I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3300 
To reduce waste and implement cost savings and revenue enhancement for 
the Federal Government. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 29, 2015 
Mr. PITTENGER (for himself and Ms. SINEMA) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Re-
form, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways 
and Means, Foreign Affairs, Financial Services, House Administration, 
and Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, 
in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the juris-
diction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To reduce waste and implement cost savings and revenue 
enhancement for the Federal Government. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Unified Savings and Accountability Act’’ or the ‘‘USA 
Act’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
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Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
TITLE I—PROVISIONS RELATING TO FEDERAL PROPERTY, 
FEDERAL CONTRACTS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 
Subtitle A—Amendments and Other Provisions Relating to Federal Property, 
Federal Contracts, and Information Technology 
Sec. 101. Promotion of competition in Federal contracting. 
Sec. 102. Promotion of strategic sourcing in Federal contracting. 
Sec. 103. Avoiding duplicative information technology investments. 
Sec. 104. Promotion of reverse auctions in Federal contracting. 
Subtitle B—Federal Real Property Asset Management Reform 
Sec. 121. Purpose. 
Sec. 122. Property management and expedited disposal of real property. 
Sec. 123. Report of the Comptroller General. 
Sec. 124. Technical and conforming amendment. 
TITLE II—OTHER MATTERS 
Sec. 201. Report on implementation of certain Medicare and Medicaid fraud 
detection and program integrity provisions. 
Sec. 202. Revocation or denial of passport and passport card in case of certain 
unpaid taxes. 
Sec. 203. Prohibition on non-cost-effective minting and printing of coins and 
currency. 
Sec. 204. Restrictions on printing and distribution of paper copies of Congres-
sional documents. 
Sec. 205. Replacing the $1 note with the $1 coin. 
Sec. 206. Enhancing the Internal Revenue Service’s online services. 
Sec. 207. Improving foreclosure loss mitigation efforts for mortgages made, in-
sured, or guaranteed by Federal agencies. 
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TITLE I—PROVISIONS RELATING 
TO FEDERAL PROPERTY, FED-
ERAL CONTRACTS AND IN-
FORMATION TECHNOLOGY 
Subtitle 
A—Amendments 
and 
Other Provisions Relating to 
Federal Property, Federal Con-
tracts, and Information Tech-
nology 
SEC. 101. PROMOTION OF COMPETITION IN FEDERAL CON-
TRACTING. 
(a) OFFICE OF FEDERAL PROCUREMENT POLICY.— 
Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Administrator for Federal Procurement Pol-
icy shall issue guidance to Federal agencies to reinvigorate 
the role of the competition advocate, consistent with the 
recommendations of the Government Accountability Office 
in its report GAO–10–833 (July 26, 2010). 
(b) ELEMENTS OF GUIDANCE.—The guidance issued 
pursuant to subsection (a) shall include key factors agen-
cies should consider in appointing and utilizing competi-
tion advocates, such as placement within the organization, 
skill set, and potential methods to effectively carry out 
their duties, and shall direct agencies to require their com-
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petition advocates to actively involve program offices in 
highlighting opportunities to increase competition. 
SEC. 102. PROMOTION OF STRATEGIC SOURCING IN FED-
ERAL CONTRACTING. 
(a) SAVINGS GOALS.—Not later than 6 months after 
the date of enactment of this Act, and for 4 years annually 
thereafter, the Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget shall issue Government-wide savings goals for the 
strategic sourcing of goods and services by executive agen-
cies required to designate or appoint a Chief Financial Of-
ficer as set forth in section 901 of title 31, United States 
Code. The Director may issue goals required by this sec-
tion that are customized to individual agencies or sourcing 
efforts. 
(b) MATTERS COVERED.—In complying with sub-
section (a), the Director shall provide at a minimum— 
(1) guidance to executive agencies on calcu-
lating savings generated from strategic sourcing ef-
forts; and 
(2) standards to measure progress towards 
meeting savings goals established by subsection (a). 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 5 years after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Director shall submit to Con-
gress a report on the extent of savings realized through 
the strategic sourcing of goods and services by executive 
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agencies during the period Government-wide savings goals 
are required to be issued pursuant to subsection (a). 
SEC. 103. AVOIDING DUPLICATIVE INFORMATION TECH-
NOLOGY INVESTMENTS. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
(1) the terms ‘‘agency’’ and ‘‘information tech-
nology’’ have the meanings given such terms in sec-
tion 3502 of title 44, United States Code; and 
(2) the term ‘‘Chief Information Officer’’ means 
the Chief Information Officer of an agency des-
ignated under section 3506 of title 44, United States 
Code, (or comparable official in an agency not cov-
ered by such section). 
(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to im-
prove transparency in order to ensure that agencies avoid 
making duplicative information technology investments. 
(c) REPORTING POTENTIAL DUPLICATION.— 
(1) RESPONSIBILITY OF AGENCY CHIEF INFOR-
MATION OFFICERS.—Not later than 6 months after 
the date of enactment of this Act, and at least annu-
ally thereafter, the Chief Information Officer of each 
agency shall submit to the Director of the Office of 
Management and Budget a report on potentially du-
plicative information technology investments, which 
shall, using existing or newly developed transparency 
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mechanisms, evaluate the results of the efforts of the 
agency to identify and eliminate, where appropriate, 
each potentially duplicative information technology 
investment. 
(2) FUNCTIONS OF THE DIRECTOR.—Not later 
than 90 days after the date of enactment of this 
Act, the Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget shall issue a policy requiring consistency 
among all agencies in identifying information tech-
nology investments (including applicable research 
and development projects and mission-essential sys-
tems) in any required reporting. 
SEC. 104. PROMOTION OF REVERSE AUCTIONS IN FEDERAL 
CONTRACTING. 
(a) REVISION OF FAR.—Not later than 6 months 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Federal 
Acquisition Regulation shall be revised to address reverse 
auctions by Federal agencies, including how and when 
they should be used, the roles and responsibilities of con-
tracting officers, and what agencies should do if there is 
no interactive bidding during an auction. 
(b) GUIDANCE ON REVERSE AUCTIONS.—Not later 
than 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Director of Office of Management and Budget shall, 
consistent with the recommendations of the Government 
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Accountability Office on reverse auctions in its report 
GAO–14–343SP (April 2014), issue Government-wide 
guidance— 
(1) advising agencies to collect and analyze data 
on the level of interactive bidding and, where appli-
cable, fees paid, to determine the cost effectiveness 
of using reverse auctions in the procurement of 
goods or services; and 
(2) on best practices to maximize competition 
and savings in the use of reverse auctions. 
