99-2614. Utilization and Disposal of Real Property  

  • [Federal Register Volume 64, Number 23 (Thursday, February 4, 1999)]
    [Rules and Regulations]
    [Pages 5615-5620]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 99-2614]
    
    
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    GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
    
    41 CFR Part 101-47
    
    [FPMR Amendment H-201]
    RIN 3090-AG60
    
    
    Utilization and Disposal of Real Property
    
    AGENCY: General Services Administration.
    
    ACTION: Final rule.
    
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    SUMMARY: The General Services Administration is amending the public 
    benefit conveyance regulations for utilization and disposal of real 
    property to update the Federal Property Management Regulations and to 
    include implementation regulations for new laws. The new regulations 
    incorporate the public benefit conveyance of surplus Federal Government 
    real property for housing, law enforcement, and emergency management 
    purposes. The laws that this regulation implements are Pub. L. 105-50, 
    Pub. L. 105-119 Sec. 118, Pub. L. 98-181, 97 Stat. 1175, and Federal 
    Property and Administrative Services Act amendments to 203(k) and 
    203(p).
    
    EFFECTIVE DATE: February 4, 1999.
    
    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stanley C. Langfeld, Director, Real 
    Property Policy Division, Office of Real Property, at 202-501-1737.
    
    SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    
    A. Background
    
        A proposed rule was published in the Federal Register on August 11, 
    1998 (63 FR 42792). All comments received were considered in the final 
    rule. The Department of Defense provided a comment regarding the repeal 
    of Sec. 101-47.308-5 (Property for use as shrines, memorials, or for 
    religious purposes) and its potential impact on current surplus real 
    property actions. GSA agrees that actions that have begun on existing 
    surplus real property may continue to conclusion; however, this 
    authority will not be available to use in disposal actions on future 
    surplus real property. A nonprofit self-help housing organization 
    provided comments regarding the provisions for the notice period and 
    the role of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) in 
    the event that conveyed surplus property is reverted to the Federal 
    Government. GSA adopted the comment to extend the notice period but not 
    the expanded HUD role comment because HUD has not yet determined their 
    program regulations as they relate to the reversionary clause 
    provision. The Department of Justice also provided comments regarding 
    the time periods for conveyance. GSA adopted an extension of the time 
    period for the notice period but not for other time periods due to GSA 
    programmatic issues regarding consistency with other real property 
    public benefit conveyances.
    
    B. Regulatory Flexibility Act
    
        This final rule is not required to be published in the Federal 
    Register for notice and comment; therefore, the Regulatory Flexibility 
    Act does not apply.
    
    C. Executive Order 12866
    
        GSA has determined that this interim rule is not a significant 
    regulatory action for the purposes of Executive Order 12866 of 
    September 30, 1993.
    
    D. Paperwork Reduction Act
    
        The Paperwork Reduction Act does not apply because the revisions do 
    not impose recordkeeping or information collection requirements, or the 
    collection of information from offerors, contractors, or members of the 
    public which require the approval of the Office of Management and 
    Budget (OMB) under 44 U.S.C. 501 et seq.
    
    E. Small Business Reform Act
    
        This final rule is also exempt from congressional review prescribed 
    under 5 U.S.C. 801 since it relates solely to agency management and 
    personnel.
    
    List of Subjects in 41 CFR Part 101-47
    
        Government property management, Surplus Government property.
    
        For the reasons stated in the preamble, 41 CFR part 101-47 is 
    amended as follows:
    
    PART 101-47--UTILIZATION AND DISPOSAL OF REAL PROPERTY
    
        1. The authority citation for part 101-47 continues to read as 
    follows:
    
        Authority: 40 U.S.C. 486(c).
    
    
    Sec. 101-47.103-4  [Reserved]
    
        2. Section 101-47.103-4 is removed and reserved.
        3. Section 101-47.203-5 is amended by revising paragraphs (b) and 
    (c) to read as follows:
    
    
    Sec. 101-47.203-5  Screening of excess real property.
    
