II 

114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1888 

To reduce waste and implement cost savings and revenue enhancement for 

the Federal Government. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 29, 2015 

Mr. MCCAIN (for himself and Mr. ENZI) introduced the following bill; which 

was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public 

Works 

A BILL 

To reduce waste and implement cost savings and revenue 

enhancement for the Federal Government. 

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; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

4 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 

5 ‘‘Unified Savings and Accountability Act’’ or the ‘‘USA 

6 Act’’. 

7 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 

8 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

TITLE I—PROVISIONS RELATING TO FEDERAL PROPERTY, 

FEDERAL CONTRACTS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 


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Subtitle A—Amendments and Other Provisions Relating to Federal Property, 

Federal Contracts, and Information Technology 

Sec. 101. Promotion of competition in Federal contracting. 

Sec. 102. Promotion of strategic sourcing in Federal contracting. 

Sec. 103. Avoiding duplicative information technology investments. 

Sec. 104. Promotion of reverse auctions in Federal contracting. 

Subtitle B—Federal Real Property Asset Management Reform 

Sec. 121. Purpose. 

Sec. 122. Property management and expedited disposal of real property. 

Sec. 123. Report of the Comptroller General. 

Sec. 124. Technical and conforming amendment. 

TITLE II—OTHER MATTERS 

Sec. 201. Report on implementation of certain Medicare and Medicaid fraud 

detection and program integrity provisions. 

Sec. 202. Revocation or denial of passport and passport card in case of certain 

unpaid taxes. 

Sec. 203. Prohibition on non-cost-effective minting and printing of coins and 

currency. 

Sec. 204. Restrictions on printing and distribution of paper copies of Congressional documents. 

Sec. 205. Replacing the $1 note with the $1 coin. 

Sec. 206. Enhancing the Internal Revenue Service’s online services. 

Sec. 207. Improving foreclosure loss mitigation efforts for mortgages made, insured, or guaranteed by Federal agencies. 


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1 TITLE I—PROVISIONS RELATING 

2 TO FEDERAL PROPERTY, FED3 ERAL CONTRACTS AND IN4 FORMATION TECHNOLOGY 

5 Subtitle A—Amendments and 

6 Other Provisions Relating to 

7 Federal Property, Federal Con8 tracts, and Information Tech9 nology 

10 SEC. 101. PROMOTION OF COMPETITION IN FEDERAL CON11 TRACTING. 

12 (a) OFFICE OF FEDERAL PROCUREMENT POLICY.— 

13 Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of 

14 this Act, the Administrator for Federal Procurement Pol15 icy shall issue guidance to Federal agencies to reinvigorate 

16 the role of the competition advocate, consistent with the 

17 recommendations of the Government Accountability Office 

18 in its report GAO–10–833 (July 26, 2010). 

19 (b) ELEMENTS OF GUIDANCE.—The guidance issued 

20 pursuant to subsection (a) shall include key factors agen21 cies should consider in appointing and utilizing competi22 tion advocates, such as placement within the organization, 

23 skill set, and potential methods to effectively carry out 

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1 petition advocates to actively involve program offices in 

2 highlighting opportunities to increase competition. 

3 SEC. 102. PROMOTION OF STRATEGIC SOURCING IN FED4 ERAL CONTRACTING. 

5 (a) SAVINGS GOALS.—Not later than 6 months after 

6 the date of enactment of this Act, and for 4 years annually 

7 thereafter, the Director of the Office of Management and 

8 Budget shall issue Government-wide savings goals for the 

9 strategic sourcing of goods and services by executive agen10 cies required to designate or appoint a Chief Financial Of11 ficer as set forth in section 901 of title 31, United States 

12 Code. The Director may issue goals required by this sec13 tion that are customized to individual agencies or sourcing 

14 efforts. 

15 (b) MATTERS COVERED.—In complying with sub16 section (a), the Director shall provide at a minimum— 

17 (1) guidance to executive agencies on calcu18 lating savings generated from strategic sourcing ef19 forts; and 

20 (2) standards to measure progress towards 

21 meeting savings goals established by subsection (a). 

22 (c) REPORT.—Not later than 5 years after the date 

23 of enactment of this Act, the Director shall submit to Con24 gress a report on the extent of savings realized through 

25 the strategic sourcing of goods and services by executive 


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1 agencies during the period Government-wide savings goals 

2 are required to be issued pursuant to subsection (a). 

3 SEC. 103. AVOIDING DUPLICATIVE INFORMATION TECH4 NOLOGY INVESTMENTS. 

5 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 

6 (1) the terms ‘‘agency’’ and ‘‘information tech7 nology’’ have the meanings given such terms in sec8 tion 3502 of title 44, United States Code; and 

9 (2) the term ‘‘Chief Information Officer’’ means 

10 the Chief Information Officer of an agency des11 ignated under section 3506 of title 44, United States 

12 Code, (or comparable official in an agency not cov13 ered by such section). 

14 (b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to im15 prove transparency in order to ensure that agencies avoid 

16 making duplicative information technology investments. 

17 (c) REPORTING POTENTIAL DUPLICATION.— 

18 (1) RESPONSIBILITY OF AGENCY CHIEF INFOR19 MATION OFFICERS.—Not later than 6 months after 

20 the date of enactment of this Act, and at least annu21 ally thereafter, the Chief Information Officer of each 

22 agency shall submit to the Director of the Office of 

23 Management and Budget a report on potentially du24 plicative information technology investments, which 

25 shall, using existing or newly developed transparency 


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1 mechanisms, evaluate the results of the efforts of the 

2 agency to identify and eliminate, where appropriate, 

3 each potentially duplicative information technology 

4 investment. 

5 (2) FUNCTIONS OF THE DIRECTOR.—Not later 

6 than 90 days after the date of enactment of this 

7 Act, the Director of the Office of Management and 

8 Budget shall issue a policy requiring consistency 

9 among all agencies in identifying information tech10 nology investments (including applicable research 

11 and development projects and mission-essential sys12 tems) in any required reporting. 

13 SEC. 104. PROMOTION OF REVERSE AUCTIONS IN FEDERAL 

14 CONTRACTING. 

15 (a) REVISION OF FAR.—Not later than 6 months 

16 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Federal 

17 Acquisition Regulation shall be revised to address reverse 

18 auctions by Federal agencies, including how and when 

19 they should be used, the roles and responsibilities of con20 tracting officers, and what agencies should do if there is 

21 no interactive bidding during an auction. 

22 (b) GUIDANCE ON REVERSE AUCTIONS.—Not later 

23 than 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act, 

24 the Director of Office of Management and Budget shall, 

25 consistent with the recommendations of the Government 


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1 Accountability Office on reverse auctions in its report 

2 GAO–14–343SP (April 2014), issue Government-wide 

3 guidance— 

4 (1) advising agencies to collect and analyze data 

5 on the level of interactive bidding and, where appli6 cable, fees paid, to determine the cost effectiveness 

7 of using reverse auctions in the procurement of 

8 goods or services; and 

9 (2) on best practices to maximize competition 

10 and savings in the use of reverse auctions. 

11 Subtitle B—Federal Real Property 

12 Asset Management Reform 

13 SEC. 121. PURPOSE. 

14 The purpose of this subtitle is to increase the effi15 ciency and effectiveness of the Federal Government in 

16 managing real property by— 

17 (1) requiring agencies to maintain an up-to18 date inventory of real property; 

19 (2) establishing a Federal Real Property Coun20 cil to develop guidance on and ensure the implemen21 tation of strategies for better managing Federal real 

22 property; and 

23 (3) authorizing a pilot program to expedite the 

24 disposal of surplus real property. 


