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Timestamp: 2017-12-17 08:16:31
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Matched Legal Cases: ['art 101', 'art 102', 'art 101', 'art 102', 'arts 102', 'art 37', 'art 102']

4/14/00 Dispatch: Federal Management Regulation (FMR) - Donation of Surplus Personal Property
SUBJECT: Federal Management Regulation (FMR): Donation of Surplus Personal Property
SOURCE: Federal Register, April 13, 2000, Vol. 65, No. 72, page 20013
SYNOPSIS: GSA is proposing to update, streamline, and clarify Federal Property Management Regulations (FPMR) Part 101-44, Donation of Surplus Personal Property, and then move it to the new Federal Management Regulation (FMR) as Part 102-37, Donation of Surplus Personal Property. The FMR is replacing the FPMR, so this proposed rule would add a cross-reference in the FPMR to direct readers to the coverage in the FMR.
EDITOR'S NOTE: The FPMR is Chapter 101 of Title 41 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). The FMR is Chapter 102 of Title 41 of the CFR.
GSA is in the process of updating, reorganizing, streamlining, eliminating, and clarifying the contents of the FPMR, then transferring the contents to a new set of regulations -- the Federal Management Regulations (FMR), which was established on July 21, 1999, as Chapter 102 of Title 41 of the CFR. 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 more on the finalization of the July 21, 1999, interim rule that established the FMR as the replacement of the FPMR, see the February 25, 2000, FEDERAL CONTRACTS DISPATCH "General Services Administration; Establishment of the Federal Management Regulation (FMR) as the Successor to the Federal Property Management Regulations (FPMR)."
DATES: Submit comments on or before June 12, 2000.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments to Ms. Sharon Kiser, Regulatory Secretariat (MVR), Office of Governmentwide Policy, General Services Administration, 1800 F Street, NW, Washington, DC 20405; e-mail comments to RIN.3090-AH20@gsa.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Martha Caswell, Director, Personal Property Management Policy Division (MTP), 202-501-3846.
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION: This proposed rule would completely revise FPMR Part 101-44 and then redesignate it at FMR Part 102-37. All that would remain of FPMR 101-44 would be Section 101-44.000, Cross-Reference to the Federal Management Regulation (FMR) (41 CFR Chapter 102, Parts 102-1 Through 102-220), which would state: "For information on donation of surplus personal property previously contained in this part, see FMR Part 37 (41 CFR Part 102-37)."
Besides rewriting the part, GSA is proposing to make several changes:
The definition of "museum" would be changed. FMR 102-37.25, What definitions apply to this part?, would add a criteria that the institution be open to the public at least 1000 hours a year, and would add "nature center" as a type of institution that would be considered a museum if it satisfied all other provisions of the definition. The FPMR definition is in paragraph (a)(16) of FPMR 101-44.207, Eligibility.
FMR 102-37.70, How should overages and shortages in shipments be handled?, would use the same dollar thresholds for reporting overages and shortages of property ($500 for both; in FPMR 101-44.115, Overages and Shortages, the thresholds are $500 for overages and $300 for shortages). Also, the report period would be shortened from 90 days in the FPMR to 30 days in the FMR.
The 2-year limit for reimbursing state surplus property agencies from the sale of undistributed property would be removed (it is currently in paragraph (j)(4) of FPMR 101-44.205, Property in the Possession of a State Agency).
FMR 102-37.240, How often must we update donee eligibility records?, would reinstate a requirement that donee eligibility files be updated at 3-year intervals.
FMR 102-37.480, What are our [Federal Aviation Administration's] responsibilities in the donation of property?, would shift the responsibility for issuing screening credentials for public airports from GSA to the Federal Aviation Administration.
FMR 102-37.505, What steps must we take to acquire property?, would require that GSA approve all donations to the Red Cross.