[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2602 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2602

To halt sales of surplus military material until the Defense Logistics 
      Agency reclassifies such material according to the level of 
 demilitarization required to render the material safe for public use 
    and to ensure that, in the future, surplus military material is 
                 correctly classified before disposal.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 1, 1997

 Mr. Stark (for himself, Ms. Pelosi, Ms. Slaughter, Mr. Lipinski, Mr. 
Filner, Ms. Hooley of Oregon, Mrs. Maloney of New York, Mr. Yates, Mr. 
 McGovern, Mr. Sanders, Mrs. Lowey, Ms. Christian-Green, Mr. Kucinich, 
Mr. McDermott, Mr. Miller of California, Mr. Markey, Mr. Sabo, and Mr. 
  Gutierrez) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on National Security

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                                 A BILL


 
To halt sales of surplus military material until the Defense Logistics 
      Agency reclassifies such material according to the level of 
 demilitarization required to render the material safe for public use 
    and to ensure that, in the future, surplus military material is 
                 correctly classified before disposal.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. MEASURES TO ENSURE CORRECT CLASSIFICATION OF SURPLUS 
              MILITARY MATERIAL FOR DEMILITARIZATION.

    (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
            (1) Before the Department of Defense disposes of surplus 
        military material, the material receives a demilitarization 
        code designating the degree of demilitarization necessary to 
        render the material safe for public use.
            (2) It is estimated that a significant amount of the 
        surplus military material currently awaiting disposal is 
        incorrectly classified.
            (3) Congressional action is necessary to ensure prompt 
        reclassification of current stocks of surplus military material 
        for demilitarization and to ensure that, in the future, surplus 
        military material is correctly classified before disposal.
    (b) Moratorium on Sales of Surplus Material Pending 
Reclassification.--(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, surplus personal property 
of the Department of Defense may not be sold until after the date on 
which the Director of the Defense Logistics Agency certifies to 
Congress that all of the requirements of this subsection have be 
satisfied.
    (2) The Inspector General of the Department of Defense shall 
prepare an inventory of all surplus personal property of the Department 
of Defense held as of the date of the enactment of this Act.
    (3) The Defense Logistics Agency shall conduct a reclassification 
of such surplus personal property to ensure that the property is 
correctly classified according to the degree of demilitarization 
necessary to render the property safe for public use.
    (4) The Comptroller General shall conduct of review of the system 
by which the Department of Defense currently classifies surplus 
personal property of the Department of Defense for demilitarization. On 
the basis of the review, the Comptroller General shall submit 
recommendations to the Director of the Defense Logistics Agency 
regarding changes to the classification system to prevent the erroneous 
classification of surplus personal property before disposal.
    (c) Improved Classification of Surplus Material Before Disposal.--
(1) Chapter 153 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by 
inserting after section 2572 the following new section:
``Sec. 2573. Surplus personal property: demilitarization classification 
              and disposal record
    ``(a) Classification Responsibility.--The Director of the Defense 
Logistics Agency shall establish an office within the Defense Logistics 
Agency to be responsible for--
            ``(1) classifying surplus personal property of the 
        Department of Defense according to the degree of 
        demilitarization necessary to render the property safe for 
        public use; and
            ``(2) ensuring that, in the case of surplus personal 
        property of the Department of Defense intended for public sale 
        in a completely demilitarized form, the surplus personal 
        property is properly demilitarized before the sale.
    ``(b) Independence of Office.--The office of the Defense Logistics 
Agency responsible for the demilitarization classification of surplus 
personal property of the Department of Defense shall be independent of 
the Secretaries of the military departments and the armed forces.
    ``(c) Record of Sale.--In the case of each item of surplus personal 
property of the Department of Defense disposed of by sale, the Director 
of the Defense Logistics Agency shall maintain a record containing the 
following:
            ``(1) The Department of Defense source of the item, 
        including the last military installation at which the item was 
        maintained before the item was declared surplus.
            ``(2) The degree of demilitarization required and completed 
        before disposal.
            ``(3) The location at which the item was sold from 
        Department of Defense stocks.
            ``(4) The name of the person purchasing the item and such 
        other identifying information regarding the purchaser as the 
        Secretary of Defense considers to be appropriate.
    ``(d) Prohibition on Internet Advertising.--The Secretary of 
Defense may not use the telecommunications medium commonly known as the 
Internet to advertise the availability of surplus personal property of 
the Department of Defense for sale.''.
    (2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is 
amended by inserting after the item relating to section 2572 the 
following new item:

``2573. Surplus personal property: demilitarization classification and 
                            disposal record.''.
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