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1 SEC. 122. PROPERTY MANAGEMENT AND EXPEDITED DIS2 POSAL OF REAL PROPERTY. 

3 Chapter 5 of subtitle I of title 40, United States 

4 Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 

5 ‘‘SUBCHAPTER VII—PROPERTY MANAGEMENT 

6 AND EXPEDITED DISPOSAL OF REAL PROP7 ERTY 

8 ‘‘§ 621. Definitions 

9 ‘‘In this subchapter: 

10 ‘‘(1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘Adminis11 trator’ means the Administrator of General Services. 

12 ‘‘(2) COUNCIL.—The term ‘Council’ means the 

13 Federal Real Property Council established by section 

14 623(a). 

15 ‘‘(3) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘Director’ means 

16 the Director of the Office of Management and Budg17 et. 

18 ‘‘(4) DISPOSAL.—The term ‘disposal’ means 

19 any action that constitutes the removal of any real 

20 property from the Federal inventory, including sale, 

21 deed, demolition, or exchange. 

22 ‘‘(5) EXCESS PROPERTY.—The term ‘excess 

23 property’ means any real property under the control 

24 of a Federal agency that the head of the Federal 

25 agency determines is not required to meet the needs 

26 or responsibilities of the Federal agency. 


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1 ‘‘(6) FEDERAL AGENCY.—The term ‘Federal 

2 agency’ means— 

3 ‘‘(A) an executive department or inde4 pendent establishment in the executive branch 

5 of the Government; or 

6 ‘‘(B) a wholly owned Government corpora7 tion. 

8 ‘‘(7) FIELD OFFICE.—The term ‘field office’ 

9 means any office of a Federal agency that is not the 

10 headquarters office location for the Federal agency. 

11 ‘‘(8) POSTAL PROPERTY.—The term ‘postal 

12 property’ means any building owned by the United 

13 States Postal Service. 

14 ‘‘(9) SURPLUS PROPERTY.— 

15 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘surplus 

16 property’ means excess real property that is not 

17 required to meet the needs or responsibilities of 

18 any Federal agency. 

19 ‘‘(B) EXCLUSIONS.—The term ‘surplus 

20 property’ does not include— 

21 ‘‘(i) any military installation (as de22 fined in section 2910 of the Defense Base 

23 Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 (10 

24 U.S.C. 2687 note; Public Law 101–510)); 


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1 ‘‘(ii) any property that is excepted 

2 from the definition of the term ‘property’ 

3 under section 102; 

4 ‘‘(iii) Indian and native Eskimo prop5 erty held in trust by the Federal Govern6 ment as described in section 

7 3301(a)(5)(C)(iii); 

8 ‘‘(iv) real property operated and main9 tained by the Tennessee Valley Authority 

10 pursuant to the Tennessee Valley Author11 ity Act of 1933 (16 U.S.C. 831 et seq.); 

12 ‘‘(v) any real property the Director 

13 excludes for reasons of national security; 

14 ‘‘(vi) any public lands (as defined in 

15 section 203 of the Public Lands Corps Act 

16 of 1993 (16 U.S.C. 1722)) administered 

17 by— 

18 ‘‘(I) the Secretary of the Interior, 

19 acting through— 

20 ‘‘(aa) the Director of the 

21 Bureau of Land Management; 

22 ‘‘(bb) the Director of the 

23 National Park Service; 

24 ‘‘(cc) the Commissioner of 

25 Reclamation; or 


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1 ‘‘(dd) the Director of the 

2 United States Fish and Wildlife 

3 Service; or 

4 ‘‘(II) the Secretary of Agri5 culture, acting through the Chief of 

6 the Forest Service; or 

7 ‘‘(vii) any property operated and 

8 maintained by the United States Postal 

9 Service. 

10 ‘‘(10) UNDERUTILIZED PROPERTY.—The term 

11 ‘underutilized property’ means a portion or the en12 tirety of any real property, including any improve13 ments, that is used— 

14 ‘‘(A) irregularly or intermittently by the 

15 accountable Federal agency for program pur16 poses of the Federal agency; or 

17 ‘‘(B) for program purposes that can be 

18 satisfied only with a portion of the property. 

19 ‘‘§ 622. Duties of Federal agencies 

20 ‘‘Each Federal agency shall— 

21 ‘‘(1) maintain adequate inventory controls and 

22 accountability systems for real property under the 

23 control of the Federal agency; 

24 ‘‘(2) develop current and future workforce pro25 jections so as to have the capacity to assess the 


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1 needs of the Federal workforce regarding the use of 

2 real property; 

3 ‘‘(3) continuously survey real property under 

4 the control of the Federal agency to identify excess 

5 property, underutilized property, and other real 

6 property suitable to be used for— 

7 ‘‘(A) colocation with other Federal agen8 cies; or 

9 ‘‘(B) consolidation with other facilities; 

10 ‘‘(4) promptly report excess property and un11 derutilized property to the Administrator; 

12 ‘‘(5) establish goals that will lead the Federal 

13 agency to reduce excess property and underutilized 

14 property in the inventory of the Federal agency; 

15 ‘‘(6) submit to the Council a report on all ex16 cess property and underutilized property in the in17 ventory of the Federal agency, including— 

18 ‘‘(A) whether underutilized property can be 

19 better utilized; and 

20 ‘‘(B) the extent to which the Federal agen21 cy believes that the underutilized property 

22 serves the needs of the Federal agency to retain 

23 underutilized property; 

24 ‘‘(7) adopt workplace practices, configurations, 

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1 creased levels of productivity and decrease the need 

2 for real property assets; 

3 ‘‘(8) assess leased space to identify space that 

4 is not fully used or occupied; 

5 ‘‘(9) on an annual basis and subject to the 

6 guidance of the Council— 

7 ‘‘(A) conduct an inventory of real property 

8 under control of the Federal agency; and 

9 ‘‘(B) make an assessment of each real 

10 property, which shall include— 

11 ‘‘(i) the age and condition of the prop12 erty; 

13 ‘‘(ii) the size of the property in square 

14 footage and acreage; 

15 ‘‘(iii) the geographical location of the 

16 property, including an address and descrip17 tion; 

18 ‘‘(iv) the extent to which the property 

19 is being utilized; 

20 ‘‘(v) the actual annual operating costs 

21 associated with the property; 

22 ‘‘(vi) the total cost of capital expendi23 tures associated with the property; 

24 ‘‘(vii) sustainability metrics associated 

25 with the property; 


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1 ‘‘(viii) the number of Federal employ2 ees and functions housed at the property; 

3 ‘‘(ix) the extent to which the mission 

4 of the Federal agency is dependent on the 

5 property; 

6 ‘‘(x) the estimated amount of capital 

7 expenditures projected to maintain and op8 erate the property over each of the next 5 

9 years after the date of enactment of this 

10 subchapter; and 

11 ‘‘(xi) any additional information re12 quired by the Administrator to carry out 

13 section 624; and 

14 ‘‘(10) provide to the Council and the Adminis15 trator the information described in paragraph (9)(B) 

16 to be used for the establishment and maintenance of 

17 the database described in section 624. 

