IB 
Union Calendar No. 412 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5787 
[Report No. 110–651] 
To amend title 40, United States Code, to enhance authorities with regard 
to real property that has yet to be reported excess, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 14, 2008 
Mr. MOORE of Kansas (for himself and Mr. DUNCAN) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government 
Reform 
MAY 15, 2008 
Additional sponsors: Mrs. BOYDA of Kansas, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Mr. 
SHAYS, Mr. TOWNS, Mr. WAXMAN, Mr. BOYD of Florida, Ms. HARMAN, 
Mr. HILL, and Mr. TANNER 
MAY 15, 2008 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on April 14, 2008] 
A BILL 
To amend title 40, United States Code, to enhance authori-
ties with regard to real property that has yet to be 
reported excess, and for other purposes. 
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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 Real Property 
Disposal Enhancement Act of 2008’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) In January 2003, the Government Account-
ability Office identified Federal real property as a 
high-risk area, citing excess property as a long-stand-
ing problem. 
(2) The magnitude of the problem with excess 
Federal real property continues to put the government 
at risk for lost dollars and missed opportunities. 
(3) The Administration has stated its goal is to 
reduce the size of the Federal real property inventory 
by 5 percent, or $15 billion, by disposing of unneeded 
assets by 2015. 
(4) The Federal inventory includes many prop-
erties that are no longer relevant to agencies’ missions 
and agencies are spending billions of dollars to main-
tain these unneeded properties. 
(5) The costs of preparing a property for transfer 
or sale continue to hamper some agencies’ efforts to 
address their unneeded properties and serve as a dis-
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incentive to disposal because, in the short-term, it can 
be more beneficial economically to maintain a prop-
erty that is not being used than to dispose of it. 
(6) Agencies should give greater attention to 
right-sizing their real property portfolios. 
(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this Act is to reduce 
the Federal inventory of unneeded and costly property. 
SEC. 3. DUTIES OF THE GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRA-
TION AND EXECUTIVE AGENCIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 524 of title 40, United 
States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 524. Duties of the General Services Administration 
and executive agencies 
‘‘(a) DUTIES OF THE GENERAL SERVICES ADMINIS-
TRATION.— 
‘‘(1) GUIDANCE.—The Administrator shall issue 
guidance for the development and implementation of 
agency real property plans. Such guidance shall in-
clude recommendations on— 
‘‘(A) how to identify excess properties; 
‘‘(B) how to evaluate the costs and benefits 
involved with disposing of real property; 
‘‘(C) how to prioritize disposal decisions 
based on agency missions and anticipated future 
need for holdings; and 
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‘‘(D) how best to dispose of those properties 
identified as excess to the needs of the agency. 
‘‘(2) ANNUAL REPORT.—The Administrator shall 
submit an annual report, for each of the first 5 years 
after 2008, to the Committee on Oversight and Gov-
ernment Reform of the House of Representatives and 
the Committee on Homeland Security and Govern-
mental Affairs of the Senate, based on data submitted 
from all executive agencies, detailing executive agency 
efforts to reduce their real property assets. 
‘‘(3) ASSISTANCE.—The Administrator shall as-
sist executive agencies in the identification and dis-
posal of excess real property. 
‘‘(b) DUTIES OF EXECUTIVE AGENCIES.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Each executive agency 
shall— 
‘‘(A) maintain adequate inventory controls 
and accountability systems for property under 
its control; 
‘‘(B) continuously survey property under its 
control to identify excess property; 
‘‘(C) promptly report excess property to the 
Administrator; 
‘‘(D) perform the care and handling of ex-
cess property; and 
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‘‘(E) transfer or dispose of excess property 
as promptly as possible in accordance with au-
thority delegated and regulations prescribed by 
the Administrator. 
‘‘(2) SPECIFIC
REQUIREMENTS
WITH
RESPECT 
TO REAL PROPERTY.—With respect to real property, 
each executive agency shall— 
‘‘(A) develop and implement a real property 
plan in order to identify properties to declare as 
excess using the guidance issued under subsection 
(a)(1); 
‘‘(B) identify and categorize all real prop-
erty owned, leased, or otherwise managed by the 
agency; 
‘‘(C) establish adequate goals and incentives 
that lead the agency to reduce excess real prop-
erty in its inventory; 
‘‘(D) when appropriate, use the authorities 
in section 572(a)(2)(B) of this title in order to 
identify and prepare real property to be reported 
as excess. 
‘‘(3) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS.—Each execu-
tive agency, as far as practicable, shall— 
‘‘(A) reassign property to another activity 
within the agency when the property is no longer 
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required for the purposes of the appropriation 
used to make the purchase; 
‘‘(B) transfer excess property under its con-
trol to other Federal agencies and to organiza-
tions specified in section 321(c)(2) of this title; 
and 
‘‘(C) obtain excess properties from other 
Federal agencies to meet mission needs before ac-
quiring non-Federal property.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The item relating to sec-
tion 524 in the table of sections at the beginning of chapter 
5 of such title is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘524. Duties of the General Services Administration and executive agencies.’’. 
SEC. 4. ENHANCED AUTHORITIES WITH REGARD TO PRE-
PARING PROPERTIES TO BE REPORTED AS 
EXCESS. 
Section 572(a)(2) of title 40, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) and (C) 
as subparagraphs (C) and (D), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the fol-
lowing new subparagraph: 
‘‘(B) ADDITIONAL
AUTHORITY.—(i) From 
the fund described in paragraph (1), subject to 
clause (iv), the Administrator may obligate an 
amount to pay the direct and indirect costs re-
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