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114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6192 

To amend title 10, United States Code, to permit the Secretary of Defense 

to transfer excess personal property of the Department of Defense to 

law enforcement agencies only by means of auction, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016 

Mr. SANFORD introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each 

case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of 

the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To amend title 10, United States Code, to permit the Secretary of Defense to transfer excess personal property 

of the Department of Defense to law enforcement agencies only by means of auction, 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 ‘‘Responsible Law En5 forcement Acquisition Act of 2016’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. DISPOSAL OF EXCESS PERSONAL PROPERTY OF 

2 THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE BY MEANS 

3 OF AUCTION. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2576a of title 10, United 

5 States Code, is amended— 

6 (1) in the heading by striking ‘‘sale or dona7 tion’’ and inserting ‘‘auction’’; 

8 (2) by striking the period at the end of sub9 section (b)(6) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; 

10 (3) by adding after subsection (b)(6) the fol11 lowing new paragraph: 

12 ‘‘(7) the recipient is a State, local, or tribal law 

13 enforcement agency and is the high bidder at an 

14 auction, open only to such agencies, for such per15 sonal property, conducted by— 

16 ‘‘(A) the Secretary; or 

17 ‘‘(B) an appropriate entity with whom the 

18 Secretary has entered into a contract to carry 

19 out this paragraph.’’; and 

20 (4) in subsection (c)— 

21 (A) by striking ‘‘Subject to subsection 

22 (b)(4), the Secretary may’’ and inserting ‘‘(1) 

23 The Secretary may not’’; and 

24 (B) by adding at the end the following new 

25 paragraph: 


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1 ‘‘(2) The Secretary shall deposit the proceeds 

2 from an auction conducted under subsection (b)(7) 

3 in the general fund of the Treasury.’’. 

4 (b) REPEAL OF PREFERENCE FOR CERTAIN TRANS5 FERS.—Subsection (d) of such section is repealed. 

6 (c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

7 at the beginning of chapter 153 of title 10, United States 

8 Code, is amended by striking the item relating to section 

9 2576a and inserting the following: 

‘‘2576a. Excess personal property: auction for law enforcement activities.’’. 

10 SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR CERTAIN 

11 WORKING GROUPS. 

12 Effective on the date of the enactment of this Act, 

13 none of the funds made available to, or funds or fees col14 lected by, any Executive agency (as that term is defined 

15 in section 105 of title 5, United States Code) may be used 

16 to implement, administer, carry out, or enforce any Execu17 tive order or rule, regulation, action, directive, memo18 randum, or any other policy of the executive branch, 

19 issued on January 16, 2015, or any date thereafter, that 

20 has the effect of establishing an interagency working 

21 group regarding the transfer of personal property of the 

22 Department of Defense to State, local, or tribal law en23 forcement agencies, or the use of such property. 

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