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Q: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Profiting from Access to Computer
Technology (PACT) Act'' or the ''Child PACT Act''.

SEC. 2. PROTECTION OF POTENTIAL EDUCATIONALLY USEFUL FEDERAL EQUIPMENT.

Each Federal agency shall, to the extent practicable, protect and
safeguard potential educationally useful Federal equipment that has
been determined to be surplus, so that such equipment may be
transferred under this Act.

SEC. 3. EFFICIENT TRANSFER OF POTENTIAL EDUCATIONALLY USEFUL FEDERAL
EQUIPMENT.

(a) Transfer of Equipment to GSA.--Each Federal agency, to the
extent permitted by law and where appropriate, shall--
(1) identify potential educationally useful Federal
equipment that it no longer needs or such equipment that has
been declared surplus in accordance with section 549 of title
40, United States Code;
(2) erase all hard drives and other information storage
devices, before transfer under paragraph (3), in accordance
with standards in effect under the National Security Agency's
Information Assurance Directorate; and
(3)(A) transfer the equipment to the Administrator of
General Services for conveyance to educational recipients; or
(B) transfer the equipment directly to--
(i) an educational recipient, through an
arrangement made by the Administrator of General
Services under subsection (b); or
(ii) a nonprofit refurbisher under subsection (d).
(b) Advance Reporting of Equipment to GSA.--Each Federal agency
shall report to the Administrator of General Services the anticipated
availability of potential educationally useful Federal equipment as far
as possible in advance of the date the equipment is to become surplus,
so that the Administrator may attempt to arrange for the direct
transfer from the donating agency to educational recipients.
(c) Preference.--In carrying out conveyances to educational
recipients under this Act, the Administrator of General Services shall,
to the extent practicable, give particular preference to educational
recipients located in an enterprise community, empowerment zone, or
renewal community designated under section 1391, 1400, or 1400E of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
(d) Refurbishment of Potential Educationally Useful Equipment.--
Potential educationally useful Federal equipment that is not classroom-
usable shall be conveyed initially to a nonprofit refurbisher for
upgrade before transfer to the educational recipient. The refurbisher
shall be responsible for proper disposal of any equipment that cannot
be successfully refurbished.
(e) Lowest Cost.--All transfers to educational recipients shall be
made at the lowest cost to the recipient permitted by law.
(f) Notice of Availability of Equipment.--The Administrator of
General Services shall provide notice of the anticipated availability
of potential educationally useful Federal equipment (including
nonclassroom-usable equipment) to educational recipients by all
practical means, including the Internet, newspapers, nonprofit
refurbishers and community announcements.
(g) Facilitation by Regional Federal Executive Boards.--The
regional Federal Executive Boards (as that term is used in part 960 of
title 5, Code of Federal Regulations) shall help facilitate the
transfer of potential educationally useful Federal equipment from the
agencies they represent to recipients eligible under this Act.

SEC. 4. RULEMAKING.

The Administrator of General Services shall prescribe rules and
procedures to carry out this Act.

SEC. 5. EFFECT ON OTHER LAWS.

This Act supersedes Executive Order No. 12999 of April 17, 1996.

SEC. 6. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.

This Act may not be construed to create any right or benefit,
substantive or procedural, enforceable at law by a party against the
United States or its agencies, officers, or employees.

SEC. 7. DEFINITIONS.

In this Act:
(1) The term ''Federal agency'' means an Executive
department or an Executive agency (as such terms are defined in
chapter 1 of title 5, United States Code).
(2) The term ''educational recipient'' means a school or a
community-based educational organization.
(3) The term ''school'' includes a pre-kindergarten program
(as that term is used in the Elementary and Secondary Education
Act of 1965), an elementary school, a secondary school, and a
local educational agency (as those terms are defined in section
9101 of that Act).
(4) The term ''community-based educational organization''
means a nonprofit entity that--
(A) is engaged in collaborative projects with
schools or the primary focus of which is education; and
(B) qualifies as a nonprofit educational
institution or organization for purposes of section
549(c)(3) of title 40, United States Code.
(5) The term ''potential educationally useful Federal
equipment'' means computers and related peripheral tools (such
as computer printers, modems, routers, and servers), including
telecommunications and research equipment, that are appropriate
for use by an educational recipient. The term also includes
computer software, where the transfer of a license is
permitted.
(6) The term ''classroom-usable,'' with respect to
potential educationally useful Federal equipment, means such
equipment that does not require an upgrade of hardware or
software in order to be used by an educational recipient
without being first transferred under section 3(d) to a
nonprofit refurbisher for such an upgrade.
(7) The term ''nonprofit refurbisher'' means an
organization that--
(A) is exempt from income taxes under section
501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; and
(B) upgrades potential educationally useful Federal
equipment that is not yet classroom-usable at no cost
or low cost to the ultimate recipient school or
community-based educational organization.
A:
Profiting from Access to Computer Technology (PACT) Act or the Child PACT Act - Directs each Federal agency to: (1) safeguard and identify potential educationally useful Federal equipment that it no longer needs or that has been declared surplus; and (2) transfer such equipment, either directly or through the General Services Administration (GSA), to educational recipients or nonprofit refurbishers.