Subtitle B—Federal Real Property 
Asset Management Reform 
SEC. 121. PURPOSE. 
The purpose of this subtitle is to increase the effi-
ciency and effectiveness of the Federal Government in 
managing real property by— 
(1) requiring agencies to maintain an up-to- 
date inventory of real property; 
(2) establishing a Federal Real Property Coun-
cil to develop guidance on and ensure the implemen-
tation of strategies for better managing Federal real 
property; and 
(3) authorizing a pilot program to expedite the 
disposal of surplus real property. 
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SEC. 122. PROPERTY MANAGEMENT AND EXPEDITED DIS-
POSAL OF REAL PROPERTY. 
Chapter 5 of subtitle I of title 40, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SUBCHAPTER VII—PROPERTY MANAGEMENT 
AND EXPEDITED DISPOSAL OF REAL PROP-
ERTY 
‘‘§ 621. Definitions 
‘‘In this subchapter: 
‘‘(1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘Adminis-
trator’ means the Administrator of General Services. 
‘‘(2) COUNCIL.—The term ‘Council’ means the 
Federal Real Property Council established by section 
623(a). 
‘‘(3) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘Director’ means 
the Director of the Office of Management and Budg-
et. 
‘‘(4) DISPOSAL.—The term ‘disposal’ means 
any action that constitutes the removal of any real 
property from the Federal inventory, including sale, 
deed, demolition, or exchange. 
‘‘(5) EXCESS
PROPERTY.—The term ‘excess 
property’ means any real property under the control 
of a Federal agency that the head of the Federal 
agency determines is not required to meet the needs 
or responsibilities of the Federal agency. 
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‘‘(6) FEDERAL
AGENCY.—The term ‘Federal 
agency’ means— 
‘‘(A) an executive department or inde-
pendent establishment in the executive branch 
of the Government; or 
‘‘(B) a wholly owned Government corpora-
tion. 
‘‘(7) FIELD
OFFICE.—The term ‘field office’ 
means any office of a Federal agency that is not the 
headquarters office location for the Federal agency. 
‘‘(8) POSTAL
PROPERTY.—The term ‘postal 
property’ means any building owned by the United 
States Postal Service. 
‘‘(9) SURPLUS PROPERTY.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘surplus 
property’ means excess real property that is not 
required to meet the needs or responsibilities of 
any Federal agency. 
‘‘(B) EXCLUSIONS.—The term ‘surplus 
property’ does not include— 
‘‘(i) any military installation (as de-
fined in section 2910 of the Defense Base 
Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 (10 
U.S.C. 2687 note; Public Law 101–510)); 
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‘‘(ii) any property that is excepted 
from the definition of the term ‘property’ 
under section 102; 
‘‘(iii) Indian and native Eskimo prop-
erty held in trust by the Federal Govern-
ment 
as 
described 
in 
section 
3301(a)(5)(C)(iii); 
‘‘(iv) real property operated and main-
tained by the Tennessee Valley Authority 
pursuant to the Tennessee Valley Author-
ity Act of 1933 (16 U.S.C. 831 et seq.); 
‘‘(v) any real property the Director 
excludes for reasons of national security; 
‘‘(vi) any public lands (as defined in 
section 203 of the Public Lands Corps Act 
of 1993 (16 U.S.C. 1722)) administered 
by— 
‘‘(I) the Secretary of the Interior, 
acting through— 
‘‘(aa) the Director of the 
Bureau of Land Management; 
‘‘(bb) the Director of the 
National Park Service; 
‘‘(cc) the Commissioner of 
Reclamation; or 
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‘‘(dd) the Director of the 
United States Fish and Wildlife 
Service; or 
‘‘(II) the Secretary of Agri-
culture, acting through the Chief of 
the Forest Service; or 
‘‘(vii) any property operated and 
maintained by the United States Postal 
Service. 
‘‘(10) UNDERUTILIZED PROPERTY.—The term 
‘underutilized property’ means a portion or the en-
tirety of any real property, including any improve-
ments, that is used— 
‘‘(A) irregularly or intermittently by the 
accountable Federal agency for program pur-
poses of the Federal agency; or 
‘‘(B) for program purposes that can be 
satisfied only with a portion of the property. 
‘‘§ 622. Duties of Federal agencies 
‘‘Each Federal agency shall— 
‘‘(1) maintain adequate inventory controls and 
accountability systems for real property under the 
control of the Federal agency; 
‘‘(2) develop current and future workforce pro-
jections so as to have the capacity to assess the 
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needs of the Federal workforce regarding the use of 
real property; 
‘‘(3) continuously survey real property under 
the control of the Federal agency to identify excess 
property, underutilized property, and other real 
property suitable to be used for— 
‘‘(A) colocation with other Federal agen-
cies; or 
‘‘(B) consolidation with other facilities; 
‘‘(4) promptly report excess property and un-
derutilized property to the Administrator; 
‘‘(5) establish goals that will lead the Federal 
agency to reduce excess property and underutilized 
property in the inventory of the Federal agency; 
‘‘(6) submit to the Council a report on all ex-
cess property and underutilized property in the in-
ventory of the Federal agency, including— 
‘‘(A) whether underutilized property can be 
better utilized; and 
‘‘(B) the extent to which the Federal agen-
cy believes that the underutilized property 
serves the needs of the Federal agency to retain 
underutilized property; 
‘‘(7) adopt workplace practices, configurations, 
and management techniques that can achieve in-
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creased levels of productivity and decrease the need 
for real property assets; 
‘‘(8) assess leased space to identify space that 
is not fully used or occupied; 
‘‘(9) on an annual basis and subject to the 
guidance of the Council— 
‘‘(A) conduct an inventory of real property 
under control of the Federal agency; and 
‘‘(B) make an assessment of each real 
property, which shall include— 
‘‘(i) the age and condition of the prop-
erty; 
‘‘(ii) the size of the property in square 
footage and acreage; 
‘‘(iii) the geographical location of the 
property, including an address and descrip-
tion; 
‘‘(iv) the extent to which the property 
is being utilized; 
‘‘(v) the actual annual operating costs 
associated with the property; 
‘‘(vi) the total cost of capital expendi-
tures associated with the property; 
‘‘(vii) sustainability metrics associated 
with the property; 
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‘‘(viii) the number of Federal employ-
ees and functions housed at the property; 
‘‘(ix) the extent to which the mission 
of the Federal agency is dependent on the 
property; 
‘‘(x) the estimated amount of capital 
expenditures projected to maintain and op-
erate the property over each of the next 5 
years after the date of enactment of this 
subchapter; and 
‘‘(xi) any additional information re-
quired by the Administrator to carry out 
section 624; and 
‘‘(10) provide to the Council and the Adminis-
trator the information described in paragraph (9)(B) 
to be used for the establishment and maintenance of 
the database described in section 624. 