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        (b) Notices of availability for information of the Secretary of 
    Health and Human Services and the Secretary of Education in connection 
    with the exercise of the authority vested under the provisions of 
    section 203(k)(1) of the Act; the Secretary of the Interior in
    
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    connection with provisions in 16 U.S.C. 667b through d, the exercise of 
    the authority vested under the provisions of section 203(k)(2) of the 
    Act, or a determination under the provisions of section 203(k)(3) of 
    the Act; and the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in 
    connection with the exercise of the authority vested under the 
    provisions of section 203(k)(6) of the Act will be sent to the offices 
    designated by those officials to serve the areas in which the 
    properties are located. Similar notices of availability for information 
    of the Attorney General and the Director of the Federal Emergency 
    Management Agency in connection with a possible determination under the 
    provisions of section 203(p)(1) of the Act, and for information of the 
    Secretary of Transportation in connection with the exercise of the 
    authority vested under the provisions of section 203(q) of the Act, 
    will be respectively sent to the Office of Justice Programs, Department 
    of Justice; the Federal Emergency Management Agency; and the Maritime 
    Administration, Department of Transportation.
        (c) The Departments of Health and Human Services, Education, 
    Interior, Housing and Urban Development, Justice, and Transportation, 
    and the Federal Emergency Management Agency shall not attempt to 
    interest a local applicant in a property until it is determined 
    surplus, except with the prior consent of GSA on a case-by-case basis 
    or as otherwise agreed upon. When such consent is obtained, the local 
    applicant shall be informed that consideration of the application is 
    conditional upon the property being determined surplus to Federal 
    requirements and made available for the purposes of the application. 
    However, these Federal agencies are encouraged to advise the 
    appropriate GSA regional office of those excess properties which are 
    suitable for their programs.
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        4. Section 101-47.204-1 is amended by revising the first sentence 
    in paragraph (a), and paragraphs (b) and (c) to read as follows:
    
    
    Sec. 101-47.204-1  Reported property.
    
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        (a) The holding agency, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, 
    the Secretary of Education, the Secretary of the Interior, the 
    Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, the Attorney General, the 
    Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and the Secretary 
    of Transportation will be notified of the date upon which determination 
    as surplus becomes effective. * * *
        (b) The notices to the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the 
    Secretary of Education, the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of 
    Housing and Urban Development, and the Secretary of Energy will be sent 
    to the offices designated by them to serve the area in which the 
    property is located. The notices to the Attorney General will be sent 
    to the Office of Justice Programs, Department of Justice. The notices 
    to the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency will be sent 
    to the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The notices to the 
    Secretary of Transportation will be sent to the Federal Aviation 
    Administration, the Federal Highway Administration, and the Maritime 
    Administration. The notices to the Federal agencies having a 
    requirement pursuant to section 218 of the Uniform Relocation 
    Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970 will be 
    sent to the office making the request unless another office is 
    designated.
        (c) With regard to surplus property which GSA predetermines will 
    not be available for disposal under any of the statutes cited in 
    Sec. 101-47.4905, or whenever the holding agency has requested 
    reimbursement of the net proceeds of disposition pursuant to section 
    204(c) of the Act, the notice to the affected Federal agencies will 
    contain advice of such determination or request for reimbursement. The 
    affected Federal agencies shall not screen for potential applicants for 
    such property.
        5. Section 101-47.303-2 is amended by revising paragraphs (e), (f), 
    and (g) to read as follows:
    
    
    Sec. 101-47.303-2  Disposals to public agencies.
    