18 ‘‘§ 623. Colocation among United States Postal Serv19 ice properties 

20 ‘‘(a) IDENTIFICATION OF POSTAL PROPERTY.—Each 

21 year, the Postmaster General may— 

22 ‘‘(1) identify a list of postal properties with 

23 space available for use by Federal agencies; and 

24 ‘‘(2) submit the list to the Council. 


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1 ‘‘(b) SUBMISSION OF LIST OF POSTAL PROPERTIES

2 TO FEDERAL AGENCIES.— 

3 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days 

4 after the completion of a list under subsection (a), 

5 the Council shall provide the list to each Federal 

6 agency. 

7 ‘‘(2) REVIEW BY FEDERAL AGENCIES.—Not 

8 later than 90 days after the receipt of the list sub9 mitted under paragraph (1), each Federal agency 

10 shall— 

11 ‘‘(A) review the list; 

12 ‘‘(B) identify real property assets under 

13 the control of the Federal agency; and 

14 ‘‘(C) recommend colocations if appropriate. 

15 ‘‘(c) TERMS OF COLOCATION.—On approval of the 

16 recommendations under subsection (b) by the Postmaster 

17 General and the applicable agency head, the Federal agen18 cy or appropriate landholding entity may work with the 

19 Postmaster General to establish appropriate terms of a 

20 lease for each postal property. 

21 ‘‘§ 624. Establishment of a Federal Real Property 

22 Council 

23 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established a Fed24 eral Real Property Council. 


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1 ‘‘(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the Council shall 

2 be— 

3 ‘‘(1) to develop guidance and ensure implemen4 tation of an efficient and effective real property 

5 management strategy; 

6 ‘‘(2) to identify opportunities for the Federal 

7 Government to better manage real property assets; 

8 and 

9 ‘‘(3) to reduce the costs of managing real prop10 erty, including operations, maintenance, and secu11 rity. 

12 ‘‘(c) COMPOSITION.— 

13 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Council shall be com14 posed exclusively of— 

15 ‘‘(A) the senior real property officers of 

16 each Federal agency; 

17 ‘‘(B) the Deputy Director for Management 

18 of the Office of Management and Budget; 

19 ‘‘(C) the Controller of the Office of Man20 agement and Budget; 

21 ‘‘(D) the Administrator; and 

22 ‘‘(E) any other full-time or permanent 

23 part-time Federal officials or employees, as the 

24 Chairperson determines to be necessary. 


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1 ‘‘(2) CHAIRPERSON.—The Deputy Director for 

2 Management of the Office of Management and 

3 Budget shall serve as Chairperson of the Council. 

4 ‘‘(3) EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.— 

5 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Chairperson shall 

6 designate an Executive Director to assist in 

7 carrying out the duties of the Council. 

8 ‘‘(B) QUALIFICATIONS; FULL-TIME.—The 

9 Executive Director shall— 

10 ‘‘(i) be appointed from among individ11 uals who have substantial experience in the 

12 areas of commercial real estate and devel13 opment, real property management, and 

14 Federal operations and management; and 

15 ‘‘(ii) serve full time. 

16 ‘‘(d) MEETINGS.— 

17 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Council shall meet 

18 subject to the call of the Chairperson. 

19 ‘‘(2) MINIMUM.—The Council shall meet not 

20 fewer than 4 times each year. 

21 ‘‘(e) DUTIES.—The Council, in consultation with the 

22 Director and the Administrator, shall— 

23 ‘‘(1) not later than 1 year after the date of en24 actment of this subchapter, establish a real property 

25 management plan template, to be updated annually, 


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1 which shall include performance measures, specific 

2 milestones, measurable savings, strategies, and Gov3 ernment-wide goals based on the goals established 

4 under section 622(5) to reduce surplus property or 

5 to achieve better utilization of underutilized prop6 erty, and evaluation criteria to determine the effec7 tiveness of real property management that are de8 signed— 

9 ‘‘(A) to enable Congress and heads of Fed10 eral agencies to track progress in the achieve11 ment of real property management objectives on 

12 a Government-wide basis; 

13 ‘‘(B) to improve the management of real 

14 property; and 

15 ‘‘(C) to allow for comparison of the per16 formance of Federal agencies against industry 

17 and other public sector agencies in terms of 

18 performance; 

19 ‘‘(2) develop standard use rates consistent 

20 throughout each category of space and with non21 governmental space use rates; 

22 ‘‘(3) develop a strategy to reduce the reliance of 

23 Federal agencies on leased space for long-term needs 

24 if ownership would be less costly; 


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1 ‘‘(4) provide guidance on eliminating inefficien2 cies in the Federal leasing process; 

3 ‘‘(5) compile a list of real property assets that 

4 are field offices that are suitable for colocation with 

5 other real property assets; and 

6 ‘‘(6) not later than 1 year after the date of en7 actment of this subchapter and annually during the 

8 4-year period beginning on the date that is 1 year 

9 after the date of enactment of this subchapter and 

10 ending on the date that is 5 years after the date of 

11 enactment of this subchapter, the Council shall sub12 mit to the Director a report that contains— 

13 ‘‘(A) a list of the remaining excess prop14 erty, surplus property, and underutilized prop15 erties of each Federal agency; 

16 ‘‘(B) the progress of the Council toward 

17 developing guidance for Federal agencies to en18 sure that the assessment required under section 

19 622(9)(B) is carried out in a uniform manner; 

20 and 

21 ‘‘(C) the progress of Federal agencies to22 ward achieving the goals established under sec23 tion 622(5). 


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1 ‘‘(f) CONSULTATION.—In carrying out the duties de2 scribed in subsection (e), the Council shall also consult 

3 with representatives of— 

4 ‘‘(1) State, local, tribal authorities, and affected 

5 communities; and 

6 ‘‘(2) appropriate private sector entities and 

7 nongovernmental organizations that have expertise 

8 in areas of— 

9 ‘‘(A) commercial real estate and develop10 ment; 

11 ‘‘(B) government management and oper12 ations; 

13 ‘‘(C) space planning; 

14 ‘‘(D) community development, including 

15 transportation and planning; and 

16 ‘‘(E) historic preservation. 

17 ‘‘(g) COUNCIL RESOURCES.—The Director and the 

18 Administrator shall provide staffing, and administrative 

19 support for the Council, as appropriate. 

20 ‘‘§ 625. Federal real property inventory and database 

21 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 

22 date of enactment of this subchapter, the Administrator 

23 shall establish and maintain a single, comprehensive, and 

24 descriptive database of all real property under the custody 

25 and control of all Federal agencies. 


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1 ‘‘(b) CONTENTS.—The database shall include— 

2 ‘‘(1) information provided to the Administrator 

3 under section 622(9)(B); and 

4 ‘‘(2) a list of real property disposals completed, 

5 including— 

6 ‘‘(A) the date and disposal method used 

7 for each real property; 

8 ‘‘(B) the proceeds obtained from the dis9 posal of each real property; 

10 ‘‘(C) the amount of time required to dis11 pose of the real property, including the date on 

12 which the real property is designated as excess 

13 property; 

14 ‘‘(D) the date on which the property is 

15 designated as surplus property and the date on 

16 which the property is disposed; and 

17 ‘‘(E) all costs associated with the disposal. 

18 ‘‘(c) ACCESSIBILITY.— 

19 ‘‘(1) COMMITTEES.—The database established 

20 under subsection (a) shall be made available on re21 quest to the Committee on Homeland Security and 

22 Governmental Affairs and the Committee on Envi23 ronment and Public Works of the Senate and the 

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1 and the Committee on Transportation and Infra2 structure of the House of Representatives. 

