I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2969 
To amend the Federal Assets Sale and Transfer Act of 2016 to allow 
the Federal Government to lease or sell abandoned or unused Federal 
civilian real properties for use as makerspaces, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 20, 2017 
Mr. TAKANO (for himself and Mr. SCHNEIDER) 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 allow the Federal Government to lease or sell 
abandoned or unused Federal civilian real properties for 
use as makerspaces, and for other purposes. 
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 ‘‘Move Ownership and 
Responsibility to Encourage Makerspaces Act of 2017’’ or 
the ‘‘MORE Makerspaces Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. USE OF ABANDONED OR UNUSED FEDERAL CIVIL-
IAN REAL PROPERTIES AS MAKERSPACES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Federal Assets Sale and 
Transfer Act of 2016 (Public Law 114–287; 40 U.S.C. 
1303 note) is amended— 
(1) in section 2— 
(A) in paragraph (9), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(B) in paragraph (10), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(11) assisting Federal agencies in leasing or 
selling abandoned or unused Federal civilian real 
properties for use as makerspaces.’’; 
(2) in section 3, by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(10) MAKERSPACE.—The term ‘makerspace’ 
means a community space that— 
‘‘(A) provides access to tools, technology, 
and knowledge for learners and entrepreneurs; 
‘‘(B) results in the prototyping or creation 
of physical goods; and 
‘‘(C) supports the development of edu-
cational opportunities for personal growth, 
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workforce training, and early stage business 
ventures.’’; 
(3) in section 11(a)(2), by adding at the end 
the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(D) Federal civilian real properties that 
have sufficient square footage, technological ca-
pabilities, and community accessibility for use 
as makerspaces.’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following new sec-
tion: 
‘‘SEC. 26. REVIEW PROCESS FOR MAKERSPACES. 
‘‘(a) REVIEW PROCESS.—The Board shall establish 
a review process through which a Federal agency may 
lease or sell an abandoned or unused Federal civilian real 
property for use as a makerspace. 
‘‘(b) OUTREACH CAMPAIGN.—The Board shall estab-
lish an online public campaign to inform local municipali-
ties of the review process established under subsection (a). 
‘‘(c) NOTIFICATION TO MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.— 
With respect to each abandoned or unused Federal civilian 
real property identified through the review process estab-
lished under subsection (a), the Board shall notify the 
Member of Congress in whose district the property is lo-
cated so that the Member can inform the local munici-
pality and community of the opportunity to use such prop-
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erty as a makerspace. Each such notification shall include 
the name of the location, address, and square footage of 
the property and a brief explanation of the opportunity 
to use such property as a makerspace. 
‘‘(d) REPORT.—Not later than 18 months after the 
date of the enactment of the Move Ownership and Respon-
sibility to Encourage Makerspaces Act of 2017, and annu-
ally thereafter, the Board shall publicly post online a re-
port that includes the following: 
‘‘(1) The total number and locations of aban-
doned or unused Federal civilian real properties 
identified through the review process established 
under subsection (a) during the one-year period pre-
ceding the date on which the report is posted. 
‘‘(2) Brief descriptions of each Federal civilian 
real property used as a makerspace during the one- 
year period preceding the date on which the report 
is posted, including the amount of community par-
ticipation in the development of the makerspace, the 
technologies and innovation developed in the 
makerspace, and any other information that the 
Board considers appropriate. 
‘‘(3) Recommendations to improve the review 
process established under subsection (a).’’. 
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(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
for such Act is amended by adding at the end the following 
new item: 
‘‘Sec. 26. Review process for makerspaces.’’. 
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