[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 61 (Friday, April 7, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2455-S2456]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

      By Mr. DAINES:
  S. 894. A bill to amend title 40, United States Code, to provide 
requirements for the disposal of surplus Federal property relating to 
review of bidders and post-sale responsibilities; to the Committee on 
Environment and Public Works.

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                                 S. 894

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

     SECTION 1. MODIFICATIONS RELATING TO METHOD OF DISPOSITION OF 
                   SURPLUS FEDERAL PROPERTY AND SUBSEQUENT 
                   RESPONSIBILITIES.

       Section 543 of title 40, United States Code, is amended--
       (1) in the first sentence, by striking ``An executive'' and 
     inserting the following:
       ``(a) In General.--The Administrator of General Services or 
     an executive'';
       (2) in the second sentence--
       (A) by striking ``it considers''; and
       (B) by striking ``The agency'' and inserting the following:
       ``(b) Disposal Actions.--
       ``(1) Documentation.--The Administrator of General Services 
     or an executive agency''; and
       (3) in subsection (b) (as designated by paragraph (2)(B)), 
     by adding at the end the following:
       ``(2) Observations of bidder.--For purposes of ensuring 
     settlement of a loan used for the purchase by a member of the 
     public of any Federal real property with a significant health 
     or safety concern sold by the General Services Administration 
     under this chapter, the Administrator of General Services 
     shall--
       ``(A) during the course of the ordinary bidding process, 
     identify, to the best of the ability of the Administrator of 
     General Services, whether any obvious and significant 
     indication is present that the purchaser is not capable of--
       ``(i) settling the loan obligation; or
       ``(ii) removing any health or safety conditions; and
       ``(B) if such an obvious and significant indication is 
     identified--
       ``(i) document the indication; and
       ``(ii) disallow sale of the Federal property to the 
     prospective purchaser.
       ``(3) Asbestos.--
       ``(A) Definition of asbestos-affected property.--In this 
     paragraph, the term `asbestos-affected property' means any 
     Federal property that--
       ``(i) is sold by the General Services Administration under 
     this chapter after April 30, 2013; and
       ``(ii) contains--

       ``(I) friable asbestos; and
       ``(II) a significant overall quantity of asbestos, such 
     that damage inflicted on the Federal property by a natural 
     disaster would cause significant damage to the public due to 
     the quantity of asbestos.

       ``(B) Responsibility.--In the event that an immediate or 
     subsequent purchaser of an asbestos-affected property is a 
     debtor (as defined in section 101 of title 11, United States 
     Code), and transfers any portion of the asbestos-affected 
     property with significant quantities of unabated asbestos to 
     a unit of State or local government, on request by that unit 
     of government, the Administrator of General Services shall 
     coordinate with other Federal agencies to identify funding 
     resources for the purpose of asbestos abatement if that unit 
     of government submits the request to the Administrator of 
     General Services not later than 20 years after the date of 
     the initial sale of the real property by the General Services 
     Administration.''.
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