3 ‘‘(2) GENERAL PUBLIC.—Not later than 3 years 

4 after the date of enactment of this subchapter and 

5 to the extent consistent with national security, the 

6 Administrator shall make the database established 

7 under subsection (a) accessible to the public at no 

8 cost through the website of the General Services Ad9 ministration. 

10 ‘‘§ 626. Limitation on certain leasing authorities 

11 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection 

12 (b), not later than December 31 of each year following 

13 the date of enactment of this subchapter, a Federal agency 

14 with independent leasing authority shall submit to the 

15 Council a list of all leases, including operating leases, in 

16 effect on the date of enactment of this subchapter that 

17 includes— 

18 ‘‘(1) the date on which each lease was executed; 

19 ‘‘(2) the date on which ease lease will expire; 

20 ‘‘(3) a description of the size of the space; 

21 ‘‘(4) the location of the property; 

22 ‘‘(5) the tenant agency; 

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1 ‘‘(7) the amount of the net present value of the 

2 total estimated legal obligations of the Federal Gov3 ernment over the life of the contract. 

4 ‘‘(b) EXCEPTION.—Subsection (a) shall not apply 

5 to— 

6 ‘‘(1) the United States Postal Service; 

7 ‘‘(2) the Department of Veterans Affairs; or 

8 ‘‘(3) any other property the President excludes 

9 from subsection (a) for reasons of national security. 

10 ‘‘§ 627. Expedited disposal pilot program 

11 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Director shall establish 

12 a pilot program to dispose of, by sale, transfer, or other 

13 means of disposal, any surplus property. 

14 ‘‘(1) PROPERTIES FOR EXPEDITED DISPOSAL.— 

15 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—On an annual basis, 

16 the Director may authorize the expedited dis17 posal of not more than 200 surplus properties. 

18 ‘‘(B) PRIORITY.—In determining which 

19 properties to dispose of, the Director shall give 

20 priority to surplus properties that have the 

21 highest fair market value and the greatest po22 tential for disposal. 

23 ‘‘(C) COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH DIS24 POSAL.— 


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1 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator 

2 may obligate an amount to pay any direct 

3 and indirect costs under section 572 re4 lated to identifying and preparing prop5 erties to be reported as excess property by 

6 a Federal agency. 

7 ‘‘(ii) REIMBURSEMENT.—An amount 

8 obligated under clause (i) shall be paid 

9 from the proceeds of any sale of real prop10 erty under this subsection. 

11 ‘‘(iii) NET PROCEEDS.—Net proceeds 

12 shall be distributed under subsection (b). 

13 ‘‘(D) MAXIMUM NET PROCEEDS.—Any real 

14 property authorized to be disposed of by sale of 

15 under subparagraph (A) shall disposed of in a 

16 manner that, as determined by the Adminis17 trator in consultation with the head of the ap18 plicable Federal agency, is structured and mar19 keted to maximize the value to the Federal Gov20 ernment. 

21 ‘‘(E) MONETARY PROCEEDS REQUIRE22 MENT.—Surplus property may be disposed of 

23 under this section only if disposal of the prop24 erty will generate monetary proceeds to the 

25 Federal Government that— 


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1 ‘‘(i) exceed the costs of disposal of the 

2 property; and 

3 ‘‘(ii) are not less than 90 percent of 

4 fair market value. 

5 ‘‘(2) APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN LAW.—Any 

6 expedited disposal of real property conducted under 

7 this section shall not be subject to— 

8 ‘‘(A) any section of An Act Authorizing the 

9 Transfer of Certain Real Property for Wildlife, 

10 or other Purposes (16 U.S.C. 667b); 

11 ‘‘(B) sections 107 and 317 of title 23; 

12 ‘‘(C) sections 545(b)(8), 550, 553, 554, 

13 and 1304(b); 

14 ‘‘(D) section 501 of the McKinney-Vento 

15 Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11411); 

16 ‘‘(E) section 47151 of title 49; or 

17 ‘‘(F) section 13(d) of the Surplus Property 

18 Act of 1944 (50 U.S.C. App. 1622(d)). 

19 ‘‘(3) EFFECT.—Except as provided in para20 graph (2), nothing in this subchapter terminates or 

21 in any way limits the authority of any Federal agen22 cy under any other provision of law to dispose of 

23 real property. 

24 ‘‘(b) USE OF PROCEEDS.— 


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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Of the proceeds received 

2 from the disposal of any real property under this 

3 subchapter— 

4 ‘‘(A) not less than 80 percent shall be re5 turned to the general fund of the Treasury for 

6 debt reduction; 

7 ‘‘(B) the lesser of 18 percent or the share 

8 of proceeds otherwise authorized to be retained 

9 under law shall be retained by the Federal 

10 agency that has custody and is accountable for 

11 the real property, subject to paragraph (2); 

12 ‘‘(C) not greater than 2 percent shall be 

13 made available to carry out section 627, subject 

14 to annual appropriations; and 

15 ‘‘(D) any remaining share of the proceeds 

16 shall be returned to the general fund of the 

17 Treasury for Federal budget deficit reduction. 

18 ‘‘(2) LIMITATION ON USE OF PROCEEDS.—Any 

19 proceeds retained by Federal agencies under this 

20 section shall be— 

21 ‘‘(A) deposited into the appropriate real 

22 property account of the Federal agency that 

23 had custody and accountability for the real 

24 property, with the funds expended only as au25 thorized in annual appropriations Acts; 


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1 ‘‘(B) used— 

2 ‘‘(i) by not later than 2 years after 

3 the date of disposal of the real property; 

4 and 

5 ‘‘(ii) only for activities relating to 

6 Federal real property asset management 

7 and disposal; and 

8 ‘‘(C) if not used by the date described in 

9 subparagraph (B)(i), shall be deposited in the 

10 Treasury and used for Federal budget deficit 

11 reduction. 

12 ‘‘(c) PUBLIC BENEFIT.— 

13 ‘‘(1) CONVEYANCE.—Except as provided in 

14 paragraph (2), if a real property authorized to be 

15 disposed of under subsection (a) has not been dis16 posed of by the date that is 2 years after the date 

17 the property is listed for sale, the Director, in con18 sultation with the Administrator and the Secretary 

19 of Housing and Urban Development, may consider a 

20 request from the disposing Federal agency that the 

21 real property be conveyed to State and local govern22 ments or nonprofit organizations for various public 

23 purposes or uses as permitted by applicable law. 

24 ‘‘(2) PREDOMINANT USE AND SIZE STAND25 ARDS.— 


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1 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Any real property au2 thorized to be disposed of under subsection (a) 

3 shall not be conveyed under paragraph (1) if— 

4 ‘‘(i) the predominant use of the prop5 erty is not for housing; and 

6 ‘‘(ii)(I) the area of the property is not 

7 less than 25,000 square feet; or 

8 ‘‘(II) the appraised fair market value 

9 of the property is greater than $1,000,000. 

10 ‘‘(B) APPRAISED FAIR MARKET VALUE.— 

11 The appraised fair market value described in 

12 subparagraph (A)(ii)(II) shall be determined by 

13 the Federal agency with custody or control of 

14 the property, in consultation with the Adminis15 trator and standard appraisal practice. 

