(1) Subject to the provisions of paragraph (2) of this subsection, in order to minimize expenditures for property, the Administrator shall prescribe policies and methods to promote the maximum utilization of excess property by executive agencies, and he shall provide for the transfer of excess property among Federal agencies and to the organizations specified in section 756(f) of this title. The Administrator, with the approval of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, shall prescribe the extent of reimbursement for such transfers of excess property: Provided, That reimbursement shall be required of the fair value, as determined by the Administrator, of any excess property transferred whenever net proceeds are requested pursuant to section 485(c) of this title or whenever either the transferor or the transferee agency (or the organizational unit affected) is subject to chapter 91 of title 31 or is an organization specified in section 756(f) of this title; and that excess property determined by the Administrator to be suitable for distribution through the supply centers of the General Services Administration shall be retransferred as 1 prices fixed by the Administrator with due regard to prices established in accordance with section 756(b) of this title.
(2) The Administrator shall prescribe such procedures as may be necessary in order to transfer without compensation to the Secretary of the Interior excess real property located within the reservation of any group, band, or tribe of Indians which is recognized as eligible for services by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Such excess real property shall be held in trust by the Secretary for the benefit and use of the group, band, or tribe of Indians, within whose reservation such excess real property is located: Provided, That such transfers of real property within the State of Oklahoma shall be made to the Secretary of the Interior to be held in trust for Oklahoma Indian tribes recognized by the Secretary of the Interior when such real property (1) is located within boundaries of former reservations in Oklahoma as defined by the Secretary of Interior and when such real property was held in trust by the United States for an Indian tribe at the time of acquisition by the United States, or (2) is contiguous to real property presently held in trust by the United States for an Oklahoma Indian tribe and was at any time held in trust by the United States for an Indian tribe.
Each executive agency shall (1) maintain adequate inventory controls and accountability systems for the property under its control, (2) continuously survey property under its control to determine which is excess property, and promptly report such property to the Administrator, (3) perform the care and handling of such excess property, and (4) transfer or dispose of such property as promptly as possible in accordance with authority delegated and regulations prescribed by the Administrator.
Each executive agency shall, as far as practicable, (1) make reassignments of property among activities within the agency when such property is determined to be no longer required for the purposes of the appropriation from which it was purchased, (2) transfer excess property under its control to other Federal agencies and to organizations specified in section 756(f) of this title, and (3) obtain excess property from other Federal agencies.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, Federal agencies are prohibited from obtaining excess personal property for purposes of furnishing such property to grantees of such agencies, except as follows:
(1) Under such regulations as the Administrator may prescribe, any Federal agency may obtain excess personal property for purposes of furnishing it to any institution or organization which is a public agency or is nonprofit and exempt from taxation under section 501 of title 26, and which is conducting a federally sponsored project pursuant to a grant made for a specific purpose with a specific termination made: Provided, That—
(A) such property is to be furnished for use in connection with the grant; and
(B) the sponsoring Federal agency pays an amount equal to 25 per centum of the original acquisition cost (except for costs of care and handling) of the excess property furnished, such funds to be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts.
Title to excess property obtained under this paragraph shall vest in the grantees and shall be accounted for and disposed of in accordance with procedures governing the accountability of personal property acquired under grant agreements.
(2) Under such regulations and restrictions as the Administrator may prescribe, the provisions of this subsection shall not apply to the following:
(A) property furnished under section 2358 of title 22, where and to the extent that the Administrator of General Services determines that the property to be furnished under such Act [22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.] is not needed for donation pursuant to section 484(j) of this title;
(B) scientific equipment furnished under section 1870(e) of title 42;
(C) property furnished under section 580a of title 16, in connection with the Cooperative Forest Fire Control Program, where title is retained in the United States;
(D) property furnished in connection with grants to Indian tribes as defined in section 1452(c) of title 25; or
(E) property furnished by the Secretary of Agriculture to any State or county extension service engaged in cooperative agricultural extension work pursuant to the Act of May 8, 1914 (7 U.S.C. 341 et seq.); any State experiment station engaged in cooperative agricultural research work pursuant to the Act of March 2, 1887 (7 U.S.C. 361a et seq.); and any institution engaged in cooperative agricultural research or extension work pursuant to sections 1433, 1434, 1444, or 1445 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3195, 3196, 3221, and 3222) or the Act of October 10, 1962 (16 U.S.C. 582a et seq.), where title is retained in the United States. For the purpose of this provision, the term “State” means any one of the fifty States, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, the Virgin Islands of the United States, and the District of Columbia.
