[CPEO-MEF] New House legislation on civilian property disposal

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

House passes second bill to speed sale of excess federal property

By Charles S. Clark
Government Executive
March 20, 2012

For the second time in six weeks, the House on Tuesday passed a bill  
to streamline the process of selling off unneeded federal property,  
this time approving a version designed to incentivize agencies by  
giving them a share of proceeds.

Unlike a bill the House passed on Feb. 7 to create a semiautonomous  
civilian property board, H.R. 665 would create a pilot program  
directing the General Services Administration to dispose of unneeded  
federal real estate "in an expedited and cost-effective manner with  
the goal of maximizing taxpayer savings and profit," noted a press  
release from the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee,  
which reported the bill. (The bill passed in February, sponsored by  
Rep. Jeff Denham, R-Calif., came through the House Transportation and  
Infrastructure Committee.)

The legislation the House approved Tuesday would create a "single,  
comprehensive and descriptive database" of all real property under  
the government's control. In addition, GSA and the Office of  
Management and Budget would maintain a rolling list of the top 15  
high-value, excess federal property to auction off at fair market value.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.govexec.com/oversight/2012/03/house-passes-second-bill- 
speed-sale-excess-federal-property/41524/#0_undefined,0_

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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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