H. R. 4465 
One Hundred Fourteenth Congress 
of the 
United States of America 
AT THE SECOND SESSION 
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday, 
the fourth day of January, two thousand and sixteen 
An Act 
To decrease the deficit by consolidating and selling Federal buildings and other 
civilian real property, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 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 ‘‘Federal Assets 
Sale and Transfer Act of 2016’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for this Act 
is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Purposes. 
Sec. 3. Definitions. 
Sec. 4. Board. 
Sec. 5. Board meetings. 
Sec. 6. Compensation and travel expenses. 
Sec. 7. Executive Director. 
Sec. 8. Staff. 
Sec. 9. Contracting authority. 
Sec. 10. Termination. 
Sec. 11. Development of recommendations to Board. 
Sec. 12. Board duties. 
Sec. 13. Review by OMB. 
Sec. 14. Implementation of Board recommendations. 
Sec. 15. Authorization of appropriations. 
Sec. 16. Funding. 
Sec. 17. Congressional approval of proposed projects. 
Sec. 18. Preclusion of judicial review. 
Sec. 19. Implementation review by GAO. 
Sec. 20. Agency retention of proceeds. 
Sec. 21. Federal real property database. 
Sec. 22. Streamlining McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act. 
Sec. 23. Additional property. 
Sec. 24. Sale of 12th and Independence. 
Sec. 25. Sale of Cotton Annex. 
SEC. 2. PURPOSES. 
The purpose of this Act is to reduce the costs of Federal real 
estate by— 
(1) consolidating the footprint of Federal buildings and 
facilities; 
(2) maximizing the utilization rate of Federal buildings 
and facilities; 
(3) reducing the reliance on leased space; 
(4) selling or redeveloping high value assets that are under-
utilized to obtain the highest and best value for the taxpayer 
and maximize the return to the taxpayer; 
(5) reducing the operating and maintenance costs of Federal 
civilian real properties;
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(6) reducing redundancy, overlap, and costs associated with 
field offices; 
(7) creating incentives for Federal agencies to achieve 
greater efficiency in their inventories of civilian real property; 
(8) facilitating and expediting the sale or disposal of 
unneeded Federal civilian real properties; 
(9) improving the efficiency of real property transfers for 
the provision of services to the homeless; and 
(10) assisting Federal agencies in achieving the Govern-
ment’s sustainability goals by reducing excess space, inventory, 
and energy consumption, as well as by leveraging new tech-
nologies. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act, unless otherwise expressly stated, the following 
definitions apply: 
(1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Administrator’’ means the 
Administrator of General Services. 
(2) BOARD.—The term ‘‘Board’’ means the Public Buildings 
Reform Board established by section 4. 
(3) CERCLA.—The term ‘‘CERCLA’’ means the Comprehen-
sive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act 
of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.). 
(4) FEDERAL AGENCY.—The term ‘‘Federal agency’’ means 
an executive department or independent establishment in the 
executive branch of the Government, and a wholly owned 
Government corporation. 
(5) FEDERAL CIVILIAN REAL PROPERTY AND CIVILIAN REAL 
PROPERTY.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The terms ‘‘Federal civilian real 
property’’ and ‘‘civilian real property’’ refer to Federal real 
property assets, including public buildings as defined in 
section 3301(a) of title 40, United States Code, occupied 
and improved grounds, leased space, or other physical 
structures under the custody and control of any Federal 
agency. 
(B) EXCLUSIONS.—Subparagraph (A) shall not be con-
strued as including any of the following types of property: 
(i) Properties that are on military installations 
(including any fort, camp, post, naval training station, 
airfield proving ground, military supply depot, military 
school, or any similar facility of the Department of 
Defense). 
(ii) A base, camp, post, station, yard, center, or 
homeport facility for any ship or activity under the 
jurisdiction of the Coast Guard. 
(iii) Properties that are excluded for reasons of 
national security by the Director of the Office of 
Management and Budget. 
(iv) Properties that are excepted from the defini-
tion of the term ‘‘property’’ under section 102 of title 
40, United States Code. 
(v) 
Indian 
and 
Native 
Alaskan 
properties, 
including— 
(I) any property within the limits of an Indian 
reservation to which the United States owns title 
for the benefit of an Indian tribe; and
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(II) any property title that is held in trust 
by the United States for the benefit of an Indian 
tribe or individual or held by an Indian tribe or 
individual subject to restriction by the United 
States against alienation. 
(vi) Properties operated and maintained by the 
Tennessee Valley Authority pursuant to the Tennessee 
Valley Authority Act of 1933 (16 U.S.C. 831 et seq.). 
(vii) Postal properties owned by the United States 
Postal Service. 
(viii) Properties used in connection with Federal 
programs for agricultural, recreational, or conservation 
purposes, including research in connection with the 
programs. 
(ix) Properties used in connection with river, 
harbor, flood control, reclamation, or power projects. 
(x) Properties located outside the United States 
operated or maintained by the Department of State 
or the United States Agency for International Develop-
ment. 
(6) FIELD OFFICE.—The term ‘‘field office’’ means any Fed-
eral office that is not the headquarters office location for the 
Federal agency. 
(7) HUD.—The term ‘‘HUD’’ means the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development. 
(8) OMB.—The term ‘‘OMB’’ means the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget. 
(9) VALUE OF TRANSACTIONS.—The term ‘‘value of trans-
actions’’ means the sum of the estimated proceeds and esti-
mated costs, based on the accounting system developed or 
identified under section 12(e), associated with the transactions 
included in Board recommendations. 
SEC. 4. BOARD. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established an independent 
board to be known as the Public Buildings Reform Board. 
(b) DUTIES.—The Board shall carry out the duties as specified 
in this Act. 
(c) MEMBERSHIP.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Board shall be composed of a Chair-
person appointed by the President, by and with the advice 
and consent of the Senate, and six members appointed by 
the President. 
(2) APPOINTMENTS.—In selecting individuals for appoint-
ments to the Board, the President shall consult with— 
(A) the Speaker of the House of Representatives con-
cerning the appointment of two members; 
(B) the majority leader of the Senate concerning the 
appointment of two members; 
(C) the minority leader of the House of Representatives 
concerning the appointment of one member; and 
(D) the minority leader of the Senate concerning the 
appointment of one member. 
(3) TERMS.—The term for each member of the Board shall 
be 6 years. 
(4) VACANCIES.—Vacancies shall be filled in the same 
manner as the original appointment.