[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 771 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 771

  To provide that certain Federal property shall be made available to 
States for State use before being made available to other entities, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                  May 9 (legislative day, May 1), 1995

   Mr. Pryor introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
           referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
  To provide that certain Federal property shall be made available to 
States for State use before being made available to other entities, and 
                          for other purposes.
    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. PRIORITY TO STATES FOR THE TRANSFER OF NONLETHAL EXCESS 
              SUPPLIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.

    Section 2547 of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by striking out ``The Secretary of 
        Defense'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``Subject to subsection 
        (d), the Secretary of Defense'';
            (2) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (e); and
            (3) by inserting after subsection (c) the following new 
        subsection (d):
    ``(d) Nonlethal excess supplies of the Department of Defense shall 
be made available to a State, a local government of a State, a 
Territory, or a possession, upon the request of the State, local 
government, Territory, or possession pursuant to authority provided in 
another provision of law, before such supplies are made available for 
humanitarian relief purposes under this section. The President may make 
such supplies available for humanitarian purposes before such supplies 
are made available to a State, local government, Territory, or 
possession under this subsection in order to respond to an emergency 
for which such supplies are especially suited.''.
SEC. 2. AUTHORITIES OF SECRETARY OF DEFENSE REGARDING DISPOSAL OF 
              EXCESS AND SURPLUS PROPERTY.

    (a) Support of Counter Drug Activities.--Section 1208(a)(1) of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 
(Public Law 101-189; 10 U.S.C. 372 note) is amended by inserting ``and 
excluding motor vehicles'' after ``small arms and ammunition''.
    (b) Support for Regional Equipment Centers.--
            (1) Newport township center.--Section 210 of Public Law 
        101-302 (104 Stat. 220) is repealed.
            (2) Cambria county center.--Section 9148 of Public Law 102-
        396 (106 Stat. 1941) is repealed.

SEC. 3. TRANSFERS OF PROPERTY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION IN FOREIGN 
              COUNTRIES.

    Section 608(d) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 
2357(d)) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) as 
        subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C), respectively;
            (2) by striking ``(d) The'' and inserting ``(d)(1) Except 
        as provided in paragraph (2), the''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(2) No property may be transferred under paragraph (1) unless the 
Administrator of General Services determines that there is no Federal 
or State use requirements for the property under any other provision of 
law.''.

SEC. 4. AMENDMENT TO SMALL BUSINESS ACT.

    Section 7(j)(13)(F) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
636(j)(13)(F)) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``This 
subparagraph shall be carried out under the supervision of the 
Administrator of General Services in consultation with State agencies 
responsible for the distribution of surplus property.''.

SEC. 5. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY SCIENCE EDUCATION ENHANCEMENT ACT 
              AMENDMENT.

    Section 3166(b) of the Department of Energy Science Education 
Enhancement Act (42 U.S.C. 7381e(b)) is amended--
            (1) by striking paragraph (2); and
            (2) by redesignating paragraphs (3) through (6) as 
        paragraphs (2) through (5), respectively.

SEC. 6. STEVENSON-WYDLER TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION ACT OF 1980 AMENDMENT.

    (a) Repeal.--Section 11(i) of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology 
Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3710(i)) is repealed.
    (b) Delegation of Authority to Directors of Federal Laboratories.--
Section 203(j) of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act 
of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 484(j)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following new paragraph:
    ``(6) Under such regulations as the Administrator may prescribe, 
the Administrator may delegate to the director of any Federal 
laboratory (as defined in section 12(d)(2) of the Stevenson-Wydler 
Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3710a(d)(2)) the authority 
of the Administrator under this subsection with respect to the transfer 
and disposal of scientific and technical surplus property under the 
management or control of that Federal laboratory, if the director of 
the Federal laboratory certifies that the equipment is needed by an 
educational institution or nonprofit organization for the conduct of 
scientific and technical education and research.''.

SEC. 7. REPORT ON DISPOSAL AND DONATION OF SURPLUS PERSONAL PROPERTY.

    No later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Administrator of General Services shall review all statutes 
relating to the disposal and donation of surplus personal property and 
submit to the Congress a report on such statutes including--
            (1) the effectiveness of programs administered under such 
        statutes (except for any program that grants access to personal 
        property by local communities impacted by the closure of a 
        military base), and the amount and type of property 
        administered under each such program during fiscal years 1993 
        and 1994; and
            (2) legislative recommendations to integrate and 
        consolidate all such programs to be administered by a single 
        Federal authority working with State agencies while 
        accomplishing the purposes of such programs.
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