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        (e) In the case of property which may be made available for 
    assignment to the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), the 
    Secretary of Education (ED), the Secretary of the Interior (DOI), or 
    the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for disposal under 
    sections 203(k)(1), (2), or (6) of the Act:
        (1) The disposal agency shall inform the appropriate offices of 
    HHS, ED, NPS, or HUD 3 workdays in advance of the date the notice will 
    be given to public agencies, to permit similar notice to be given 
    simultaneously by HHS, ED, NPS, or HUD to additional interested public 
    bodies and/or nonprofit institutions.
        (2) The disposal agency shall furnish the Federal agencies with a 
    copy of the postdated transmittal letter addressed to each public 
    agency, copies (not to exceed 25) of the postdated notice, and a copy 
    of the holding agency's Report of Excess Real Property (Standard Form 
    118, with accompanying schedules).
        (3) As of the date of the transmittal letter and notice to public 
    agencies, the affected Federal agencies may proceed with their 
    screening functions for any potential applicants and thereafter may 
    make their determinations of need and receive applications.
        (f) If the disposal agency is not informed within the 20- or 30-
    calendar day period provided in the notice of the desire of a public 
    agency to acquire the property under the provisions of the statutes 
    listed in Sec. 101-47.4905, or is not notified by ED or HHS of a 
    potential educational or public health use, or is not notified by the 
    DOI of a potential park or recreation, historic monument, or wildlife 
    conservation use, or is not notified by the HUD of a potential self-
    help housing or housing assistance requirement, or is not notified by 
    the Department of Justice of a potential correctional facilities or law 
    enforcement use, or is not notified by the Federal Emergency Management 
    Agency of a potential emergency management response use; or is not 
    notified by the Department of Transportation of a potential port 
    facility or public airport use, it shall be assumed that no public 
    agency or otherwise eligible organization desires to procure the 
    property. (The requirements of this Sec. 101-47.303-2(f) shall not 
    apply to the procedures for making Federal surplus real property 
    available to assist the homeless in accordance with section 501 of the 
    Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 
    11411).)
        (g) The disposal agency shall promptly review each response of a 
    public agency to the notice given pursuant to paragraph (b) of this 
    section. The disposal agency shall determine what constitutes a 
    reasonable period of time to allow the public agency to develop and 
    submit a formal application for the property or its comments as to the 
    compatibility of the disposal with its development plans and programs. 
    When making such determination, the disposal agency shall give 
    consideration to the potential suitability of the property for the use 
    proposed, the length of time the public agency has stated it will 
    require for its action, the protection and maintenance costs to the 
    Government during such length of time, and any other relevant facts and 
    circumstances. The disposal agency shall coordinate such review and 
    determination with the proper office of any interested Federal agencies 
    listed below:
    
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        (1) National Park Service, Department of the Interior;
        (2) Department of Health and Human Services;
        (3) Department of Education;
        (4) Department of Housing and Urban Development;
        (5) Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation;
        (6) Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior;
        (7) Federal Highway Administration, Department of Transportation;
        (8) Office of Justice Programs, Department of Justice;
        (9) Federal Emergency Management Agency; and
        (10) Maritime Administration, Department of Transportation.
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    Sec. 101-47.308-5  [Reserved]
    
        6. Section 101-47.308-5 is removed and reserved.
        7. Section 101-47.308-6 is revised to read as follows:
    
    
    Sec. 101-47.308-6  Property for providing self-help housing or housing 
    assistance.
    
        (a) Property for self-help housing or housing assistance, as 
    defined in section 203(k)(6)(C) of the Federal Property and 
    Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended (40 U.S.C.), is 
    property for low-income housing opportunities through the construction, 
    rehabilitation, or refurbishment of self-help housing, under terms that 
    require that:
        (1) 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
        (2) 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.
    
        Note to paragraph (a): This program is separate from the program 
    under Title V of the Stewart B. McKinney Act of 1987, which is 
    covered in 41 CFR subpart 101-47.9 (Use of Federal Real Property To 
    Assist the Homeless).
    
