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1/18/02 Dispatch: FMR - Donation of Surplus Personal Property
SUBJECT: Federal Management Regulation (FMR); Donation of Surplus Personal Property
SOURCE: Federal Register, January 18, 2002, Vol. 67, No. 13, page 2583
SYNOPSIS: GSA is updating, streamlining, and clarifying Federal Property Management Regulations (FPMR) Part 101-44, Donation of Surplus Personal Property, then moving it to the Federal Management Regulation (FMR) as Part 102-37, Donation of Surplus Personal Property.
EDITOR'S NOTE: For more on the proposed rule, see the April 14, 2000, FEDERAL CONTRACTS DISPATCH "Federal Management Regulation (FMR); Donation of Surplus Personal Property.
GSA is in the process of updating, reorganizing, streamlining, simplifying, and clarifying the contents of the FPMR, then transferring the contents to the Federal Management Regulations (FMR), which was established on July 21, 1999, as Chapter 102 of Title 41 of the CFR (see the February 25, 2000, FEDERAL CONTRACTS DISPATCH "Establishment of the Federal Management Regulation (FMR) as the Successor to the FPMR"). When the transfer is complete, the FMR will contain a refined set of policies and regulatory requirements on managing property and administrative services. Non-regulatory materials (such as guidance, procedures, information and standards) will be available in separate documents, such as customer service guides, handbooks, brochures, Internet websites, and FMR bulletins.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Peter B. Zuidema, Acting Director, Personal Property Management Policy Division (MTP), 202-501-3846.
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION: On April 14, 2000, GSA published a proposed rule to update, streamline, and clarify FPMR Part 101-44 and then move it into the FMR as Part 102-37, and solicited comments. GSA is adopting the proposed rule as final with minor editorial and organizational changes.
Since the FMR is replacing the FPMR, this rule adds a cross-reference in the FPMR directing readers to the coverage in the FMR. All that remains of FPMR 101-44 is FPMR 101-44.000, Cross-Reference to the Federal Management Regulation (FMR) (41 CFR Chapter 102, Parts 102-1 through 102-220), which states, "For information on donation of surplus personal property previously contained in this part, see FMR Part 102-37 (41 CFR Part 102-37)."
The following are the primary changes between the old FPMR Part 101-44 and the new FMR Part 102-37:
FMR 102-37.45, How long is property available for donation screening?, consolidates the federal and donation screening periods as 21 calendar days.
FMR 102-37.70, How should a transferee account for the receipt of a larger or smaller number of items than approved by GSA on the SF [Standard Form] 123 [Transfer Order Surplus Personal Property]?, establishes the same $500 threshold for reporting for reporting overages and shortages of property (in FPMR 101-44.115, Overages and Shortages, the thresholds were $500 for overages and $300 for shortages). Also, the report period is shortened from 90 days in the FPMR to 30 days in the FMR (see Footnote 1). (EDITOR'S NOTE: The proposed title of FMR 102-37.70 was "How should overages and shortages in shipments be handled?")
FMR 102-37.405, How often must a SASP [state agency for surplus property] update donee eligibility records?, reinstates a requirement that donee eligibility files be updated at 3-year intervals. Also, it adds a requirement that such updates include a review of donee screener records. (EDITOR'S NOTE: The proposed rule would have numbered this section as FMR 102-37.240.)
FMR 102-37.530, What are FAA's [Federal Aviation Administration's] responsibilities in the donation of surplus property to public airports?, shifts the responsibility for issuing screening credentials for public airports from GSA to the FAA. (EDITOR'S NOTE: The proposed rule would have numbered this section as FMR 102-37.480.)
FMR 102-37.550, What steps must the American National Red Cross take to acquire surplus property?, requires that GSA approve all donations to the Red Cross. (EDITOR'S NOTE: The proposed rule would have numbered this section as FMR 102-37.505.)
The definition of "museum," which used to be in paragraph (a)(16) of FPMR 101-44.207, Eligibility, is changed to provide SASPs with more concrete guidance for making eligibility determinations for museum applicants. The definition in Appendix C, Glossary of Terms for Determining Eligibility of Public Agencies and Nonprofit Organizations, adds a criteria that the institution be open to the public at least 1000 hours a year, and it adds "nature center" as a type of institution that is considered a museum if it satisfied all other provisions of the definition. (EDITOR'S NOTE: The proposed rule would have put the revised definition in FMR 102-37.25, What definitions apply to this part?)
The 2-year limit for reimbursing state surplus property agencies from the sale of nondonatable property is removed. The 2-year limit had been in paragraph (j)(4) of FPMR 101-44.205, Property in the Possession of a State Agency.