16 ‘‘(d) ENFORCEMENT.— 

17 ‘‘(1) INCREASE IN SIZE OF INVENTORY.—Ex18 cept as provided in paragraph (2), if a Federal agen19 cy fails to make available for public sale the real 

20 property authorized to be disposed of under sub21 section (a) by the date that is 18 months after the 

22 date on which the authorization is made under sub23 section (a), that Federal agency, except for specific 

24 exceptions promulgated by the Director, shall not in25 crease the size of the civilian real property inventory, 


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1 unless the square footage of the increase is offset, 

2 within an appropriate time as determined by the Di3 rector, through consolidation, colocation, or disposal 

4 of another building space from the inventory of that 

5 Federal agency. 

6 ‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.—Paragraph (1) shall not 

7 apply to a Federal agency that acquires any real 

8 property not under the administrative jurisdiction of 

9 the Federal Government, by sale or lease, until the 

10 Director submits a certification to Congress of the 

11 disposal of all of those surplus properties. 

12 ‘‘(e) TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY.—The authority 

13 provided by this section terminates on the date that is 5 

14 years after the date of enactment of this subchapter. 

15 ‘‘§ 628. Homeless assistance grants 

16 ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

17 ‘‘(1) ELIGIBLE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION.— 

18 The term ‘eligible nonprofit organization’ means a 

19 nonprofit organization that is a representative of the 

20 homeless. 

21 ‘‘(2) HOMELESS.—The term ‘homeless’ has the 

22 meaning given the term in section 103 of the 

23 McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 

24 U.S.C. 11302), except that subsection (c) of that 

25 section shall not apply. 


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1 ‘‘(3) PERMANENT HOUSING.—The term ‘perma2 nent housing’ has the meaning given the term sec3 tion 401 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assist4 ance Act (42 U.S.C. 11360). 

5 ‘‘(4) PRIVATE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION.— 

6 The term ‘private nonprofit organization’ has the 

7 meaning given the term in section 401 of the 

8 McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 

9 U.S.C. 11360). 

10 ‘‘(5) REPRESENTATIVE OF THE HOMELESS.— 

11 The term ‘representative of the homeless’ has the 

12 meaning given the term in section 501(i) of the 

13 McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 

14 U.S.C. 11411(i)). 

15 ‘‘(6) SECRETARY.—The term ‘Secretary’ means 

16 the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. 

17 ‘‘(7) TRANSITIONAL HOUSING.—The term 

18 ‘transitional housing’ has the meaning given the 

19 term in section 401 of the McKinney-Vento Home20 less Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11360). 

21 ‘‘(b) GRANT AUTHORITY.— 

22 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—To the extent amounts are 

23 made available under section 626(b)(1)(B) for use 

24 under this section, the Secretary shall make grants 

25 to eligible private nonprofit organizations through 


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1 the continuum of care program established under 

2 subtitle C of title IV of the McKinney-Vento Home3 less Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11381 et seq.), to 

4 purchase real property suitable for use to assist the 

5 homeless in accordance with subsection (c). 

6 ‘‘(2) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—Except as oth7 erwise provided in this section, a grant under this 

8 section shall be subject to the same terms and condi9 tions as a grant under the continuum of care pro10 gram established under subtitle C of title IV of the 

11 McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 

12 U.S.C. 11381 et seq.). 

13 ‘‘(c) USE OF PROPERTIES FOR HOUSING OR SHEL14 TER FOR THE HOMELESS.— 

15 ‘‘(1) ELIGIBLE USES.—An eligible private non16 profit organization that receives a grant under sub17 section (b) shall use the amounts received only to 

18 purchase or rehabilitate real property for use to pro19 vide permanent housing, transitional housing, or 

20 temporary shelter to the homeless. 

21 ‘‘(2) TERM OF USE.—The Secretary may not 

22 make a grant under subsection (b) to an eligible pri23 vate nonprofit organization unless the eligible pri24 vate nonprofit organization provides to the Secretary 

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1 essary to ensure that any real property purchased or 

2 rehabilitated using amounts received under the grant 

3 is used only for the uses described in paragraph (1) 

4 for a period of not less than 15 years. 

5 ‘‘(d) PREFERENCE.—In awarding grants under sub6 section (b), the Secretary shall give preference to eligible 

7 private nonprofit organizations that operate within areas 

8 in which Federal real property is being sold under the dis9 posal program authorized under section 626. 

10 ‘‘(e) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary may promulgate 

11 such regulations as are necessary to carry out this sec12 tion.’’. 

13 SEC. 123. REPORT OF THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL. 

14 (a) DRAFT.—Not later than 3 years after the date 

15 of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the 

16 United States shall submit to Congress a draft report on 

17 the expedited disposal pilot program established by the 

18 amendments made by section 122. 

19 (b) FINAL.—Not later than 5 years after the date 

20 of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the 

21 United States shall submit to Congress a final report on 

22 the expedited disposal pilot program established by the 

23 amendments made by section 122. 


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1 SEC. 124. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT. 

2 The table of sections for chapter 5 of subtitle I of 

3 title 40, United States Code, is amended by inserting after 

4 the item relating to section 611 the following: 

‘‘SUBCHAPTER VII—PROPERTY MANAGEMENT AND EXPEDITED DISPOSAL OF

REAL PROPERTY

‘‘621. Definitions. 

‘‘622. Duties of Federal agencies. 

‘‘623. Colocation among United States Postal Service properties. 

‘‘624. Establishment of a Federal Real Property Council. 

‘‘625. Federal real property inventory and database. 

‘‘626. Limitation on certain leasing authorities. 

‘‘627. Expedited disposal pilot program. 

‘‘628. Homeless assistance grants.’’. 

5 TITLE II—OTHER MATTERS 

6 SEC. 201. REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION OF CERTAIN 

7 MEDICARE AND MEDICAID FRAUD DETEC8 TION AND PROGRAM INTEGRITY PROVISIONS. 

9 Section 1128J(a)(1)(A) of the Social Security Act 

10 (42 U.S.C. 1320a–7k(a)(1)(A)) is amended by adding at 

11 the end the following new clause: 

12 ‘‘(iii) REPORT ON INTEGRATED DATA

13 REPOSITORY AND ONE PROGRAM INTEG14 RITY SYSTEM.—Not later than six months 

15 after the date of enactment of this clause, 

16 the Secretary shall submit to the appro17 priate congressional committees a report 

18 on the following: 

19 ‘‘(I) INTEGRATED DATA REPOSI20 TORY.—Efforts to finalize plans and 


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1 schedules for fully implementing and 

2 expanding the use of the Integrated 

3 Data Repository, including actions 

4 taken to finalize, implement, and 

5 manage plans for incorporating data 

6 into the Integrated Data Repository 

7 and actions taken to define measur8 able financial benefits expected from 

9 the implementation of the Integrated 

10 Data Repository. 

11 ‘‘(II) ONE PROGRAM INTEGRITY

12 SYSTEM.—Actions taken to plan, 

13 schedule, and conduct training on the 

14 One Program Integrity System, a 

15 web-based portal and suite of software 

16 tools used to analyze and extract data 

17 from the Integrated Data Repository, 

18 and actions taken to define measur19 able financial benefits expected from 

20 the use of the One Program Integrity 

21 System.’’. 


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1 SEC. 202. REVOCATION OR DENIAL OF PASSPORT AND 

2 PASSPORT CARD IN CASE OF CERTAIN UN3 PAID TAXES. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter D of chapter 75 of the 

5 Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at 

6 the end the following new section: 

7 ‘‘SEC. 7345. REVOCATION OR DENIAL OF PASSPORT IN CASE 

8 OF CERTAIN TAX DELINQUENCIES. 

9 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—If the Secretary receives certifi10 cation by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue that any 

11 individual has a seriously delinquent tax debt in an 

12 amount in excess of $50,000, the Secretary shall transmit 

13 such certification to the Secretary of State for action with 

14 respect to denial, revocation, or limitation of a passport 

15 or passport card pursuant to section 4 of the Act entitled 

16 ‘An Act to regulate the issue and validity of passports, 

17 and for other purposes’, approved July 3, 1926 (22 U.S.C. 