This paragraph shall not preclude any Federal agency obtaining property and furnishing it to a grantee of that agency under paragraph (1) of this subsection.
Each executive agency shall submit during the calendar quarter following the close of each fiscal year a report to the Administrator showing, with respect to personal property—
(1) obtained as excess property or as personal property determined to be no longer required for the purposes of the appropriation from which it was purchased, and
(2) furnished in any manner whatsoever within the United States to any recipient other than a Federal agency,
the acquisition cost, categories of equipment, recipient of all such property, and such other information as the Administrator may require. The Administrator shall submit a report to the Senate (or to the Secretary of the Senate if the Senate is not in session) and to the House of Representatives (or to the Clerk of the House if the House is not in session) summarizing and analyzing the reports of the executive agencies.
Whenever the Administrator determines that the temporary assignment or reassignment of any space in excess real property to any Federal agency for office, storage, or related facilities would be more advantageous than the permanent transfer of such property, he may make such assignment or reassignment for such period of time as he shall determine and obtain, in the absence of appropriation available to him therefor, appropriate reimbursement from the using agency for the expense of maintaining such space.
The Administrator may authorize the abandonment, destruction, or donation to public bodies of property which has no commercial value or of which the estimated cost of continued care and handling would exceed the estimated proceeds from its sale.
(June 30, 1949, ch. 288, title II, §202, 63 Stat. 384; July 12, 1952, ch. 703, §1(f)–(h), 66 Stat. 593; 1970 Reorg. Plan No. 2, §102, eff. July 1, 1970, 35 F.R. 7959, 84 Stat. 2085; Pub. L. 93–599, Jan. 2, 1975, 88 Stat. 1954; Pub. L. 94–519, §3, Oct. 17, 1976, 90 Stat. 2454; Pub. L. 97–98, title XIV, §1443, Dec. 22, 1981, 95 Stat. 1321.)
Such Act, referred to in subsec. (d)(2)(A), is the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, Pub. L. 87–195, Sept. 4, 1961, 75 Stat. 424, as amended, which is classified principally to chapter 32 (§2151 et seq.) of Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 2151 of Title 22 and Tables.
Act of May 8, 1914 (7 U.S.C. 341 et seq.), referred to in subsec. (d)(2)(E), is act May 8, 1914, ch. 79, 38 Stat. 372, as amended, popularly known as the Smith-Lever Act, which is classified generally to subchapter IV (§341 et seq.) of chapter 13 of Title 7, Agriculture. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 341 of Title 7 and Tables.
Act of March 2, 1887 (7 U.S.C. 361a et seq.), referred to in subsec. (d)(2)(E), is act Mar. 2, 1887, ch. 314, 24 Stat. 440, as amended, popularly known as the Hatch Act of 1887, which is classified generally to sections 361a to 361i of Title 7. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 361a of Title 7 and Tables.
Act of October 10, 1962 (16 U.S.C. 582a et seq.), referred to in subsec. (d)(2)(E), is Pub. L. 87–788, Oct. 10, 1962, 76 Stat. 806, as amended, popularly known as the McIntire-Stennis Act of 1962, which is classified generally to subchapter III (§582a et seq.) of chapter 3 of Title 16, Conservation. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 582a of Title 16 and Tables.
In subsec. (a)(1), “chapter 91 of title 31” substituted for “the Government Corporation Control Act (59 Stat. 597, 31 U.S.C. 841)” on authority of Pub. L. 97–258, §4(b), Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1067, the first section of which enacted Title 31, Money and Finance.
Section was formerly classified to section 232 of Title 41, Public Contracts.
1981—Subsec. (d)(2)(E). Pub. L. 97–98 added subpar. (E).