‘‘§ 623. Colocation among United States Postal Serv-
ice properties 
‘‘(a) IDENTIFICATION OF POSTAL PROPERTY.—Each 
year, the Postmaster General may— 
‘‘(1) identify a list of postal properties with 
space available for use by Federal agencies; and 
‘‘(2) submit the list to the Council. 
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‘‘(b) SUBMISSION OF LIST OF POSTAL PROPERTIES 
TO FEDERAL AGENCIES.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days 
after the completion of a list under subsection (a), 
the Council shall provide the list to each Federal 
agency. 
‘‘(2) REVIEW
BY
FEDERAL
AGENCIES.—Not 
later than 90 days after the receipt of the list sub-
mitted under paragraph (1), each Federal agency 
shall— 
‘‘(A) review the list; 
‘‘(B) identify real property assets under 
the control of the Federal agency; and 
‘‘(C) recommend colocations if appropriate. 
‘‘(c) TERMS OF COLOCATION.—On approval of the 
recommendations under subsection (b) by the Postmaster 
General and the applicable agency head, the Federal agen-
cy or appropriate landholding entity may work with the 
Postmaster General to establish appropriate terms of a 
lease for each postal property. 
‘‘§ 624. Establishment of a Federal Real Property 
Council 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established a Fed-
eral Real Property Council. 
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‘‘(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the Council shall 
be— 
‘‘(1) to develop guidance and ensure implemen-
tation of an efficient and effective real property 
management strategy; 
‘‘(2) to identify opportunities for the Federal 
Government to better manage real property assets; 
and 
‘‘(3) to reduce the costs of managing real prop-
erty, including operations, maintenance, and secu-
rity. 
‘‘(c) COMPOSITION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Council shall be com-
posed exclusively of— 
‘‘(A) the senior real property officers of 
each Federal agency; 
‘‘(B) the Deputy Director for Management 
of the Office of Management and Budget; 
‘‘(C) the Controller of the Office of Man-
agement and Budget; 
‘‘(D) the Administrator; and 
‘‘(E) any other full-time or permanent 
part-time Federal officials or employees, as the 
Chairperson determines to be necessary. 
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‘‘(2) CHAIRPERSON.—The Deputy Director for 
Management of the Office of Management and 
Budget shall serve as Chairperson of the Council. 
‘‘(3) EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Chairperson shall 
designate an Executive Director to assist in 
carrying out the duties of the Council. 
‘‘(B) QUALIFICATIONS; FULL-TIME.—The 
Executive Director shall— 
‘‘(i) be appointed from among individ-
uals who have substantial experience in the 
areas of commercial real estate and devel-
opment, real property management, and 
Federal operations and management; and 
‘‘(ii) serve full time. 
‘‘(d) MEETINGS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Council shall meet 
subject to the call of the Chairperson. 
‘‘(2) MINIMUM.—The Council shall meet not 
fewer than 4 times each year. 
‘‘(e) DUTIES.—The Council, in consultation with the 
Director and the Administrator, shall— 
‘‘(1) not later than 1 year after the date of en-
actment of this subchapter, establish a real property 
management plan template, to be updated annually, 
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which shall include performance measures, specific 
milestones, measurable savings, strategies, and Gov-
ernment-wide goals based on the goals established 
under section 622(5) to reduce surplus property or 
to achieve better utilization of underutilized prop-
erty, and evaluation criteria to determine the effec-
tiveness of real property management that are de-
signed— 
‘‘(A) to enable Congress and heads of Fed-
eral agencies to track progress in the achieve-
ment of real property management objectives on 
a Government-wide basis; 
‘‘(B) to improve the management of real 
property; and 
‘‘(C) to allow for comparison of the per-
formance of Federal agencies against industry 
and other public sector agencies in terms of 
performance; 
‘‘(2) develop standard use rates consistent 
throughout each category of space and with non-
governmental space use rates; 
‘‘(3) develop a strategy to reduce the reliance of 
Federal agencies on leased space for long-term needs 
if ownership would be less costly; 
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‘‘(4) provide guidance on eliminating inefficien-
cies in the Federal leasing process; 
‘‘(5) compile a list of real property assets that 
are field offices that are suitable for colocation with 
other real property assets; and 
‘‘(6) not later than 1 year after the date of en-
actment of this subchapter and annually during the 
4-year period beginning on the date that is 1 year 
after the date of enactment of this subchapter and 
ending on the date that is 5 years after the date of 
enactment of this subchapter, the Council shall sub-
mit to the Director a report that contains— 
‘‘(A) a list of the remaining excess prop-
erty, surplus property, and underutilized prop-
erties of each Federal agency; 
‘‘(B) the progress of the Council toward 
developing guidance for Federal agencies to en-
sure that the assessment required under section 
622(9)(B) is carried out in a uniform manner; 
and 
‘‘(C) the progress of Federal agencies to-
ward achieving the goals established under sec-
tion 622(5). 
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‘‘(f) CONSULTATION.—In carrying out the duties de-
scribed in subsection (e), the Council shall also consult 
with representatives of— 
‘‘(1) State, local, tribal authorities, and affected 
communities; and 
‘‘(2) appropriate private sector entities and 
nongovernmental organizations that have expertise 
in areas of— 
‘‘(A) commercial real estate and develop-
ment; 
‘‘(B) government management and oper-
ations; 
‘‘(C) space planning; 
‘‘(D) community development, including 
transportation and planning; and 
‘‘(E) historic preservation. 
‘‘(g) COUNCIL RESOURCES.—The Director and the 
Administrator shall provide staffing, and administrative 
support for the Council, as appropriate. 
‘‘§ 625. Federal real property inventory and database 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of enactment of this subchapter, the Administrator 
shall establish and maintain a single, comprehensive, and 
descriptive database of all real property under the custody 
and control of all Federal agencies. 
