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SEC. 518. WORKING CAPITAL FUND. (a) PURPOSE 
AND OPERATION
OF WORKING CAPITAL FUND.—Sub-
sections (a), (b) and (c) of section 3173 of title 40, United 
States Code, are amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT AND PURPOSE.—There is a 
working capital fund for the necessary expenses of admin-
istrative support services including accounting, budget, 
personnel, legal support and other related services; and 
the maintenance and operation of printing and reproduc-
tion facilities in support of the functions of the General 
Services Administration, other Federal agencies, and other 
entities; and other such administrative and management 
services that the Administrator of GSA deems appropriate 
and advantageous (subject to prior notice to the Office of 
Management and Budget). 
‘‘(b) COMPOSITION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Amounts received shall be 
credited to and merged with the Fund, to remain 
available until expended, for operating costs and 
capital outlays of the Fund: Provided, That entities 
for which such services are performed shall be 
charged at rates which will return in full all costs of 
providing such services. 
‘‘(2) COST AND CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS.—The 
Administrator shall determine the cost and capital 
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requirements of the Fund for each fiscal year and 
shall develop a plan concerning such requirements in 
consultation with the Chief Financial Officer of the 
General Services Administration. Any change to the 
cost and capital requirements of the Fund for a fis-
cal year shall be approved by the Administrator. The 
Administrator shall establish rates to be charged to 
entities for which services are performed, in accord-
ance with the plan. 
‘‘(c) DEPOSIT OF EXCESS AMOUNTS IN THE TREAS-
URY.—At the close of each fiscal year, after making provi-
sion for anticipated operating needs reflected in the cost 
and capital plan developed under subsection (b), the un-
committed balance of any funds remaining in the Fund 
shall be transferred to the general fund of the Treasury 
as miscellaneous receipts.’’. 
(b) TRANSFER AND USE OF AMOUNTS FOR MAJOR 
EQUIPMENT ACQUISITIONS.—Section 3173 of title 40, 
United States Code, is amended to add subsection (d), as 
follows: 
‘‘(d) TRANSFER AND USE OF AMOUNTS FOR MAJOR 
EQUIPMENT ACQUISITIONS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to subparagraph 
(2), unobligated balances of amounts appropriated 
or otherwise made available to the General Services 
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Administration for operating expenses and salaries 
and expenses may be transferred and merged into 
the ‘Major equipment acquisitions and development 
activity’ of the working capital fund of the General 
Services Administration for agency-wide acquisition 
of capital equipment, automated data processing sys-
tems and financial management and management in-
formation systems: Provided, That acquisitions are 
limited to those needed to implement the Chief Fi-
nancial Officers Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–576, 
104 Stat. 2838) and related laws or regulations. 
‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS AND AVAILABILITY.— 
‘‘(A) TIME FOR TRANSFER.—Transfer of 
an amount under this section must be done no 
later than the end of the fifth fiscal year after 
the fiscal year for which the amount is appro-
priated or otherwise made available. 
‘‘(B) APPROVAL
FOR
USE.—An amount 
transferred under this section may be used only 
with the advance approval of the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate. 
‘‘(C) AVAILABILITY.—An amount trans-
ferred under this section remains available until 
expended.’’ 
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