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Union Calendar No. 341 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6277 

[Report No. 118–414] 

To amend the Federal Assets Sale and Transfer Act of 2016 to improve 

such Act, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 7, 2023 

Mr. PERRY (for himself and Ms. TITUS) introduced the following bill; which 

was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 

MARCH 7, 2024 

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 amend the Federal Assets Sale and Transfer Act of 

2016 to improve such Act, and for other purposes. 


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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 ‘‘FASTA Reform Act 

5 of 2023’’. 

6 SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO THE FEDERAL ASSETS SALE AND 

7 TRANSFER ACT OF 2016. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Federal Assets Sale and 

9 Transfer Act of 2016 (40 U.S.C. 1303 note) is amended— 

10 (1) in section 2— 

11 (A) in paragraph (9) by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

12 the end; 

13 (B) in paragraph (10) by striking the pe14 riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

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

16 ‘‘(11) implementing innovative methods for the 

17 sale, redevelopment, consolidation, or lease of Fed18 eral buildings and facilities, including the use of no 

19 cost, nonappropriated contracts for expert real es20 tate services to obtain the highest and best value for 

21 the taxpayer.’’; 

22 (2) in section 3(5)(B)(viii) by inserting ‘‘, other 

23 than office buildings and warehouses,’’ after ‘‘Prop24 erties’’; 


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1 (3) in section 5(b) by striking ‘‘Five Board 

2 members’’ and inserting ‘‘Four Board members’’; 

3 (4) in section 7 by adding at the end the fol4 lowing: 

5 ‘‘(c) RETURN TO CIVIL SERVICE.—An Executive Di6 rector selected from the civil service (as such term is de7 fined in section 2101 of title 5, United States Code) shall 

8 be entitled to return to the civil service after service to 

9 the Board ends if the Executive Director’s service to the 

10 Board ends for reasons other than misconduct, neglect of 

11 duty, or malfeasance.’’; 

12 (5) in section 8— 

13 (A) in subsection (b)— 

14 (i) by striking ‘‘and the Director of 

15 OMB’’; and 

16 (ii) by inserting ‘‘for a period of not 

17 less than 1 year’’ before ‘‘to assist the 

18 Board’’; 

19 (B) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub20 section (d); and 

21 (C) by inserting after subsection (b) the 

22 following: 

23 ‘‘(c) HIRING OF TERM EMPLOYEES.—The Executive 

24 Director, with approval of the Board, may utilize the Of25 fice of Personnel Management to hire employees for terms 


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1 not to exceed 2 years pursuant to the Office of Personnel 

2 Management guidance for nonstatus appointments in the 

3 competitive service.’’; 

4 (6) in section 10 by striking ‘‘6 years after the 

5 date on which the Board members are appointed 

6 pursuant to section 4’’ and inserting ‘‘on December 

7 31, 2026’’; 

8 (7) in section 11(a)— 

9 (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1) 

10 by striking ‘‘the Administrator and the Director 

11 of OMB’’ and inserting ‘‘the Administrator, the 

12 Director of OMB, and the Board’’; 

13 (B) in paragraph (1)— 

14 (i) by striking ‘‘and’’ before ‘‘square 

15 footage’’; and 

16 (ii) by inserting ‘‘, amount of acreage 

17 associated with the property, and whether 

18 the property is on a campus or larger facil19 ity’’ before the period at the end; and 

20 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

21 ‘‘(3) CONSOLIDATION PLANS.—Any agency 

22 plans to consolidate, reconfigure, or otherwise reduce 

23 the use of owned and leased property.’’; 

24 (8) in section 12— 


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1 (A) in subsection (b)(2) by striking the 

2 second sentence and inserting ‘‘In the case of a 

3 failure by an agency to comply with a request 

4 of the Board, the Board shall notify the com5 mittees listed in section 5(c), the relevant con6 gressional committees of jurisdiction for the 

7 agency, and the inspector general of the agency 

8 of such failure.’’; 

9 (B) by redesignating subsections (d) 