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‘‘(b) CONTENTS.—The database shall include— 
‘‘(1) information provided to the Administrator 
under section 622(9)(B); and 
‘‘(2) a list of real property disposals completed, 
including— 
‘‘(A) the date and disposal method used 
for each real property; 
‘‘(B) the proceeds obtained from the dis-
posal of each real property; 
‘‘(C) the amount of time required to dis-
pose of the real property, including the date on 
which the real property is designated as excess 
property; 
‘‘(D) the date on which the property is 
designated as surplus property and the date on 
which the property is disposed; and 
‘‘(E) all costs associated with the disposal. 
‘‘(c) ACCESSIBILITY.— 
‘‘(1) COMMITTEES.—The database established 
under subsection (a) shall be made available on re-
quest to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs and the Committee on Envi-
ronment and Public Works of the Senate and the 
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 
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and the Committee on Transportation and Infra-
structure of the House of Representatives. 
‘‘(2) GENERAL PUBLIC.—Not later than 3 years 
after the date of enactment of this subchapter and 
to the extent consistent with national security, the 
Administrator shall make the database established 
under subsection (a) accessible to the public at no 
cost through the website of the General Services Ad-
ministration. 
‘‘§ 626. Limitation on certain leasing authorities 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection 
(b), not later than December 31 of each year following 
the date of enactment of this subchapter, a Federal agency 
with independent leasing authority shall submit to the 
Council a list of all leases, including operating leases, in 
effect on the date of enactment of this subchapter that 
includes— 
‘‘(1) the date on which each lease was executed; 
‘‘(2) the date on which ease lease will expire; 
‘‘(3) a description of the size of the space; 
‘‘(4) the location of the property; 
‘‘(5) the tenant agency; 
‘‘(6) the total annual rental rate; and 
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‘‘(7) the amount of the net present value of the 
total estimated legal obligations of the Federal Gov-
ernment over the life of the contract. 
‘‘(b) EXCEPTION.—Subsection (a) shall not apply 
to— 
‘‘(1) the United States Postal Service; 
‘‘(2) the Department of Veterans Affairs; or 
‘‘(3) any other property the President excludes 
from subsection (a) for reasons of national security. 
‘‘§ 627. Expedited disposal pilot program 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Director shall establish 
a pilot program to dispose of, by sale, transfer, or other 
means of disposal, any surplus property. 
‘‘(1) PROPERTIES FOR EXPEDITED DISPOSAL.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—On an annual basis, 
the Director may authorize the expedited dis-
posal of not more than 200 surplus properties. 
‘‘(B) PRIORITY.—In determining which 
properties to dispose of, the Director shall give 
priority to surplus properties that have the 
highest fair market value and the greatest po-
tential for disposal. 
‘‘(C) 
COSTS
ASSOCIATED
WITH
DIS-
POSAL.— 
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‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator 
may obligate an amount to pay any direct 
and indirect costs under section 572 re-
lated to identifying and preparing prop-
erties to be reported as excess property by 
a Federal agency. 
‘‘(ii) REIMBURSEMENT.—An amount 
obligated under clause (i) shall be paid 
from the proceeds of any sale of real prop-
erty under this subsection. 
‘‘(iii) NET PROCEEDS.—Net proceeds 
shall be distributed under subsection (b). 
‘‘(D) MAXIMUM NET PROCEEDS.—Any real 
property authorized to be disposed of by sale of 
under subparagraph (A) shall disposed of in a 
manner that, as determined by the Adminis-
trator in consultation with the head of the ap-
plicable Federal agency, is structured and mar-
keted to maximize the value to the Federal Gov-
ernment. 
‘‘(E) MONETARY
PROCEEDS
REQUIRE-
MENT.—Surplus property may be disposed of 
under this section only if disposal of the prop-
erty will generate monetary proceeds to the 
Federal Government that— 
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‘‘(i) exceed the costs of disposal of the 
property; and 
‘‘(ii) are not less than 90 percent of 
fair market value. 
‘‘(2) APPLICABILITY
OF
CERTAIN
LAW.—Any 
expedited disposal of real property conducted under 
this section shall not be subject to— 
‘‘(A) any section of An Act Authorizing the 
Transfer of Certain Real Property for Wildlife, 
or other Purposes (16 U.S.C. 667b); 
‘‘(B) sections 107 and 317 of title 23; 
‘‘(C) sections 545(b)(8), 550, 553, 554, 
and 1304(b); 
‘‘(D) section 501 of the McKinney-Vento 
Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11411); 
‘‘(E) section 47151 of title 49; or 
‘‘(F) section 13(d) of the Surplus Property 
Act of 1944 (50 U.S.C. App. 1622(d)). 
‘‘(3) EFFECT.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), nothing in this subchapter terminates or 
in any way limits the authority of any Federal agen-
cy under any other provision of law to dispose of 
real property. 
‘‘(b) USE OF PROCEEDS.— 
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Of the proceeds received 
from the disposal of any real property under this 
subchapter— 
‘‘(A) not less than 80 percent shall be re-
turned to the general fund of the Treasury for 
debt reduction; 
‘‘(B) the lesser of 18 percent or the share 
of proceeds otherwise authorized to be retained 
under law shall be retained by the Federal 
agency that has custody and is accountable for 
the real property, subject to paragraph (2); 
‘‘(C) not greater than 2 percent shall be 
made available to carry out section 627, subject 
to annual appropriations; and 
‘‘(D) any remaining share of the proceeds 
shall be returned to the general fund of the 
Treasury for Federal budget deficit reduction. 
‘‘(2) LIMITATION ON USE OF PROCEEDS.—Any 
proceeds retained by Federal agencies under this 
section shall be— 
‘‘(A) deposited into the appropriate real 
property account of the Federal agency that 
had custody and accountability for the real 
property, with the funds expended only as au-
thorized in annual appropriations Acts; 
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‘‘(B) used— 
‘‘(i) by not later than 2 years after 
the date of disposal of the real property; 
and 
‘‘(ii) only for activities relating to 
Federal real property asset management 
and disposal; and 
‘‘(C) if not used by the date described in 
subparagraph (B)(i), shall be deposited in the 
Treasury and used for Federal budget deficit 
reduction. 