18 211a et seq.), commonly known as the ‘Passport Act of 

19 1926’. 

20 ‘‘(b) SERIOUSLY DELINQUENT TAX DEBT.—For pur21 poses of this section, the term ‘seriously delinquent tax 

22 debt’ means an outstanding debt under this title for which 

23 a notice of lien has been filed in public records pursuant 

24 to section 6323 or a notice of levy has been filed pursuant 

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1 ‘‘(1) a debt that is being paid in a timely man2 ner pursuant to an agreement under section 6159 or 

3 7122, and 

4 ‘‘(2) a debt with respect to which collection is 

5 suspended because a collection due process hearing 

6 under section 6330, or relief under subsection (b), 

7 (c), or (f) of section 6015, is requested or pending. 

8 ‘‘(c) ADJUSTMENT FOR INFLATION.—In the case of 

9 a calendar year beginning after 2016, the dollar amount 

10 in subsection (a) shall be increased by an amount equal 

11 to— 

12 ‘‘(1) such dollar amount, multiplied by 

13 ‘‘(2) the cost-of-living adjustment determined 

14 under section 1(f)(3) for the calendar year, deter15 mined by substituting ‘calendar year 2015’ for ‘cal16 endar year 1992’ in subparagraph (B) thereof. 

17 If any amount as adjusted under the preceding sentence 

18 is not a multiple of $1,000, such amount shall be rounded 

19 to the next highest multiple of $1,000.’’. 

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

21 for subchapter D of chapter 75 of the Internal Revenue 

22 Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the fol23 lowing new item: 

‘‘Sec. 7345. Revocation or denial of passport in case of certain tax delinquencies.’’. 

24 (c) AUTHORITY FOR INFORMATION SHARING.— 


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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (l) of section 

2 6103 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is 

3 amended by adding at the end the following new 

4 paragraph: 

5 ‘‘(23) DISCLOSURE OF RETURN INFORMATION

6 TO DEPARTMENT OF STATE FOR PURPOSES OF PASS7 PORT AND PASSPORT CARD REVOCATION UNDER

8 SECTION 7345.— 

9 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall, 

10 upon receiving a certification described in sec11 tion 7345, disclose to the Secretary of State re12 turn information with respect to a taxpayer who 

13 has a seriously delinquent tax debt described in 

14 such section. Such return information shall be 

15 limited to— 

16 ‘‘(i) the taxpayer identity information 

17 with respect to such taxpayer, and 

18 ‘‘(ii) the amount of such seriously de19 linquent tax debt. 

20 ‘‘(B) RESTRICTION ON DISCLOSURE.—Re21 turn information disclosed under subparagraph 

22 (A) may be used by officers and employees of 

23 the Department of State for the purposes of, 

24 and to the extent necessary in, carrying out the 

25 requirements of section 4 of the Act entitled 


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1 ‘An Act to regulate the issue and validity of 

2 passports, and for other purposes’, approved 

3 July 3, 1926 (22 U.S.C. 211a et seq.), com4 monly known as the ‘Passport Act of 1926’.’’. 

5 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Paragraph (4) 

6 of section 6103(p) of such Code is amended by strik7 ing ‘‘or (22)’’ each place it appears in subparagraph 

8 (F)(ii) and in the matter preceding subparagraph 

9 (A) and inserting ‘‘(22), or (23)’’. 

10 (d) REVOCATION AUTHORIZATION.—The Act entitled 

11 ‘‘An Act to regulate the issue and validity of passports, 

12 and for other purposes’’, approved July 3, 1926 (22 

13 U.S.C. 211a et seq.), commonly known as the ‘‘Passport 

14 Act of 1926’’, is amended by adding at the end the fol15 lowing: 

16 ‘‘SEC. 4. AUTHORITY TO DENY OR REVOKE PASSPORT AND 

17 PASSPORT CARD. 

18 ‘‘(a) INELIGIBILITY.— 

19 ‘‘(1) ISSUANCE.—Except as provided under 

20 subsection (b), upon receiving a certification de21 scribed in section 7345 of the Internal Revenue 

22 Code of 1986 from the Secretary of the Treasury, 

23 the Secretary of State may not issue a passport or 

24 passport card to any individual who has a seriously 

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1 ‘‘(2) REVOCATION.—The Secretary of State 

2 shall revoke a passport or passport card previously 

3 issued to any individual described in paragraph (1). 

4 ‘‘(b) EXCEPTIONS.— 

5 ‘‘(1) EMERGENCY AND HUMANITARIAN SITUA6 TIONS.—Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Sec7 retary of State may issue a passport or passport 

8 card, in emergency circumstances or for humani9 tarian reasons, to an individual described in sub10 section (a)(1). 

11 ‘‘(2) LIMITATION FOR RETURN TO UNITED

12 STATES.—Notwithstanding subsection (a)(2), the 

13 Secretary of State, before revocation, may— 

14 ‘‘(A) limit a previously issued passport or 

15 passport card only for return travel to the 

16 United States; or 

17 ‘‘(B) issue a limited passport or passport 

18 card that only permits return travel to the 

19 United States.’’. 

20 (e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

21 this section shall take effect on January 1, 2016. 


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1 SEC. 203. PROHIBITION ON NON-COST-EFFECTIVE MINTING 

2 AND PRINTING OF COINS AND CURRENCY. 

3 (a) PROHIBITION WITH RESPECT TO COINS.—Sec4 tion 5111 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by 

5 adding at the end the following: 

6 ‘‘(e) PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN MINTING.—Notwith7 standing any other provision of this subchapter, beginning 

8 on the date that is 4 years after the date of enactment 

9 of this subsection, the Secretary may not mint or issue 

10 any circulating coin that costs more to produce than the 

11 denomination of the coin (including labor, materials, dies, 

12 use of machinery, overhead expenses, marketing, and ship13 ping).’’. 

14 (b) PROHIBITION WITH RESPECT TO CURRENCY.— 

15 Section 5114(a) of title 31, United States Code, is amend16 ed by adding at the end the following: 

17 ‘‘(4) PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN PRINTING.— 

18 Notwithstanding any other provision of this sub19 chapter, beginning on the date that is 4 years after 

20 the date of enactment of this paragraph, the Sec21 retary may not engrave or print any United States 

22 currency that costs more to produce than the de23 nomination of the currency (including labor, mate24 rials, dies, use of machinery, overhead expenses, 

25 marketing, and shipping).’’. 


