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:
‘‘(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.’’;
(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-
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;
(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-