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114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6192 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to permit the Secretary of Defense 
to transfer excess personal property of the Department of Defense to 
law enforcement agencies only by means of auction, and for other pur-
poses. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 27, 2016 
Mr. SANFORD introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on the Judi-
ciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each 
case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of 
the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to permit the Sec-
retary of Defense to transfer excess personal property 
of the Department of Defense to law enforcement agen-
cies only by means of auction, 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 ‘‘Responsible Law En-
forcement Acquisition Act of 2016’’. 
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SEC. 2. DISPOSAL OF EXCESS PERSONAL PROPERTY OF 
THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE BY MEANS 
OF AUCTION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2576a of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) in the heading by striking ‘‘sale or dona-
tion’’ and inserting ‘‘auction’’; 
(2) by striking the period at the end of sub-
section (b)(6) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; 
(3) by adding after subsection (b)(6) the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(7) the recipient is a State, local, or tribal law 
enforcement agency and is the high bidder at an 
auction, open only to such agencies, for such per-
sonal property, conducted by— 
‘‘(A) the Secretary; or 
‘‘(B) an appropriate entity with whom the 
Secretary has entered into a contract to carry 
out this paragraph.’’; and 
(4) in subsection (c)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘Subject to subsection 
(b)(4), the Secretary may’’ and inserting ‘‘(1) 
The Secretary may not’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
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‘‘(2) The Secretary shall deposit the proceeds 
from an auction conducted under subsection (b)(7) 
in the general fund of the Treasury.’’. 
(b) REPEAL OF PREFERENCE FOR CERTAIN TRANS-
FERS.—Subsection (d) of such section is repealed. 
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of chapter 153 of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended by striking the item relating to section 
2576a and inserting the following: 
‘‘2576a. Excess personal property: auction for law enforcement activities.’’. 
SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR CERTAIN 
WORKING GROUPS. 
Effective on the date of the enactment of this Act, 
none of the funds made available to, or funds or fees col-
lected by, any Executive agency (as that term is defined 
in section 105 of title 5, United States Code) may be used 
to implement, administer, carry out, or enforce any Execu-
tive order or rule, regulation, action, directive, memo-
randum, or any other policy of the executive branch, 
issued on January 16, 2015, or any date thereafter, that 
has the effect of establishing an interagency working 
group regarding the transfer of personal property of the 
Department of Defense to State, local, or tribal law en-
forcement agencies, or the use of such property. 
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