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1 SEC. 204. RESTRICTIONS ON PRINTING AND DISTRIBUTION 

2 OF PAPER COPIES OF CONGRESSIONAL DOC3 UMENTS. 

4 (a) PRINTING AND DISTRIBUTION OF DOCUMENTS

5 BY PUBLIC PRINTER.— 

6 (1) RESTRICTIONS.—Chapter 7 of title 44, 

7 United States Code, is amended by adding at the 

8 end the following new section: 

9 ‘‘§ 742. Restrictions on printing and distribution of 

10 paper copies 

11 ‘‘(a) MANDATORY USE OF ELECTRONIC FORMAT FOR

12 DISTRIBUTION OF CONGRESSIONAL DOCUMENTS.—Not13 withstanding any other provision of this chapter, the Di14 rector of the Government Publishing Office shall make any 

15 document of the House of Representatives or Senate 

16 which is subject to any of the provisions of this chapter 

17 available only in an electronic format which is accessible 

18 through the Internet, and may not print or distribute a 

19 printed copy of the document except as provided in sub20 section (b). 

21 ‘‘(b) PERMITTING PRINTING AND DISTRIBUTION OF

22 PRINTED COPIES UPON REQUEST.—Notwithstanding 

23 subsection (a), at the request of any person to whom the 

24 Director of the Government Publishing Office would have 

25 been required to provide a printed copy of a document 

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1 the Director may print and distribute a copy of a docu2 ment or report for the use of that person, except that— 

3 ‘‘(1) the number of printed copies the Director 

4 may provide to the person may not exceed the num5 ber of printed copies the Director would have pro6 vided to the person had subsection (a) not been in 

7 effect; and 

8 ‘‘(2) the Director may print and distribute cop9 ies to the person only upon payment by the person 

10 of the costs of printing and distributing the copies, 

11 except that this paragraph shall not apply to an of12 fice of the House of Representatives or Senate (in13 cluding the office of a Member of Congress).’’. 

14 (2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec15 tions of chapter 7 of title 44, United States Code, 

16 is amended by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘742. Restrictions on printing and distribution of paper copies.’’. 

17 (b) PROVISION OF DOCUMENTS IN ELECTRONIC

18 FORMAT DEEMED TO MEET REQUIREMENTS OF HOUSE

19 AND SENATE RULES REGARDING DISTRIBUTION OF

20 PRINTED COPIES.— 

21 (1) IN GENERAL.—If any rule or regulation of 

22 the House of Representatives or Senate requires a 

23 Member or committee to provide printed copies of 

24 any document (including any bill or resolution) for 

25 the use of the House or Senate or for the use of any 


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1 office of the House or Senate, the Member or com2 mittee shall be considered to have met the require3 ment of the rule or regulation if the Member or com4 mittee makes the document available to the recipient 

5 in an electronic format. 

6 (2) EXERCISE OF RULEMAKING AUTHORITY OF

7 SENATE AND HOUSE.—This subsection is enacted by 

8 Congress— 

9 (A) as an exercise of the rulemaking power 

10 of the Senate and House of Representatives, re11 spectively, and as such it is deemed a part of 

12 the rules of each House, respectively, and it su13 persedes other rules only to the extent that it 

14 is inconsistent with such rules; and 

15 (B) with full recognition of the constitu16 tional right of either House to change the rules 

17 (so far as relating to the procedure of that 

18 House) at any time, in the same manner, and 

19 to the same extent as in the case of any other 

20 rule of that House. 

21 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section and the amend22 ments made by this section shall apply with respect to doc23 uments produced on or after January 1, 2016. 


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1 SEC. 205. REPLACING THE $1 NOTE WITH THE $1 COIN. 

2 (a) DUTIES OF THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE

3 FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM.— 

4 (1) COIN SEQUESTRATION.— 

5 (A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 

6 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 

7 the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

8 System shall sequester all $1 coins bearing the 

9 design common to those $1 coins minted and 

10 issued from 1979 through 1981 and in 1999. 

11 (B) TREATMENT OF COINS.—Coins seques12 tered pursuant to subparagraph (A) shall not 

13 be returned to ordinary circulation or otherwise 

14 released from storage controlled by the Federal 

15 Reserve System or an agent of the Federal Re16 serve System. 

17 (C) EXCEPTION FOR CERTAIN USES.—Not18 withstanding subparagraph (B), coins seques19 tered pursuant to subparagraph (A) may be re20 leased, at face value and in bulk quantities— 

21 (i) to dealers in collectible coins; and 

22 (ii) to countries that have adopted the 

23 United States dollar as their base unit of 

24 exchange. 


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1 (D) OBSOLETE COINS.—On the date that 

2 is 1 year after the date of enactment of this 

3 Act, the coins described in subparagraph (A)— 

4 (i) shall be declared by the Secretary 

5 of the Treasury to be obsolete; 

6 (ii) shall be treated in the same man7 ner as all other obsolete United States 

8 coins; and 

9 (iii) to the extent the coins remain in 

10 general circulation, shall remain legal ten11 der. 

12 (2) QUARTERLY REPORT ON $1 COINS.—The 

13 Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System 

14 shall submit to the Committee on Banking, Housing, 

15 and Urban Affairs of the Senate and the Committee 

16 on Financial Services of the House of Representa17 tives a quarterly report on— 

18 (A) the number of coins sequestered pursu19 ant to paragraph (1)(A); 

20 (B) the number of coins described in para21 graph (1)(A) that remain in general circulation; 

22 and 

23 (C) efforts that have been made to reduce 

24 the number of coins described in subparagraphs 

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1 (3) IMPROVEMENT OF CIRCULATION.—The 

2 Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System 

3 shall— 

4 (A) undertake efforts to improve the cir5 culation and remove barriers to the circulation 

6 of the $1 coin, other than the coins described 

7 under paragraph (1)(A); 

8 (B) submit to the Committee on Banking, 

9 Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate and 

10 the Committee on Financial Services of the 

11 House of Representatives a quarterly report 

12 on— 

13 (i) the efforts made to improve the 

14 circulation of $1 coins and the efforts 

15 being planned to improve the circulation of 

16 $1 coins; 

17 (ii) the success of such efforts, includ18 ing an analysis of the coins described in 

19 clause (i) held in storage owned or con20 trolled by the Federal Reserve System and 

21 the number of such coins in circulation; 

22 (iii) barriers to the circulation of such 

23 coins, including the availability of such 

24 coins in quantities unmixed with the $1 

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1 (iv) the extent to which the Federal 

2 Reserve System and any agents of the 

3 Federal Reserve System are unable to 

4 meet end-user requests for delivery of 

5 unmixed quantities of such coins in what6 ever form such end user requires, including 

7 rolls, disposable tubes, or volume bags of 

8 such coins. 

9 (4) OUTREACH AND EDUCATION.—The Board 

10 of Governors of the Federal Reserve System shall 

11 continuously conduct outreach and education pro12 grams aimed at helping each business using or ac13 cepting cash to choose the best mix of $1 coins and 

14 banknotes to facilitate transactions and reduce costs 

15 of transactions and of cashing out at the end of a 

16 transaction period. 

17 (5) USE OF $1 COINS BY FOREIGN COUN18 TRIES.—The Board of Governors of the Federal Re19 serve System shall work with the Secretary of State 

20 and the Secretary of the Treasury to ensure that 

21 countries that have adopted the dollar as a base unit 

22 of exchange and that place orders with the Federal 

23 Reserve System, or through any United States fi24 nancial institution, for supplies of $1 monetary 

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1 order on the durability and longevity of $1 coins in 

2 high-circulation economies when used for trans3 actions of a low dollar value. 

4 (b) PUBLICITY REQUIREMENT.—Section 5112(p)(2) 

5 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by striking 

6 ‘‘Mint,’’ and inserting ‘‘Mint and the Board of Governors 

7 of the Federal Reserve System’’. 