1976—Subsecs. (d), (e). Pub. L. 94–519 added subsecs. (d) and (e). Former subsecs. (d) and (e) had been repealed by act July 12, 1952, ch. 703, §1(h), 66 Stat. 593. See 1952 Amendment note below.
1975—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 93–599 redesignated existing subsec. (a) as par. (1) and substituted “Subject to the provisions of paragraph (2) of this subsection, in order to minimize” for “In order to minimize”.
Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 93–599 added par. (2).
1952—Subsec. (a). Act July 12, 1952, §1(f), permitted better utilization of excess property by other Federal agencies which have need for such property, and provided more flexible methods of transfer.
Subsec. (c)(2). Act July 12, 1952, §1(g), inserted “and to organizations specified in section 756(f) of this title”.
Subsecs. (d) to (f). Act July 12, 1952, §1(h), repealed subsecs. (d) to (f).
Amendment by Pub. L. 97–98 effective Dec. 22, 1981, see section 1801 of Pub. L. 97–98, set out as an Effective Date note under section 4301 of Title 7, Agriculture.
Amendment by Pub. L. 94–519 effective Oct. 17, 1977, see section 9 of Pub. L. 94–519, set out as a note under section 484 of this title.
For termination, effective May 15, 2000, of provisions in subsec. (e) of this section relating to the requirement that the Administrator submit a report to the Senate and House of Representatives summarizing and analyzing the executive agency reports submitted to the Administrator each fiscal year, see section 3003 of Pub. L. 104–66, as amended, set out as a note under section 1113 of Title 31, Money and Finance, and page 173 of House Document No. 103–7.
Functions vested by law (including reorganization plan) in Bureau of the Budget or Director of Bureau of the Budget transferred to President of the United States by section 101 of Reorg. Plan No. 2 of 1970, eff. July 1, 1970, 35 F.R. 7959, 84 Stat. 2085, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. Section 102 of Reorg. Plan No. 2 of 1970, redesignated Bureau of the Budget as Office of Management and Budget.
For termination of Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, see note set out preceding section 1681 of Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions.
All functions with respect to acquiring space in buildings by lease, all functions with respect to assigning and reassigning space in buildings for use by agencies (including both space acquired by lease and space in Government-owned buildings), and all functions with respect to the operation, maintenance, and custody of office buildings owned by the Government and of office buildings or parts thereof acquired by lease, including those post-office buildings which, as determined by the Director of the Bureau of the Budget, are not used predominantly for post-office purposes, were, with certain exceptions, transferred from the respective agencies in which theretofore vested to the Administrator of General Services by sections 1 and 2 of Reorg. Plan No. 18 of 1950, eff. July 1, 1950, 15 F.R. 3177, 64 Stat. 1270, set out under section 490 of this title. For delegation of those transferred functions to other personnel of the General Services Administration, or to the heads and personnel of other agencies, and for transfer of personnel, property, records, and funds, see sections 3 and 4 of that Plan.
Pub. L. 106–504, §1, Nov. 13, 2000, 114 Stat. 2309, provided that:
“(a)
“(2) If the Government of Guam, within 180 days after receiving notification under paragraph (1), notifies the Administrator that the Government of Guam intends to acquire the property under this section, the Administrator shall transfer such property in accordance with subsection (b). Otherwise, the property shall be screened for further Federal use and then, if there is no other Federal use, shall be disposed of in accordance with the Property Act.
“(b)
“(2) All transfers of excess real property to the Government of Guam shall be subject to such restrictive covenants as the Administrator, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, in the case of property reported excess by a military department, determines to be necessary to ensure that: (A) the use of the property is compatible with continued military activities on Guam; (B) the use of the property is consistent with the environmental condition of the property; (C) access is available to the United States to conduct any additional environmental remediation or monitoring that may be required; (D) the property is used only for a public purpose and can not be converted to any other use; and (E) to the extent that facilities on the property have been occupied and used by another Federal agency for a minimum of 2 years, that the transfer to the Government of Guam is subject to the terms and conditions for such use and occupancy.
“(3) All transfers of excess real property to the Government of Guam are subject to all otherwise applicable Federal laws, except section 2696 of title 10, United States Code, or section 501 of Public Law 100–77 (42 U.S.C. 11411).
