I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 752 
To direct Federal agencies to donate excess and surplus Federal electronic 
equipment, including computers, computer components, printers, and fax 
machines, to qualifying small towns, counties, schools, nonprofit organiza-
tions, and libraries. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 31, 2007 
Mr. BUTTERFIELD (for himself, Mr. CONYERS, Ms. LEE, Mr. HONDA, and 
Mr. BACA) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Oversight and Government Reform 
A BILL 
To direct Federal agencies to donate excess and surplus 
Federal electronic equipment, including computers, com-
puter components, printers, and fax machines, to quali-
fying small towns, counties, schools, nonprofit organiza-
tions, and libraries. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Federal Electronic 
Equipment Donation Act of 2007’’. 
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SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT TO DONATE USEFUL FEDERAL 
ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT TO QUALIFYING 
RECIPIENTS. 
(a) TRANSFER OF EQUIPMENT TO QUALIFYING EN-
TITIES.—Each Federal agency shall identify useful Fed-
eral electronic equipment that the agency has determined 
is surplus property and— 
(1) transfer such equipment to the Adminis-
trator of General Services for transfer for donation 
to a qualifying recipient in accordance with section 
549 of title 40, United States Code; 
(2) transfer such equipment directly to a quali-
fying recipient, through an arrangement made by 
the Administrator of General Services under sub-
section (b); or 
(3) transfer such equipment directly to a quali-
fying recipient pursuant to section 11(i) of the Ste-
venson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 
(15 U.S.C. 3710(i)) and in accordance with sub-
section (c). 
(b) ADVANCE
REPORTING
OF
EQUIPMENT
TO 
GSA.—Each Federal agency shall report to the Adminis-
trator of General Services the availability of useful Federal 
electronic equipment as far as possible in advance of the 
date the equipment is expected to become surplus, so that 
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the Administrator may attempt to arrange for the direct 
transfer from the donating agency to qualifying recipients. 
(c) TRANSFERS
UNDER
STEVENSON-WYDLER.— 
With respect to any transfer described in subsection 
(a)(3), if the equipment is not classroom-usable, the equip-
ment shall be conveyed initially to a nonprofit refurbisher 
for upgrade before transfer to the recipient. 
(d) PREFERENCE.—In transferring any equipment 
pursuant to this Act, the Administrator of General Serv-
ices shall give the highest preference to qualifying recipi-
ents located in an enterprise community or empowerment 
zone designated under section 1391 or 1400 of the Inter-
nal Revenue Code of 1986. 
(e) LOW COST.—Any transfer made pursuant to this 
Act shall be made at the lowest cost to the qualifying re-
cipient permitted by law. 
(f) NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY OF EQUIPMENT.—The 
Administrator of General Services shall provide notice of 
the anticipated availability of useful Federal electronic 
equipment to qualifying recipients by all practicable 
means, including newspapers, community announcements, 
and the Internet. 
(g) FACILITATION BY REGIONAL FEDERAL EXECU-
TIVE BOARDS.—The regional Federal Executive Boards 
(as that term is used in part 960 of title 5, Code of Fed-
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eral Regulations) shall help facilitate the transfer of useful 
Federal electronic equipment from the agencies they rep-
resent to qualifying recipients under this Act. 
SEC. 3. RULEMAKING. 
The Administrator of General Services shall prescribe 
rules and procedures to carry out this Act. 
SEC. 4. EFFECT ON OTHER LAWS. 
This Act supersedes Executive Order No. 12999 of 
April 17, 1996. 
SEC. 5. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 
This Act may not be construed to create any right 
or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law 
by a party against the United States or its agencies, offi-
cers, or employees. 
SEC. 6. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) The term ‘‘Federal agency’’ means an Exec-
utive department or an Executive agency (as such 
terms are defined in chapter 1 of title 5, United 
States Code). 
(2) The term ‘‘qualifying recipient’’ means any 
of the following: 
(A) An educational recipient. 
(B) A qualifying small town. 
(C) A qualifying county. 
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(D) A library. 
(3) The term ‘‘educational recipient’’ means a 
school or a community-based educational organiza-
tion. 
(4) The term ‘‘school’’ includes a pre-kinder-
garten program (as that term is used in the Elemen-
tary and Secondary Education Act of 1965), an ele-
mentary school, a secondary school, and a local edu-
cational agency (as those terms are defined in sec-
tion 9101 of that Act.) 
(5) The term ‘‘community based educational or-
ganization’’ means a nonprofit entity that— 
(A) is engaged in collaborative projects 
with schools or the primary focus of which is 
education; and 
(B) qualifies as a nonprofit educational in-
stitution or organization for purposes of section 
549(c)(3) of title 40, United States Code. 
(6) The term ‘‘qualifying small town’’ means a 
political subdivision with a population of not more 
than 24,999 individuals where 20 percent or more of 
the residents earn less than the poverty threshold 
(as defined by the Bureau of the Census). 
(7) The term ‘‘qualifying county’’ means a 
county where 20 percent or more of the residents 
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earn less than the poverty threshold (as defined by 
the Bureau of the Census). 
(8) The term ‘‘useful Federal electronic equip-
ment’’— 
(A) means— 
(i) computers and related peripheral 
tools (such as computer printers, modems, 
routers, 
and 
servers), 
including 
tele-
communications and research equipment; 
(ii) fax machines; and 
(iii) any other electronic equipment 
determined by a Federal agency to be po-
tentially useful to a qualifying recipient; 
and 
(B) includes computer software, where the 
transfer of a license is permitted. 
(9) The term ‘‘classroom-usable,’’ with respect 
to useful Federal electronic equipment, means such 
equipment that does not require an upgrade of hard-
ware or software in order to be used by an edu-
cational recipient without being first transferred 
under section 2(c) to a nonprofit refurbisher for 
such an upgrade. 
(10) The term ‘‘nonprofit refurbisher’’ means 
an organization that— 
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(A) is exempt from income taxes under 
section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986; and 
(B) upgrades useful Federal electronic 
equipment that is not yet classroom-usable at 
no cost or low cost to the ultimate recipient 
school or community-based educational organi-
zation. 
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