8 (c) REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION.—Not later than 

9 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, and annu10 ally thereafter, the Comptroller General of the United 

11 States and the Inspector General of the Board of Gov12 ernors of the Federal Reserve System and the Bureau of 

13 Consumer Financial Protection shall each submit to the 

14 Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of 

15 the Senate and the Committee on Financial Services of 

16 the House of Representatives a report on steps being 

17 taken by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

18 System to carry out this Act. 

19 (d) CLARIFICATION WITH RESPECT TO SEIGNIOR20 AGE.—The ninth proviso of section 5136 of title 31, 

21 United States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘and such 

22 amount shall be included as an estimated receipt of the 

23 Government under section 1105(a)(6) and a receipt of the 

24 Government under section 1105(a)(7) in any budget sub25 mitted under that section’’ after ‘‘miscellaneous receipts’’. 


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1 (e) POLICY STATEMENT.—It is the policy of the 

2 United States that after $1 coins achieve sufficient market 

3 penetration such that consumers and retailers are com4 fortable using $1 coins and are able to obtain adequate 

5 supplies of $1 coins, $1 coins should replace $1 Federal 

6 Reserve notes as the only $1 monetary unit issued and 

7 circulated by the Federal Reserve System. 

8 (f) DEADLINE FOR PLACING $1 FEDERAL RESERVE

9 NOTES INTO CIRCULATION.—Federal Reserve banks may 

10 continue to place into circulation $1 Federal Reserve notes 

11 until the earlier of— 

12 (1) the date on which the number of $1 coins 

13 placed into circulation after the date of the enact14 ment of this Act exceeds 600,000,000 annually; or 

15 (2) the date that is 4 years after the date of the 

16 enactment of this Act. 

17 (g) TRANSITION PERIOD.—Beginning on the date de18 scribed in subsection (f), a Federal Reserve bank— 

19 (1) may not order additional $1 Federal Re20 serve notes; and 

21 (2) except as provided in subsection (h), may, 

22 during the 1-year period beginning on the date de23 scribed in subsection (f), place into circulation $1 

24 Federal Reserve notes on hand or those deposited 

25 with the Federal Reserve bank. 


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1 (h) REMOVAL OF UNFIT CURRENCY.—Beginning on 

2 the date described in subparagraph (f), a Federal Reserve 

3 bank shall— 

4 (1) remove unfit currency from circulation; and 

5 (2) destroy the currency described in paragraph 

6 (1). 

7 (i) EXCEPTION.— 

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding subsections 

9 (f) and (g), the Board of Governors of the Federal 

10 Reserve System shall produce such Federal Reserve 

11 notes of $1 denomination as the Board determines 

12 from time to time are appropriate solely to meet the 

13 needs of collectors of that denomination. 

14 (2) ISSUANCE OF FEDERAL RESERVE NOTES.— 

15 The notes described in paragraph (1) shall— 

16 (A) be issued by 1 or more Federal Re17 serve banks in accordance with section 16 of 

18 the Federal Reserve Act (12 U.S.C. 411); and 

19 (B) sold by the Board of Governors of the 

20 Federal Reserve System, in whole or in part, 

21 under procedures prescribed by the Board. 

22 (j) NO EFFECT ON LEGAL TENDER.—Notwith23 standing any other provision of this section, $1 Federal 

24 Reserve notes shall be considered legal tender in the 

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1 charges, taxes, and duties, regardless of the date of print2 ing or issue. 

3 SEC. 206. ENHANCING THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE’S 

4 ONLINE SERVICES. 

5 Not later than 6 months after the date of the enact6 ment of this Act, the Commissioner of Internal Revenue 

7 shall, pursuant to the recommendations of the Govern8 ment Accountability Office in its report GAO–14–343SP 

9 (April 2014): 

10 (1) Develop a long-term strategy to improve 

11 Internet web services provided to taxpayers, in ac12 cordance with www.Howto.gov and other Federal 

13 guidance outlined in the report of the Government 

14 Accountability Office GAO–13–279SP (April 2013). 

15 (2) Study leading practices of other organiza16 tions to understand how web improvement strategies 

17 were developed and new services prioritized. 

18 (3) Develop business cases for all new online 

19 services, describing the potential benefits and costs 

20 of the project, and use them to prioritize future 

21 projects. 

22 (4) Review risk mitigation plans for interactive 

23 tools to ensure all risks are addressed and link in24 vestments in security to the long-term plan. 


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1 SEC. 207. IMPROVING FORECLOSURE LOSS MITIGATION EF2 FORTS FOR MORTGAGES MADE, INSURED, OR 

3 GUARANTEED BY FEDERAL AGENCIES. 

4 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 

5 (1) the term ‘‘applicable agency’’ means— 

6 (A) with respect to the Secretary of Hous7 ing and Urban Development, the Department of 

8 Housing and Urban Development; 

9 (B) with respect to the Secretary of Agri10 culture, the Department of Agriculture; and 

11 (C) with respect to the Secretary of Vet12 erans Affairs, the Department of Veterans Af13 fairs; and 

14 (2) the term ‘‘covered loans and mortgages’’ 

15 means, with respect to an applicable agency, loans 

16 for and mortgages on 1- to 4-family homes made, in17 sured, or guaranteed by the applicable agency. 

18 (b) REQUIRED ANALYSIS.—Not later than 6 months 

19 after the date of enactment of this Act, and every year 

20 thereafter, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop21 ment, the Secretary of Agriculture, and the Secretary of 

22 Veterans Affairs shall each analyze the effectiveness and 

23 long-term costs and benefits of the programs, actions, and 

24 strategies of the applicable agency for avoidance or mitiga25 tion of foreclosure losses with respect to covered loans and 


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1 mortgages of the applicable agency, which shall include an 

2 analysis of— 

3 (1) the re-default rates associated with various 

4 types of loss mitigation actions; and 

5 (2) the impacts that loan and borrower charac6 teristics have on the performance of different loss 

7 mitigation actions. 

8 (c) RE-EVALUATION.—Upon completion of each anal9 ysis conducted under subsection (b), the Secretary of 

10 Housing and Urban Development, the Secretary of Agri11 culture, and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall each 

12 use the results of the analysis with respect to the covered 

13 loans of the applicable agency to— 

14 (1) re-evaluate the programs, actions, and 

15 strategies of the applicable agency for avoidance or 

16 mitigation of foreclosure losses with respect to cov17 ered loans and mortgages; and 

18 (2) provide additional guidance to servicers of 

19 covered loans and mortgages to more effectively tar20 get and implement loss mitigation efforts. 

21 (d) COLLECTION OF INFORMATION.—The Secretary 

22 of Housing and Urban Development, the Secretary of Ag23 riculture, and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall— 

24 (1) collect such information regarding covered 

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1 be necessary to conduct each analysis required under 

2 subsection (b), including loan level data and infor3 mation regarding loan performance; or 

4 (2) require servicers of the covered loans and 

5 mortgages of the applicable agency to provide any 

6 such information not maintained or collected by the 

7 applicable agency. 

8 (e) CONSULTATION AND COORDINATION.—The Sec9 retary of Housing and Urban Development, the Secretary 

10 of Agriculture, and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 

11 consult and coordinate with each other in conducting each 

12 analysis and re-evaluation required under subsections (b) 

13 and (c), respectively, to ensure the sharing of information 

14 and promote effective loss mitigation efforts. 

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