IIB 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 665 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
MARCH 21, 2012 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs 
AN ACT 
To establish a pilot program for the expedited disposal of 
Federal real property. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Excess Federal Build-
ing and Property Disposal Act of 2012’’. 
SEC. 2. FEDERAL REAL PROPERTY DISPOSAL PILOT PRO-
GRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 5 of subtitle I of title 40, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
following new subchapter: 
‘‘SUBCHAPTER VII—EXPEDITED DISPOSAL OF 
REAL PROPERTY 
‘‘§ 621. Federal real property disposal pilot program 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of General 
Services (in this subchapter referred to as the ‘Adminis-
trator’), in consultation with the Director of the Office of 
Management and Budget (in this subchapter referred to 
as the ‘Director’), shall conduct a pilot program to be 
known as the ‘Federal Real Property Disposal Pilot Pro-
gram’, under which the Administrator, in consultation 
with the Director, shall determine which 15 Federal Gov-
ernment real properties that are excess or surplus and 
have the highest fair market value and the greatest poten-
tial to sell and shall dispose of such properties in accord-
ance with this subchapter and through an expedited dis-
posal of real property. 
‘‘(b) DISPOSAL.—During the five-year period begin-
ning on the date of the enactment of the Excess Federal 
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Building and Property Disposal Act of 2012, the Adminis-
trator, in consultation with the Director, shall dispose of 
real property under the Federal Real Property Disposal 
Pilot Program through a public auction. 
‘‘(c) ADDING PROPERTIES
TO
THE PILOT PRO-
GRAM.—Not later than 15 days after a property is dis-
posed of under subsection (b), the Administrator, in con-
sultation with the Director, shall designate an additional 
property, in accordance with subsection (a), to be disposed 
of under the Federal Real Property Disposal Pilot Pro-
gram. 
‘‘(d) EXCEPTIONS.—The Administrator shall not in-
clude for purposes of the Federal Real Property Pilot Pro-
gram any of the following types of property: 
‘‘(1) A parcel of real property, building, or 
other structure located on such real property that is 
to be closed or realigned under the Defense Base 
Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 (10 U.S.C. 
2687 note). 
‘‘(2) Properties that are excluded for reasons of 
national security by the Director of the Office of 
Management and Budget. 
‘‘(3) Indian and Native Eskimo properties in-
cluding— 
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‘‘(A) any property within the limits of any 
Indian reservation to which the United States 
owns title; and 
‘‘(B) any property title which is held in 
trust by the United States for the benefit of 
any Indian tribe or individual or held by an In-
dian tribe or individual subject to restriction by 
the United States against alienation. 
‘‘(4) Properties operated and maintained by the 
Tennessee Valley Authority pursuant to the Ten-
nessee Valley Authority Act of 1933 (16 U.S.C. 831 
et seq.). 
‘‘(5) Postal properties owned by the United 
States Postal Service. 
‘‘(6) Properties used in connection with river, 
harbor, flood control, reclamation, or power projects. 
‘‘(7) Properties that the Administrator has de-
termined are suitable for assignment to the Sec-
retary of the Interior for transfer to a State, a polit-
ical subdivision or instrumentality of a State, or a 
municipality for use as a public park or recreation 
area under section 550(e) of this title. In making 
such determination, the Administrator may consider 
the appraised value of the property and the highest 
and best use. 
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