‘‘(c) PUBLIC BENEFIT.— 
‘‘(1) CONVEYANCE.—Except as provided in 
paragraph (2), if a real property authorized to be 
disposed of under subsection (a) has not been dis-
posed of by the date that is 2 years after the date 
the property is listed for sale, the Director, in con-
sultation with the Administrator and the Secretary 
of Housing and Urban Development, may consider a 
request from the disposing Federal agency that the 
real property be conveyed to State and local govern-
ments or nonprofit organizations for various public 
purposes or uses as permitted by applicable law. 
‘‘(2) PREDOMINANT
USE
AND
SIZE
STAND-
ARDS.— 
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‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Any real property au-
thorized to be disposed of under subsection (a) 
shall not be conveyed under paragraph (1) if— 
‘‘(i) the predominant use of the prop-
erty is not for housing; and 
‘‘(ii)(I) the area of the property is not 
less than 25,000 square feet; or 
‘‘(II) the appraised fair market value 
of the property is greater than $1,000,000. 
‘‘(B) APPRAISED FAIR MARKET VALUE.— 
The appraised fair market value described in 
subparagraph (A)(ii)(II) shall be determined by 
the Federal agency with custody or control of 
the property, in consultation with the Adminis-
trator and standard appraisal practice. 
‘‘(d) ENFORCEMENT.— 
‘‘(1) INCREASE IN SIZE OF INVENTORY.—Ex-
cept as provided in paragraph (2), if a Federal agen-
cy fails to make available for public sale the real 
property authorized to be disposed of under sub-
section (a) by the date that is 18 months after the 
date on which the authorization is made under sub-
section (a), that Federal agency, except for specific 
exceptions promulgated by the Director, shall not in-
crease the size of the civilian real property inventory, 
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unless the square footage of the increase is offset, 
within an appropriate time as determined by the Di-
rector, through consolidation, colocation, or disposal 
of another building space from the inventory of that 
Federal agency. 
‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.—Paragraph (1) shall not 
apply to a Federal agency that acquires any real 
property not under the administrative jurisdiction of 
the Federal Government, by sale or lease, until the 
Director submits a certification to Congress of the 
disposal of all of those surplus properties. 
‘‘(e) TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY.—The authority 
provided by this section terminates on the date that is 5 
years after the date of enactment of this subchapter. 
‘‘§ 628. Homeless assistance grants 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) ELIGIBLE
NONPROFIT
ORGANIZATION.— 
The term ‘eligible nonprofit organization’ means a 
nonprofit organization that is a representative of the 
homeless. 
‘‘(2) HOMELESS.—The term ‘homeless’ has the 
meaning given the term in section 103 of the 
McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 
U.S.C. 11302), except that subsection (c) of that 
section shall not apply. 
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‘‘(3) PERMANENT HOUSING.—The term ‘perma-
nent housing’ has the meaning given the term sec-
tion 401 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assist-
ance Act (42 U.S.C. 11360). 
‘‘(4) PRIVATE
NONPROFIT
ORGANIZATION.— 
The term ‘private nonprofit organization’ has the 
meaning given the term in section 401 of the 
McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 
U.S.C. 11360). 
‘‘(5) REPRESENTATIVE OF THE HOMELESS.— 
The term ‘representative of the homeless’ has the 
meaning given the term in section 501(i) of the 
McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 
U.S.C. 11411(i)). 
‘‘(6) SECRETARY.—The term ‘Secretary’ means 
the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. 
‘‘(7) 
TRANSITIONAL
HOUSING.—The 
term 
‘transitional housing’ has the meaning given the 
term in section 401 of the McKinney-Vento Home-
less Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11360). 
‘‘(b) GRANT AUTHORITY.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—To the extent amounts are 
made available under section 626(b)(1)(B) for use 
under this section, the Secretary shall make grants 
to eligible private nonprofit organizations through 
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the continuum of care program established under 
subtitle C of title IV of the McKinney-Vento Home-
less Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11381 et seq.), to 
purchase real property suitable for use to assist the 
homeless in accordance with subsection (c). 
‘‘(2) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—Except as oth-
erwise provided in this section, a grant under this 
section shall be subject to the same terms and condi-
tions as a grant under the continuum of care pro-
gram established under subtitle C of title IV of the 
McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 
U.S.C. 11381 et seq.). 
‘‘(c) USE OF PROPERTIES FOR HOUSING OR SHEL-
TER FOR THE HOMELESS.— 
‘‘(1) ELIGIBLE USES.—An eligible private non-
profit organization that receives a grant under sub-
section (b) shall use the amounts received only to 
purchase or rehabilitate real property for use to pro-
vide permanent housing, transitional housing, or 
temporary shelter to the homeless. 
‘‘(2) TERM OF USE.—The Secretary may not 
make a grant under subsection (b) to an eligible pri-
vate nonprofit organization unless the eligible pri-
vate nonprofit organization provides to the Secretary 
such assurances as the Secretary determines nec-
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essary to ensure that any real property purchased or 
rehabilitated using amounts received under the grant 
is used only for the uses described in paragraph (1) 
for a period of not less than 15 years. 
‘‘(d) PREFERENCE.—In awarding grants under sub-
section (b), the Secretary shall give preference to eligible 
private nonprofit organizations that operate within areas 
in which Federal real property is being sold under the dis-
posal program authorized under section 626. 
‘‘(e) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary may promulgate 
such regulations as are necessary to carry out this sec-
tion.’’. 
SEC. 123. REPORT OF THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL. 
(a) DRAFT.—Not later than 3 years after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the 
United States shall submit to Congress a draft report on 
the expedited disposal pilot program established by the 
amendments made by section 122. 
(b) FINAL.—Not later than 5 years after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the 
United States shall submit to Congress a final report on 
the expedited disposal pilot program established by the 
amendments made by section 122. 
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SEC. 124. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT. 
The table of sections for chapter 5 of subtitle I of 
title 40, United States Code, is amended by inserting after 
the item relating to section 611 the following: 
‘‘SUBCHAPTER VII—PROPERTY MANAGEMENT AND EXPEDITED DISPOSAL OF 
REAL PROPERTY 
‘‘621. Definitions. 
‘‘622. Duties of Federal agencies. 
‘‘623. Colocation among United States Postal Service properties. 
‘‘624. Establishment of a Federal Real Property Council. 
‘‘625. Federal real property inventory and database. 
‘‘626. Limitation on certain leasing authorities. 
‘‘627. Expedited disposal pilot program. 
‘‘628. Homeless assistance grants.’’. 
