[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7663 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7663

 To amend title 40, United States Code, to include Indian Tribes among 
  entities that may receive Federal surplus real property for certain 
                   purposes, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 13, 2024

  Mr. Johnson of South Dakota (for himself and Ms. Davids of Kansas) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                      Oversight and Accountability

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 40, United States Code, to include Indian Tribes among 
  entities that may receive Federal surplus real property for certain 
                   purposes, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``GSA Disposal Process Tribal Parity 
Act of 2024''.

SEC. 2. INCLUSION OF INDIAN TRIBES IN GSA DISPOSAL PROCESSES.

    (a) Disposal of Real Property for Certain Purposes.--Section 550 of 
title 40, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) by striking the subsection designation and 
                heading and all that follows through ``includes the'' 
                and inserting the following:
    ``(a) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(2) State.--The term `State' includes the''; and
                    (B) by inserting before paragraph (2) (as so 
                designated) the following:
            ``(1) Indian tribe.--The term `Indian Tribe' has the 
        meaning given the term in section 4 of the Indian Self-
        Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304).'';
            (2) by striking ``to a State'' each place it appears and 
        inserting ``to an Indian Tribe, a State''; and
            (3) by striking ``the State'' each place it appears and 
        inserting ``the Indian Tribe, State''.
    (b) Property for Correctional Facility, Law Enforcement, and 
Emergency Management Response Purposes.--Section 553 of title 40, 
United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) by striking the subsection designation and 
                heading and all that follows through ``includes the'' 
                and inserting the following:
    ``(a) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(2) State.--The term `State' includes the''; and
                    (B) by inserting before paragraph (2) (as so 
                designated) the following:
            ``(1) Indian tribe.--The term `Indian Tribe' has the 
        meaning given the term in section 4 of the Indian Self-
        Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304).''; 
        and
            (2) in subsection (b), in the matter preceding paragraph 
        (1), by striking ``a State, or political subdivision or 
        instrumentality of a State,'' and inserting ``an Indian Tribe, 
        a State, or a political subdivision or instrumentality of a 
        State''.
    (c) Property for Development or Operation of a Port Facility.--
Section 554 of title 40, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph 
                (3); and
                    (B) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:
            ``(2) Indian tribe.--The term `Indian Tribe' has the 
        meaning given the term in section 4 of the Indian Self-
        Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304).''; 
        and
            (2) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ``a State or'' and 
        inserting ``an Indian Tribe, a State, or''.
    (d) Use of Unutilized and Underutilized Public Buildings and Real 
Property To Assist the Homeless.--Section 501 of the McKinney-Vento 
Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11411) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (c)(2)(A), in the second sentence, by 
        striking ``State and'' and inserting ``Tribal, State, and''; 
        and
            (2) in subsection (i)(4), by striking ``State or local 
        government agency, or private nonprofit organization, which'' 
        and inserting ``Tribal government, agency of a Tribal 
        government, State or local government agency, or private 
        nonprofit organization that''.
    (e) Authority To Transfer an Interest in Surplus Property for 
Public Airports.--Section 47151(a) of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended, in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking ``to a 
State'' and inserting ``to an Indian Tribe (as defined in section 4 of 
the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 
5304)), a State''.
    (f) Transfer of Certain Real Property for Wildlife Conservation 
Purposes.--The first section of the Act of May 19, 1948 (16 U.S.C. 
667b), is amended, in the first sentence--
            (1) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) by inserting ``Indian Tribe (as defined in 
                section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and 
                Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304)) or'' before 
                ``agency of the State''; and
                    (B) by inserting ``jurisdiction of the Indian Tribe 
                (as so defined) or'' before ``wildlife resources of the 
                State''; and
            (2) in paragraph (2)(a), by striking ``such State agency'' 
        and inserting ``such Indian Tribe (as so defined) or State 
        agency''.

SEC. 3. ANNUAL REPORT ON OUTREACH TO INDIAN TRIBES; COMPETING 
              APPLICATIONS.

    (a) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Administrator.--The term ``Administrator'' means the 
        Administrator of General Services.
            (2) Indian tribe.--The term ``Indian Tribe'' has the 
        meaning given the term in section 4 of the Indian Self-
        Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304).
    (b) Annual Report on Outreach to Indian Tribes.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
        enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the 
        Administrator shall submit to Congress a report on the outreach 
        conducted by the Administrator to Indian Tribes for purposes of 
        notifying Indian Tribes on the availability of surplus Federal 
        real property available for disposal.
            (2) Requirement.--Each report submitted under paragraph (1) 
        shall include a list of any surplus Federal real property 
        conveyed to Indian Tribes in the year covered by the report.
    (c) Competing Applications Process.--Not later than 2 years after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator, in coordination 
with other heads of Federal agencies, as determined necessary by the 
Administrator, shall establish a process by which the Administrator 
will manage competing applications for Federal surplus real property 
made by States, political subdivisions or instrumentalities of States, 
municipalities, and Indian Tribes.
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