“(c)
“(1) The term ‘Administrator’ means—
“(A) the Administrator of General Services; or
“(B) the head of any Federal agency with the authority to dispose of excess real property on Guam.
“(2) The term ‘base closure law’ means the Defense Authorization Amendments and Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1988 (Public Law 100–526) [see Short Title of 1988 Amendment note set out under section 2687 of Title 10, Armed Forces], the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–510) [part A of title XXIX of Pub. L. 101–510; 10 U.S.C. 2687 note], or similar base closure authority.
“(3) The term ‘excess real property’ means excess property (as that term is defined in section 3 of the Property Act [40 U.S.C. 472]) that is real property and was acquired by the United States prior to the enactment of this section [Nov. 13, 2000].
“(4) The term ‘Guam National Wildlife Refuge’ includes those lands within the refuge overlay under the jurisdiction of the Department of Defense, identified as DoD lands in figure 3, on page 74, and as submerged lands in figure 7, on page 78 of the ‘Final Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Guam National Wildlife Refuge, Territory of Guam, July 1993’ to the extent that the Federal Government holds title to such lands.
“(5) The term ‘public purpose’ means those public benefit purposes for which the United States may dispose of property pursuant to section 203 of the Property Act [40 U.S.C. 484], as implemented by the Federal Property Management Regulations (41 CFR 101–47) or the specific public benefit uses set forth in section 3(c) of the Guam Excess Lands Act (Public Law 103–339; 108 Stat. 3116), except that such definition shall not include the transfer of land to an individual or entity for private use other than on a nondiscriminatory basis.
“(d)
“(1) to real property on Guam that is declared excess by the Department of Defense for the purpose of transferring that property to the Coast Guard;
“(2) to real property on Guam that is located within the Guam National Wildlife Refuge, which shall be transferred according to the following procedure:
“(A) The Administrator shall notify the Government of Guam and the Fish and Wildlife Service that such property has been declared excess. The Government of Guam and the Fish and Wildlife Service shall have 180 days to engage in discussions toward an agreement providing for the future ownership and management of such real property.
“(B) If the parties reach an agreement under subparagraph (A) within 180 days after notification of the declaration of excess, the real property shall be transferred and managed in accordance with such agreement: Provided, That such agreement shall be transmitted to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the United States Senate and the appropriate committees of the United States House of Representatives not less than 60 days prior to such transfer and any such transfer shall be subject to the other provisions of this section.
“(C) If the parties do not reach an agreement under subparagraph (A) within 180 days after notification of the declaration of excess, the Administrator shall provide a report to Congress on the status of the discussions, together with his recommendations on the likelihood of resolution of differences and the comments of the Fish and Wildlife Service and the Government of Guam. If the subject property is under the jurisdiction of a military department, the military department may transfer administrative control over the property to the General Services Administration subject to any terms and conditions applicable to such property. In the event of such a transfer by a military department to the General Services Administration, the Department of the Interior shall be responsible for all reasonable costs associated with the custody, accountability and control of such property until final disposition.
“(D) If the parties come to agreement prior to congressional action, the real property shall be transferred and managed in accordance with such agreement: Provided, That such agreement shall be transmitted to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the United States Senate and the appropriate committees of the United States House of Representatives not less than 60 days prior to such transfer and any such transfer shall be subject to the other provisions of this section.
“(E) Absent an agreement on the future ownership and use of the property, such property may not be transferred to another Federal agency or out of Federal ownership except pursuant to an Act of Congress specifically identifying such property;
“(3) to real property described in the Guam Excess Lands Act (Public Law 103–339; 108 Stat. 3116) which shall be disposed of in accordance with such Act;
“(4) to real property on Guam that is declared excess as a result of a base closure law; or
“(5) to facilities on Guam declared excess by the managing Federal agency for the purpose of transferring the facility to a Federal agency that has occupied the facility for a minimum of 2 years when the facility is declared excess together with the minimum land or interest therein necessary to support the facility.
“(e)
“(f)
This section is referred to in sections 475, 481, 483c, 483d, 512 of this title; title 10 section 2814; title 25 section 1812; title 38 section 8162; title 42 section 11411.