TITLE II—OTHER MATTERS 
SEC. 201. REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION OF CERTAIN 
MEDICARE AND MEDICAID FRAUD DETEC-
TION AND PROGRAM INTEGRITY PROVISIONS. 
Section 1128J(a)(1)(A) of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1320a–7k(a)(1)(A)) is amended by adding at 
the end the following new clause: 
‘‘(iii) REPORT ON INTEGRATED DATA 
REPOSITORY
AND
ONE
PROGRAM
INTEG-
RITY SYSTEM.—Not later than six months 
after the date of enactment of this clause, 
the Secretary shall submit to the appro-
priate congressional committees a report 
on the following: 
‘‘(I) INTEGRATED DATA REPOSI-
TORY.—Efforts to finalize plans and 
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schedules for fully implementing and 
expanding the use of the Integrated 
Data Repository, including actions 
taken to finalize, implement, and 
manage plans for incorporating data 
into the Integrated Data Repository 
and actions taken to define measur-
able financial benefits expected from 
the implementation of the Integrated 
Data Repository. 
‘‘(II) ONE PROGRAM INTEGRITY 
SYSTEM.—Actions 
taken 
to 
plan, 
schedule, and conduct training on the 
One Program Integrity System, a 
web-based portal and suite of software 
tools used to analyze and extract data 
from the Integrated Data Repository, 
and actions taken to define measur-
able financial benefits expected from 
the use of the One Program Integrity 
System.’’. 
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SEC. 202. REVOCATION OR DENIAL OF PASSPORT AND 
PASSPORT CARD IN CASE OF CERTAIN UN-
PAID TAXES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter D of chapter 75 of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at 
the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 7345. REVOCATION OR DENIAL OF PASSPORT IN CASE 
OF CERTAIN TAX DELINQUENCIES. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—If the Secretary receives certifi-
cation by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue that any 
individual has a seriously delinquent tax debt in an 
amount in excess of $50,000, the Secretary shall transmit 
such certification to the Secretary of State for action with 
respect to denial, revocation, or limitation of a passport 
or passport card pursuant to section 4 of the Act entitled 
‘An Act to regulate the issue and validity of passports, 
and for other purposes’, approved July 3, 1926 (22 U.S.C. 
211a et seq.), commonly known as the ‘Passport Act of 
1926’. 
‘‘(b) SERIOUSLY DELINQUENT TAX DEBT.—For pur-
poses of this section, the term ‘seriously delinquent tax 
debt’ means an outstanding debt under this title for which 
a notice of lien has been filed in public records pursuant 
to section 6323 or a notice of levy has been filed pursuant 
to section 6331, except that such term does not include— 
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‘‘(1) a debt that is being paid in a timely man-
ner pursuant to an agreement under section 6159 or 
7122, and 
‘‘(2) a debt with respect to which collection is 
suspended because a collection due process hearing 
under section 6330, or relief under subsection (b), 
(c), or (f) of section 6015, is requested or pending. 
‘‘(c) ADJUSTMENT FOR INFLATION.—In the case of 
a calendar year beginning after 2016, the dollar amount 
in subsection (a) shall be increased by an amount equal 
to— 
‘‘(1) such dollar amount, multiplied by 
‘‘(2) the cost-of-living adjustment determined 
under section 1(f)(3) for the calendar year, deter-
mined by substituting ‘calendar year 2015’ for ‘cal-
endar year 1992’ in subparagraph (B) thereof. 
If any amount as adjusted under the preceding sentence 
is not a multiple of $1,000, such amount shall be rounded 
to the next highest multiple of $1,000.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
for subchapter D of chapter 75 of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new item: 
‘‘Sec. 7345. Revocation or denial of passport in case of certain tax delin-
quencies.’’. 
(c) AUTHORITY FOR INFORMATION SHARING.— 
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(1) IN
GENERAL.—Subsection (l) of section 
6103 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is 
amended by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(23) DISCLOSURE OF RETURN INFORMATION 
TO DEPARTMENT OF STATE FOR PURPOSES OF PASS-
PORT
AND
PASSPORT
CARD
REVOCATION
UNDER 
SECTION 7345.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall, 
upon receiving a certification described in sec-
tion 7345, disclose to the Secretary of State re-
turn information with respect to a taxpayer who 
has a seriously delinquent tax debt described in 
such section. Such return information shall be 
limited to— 
‘‘(i) the taxpayer identity information 
with respect to such taxpayer, and 
‘‘(ii) the amount of such seriously de-
linquent tax debt. 
‘‘(B) RESTRICTION ON DISCLOSURE.—Re-
turn information disclosed under subparagraph 
(A) may be used by officers and employees of 
the Department of State for the purposes of, 
and to the extent necessary in, carrying out the 
requirements of section 4 of the Act entitled 
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‘An Act to regulate the issue and validity of 
passports, and for other purposes’, approved 
July 3, 1926 (22 U.S.C. 211a et seq.), com-
monly known as the ‘Passport Act of 1926’.’’. 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Paragraph (4) 
of section 6103(p) of such Code is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘or (22)’’ each place it appears in subparagraph 
(F)(ii) and in the matter preceding subparagraph 
(A) and inserting ‘‘(22), or (23)’’. 
(d) REVOCATION AUTHORIZATION.—The Act entitled 
‘‘An Act to regulate the issue and validity of passports, 
and for other purposes’’, approved July 3, 1926 (22 
U.S.C. 211a et seq.), commonly known as the ‘‘Passport 
Act of 1926’’, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘SEC. 4. AUTHORITY TO DENY OR REVOKE PASSPORT AND 
PASSPORT CARD. 
‘‘(a) INELIGIBILITY.— 
‘‘(1) ISSUANCE.—Except as provided under 
subsection (b), upon receiving a certification de-
scribed in section 7345 of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 from the Secretary of the Treasury, 
the Secretary of State may not issue a passport or 
passport card to any individual who has a seriously 
delinquent tax debt described in such section. 
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‘‘(2) REVOCATION.—The Secretary of State 
shall revoke a passport or passport card previously 
issued to any individual described in paragraph (1). 
‘‘(b) EXCEPTIONS.— 
‘‘(1) EMERGENCY AND HUMANITARIAN SITUA-
TIONS.—Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Sec-
retary of State may issue a passport or passport 
card, in emergency circumstances or for humani-
tarian reasons, to an individual described in sub-
section (a)(1). 
