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H.R.680
One Hundred Fifth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE FIRST SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
the seventh day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-seven
An Act
To amend the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 to
authorize the transfer of surplus personal property to States for
donation to nonprofit providers of necessaries to impoverished families
and individuals, and to authorize the transfer of surplus real property
to States, political subdivisions and instrumentalities of States, and
nonprofit organizations for providing housing or housing assistance for
low-income individuals or families.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. TRANSFER OF SURPLUS PERSONAL PROPERTY FOR DONATION TO
PROVIDERS OF NECESSARIES TO IMPOVERISHED FAMILIES AND
INDIVIDUALS.
Section 203(j)(3)(B) of the Federal Property and Administrative
Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 484(j)(3)(B)) is amended by inserting
after ``homeless individuals'' the following: ``, providers of
assistance to families or individuals whose annual incomes are below
the poverty line (as that term is defined in section 673 of the
Community Services Block Grant Act),''.
SEC. 2. TRANSFER OF SURPLUS REAL PROPERTY FOR PROVIDING HOUSING OR
HOUSING ASSISTANCE FOR LOW-INCOME INDIVIDUALS OR
FAMILIES.
(a) In General.--Section 203(k) of the Federal Property and
Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 484(k)) is amended by
adding at the end the following new paragraph:
``(6)(A) Under such regulations as the Administrator may prescribe,
the Administrator may, in the discretion of the Administrator, assign
to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for disposal such
surplus real property, including buildings, fixtures, and equipment
situated thereon, as is recommended by the Secretary as being needed
for providing housing or housing assistance for low-income individuals
or families.
``(B) Subject to the disapproval of the Administrator within 30
days after notice to the Administrator by the Secretary of Housing and
Urban Development of a proposed transfer of property for the purpose of
providing such housing or housing assistance, the Secretary, through
such officers or employees of the Department of Housing and Urban
Development as the Secretary may designate, may sell or lease such
property for that purpose to any State, any political subdivision or
instrumentality of a State, or any nonprofit organization that exists
for the primary purpose of providing housing or housing assistance for
low-income individuals or families.
``(C) The Administrator shall disapprove a proposed transfer of
property under this paragraph unless the Administrator determines that
the property will be used for low-income housing opportunities through
the construction, rehabilitation, or refurbishment of self-help
housing, under terms that require that--
``(i) any individual or family receiving housing or housing
assistance constructed, rehabilitated, or refurbished through use
of the property shall contribute a significant amount of labor
toward the construction, rehabilitation, or refurbishment; and
``(ii) dwellings constructed, rehabilitated, or refurbished
through use of the property shall be quality dwellings that comply
with local building and safety codes and standards and shall be
available at prices below prevailing market prices.
``(D)(i) The Administrator shall ensure that nonprofit
organizations that are sold or leased property under subparagraph (B)
shall develop and use guidelines to take into consideration any
disability of an individual for the purposes of fulfilling any self-
help requirement under subparagraph (C)(i).
``(ii) For purposes of this subparagraph, the term `disability' has
the meaning given such term under section 3(2) of the Americans with
Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12102(2)).
``(E)(i) In fixing the sale or lease value of property to be
disposed of under this paragraph, the Secretary of Housing and Urban
Development shall take into consideration and discount the value with
respect to any benefit which has accrued or may accrue to the United
States from the use of such property by any such State, political
subdivision, instrumentality, or nonprofit organization.
``(ii) The amount of the discount under clause (i) shall be 75
percent of the market value of the property, except that the Secretary
may discount by a greater percentage if the Secretary, in consultation
with the Administrator, determines that a higher percentage is
justified.''.
(b) Conforming Amendments.--Section 203(k)(4) of such Act (40
U.S.C. 484(k)(4)) is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``or'' after the
semicolon;
(2) in subparagraph (D), by striking the period at the end and
inserting ``; or''; and
(3) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the following:
``(E) the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, through
such officers or employees of the Department of Housing and Urban
Development as the Secretary may designate, in the case of property
transferred under paragraph (6).''.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
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