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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘FASTA Reform Act 
of 2023’’. 
SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO THE FEDERAL ASSETS SALE AND 
TRANSFER ACT OF 2016. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Federal Assets Sale and 
Transfer Act of 2016 (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: 
‘‘(11) implementing innovative methods for the 
sale, redevelopment, consolidation, or lease of Fed-
eral buildings and facilities, including the use of no 
cost, nonappropriated contracts for expert real es-
tate services to obtain the highest and best value for 
the taxpayer.’’; 
(2) in section 3(5)(B)(viii) by inserting ‘‘, other 
than office buildings and warehouses,’’ after ‘‘Prop-
erties’’; 
(3) in section 5(b) by striking ‘‘Five Board 
members’’ and inserting ‘‘Four Board members’’; 
(4) in section 7 by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
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‘‘(c) RETURN TO CIVIL SERVICE.—An Executive Di-
rector selected from the civil service (as such term is de-
fined in section 2101 of title 5, United States Code) shall 
be entitled to return to the civil service after service to 
the Board ends if the Executive Director’s service to the 
Board ends for reasons other than misconduct, neglect of 
duty, or malfeasance.’’; 
(5) in section 8— 
(A) in subsection (b)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘and the Director of 
OMB’’; and 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘for a period of not 
less than 1 year’’ before ‘‘to assist the 
Board’’; 
(B) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub-
section (d); and 
(C) by inserting after subsection (b) the 
following: 
‘‘(c) HIRING OF TERM EMPLOYEES.—The Executive 
Director, with approval of the Board, may utilize the Of-
fice of Personnel Management to hire employees for terms 
not to exceed 2 years pursuant to the Office of Personnel 
Management guidance for nonstatus appointments in the 
competitive service.’’; 
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(6) in section 10 by striking ‘‘6 years after the 
date on which the Board members are appointed 
pursuant to section 4’’ and inserting ‘‘on December 
31, 2026’’; 
(7) in section 11(a)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1) 
by striking ‘‘the Administrator and the Director 
of OMB’’ and inserting ‘‘the Administrator, the 
Director of OMB, and the Board’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘and’’ before ‘‘square 
footage’’; and 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘, amount of acreage 
associated with the property, and whether 
the property is on a campus or larger facil-
ity’’ before the period at the end; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) CONSOLIDATION
PLANS.—Any 
agency 
plans to consolidate, reconfigure, or otherwise reduce 
the use of owned and leased property.’’; 
(8) in section 12— 
(A) in subsection (b)(2) by striking the 
second sentence and inserting ‘‘In the case of a 
failure by an agency to comply with a request 
of the Board, the Board shall notify the com-
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mittees listed in section 5(c), the relevant con-
gressional committees of jurisdiction for the 
agency, and the inspector general of the agency 
of such failure.’’; 
(B) 
by 
redesignating 
subsections 
(d) 
through (i) as subsections (e) through (j), re-
spectively; 
(C) by inserting after subsection (c) the 
following: 
‘‘(d) PREPARATION
OF
PROPERTIES
FOR
DIS-
POSAL.—At the request of, and in coordination with, the 
Board, a Federal agency may undertake any analyses and 
due diligence as necessary to prepare a property for dis-
position so that the property may be included in the rec-
ommendations of the Board under subsection (h), includ-
ing completion of the requirements of section 306108 of 
title 54, United States Code, for historic preservation and 
identification of the likely highest and best use of the 
property subsequent to disposition.’’; 
(D) in subsection (h) (as so redesig-
nated)— 
(i) in paragraph (1)— 
(I) in subparagraph (A) by strik-
ing ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
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(II) by redesignating subpara-
graph (B) as subparagraph (C); and 
(III) by inserting after subpara-
graph (A) the following: 
‘‘(B) the process to be followed by Federal 
agencies to carry out the actions described 
under subparagraph (A), including the use of 
no cost, nonappropriated contracts for expert 
real estate services and other innovative meth-
ods, to obtain the highest and best value for the 
taxpayer; and’’; and 
(ii) in paragraph (2) by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘(C) THIRD ROUND.—During the period 
beginning on the day after the transmittal of 
the second report and ending on the day before 
the termination of the Board under section 10, 
the Board may transmit to the Director of 
OMB a third report required under paragraph 
(1).’’; and 
(E) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(k) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The Board shall peri-
odically submit to the Committee on Transportation and 
Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Sen-
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ate a report containing any recommendations on consoli-
dations, exchanges, sales, lease reductions, and redevelop-
ments that are not included in the transmissions sub-
mitted under subsection (h), or approved by the Director 
of OMB under section 13, but which the majority of the 
Board concludes meets the goals of this Act.’’; 
(9) in section 13— 
(A) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘sub-
sections (b) and (g)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsections 
(b) and (h)’’; and 
(B) in subsection (c)(4)— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘, in whole or in 
part,’’ before ‘‘received under paragraph 
(3)’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘revised’’ the second 
place it appears; 
(10) in section 20 by striking subsection (b) 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The provisions of this sec-
tion, including the amendments made by this section, shall 
take effect on the date on which the Board transmits the 
second report under section 12(h)(2)(B) and shall apply 
to proceeds from— 
‘‘(1) transactions contained in such report; and 
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‘‘(2) any transactions conducted after the ter-
mination of the Board pursuant to section 10.’’; 
(11) in section 21(b) by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(9) Whether the Federal real property is on a 
campus or similar facility and, if so, identification of 
such campus or facility and related details, including 
total acreage.’’; and 
(12) by inserting after section 25 the following: 
‘‘SEC. 26. ACCESS TO FEDERAL REAL PROPERTY COUNCIL 
MEETINGS AND REPORTS. 
‘‘The Federal Real Property Council established 
under section 623 of title 40, United States Code, shall 
ensure that the Board has access to any meetings of the 
Council and any reports required under such section.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
in section 1(b) of such Act is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘Sec. 26. Access to Federal Real Property Council meetings and reports.’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives March 11, 
2024. 
Attest: 
KEVIN F. MCCUMBER, 
Clerk. 
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