‘‘(2) LIMITATION
FOR
RETURN
TO
UNITED 
STATES.—Notwithstanding subsection (a)(2), the 
Secretary of State, before revocation, may— 
‘‘(A) limit a previously issued passport or 
passport card only for return travel to the 
United States; or 
‘‘(B) issue a limited passport or passport 
card that only permits return travel to the 
United States.’’. 
(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect on January 1, 2016. 
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SEC. 203. PROHIBITION ON NON-COST-EFFECTIVE MINTING 
AND PRINTING OF COINS AND CURRENCY. 
(a) PROHIBITION WITH RESPECT TO COINS.—Sec-
tion 5111 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(e) PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN MINTING.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of this subchapter, beginning 
on the date that is 4 years after the date of enactment 
of this subsection, the Secretary may not mint or issue 
any circulating coin that costs more to produce than the 
denomination of the coin (including labor, materials, dies, 
use of machinery, overhead expenses, marketing, and ship-
ping).’’. 
(b) PROHIBITION WITH RESPECT TO CURRENCY.— 
Section 5114(a) of title 31, United States Code, is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) PROHIBITION
ON
CERTAIN
PRINTING.— 
Notwithstanding any other provision of this sub-
chapter, beginning on the date that is 4 years after 
the date of enactment of this paragraph, the Sec-
retary may not engrave or print any United States 
currency that costs more to produce than the de-
nomination of the currency (including labor, mate-
rials, dies, use of machinery, overhead expenses, 
marketing, and shipping).’’. 
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SEC. 204. RESTRICTIONS ON PRINTING AND DISTRIBUTION 
OF PAPER COPIES OF CONGRESSIONAL DOC-
UMENTS. 
(a) PRINTING AND DISTRIBUTION OF DOCUMENTS 
BY PUBLIC PRINTER.— 
(1) RESTRICTIONS.—Chapter 7 of title 44, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following new section: 
‘‘§ 742. Restrictions on printing and distribution of 
paper copies 
‘‘(a) MANDATORY USE OF ELECTRONIC FORMAT FOR 
DISTRIBUTION OF CONGRESSIONAL DOCUMENTS.—Not-
withstanding any other provision of this chapter, the Di-
rector of the Government Publishing Office shall make any 
document of the House of Representatives or Senate 
which is subject to any of the provisions of this chapter 
available only in an electronic format which is accessible 
through the Internet, and may not print or distribute a 
printed copy of the document except as provided in sub-
section (b). 
‘‘(b) PERMITTING PRINTING AND DISTRIBUTION OF 
PRINTED
COPIES
UPON
REQUEST.—Notwithstanding 
subsection (a), at the request of any person to whom the 
Director of the Government Publishing Office would have 
been required to provide a printed copy of a document 
under this chapter had subsection (a) not been in effect, 
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the Director may print and distribute a copy of a docu-
ment or report for the use of that person, except that— 
‘‘(1) the number of printed copies the Director 
may provide to the person may not exceed the num-
ber of printed copies the Director would have pro-
vided to the person had subsection (a) not been in 
effect; and 
‘‘(2) the Director may print and distribute cop-
ies to the person only upon payment by the person 
of the costs of printing and distributing the copies, 
except that this paragraph shall not apply to an of-
fice of the House of Representatives or Senate (in-
cluding the office of a Member of Congress).’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions of chapter 7 of title 44, United States Code, 
is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘742. Restrictions on printing and distribution of paper copies.’’. 
(b) PROVISION
OF DOCUMENTS
IN ELECTRONIC 
FORMAT DEEMED TO MEET REQUIREMENTS OF HOUSE 
AND
SENATE
RULES
REGARDING
DISTRIBUTION
OF 
PRINTED COPIES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—If any rule or regulation of 
the House of Representatives or Senate requires a 
Member or committee to provide printed copies of 
any document (including any bill or resolution) for 
the use of the House or Senate or for the use of any 
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office of the House or Senate, the Member or com-
mittee shall be considered to have met the require-
ment of the rule or regulation if the Member or com-
mittee makes the document available to the recipient 
in an electronic format. 
(2) EXERCISE OF RULEMAKING AUTHORITY OF 
SENATE AND HOUSE.—This subsection is enacted by 
Congress— 
(A) as an exercise of the rulemaking power 
of the Senate and House of Representatives, re-
spectively, and as such it is deemed a part of 
the rules of each House, respectively, and it su-
persedes other rules only to the extent that it 
is inconsistent with such rules; and 
(B) with full recognition of the constitu-
tional right of either House to change the rules 
(so far as relating to the procedure of that 
House) at any time, in the same manner, and 
to the same extent as in the case of any other 
rule of that House. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section and the amend-
ments made by this section shall apply with respect to doc-
uments produced on or after January 1, 2016. 
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SEC. 205. REPLACING THE $1 NOTE WITH THE $1 COIN. 
(a) DUTIES OF THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE 
FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM.— 
(1) COIN SEQUESTRATION.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 
days after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 
System shall sequester all $1 coins bearing the 
design common to those $1 coins minted and 
issued from 1979 through 1981 and in 1999. 
(B) TREATMENT OF COINS.—Coins seques-
tered pursuant to subparagraph (A) shall not 
be returned to ordinary circulation or otherwise 
released from storage controlled by the Federal 
Reserve System or an agent of the Federal Re-
serve System. 
(C) EXCEPTION FOR CERTAIN USES.—Not-
withstanding subparagraph (B), coins seques-
tered pursuant to subparagraph (A) may be re-
leased, at face value and in bulk quantities— 
(i) to dealers in collectible coins; and 
(ii) to countries that have adopted the 
United States dollar as their base unit of 
exchange. 
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(D) OBSOLETE COINS.—On the date that 
is 1 year after the date of enactment of this 
Act, the coins described in subparagraph (A)— 
(i) shall be declared by the Secretary 
of the Treasury to be obsolete; 
(ii) shall be treated in the same man-
ner as all other obsolete United States 
coins; and 
(iii) to the extent the coins remain in 
general circulation, shall remain legal ten-
der. 
(2) QUARTERLY
REPORT
ON
$1
COINS.—The 
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System 
shall submit to the Committee on Banking, Housing, 
and Urban Affairs of the Senate and the Committee 
on Financial Services of the House of Representa-
tives a quarterly report on— 
(A) the number of coins sequestered pursu-
ant to paragraph (1)(A); 
(B) the number of coins described in para-
graph (1)(A) that remain in general circulation; 
and 
(C) efforts that have been made to reduce 
the number of coins described in subparagraphs 
(A) and (B) to zero. 
