I 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8276 
To make data and internal guidance on excess personal property publicly 
available, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 7, 2024 
Mrs. MCCLAIN (for herself and Ms. PORTER) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability 
A BILL 
To make data and internal guidance on excess personal 
property publicly available, 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 ‘‘Reuse Excess Property 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. REPORTING ON EXCESS PERSONAL PROPERTY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter II of chapter 5 of title 
40, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in section 529— 
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(A) in subsection (a), in the matter pre-
ceding paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘and the 
Committee on Homeland Security and Govern-
mental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee 
on Oversight and Accountability of the House 
of Representatives’’ after ‘‘Administrator of 
General Services’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(c) COMPILATION OF DATA.—Not later than 180 
days following the close of a fiscal year, the Administrator 
shall compile the data in the reports submitted under sub-
section (a) and submit to the Committee on Homeland Se-
curity Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Com-
mittee on Oversight and Accountability of the House of 
Representatives and publish on a centralized online 
website a publicly available report, which shall include— 
‘‘(1) the complete data provided in each report 
in a user-friendly format; 
‘‘(2) a summary of the findings of each report, 
including the aggregate dollar amount of personal 
property determined to be no longer required for the 
purpose of the appropriation used to make the pur-
chase; and 
‘‘(3) any other recommendations from the Ad-
ministrator.’’; and 
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(2) by inserting after section 529 the following: 
‘‘§ 530. Internal guidance on excess personal property 
‘‘(a) INITIAL REPORT.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of enactment of this section, each executive 
agency shall submit to the Administrator of General Serv-
ices and make publicly available on the website of the exec-
utive agency the internal guidance of the executive agency 
on considering using excess personal property to meet the 
needs of the executive agency, which shall include— 
‘‘(1) a requirement to consider excess personal 
property before buying new; 
‘‘(2) when it is practicable to check for and ob-
tain excess personal property; 
‘‘(3) how to evaluate the suitability of excess 
personal property for use; and 
‘‘(4) defined roles and responsibilities relevant 
to considering the use of excess personal property, 
including the designation of an employee as respon-
sible for searching through available excess personal 
property for items that meet the needs of the execu-
tive agency. 
‘‘(b) UPDATES.—Each executive agency shall submit 
to the Administrator of General Services and update on 
the website of the executive agency any changes to the 
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internal guidance submitted and made available under 
subsection (a).’’. 
(b) REPORT ON INTERAGENCY WORKING GROUP.— 
Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Administrator of General Services shall pub-
lish a publicly available report on a centralized online 
website that includes a summary of findings from the 
interagency working group on the acquisition of personal 
property that was first convened in February 2023 on 
ways to improve the use of excess personal property. 
(c) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— 
The table of sections for chapter 5 of title 40, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relat-
ing to section 529 the following: 
‘‘530. Internal guidance on excess personal property.’’. 
(d) GAO REPORT.—The Comptroller General of the 
United States shall submit to the Committee on Homeland 
Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the 
Committee on Oversight and Accountability of the House 
of Representatives a report that evaluates the frequency 
with which executive agencies (as defined in section 102 
of title 40, United States Code) acquire personal property 
that was made, produced, or manufactured by any entity, 
including any corporation, that is organized under the 
laws of, is headquartered in, or has its principal place of 
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business in the People’s Republic of China, including any 
Special Administrative Region. 
(e) SUNSET.—Effective the date that is 5 years after 
the date of enactment of this Act, chapter 5 of title 40, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in section 529— 
(A) in subsection (a), in the matter pre-
ceding paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘and the 
Committee on Homeland Security and Govern-
mental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee 
on Oversight and Accountability of the House 
of Representatives’’; and 
(B) by striking subsection (c); 
(2) by striking section 530; and 
(3) in the table of sections, by striking the item 
relating to section 530. 
(f) NO ADDITIONAL FUNDS.—No additional funds 
are authorized to be appropriated for the purpose of car-
rying out this Act or the amendments made by this Act. 
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