25 paragraph applies whether proceeds are deposited as 

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1 miscellaneous receipts or to the credit of an appro2 priation as authorized by law.’’. 

3 SEC. 7. FEDERAL REAL PROPERTY DATABASE. 

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

5 40, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 

6 the following new section: 

7 ‘‘§ 530. Federal real property database 

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

9 after the date of the enactment of this section, the Admin10 istrator of General Services shall publish a single, com11 prehensive, and descriptive database of all Federal real 

12 property under the custody and control of all executive 

13 agencies, other than Federal real property excluded for 

14 reasons of national security, in accordance with subsection 

15 (b). 

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

17 Administrator shall collect from the head of each executive 

18 agency descriptive information, except for classified infor19 mation, of the nature, use, and extent of the Federal real 

20 property of each such agency, including the following: 

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

22 real property of each such agency, including the ad23 dress and description for each such property. 

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1 ‘‘(2) The total size of each Federal real prop2 erty of each such agency, including square footage 

3 and acreage of each such property. 

4 ‘‘(3) The relevance of each Federal real prop5 erty to the agency’s mission. 

6 ‘‘(4) The level of use of each Federal real prop7 erty for each such agency, including whether such 

8 property is excess, surplus, underutilized, or unuti9 lized. 

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

11 property is designated as excess, surplus, underuti12 lized, or unutilized. 

13 ‘‘(6) The annual operating costs of each Fed14 eral real property. 

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

16 real property. 

17 ‘‘(c) ACCESS TO DATABASE.— 

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

19 shall, in consultation with the Director of the Office 

20 of Management and Budget, make the database es21 tablished and maintained under this section available 

22 to other Federal agencies. 

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

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1 sible by the public at no cost through the Web site 

2 of the General Services Administration. 

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

4 practicable, the Administrator shall ensure that the data5 base— 

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

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

8 real property data; and 

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

10 amount of Federal real property data and a selection 

11 of such data retrieved using a search. 

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

13 construed to require an agency to make available to the 

14 public information that is exempt from disclosure pursu15 ant to section 552(b) of title 5.’’. 

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

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

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

19 section 529 the following new item: 

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

20 SEC. 8. SUSTAINABLE DISPOSAL OF PROPERTY. 

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

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

23 end the following new section: 

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1 ‘‘§ 560. Sustainable disposal of property 

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

3 least 50 percent of construction and demolition materials 

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

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

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

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

8 section 559 the following new item: 

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

9 SEC. 9. STREAMLINING THE MCKINNEY-VENTO HOMELESS 

10 ASSISTANCE ACT. 

11 Section 501 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assist12 ance Act (42 U.S.C. 11411) is amended— 

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

14 following new sentence: ‘‘Agencies shall not be re15 quired to submit information to the Secretary re16 garding properties located in an area for which the 

17 general public is denied access in the interest of na18 tional security.’’; 

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

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

21 the Web site of the Department of Housing and 

22 Urban Development or the General Services Admin23 istration’’; and 

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

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

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1 determination is requested within the 20-day period, 

2 such property will not be included in subsequent 

3 publications unless the landholding agency reclassi4 fies the property as available and the Secretary sub5 sequently determines the property is suitable.’’. 

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Union Calendar No. 562 

113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 328 

[Report No. 113–731, Part I] 

A BILL 

To establish a pilot program for the expedited 

disposal of Federal real property. 

JANUARY 2, 2015 

Reported from the Committee on Oversight and Governthat committee pursuant to clause 1(r) of rule X provisions of the bill as fall within the jurisdiction of later than January 2, 2015, for consideration of such portation and Infrastructure for a period ending not ment Reform and referred to the Committee on TransJANUARY 2, 2015 The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 

printed House on the State of the Union and ordered to be discharged; committed to the Committee of the Whole 

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