[CPEO-MEF] CLOSURE: Senate civilian property bill

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

[This legislation seems focused on office buildings, not "campuses"  
or airfields. - LS]

Senate bill muddies waters on shedding excess real estate

By Charles S. Clark
Government Executive
March 9, 2012

A long-awaited Senate version of legislation to speed up sales of  
excess federal real estate was introduced on Thursday by a bipartisan  
group led by Sen. Tom Carper, D-Del., adding a new wrinkle to efforts  
by the Obama administration and House Republicans to streamline the  
federal role in property management and save money.

The Federal Real Property Asset Management Reform Act is aimed at  
reducing the budget deficit by helping agencies improve the disposal  
of unneeded government-owned buildings and facilities, and manage  
existing space better. It is co-sponsored by Sens. Rob Portman, R- 
Ohio; Tom Coburn, R-Okla.; Mark Pryor, D-Ark.; and Mark Begich, D- 
Alaska.

The bill differs from the measure (H.R. 1734) the House passed on  
Feb. 7 as well as from a proposal offered last year by the Office of  
Management and Budget. Both those plans would create a civilian  
property board similar to the Defense Department’s Base Closure and  
Realignment Commission, which would package promising properties for  
sale and submit them to Congress for approval.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.govexec.com/oversight/2012/03/senate-bill-muddies-waters- 
shedding-excess-real-estate/41426/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
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