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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 6277 

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 

A BILL 

To amend the Federal Assets Sale and Transfer Act of 

2016 to improve such Act, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘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— 


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

2 the end; 

3 (B) in paragraph (10) by striking the pe4 riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

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

6 ‘‘(11) implementing innovative methods for the 

7 sale, redevelopment, consolidation, or lease of Fed8 eral buildings and facilities, including the use of no 

9 cost, nonappropriated contracts for expert real es10 tate services to obtain the highest and best value for 

11 the taxpayer.’’; 

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

13 than office buildings and warehouses,’’ after ‘‘Prop14 erties’’; 

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

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

17 (4) in section 7 by adding at the end the fol18 lowing: 

19 ‘‘(c) RETURN TO CIVIL SERVICE.—An Executive Di20 rector selected from the civil service (as such term is de21 fined in section 2101 of title 5, United States Code) shall 

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

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

24 Board ends for reasons other than misconduct, neglect of 

25 duty, or malfeasance.’’; 


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1 (5) in section 8— 

2 (A) in subsection (b)— 

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

4 OMB’’; and 

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

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

7 Board’’; 

8 (B) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub9 section (d); and 

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

11 following: 

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

13 Director, with approval of the Board, may utilize the Of14 fice of Personnel Management to hire employees for terms 

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

16 Management guidance for nonstatus appointments in the 

17 competitive service.’’; 

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

19 date on which the Board members are appointed 

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

21 31, 2026’’; 

22 (7) in section 11(a)— 

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

24 by striking ‘‘the Administrator and the Director 


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

2 Director of OMB, and the Board’’; 

3 (B) in paragraph (1)— 

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

5 footage’’; and 

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

7 associated with the property, and whether 

8 the property is on a campus or larger facil9 ity’’ before the period at the end; and 

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

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

12 plans to consolidate, reconfigure, or otherwise reduce 

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

14 (8) in section 12— 

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

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

17 failure by an agency to comply with a request 

18 of the Board, the Board shall notify the com19 mittees listed in section 5(c), the relevant con20 gressional committees of jurisdiction for the 

21 agency, and the inspector general of the agency 

22 of such failure.’’; 

23 (B) by redesignating subsections (d) 

24 through (i) as subsections (e) through (j), re25 spectively; 


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

2 following: 

3 ‘‘(d) PREPARATION OF PROPERTIES FOR DIS4 POSAL.—At the request of, and in coordination with, the 

5 Board, a Federal agency may undertake any analyses and 

6 due diligence as necessary to prepare a property for dis7 position so that the property may be included in the rec8 ommendations of the Board under subsection (h), includ9 ing completion of the requirements of section 306108 of 

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

11 identification of the likely highest and best use of the 

12 property subsequent to disposition.’’; 

13 (D) in subsection (h) (as so redesig14 nated)— 

15 (i) in paragraph (1)— 

16 (I) in subparagraph (A) by strik17 ing ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

18 (II) by redesignating subpara19 graph (B) as subparagraph (C); and 

20 (III) by inserting after subpara21 graph (A) the following: 

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

23 agencies to carry out the actions described 

24 under subparagraph (A), including the use of 

25 no cost, nonappropriated contracts for expert 


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1 real estate services and other innovative meth2 ods, to obtain the highest and best value for the 

3 taxpayer; and’’; and 

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

5 end the following: 

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

7 beginning on the day after the transmittal of 

8 the second report and ending on the day before 

9 the termination of the Board under section 10, 

10 the Board may transmit to the Director of 

11 OMB a third report required under paragraph 

12 (1).’’; and 

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

14 ‘‘(k) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The Board shall peri15 odically submit to the Committee on Transportation and 

16 Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the 

17 Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Sen18 ate a report containing any recommendations on consoli19 dations, exchanges, sales, lease reductions, and redevelop20 ments that are not included in the transmissions sub21 mitted under subsection (h), or approved by the Director 

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

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

24 (9) in section 13— 


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1 (A) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘sub2 sections (b) and (g)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsections 

3 (b) and (h)’’; and 

4 (B) in subsection (c)(4)— 

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

6 part,’’ before ‘‘received under paragraph 

7 (3)’’; and 

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

9 place it appears; 

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

11 and inserting the following: 

12 ‘‘(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The provisions of this sec13 tion, including the amendments made by this section, shall 

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

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

16 to proceeds from— 

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

18 ‘‘(2) any transactions conducted after the ter19 mination of the Board pursuant to section 10.’’; 

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

21 following: 

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

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

24 such campus or facility and related details, including 

25 total acreage.’’; and 


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

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

3 MEETINGS AND REPORTS. 

4 ‘‘The Federal Real Property Council established 

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

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

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

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

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

10 end the following: 

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

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