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(3) 
IMPROVEMENT
OF
CIRCULATION.—The 
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System 
shall— 
(A) undertake efforts to improve the cir-
culation and remove barriers to the circulation 
of the $1 coin, other than the coins described 
under paragraph (1)(A); 
(B) submit to the Committee on Banking, 
Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate and 
the Committee on Financial Services of the 
House of Representatives a quarterly report 
on— 
(i) the efforts made to improve the 
circulation of $1 coins and the efforts 
being planned to improve the circulation of 
$1 coins; 
(ii) the success of such efforts, includ-
ing an analysis of the coins described in 
clause (i) held in storage owned or con-
trolled by the Federal Reserve System and 
the number of such coins in circulation; 
(iii) barriers to the circulation of such 
coins, including the availability of such 
coins in quantities unmixed with the $1 
coins described in paragraph (1)(A); and 
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(iv) the extent to which the Federal 
Reserve System and any agents of the 
Federal Reserve System are unable to 
meet end-user requests for delivery of 
unmixed quantities of such coins in what-
ever form such end user requires, including 
rolls, disposable tubes, or volume bags of 
such coins. 
(4) OUTREACH AND EDUCATION.—The Board 
of Governors of the Federal Reserve System shall 
continuously conduct outreach and education pro-
grams aimed at helping each business using or ac-
cepting cash to choose the best mix of $1 coins and 
banknotes to facilitate transactions and reduce costs 
of transactions and of cashing out at the end of a 
transaction period. 
(5) USE
OF
$1
COINS
BY
FOREIGN
COUN-
TRIES.—The Board of Governors of the Federal Re-
serve System shall work with the Secretary of State 
and the Secretary of the Treasury to ensure that 
countries that have adopted the dollar as a base unit 
of exchange and that place orders with the Federal 
Reserve System, or through any United States fi-
nancial institution, for supplies of $1 monetary 
units, are fully briefed before placing each such 
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order on the durability and longevity of $1 coins in 
high-circulation economies when used for trans-
actions of a low dollar value. 
(b) PUBLICITY REQUIREMENT.—Section 5112(p)(2) 
of title 31, United States Code, is amended by striking 
‘‘Mint,’’ and inserting ‘‘Mint and the Board of Governors 
of the Federal Reserve System’’. 
(c) REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION.—Not later than 
1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, and annu-
ally thereafter, the Comptroller General of the United 
States and the Inspector General of the Board of Gov-
ernors of the Federal Reserve System and the Bureau of 
Consumer Financial Protection shall each submit to the 
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of 
the Senate and the Committee on Financial Services of 
the House of Representatives a report on steps being 
taken by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 
System to carry out this Act. 
(d) CLARIFICATION WITH RESPECT TO SEIGNIOR-
AGE.—The ninth proviso of section 5136 of title 31, 
United States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘and such 
amount shall be included as an estimated receipt of the 
Government under section 1105(a)(6) and a receipt of the 
Government under section 1105(a)(7) in any budget sub-
mitted under that section’’ after ‘‘miscellaneous receipts’’. 
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(e) POLICY STATEMENT.—It is the policy of the 
United States that after $1 coins achieve sufficient market 
penetration such that consumers and retailers are com-
fortable using $1 coins and are able to obtain adequate 
supplies of $1 coins, $1 coins should replace $1 Federal 
Reserve notes as the only $1 monetary unit issued and 
circulated by the Federal Reserve System. 
(f) DEADLINE FOR PLACING $1 FEDERAL RESERVE 
NOTES INTO CIRCULATION.—Federal Reserve banks may 
continue to place into circulation $1 Federal Reserve notes 
until the earlier of— 
(1) the date on which the number of $1 coins 
placed into circulation after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act exceeds 600,000,000 annually; or 
(2) the date that is 4 years after the date of the 
enactment of this Act. 
(g) TRANSITION PERIOD.—Beginning on the date de-
scribed in subsection (f), a Federal Reserve bank— 
(1) may not order additional $1 Federal Re-
serve notes; and 
(2) except as provided in subsection (h), may, 
during the 1-year period beginning on the date de-
scribed in subsection (f), place into circulation $1 
Federal Reserve notes on hand or those deposited 
with the Federal Reserve bank. 
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(h) REMOVAL OF UNFIT CURRENCY.—Beginning on 
the date described in subparagraph (f), a Federal Reserve 
bank shall— 
(1) remove unfit currency from circulation; and 
(2) destroy the currency described in paragraph 
(1). 
(i) EXCEPTION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding subsections 
(f) and (g), the Board of Governors of the Federal 
Reserve System shall produce such Federal Reserve 
notes of $1 denomination as the Board determines 
from time to time are appropriate solely to meet the 
needs of collectors of that denomination. 
(2) ISSUANCE OF FEDERAL RESERVE NOTES.— 
The notes described in paragraph (1) shall— 
(A) be issued by 1 or more Federal Re-
serve banks in accordance with section 16 of 
the Federal Reserve Act (12 U.S.C. 411); and 
(B) sold by the Board of Governors of the 
Federal Reserve System, in whole or in part, 
under procedures prescribed by the Board. 
(j) NO EFFECT
ON LEGAL TENDER.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of this section, $1 Federal 
Reserve notes shall be considered legal tender in the 
United States for all debts, public and private, public 
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charges, taxes, and duties, regardless of the date of print-
ing or issue. 
SEC. 206. ENHANCING THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE’S 
ONLINE SERVICES. 
Not later than 6 months after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Commissioner of Internal Revenue 
shall, pursuant to the recommendations of the Govern-
ment Accountability Office in its report GAO–14–343SP 
(April 2014): 
(1) Develop a long-term strategy to improve 
Internet web services provided to taxpayers, in ac-
cordance with www.Howto.gov and other Federal 
guidance outlined in the report of the Government 
Accountability Office GAO–13–279SP (April 2013). 
(2) Study leading practices of other organiza-
tions to understand how web improvement strategies 
were developed and new services prioritized. 
(3) Develop business cases for all new online 
services, describing the potential benefits and costs 
of the project, and use them to prioritize future 
projects. 
(4) Review risk mitigation plans for interactive 
tools to ensure all risks are addressed and link in-
vestments in security to the long-term plan. 
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