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[S. 2685 Reported in Senate (RS)]

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                                                       Calendar No. 264
118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2685

                          [Report No. 118-120]

To make data and internal guidance on excess personal property publicly 
                   available, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 27, 2023

  Mr. Peters (for himself and Mr. Lankford) introduced the following 
 bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland 
                   Security and Governmental Affairs

                            December 5, 2023

               Reported by Mr. Peters, with an amendment
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]

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                                 A BILL


 
To make data and internal guidance on excess personal property publicly 
                   available, and for other purposes.

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

<DELETED>SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    This Act may be cited as the ``Reuse Excess Property 
Act''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2. REPORTING ON EXCESS PERSONAL PROPERTY.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) In General.--Subchapter II of chapter 5 of title 40, 
United States Code, is amended--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) in section 529, by adding at the end the 
        following:</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(c) Compilation of Data.--Not later than 180 days 
following the close of a fiscal year, the Administrator shall compile 
the data in the reports submitted under subsection (a) and publish a 
publicly available report on a centralized online website, which shall 
include--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(1) the complete data provided in each report in 
        a user-friendly format;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(2) a summary of the findings of each report, 
        including the aggregate dollar amount of personal property 
        determined to be no longer required for the purpose of the 
        appropriation used to make the purchase; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(3) any other recommendations from the 
        Administrator.''; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) by inserting after section 529 the 
        following:</DELETED>
<DELETED>``Sec. 530. Internal guidance on excess personal 
              property</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(a) Initial Report.--Not later than 180 days after the 
date of enactment of this section, each executive agency shall submit 
to the Administrator and make publicly available on the website of the 
executive agency the internal guidance of the executive agency on 
considering using excess personal property to meet the needs of the 
executive agency, which shall include--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(1) a requirement to consider excess personal 
        property before buying new;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(2) when it is practicable to check for and 
        obtain excess personal property;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(3) how to evaluate the suitability of excess 
        personal property for use; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(4) defined roles and responsibilities relevant 
        to considering the potential use of excess personal property, 
        including the designation of an employee as responsible for 
        searching through available excess personal property for items 
        that meet the needs of the executive agency.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(b) Updates.--Each executive agency shall submit to the 
Administrator and update on the website of the executive agency any 
changes to the internal guidance submitted and made available under 
subsection (a).''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Report on Interagency Working Group.--Not later than 
180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of 
General Services shall publish a publicly available report on a 
centralized online website that includes a summary of findings from the 
interagency working group on the acquisition of personal property that 
was first convened in February 2023 on ways to improve the use of 
excess personal property.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Technical and Conforming Amendment.--The table of 
sections for chapter 5 of title 40, United States Code, is amended by 
inserting after the item relating to section 529 the 
following:</DELETED>

<DELETED>``530. Internal guidance on excess personal property.''.

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Reuse Excess Property Act''.

SEC. 2. REPORTING ON EXCESS PERSONAL PROPERTY.

    (a) In General.--Subchapter II of chapter 5 of title 40, United 
States Code, is amended--
            (1) in section 529--
                    (A) in subsection (a), in the matter preceding 
                paragraph (1), by inserting ``and the Committee on 
                Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the 
                Senate and the Committee on Oversight and 
                Accountability of the House of Representatives'' after 
                ``Administrator of General Services''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(c) Compilation of Data.--Not later than 180 days following the 
close of a fiscal year, the Administrator shall compile the data in the 
reports submitted under subsection (a) and submit to the Committee on 
Homeland Security Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee 
on Oversight and Accountability of the House of Representatives and 
publish on a centralized online website a publicly available report, 
which shall include--
            ``(1) the complete data provided in each report in a user-
        friendly format;
            ``(2) a summary of the findings of each report, including 
        the aggregate dollar amount of personal property determined to 
        be no longer required for the purpose of the appropriation used 
        to make the purchase; and
            ``(3) any other recommendations from the Administrator.''; 
        and
            (2) by inserting after section 529 the following:
``Sec. 530. Internal guidance on excess personal property
    ``(a) Initial Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
enactment of this section, each executive agency shall submit to the 
Administrator of General Services and make publicly available on the 
website of the executive agency the internal guidance of the executive 
agency on considering using excess personal property to meet the needs 
of the executive agency, which shall include--
            ``(1) a requirement to consider excess personal property 
        before buying new;
            ``(2) when it is practicable to check for and obtain excess 
        personal property;
            ``(3) how to evaluate the suitability of excess personal 
        property for use; and
            ``(4) defined roles and responsibilities relevant to 
        considering the use of excess personal property, including the 
        designation of an employee as responsible for searching through 
        available excess personal property for items that meet the 
        needs of the executive agency.
    ``(b) Updates.--Each executive agency shall submit to the 
Administrator of General Services and update on the website of the 
executive agency any changes to the internal guidance submitted and 
made available under subsection (a).''.
    (b) Report on Interagency Working Group.--Not later than 180 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of General 
Services shall publish a publicly available report on a centralized 
online website that includes a summary of findings from the interagency 
working group on the acquisition of personal property that was first 
convened in February 2023 on ways to improve the use of excess personal 
property.
    (c) Technical and Conforming Amendment.--The table of sections for 
chapter 5 of title 40, United States Code, is amended by inserting 
after the item relating to section 529 the following:

``530. Internal guidance on excess personal property.''.
    (d) GAO Report.--The Comptroller General of the United States shall 
submit to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 
of the Senate and the Committee on Oversight and Accountability of the 
House of Representatives a report that evaluates the frequency with 
which executive agencies (as defined in section 102 of title 40, United 
States Code) acquire personal property that was made, produced, or 
manufactured by any entity, including any corporation, that is 
organized under the laws of, is headquartered in, or has its principal 
place of business in the People's Republic of China, including any 
Special Administrative Region.
    (e) Sunset.--Effective the date that is 5 years after the date of 
enactment of this Act, chapter 5 of title 40, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) in section 529--
                    (A) in subsection (a), in the matter preceding 
                paragraph (1), by striking ``and the Committee on 
                Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the 
                Senate and the Committee on Oversight and 
                Accountability of the House of Representatives''; and
                    (B) by striking subsection (c);
            (2) by striking section 530; and
            (3) in the table of sections, by striking the item relating 
        to section 530.
    (f) No Additional Funds.--No additional funds are authorized to be 
appropriated for the purpose of carrying out this Act or the amendments 
made by this Act.
                                                       Calendar No. 264

118th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                                S. 2685

                          [Report No. 118-120]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

To make data and internal guidance on excess personal property publicly 
                   available, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                            December 5, 2023

                       Reported with an amendment