10 through (i) as subsections (e) through (j), re11 spectively; 

12 (C) by inserting after subsection (c) the 

13 following: 

14 ‘‘(d) PREPARATION OF PROPERTIES FOR DIS15 POSAL.—At the request of, and in coordination with, the 

16 Board, a Federal agency may undertake any analyses and 

17 due diligence as necessary to prepare a property for dis18 position so that the property may be included in the rec19 ommendations of the Board under subsection (h), includ20 ing completion of the requirements of section 306108 of 

21 title 54, United States Code, for historic preservation and 

22 identification of the likely highest and best use of the 

23 property subsequent to disposition.’’; 

24 (D) in subsection (h) (as so redesig25 nated)— 


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1 (i) in paragraph (1)— 

2 (I) in subparagraph (A) by strik3 ing ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

4 (II) by redesignating subpara5 graph (B) as subparagraph (C); and 

6 (III) by inserting after subpara7 graph (A) the following: 

8 ‘‘(B) the process to be followed by Federal 

9 agencies to carry out the actions described 

10 under subparagraph (A), including the use of 

11 no cost, nonappropriated contracts for expert 

12 real estate services and other innovative meth13 ods, to obtain the highest and best value for the 

14 taxpayer; and’’; and 

15 (ii) in paragraph (2) by adding at the 

16 end the following: 

17 ‘‘(C) THIRD ROUND.—During the period 

18 beginning on the day after the transmittal of 

19 the second report and ending on the day before 

20 the termination of the Board under section 10, 

21 the Board may transmit to the Director of 

22 OMB a third report required under paragraph 

23 (1).’’; and 

24 (E) by adding at the end the following: 


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1 ‘‘(k) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The Board shall peri2 odically submit to the Committee on Transportation and 

3 Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the 

4 Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Sen5 ate a report containing any recommendations on consoli6 dations, exchanges, sales, lease reductions, and redevelop7 ments that are not included in the transmissions sub8 mitted under subsection (h), or approved by the Director 

9 of OMB under section 13, but which the majority of the 

10 Board concludes meets the goals of this Act.’’; 

11 (9) in section 13— 

12 (A) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘sub13 sections (b) and (g)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsections 

14 (b) and (h)’’; and 

15 (B) in subsection (c)(4)— 

16 (i) by inserting ‘‘, in whole or in 

17 part,’’ before ‘‘received under paragraph 

18 (3)’’; and 

19 (ii) by striking ‘‘revised’’ the second 

20 place it appears; 

21 (10) in section 20 by striking subsection (b) 

22 and inserting the following: 

23 ‘‘(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The provisions of this sec24 tion, including the amendments made by this section, shall 

25 take effect on the date on which the Board transmits the 


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1 second report under section 12(h)(2)(B) and shall apply 

2 to proceeds from— 

3 ‘‘(1) transactions contained in such report; and 

4 ‘‘(2) any transactions conducted after the ter5 mination of the Board pursuant to section 10.’’; 

6 (11) in section 21(b) by adding at the end the 

7 following: 

8 ‘‘(9) Whether the Federal real property is on a 

9 campus or similar facility and, if so, identification of 

10 such campus or facility and related details, including 

11 total acreage.’’; and 

12 (12) by inserting after section 25 the following: 

13 ‘‘SEC. 26. ACCESS TO FEDERAL REAL PROPERTY COUNCIL 

14 MEETINGS AND REPORTS. 

15 ‘‘The Federal Real Property Council established 

16 under section 623 of title 40, United States Code, shall 

17 ensure that the Board has access to any meetings of the 

18 Council and any reports required under such section.’’. 

19 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 

20 in section 1(b) of such Act is amended by adding at the 

21 end the following: 

‘‘Sec. 26. Access to Federal Real Property Council meetings and reports.’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 341 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6277 

[Report No. 118–414] 

A BILL 

To amend the Federal Assets Sale and Transfer 

purposes. Act of 2016 to improve such Act, and for other 

MARCH 7, 2024 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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