        (b) The head of the disposal agency, or his/her designee, is 
    authorized, at his/her discretion to assign to the Secretary of the 
    Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for disposal under 
    section 203(k)(6) of the Act such surplus real property, including 
    buildings, fixtures, and equipment situated thereon, as is recommended 
    by the Secretary as being needed for providing self-help housing or 
    housing assistance for low-income individuals or families.
        (c) With respect to real property and related personal property 
    which may be made available for assignment to HUD for disposal under 
    section 203(k)(6) of the Act for self-help housing or housing 
    assistance purposes, the disposal agency shall notify eligible public 
    agencies, in accordance with the provisions of Sec. 101-47.303-2, that 
    such property has been determined to be surplus. Such notice to 
    eligible public agencies shall state that any planning for self-help 
    housing or housing assistance use involved in the development of the 
    comprehensive and coordinated plan of use and procurement for the 
    property must be coordinated with HUD and that an application form for 
    such use of the property and instructions for the preparation and 
    submission of an application may be obtained from HUD. The requirement 
    for self-help housing or housing assistance use of the property by an 
    eligible public agency will be contingent upon the disposal agency's 
    approval under paragraph (j) of this section and a recommendation for 
    assignment of Federal surplus real property received from HUD. Any 
    subsequent transfer shall be subject to the disapproval of the head of 
    the disposal agency as stipulated under section 203(k)(6)(B) of the Act 
    and referenced in paragraph (k) of this section.
        (d) With respect to surplus real property and related personal 
    property which may be made available for assignment to HUD for disposal 
    under section 203(k)(6) of the Act for self-help housing or housing 
    assistance purposes to nonprofit organizations that exist for the 
    primary purpose of providing housing or housing assistance for low-
    income individuals or families, HUD may notify such eligible nonprofit 
    organizations, in accordance with the provisions of Sec. 101-47.303-
    2(e), that such property has been determined to be surplus. Any such 
    notice to eligible nonprofit organizations shall state that any 
    requirement for housing or housing assistance use of the property 
    should be coordinated with the public agency declaring to the disposal 
    agency an intent to develop and submit a comprehensive and coordinated 
    plan of use and procurement for the property. The requirement for self-
    help housing or housing assistance use of the property by an eligible 
    nonprofit organization will be contingent upon the disposal agency's 
    approval, under paragraph (j) of this section, of an assignment 
    recommendation received from HUD, and any subsequent transfer shall be 
    subject to the disapproval of the head of the disposal agency as 
    stipulated under section 203(k)(6)(B) of the Act and referenced in 
    paragraph (k) of this section.
        (e) HUD shall notify the disposal agency within 30-calendar days 
    after the date of the notice of determination of surplus if it has an 
    eligible applicant interested in acquiring the property. Whenever HUD 
    has notified the disposal agency within the 30-calendar day period of a 
    potential self-help housing or housing assistance requirement for the 
    property, HUD shall submit to the disposal agency within 25-calendar 
    days after the expiration of the 30-calendar day period, a 
    recommendation for assignment of the property, or shall inform the 
    disposal agency, within the 25-calendar day period, that a 
    recommendation will not be made for assignment of the property.
        (f) Whenever an eligible public agency has submitted a plan of use 
    for property for a self-help housing or housing assistance requirement, 
    in accordance with the provisions of Sec. 101-47.303-2, the disposal 
    agency shall transmit two copies of the plan to the regional office of 
    HUD. HUD shall submit to the disposal agency, within 25-calendar days 
    after the date the plan is transmitted, a recommendation for assignment 
    of the property to the Secretary of HUD, or shall inform the disposal 
    agency, within the 25-calendar day period, that a recommendation will 
    not be made for assignment of the property to HUD.
        (g) Any assignment recommendation submitted to the disposal agency 
    by HUD shall set forth complete information concerning the self-help 
    housing or housing assistance use, including:
        (1) Identification of the property;
        (2) Name of the applicant and the size and nature of its program;
        (3) Specific use planned;
        (4) Intended public benefit allowance;
        (5) Estimate of the value upon which such proposed allowance is 
    based; and
        (6) If the acreage or value of the property exceeds the standards 
    established by the Secretary, an explanation therefor.
    
        Note to paragraph (g): HUD shall furnish to the holding agency a 
    copy of the recommendation, unless the holding agency is also the 
    disposal agency.
    
        (h) Holding agencies shall cooperate to the fullest extent possible 
    with representatives of HUD in their inspection of such property and in 
    furnishing information relating thereto.
        (i) In the absence of an assignment recommendation from HUD 
    submitted pursuant to Sec. 101-47.308-6(e) or (f), and
    
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    received within the 25-calendar day time limit specified therein, the 
    disposal agency shall proceed with other disposal actions.
        (j) If, after considering other uses for the property, the disposal 
    agency approves the assignment recommendation from HUD, it shall assign 
    the property by letter or other document to the Secretary of HUD. If 
    the recommendation is disapproved, the disposal agency shall likewise 
    notify the Secretary of HUD. The disposal agency shall furnish to the 
    holding agency a copy of the assignment, unless the holding agency is 
    also the disposal agency.
        (k) Subsequent to the receipt of the disposal agency's letter of 
    assignment, HUD shall furnish to the disposal agency a Notice of 
    Proposed Transfer in accordance with section 203(k)(6)(B) of the Act. 
    If the disposal agency has not disapproved the proposed transfer within 
    30-calendar days of the receipt of the Notice of Proposed Transfer, HUD 
    may proceed with the transfer.
        (l) HUD shall furnish the Notice of Proposed Transfer within 35-
    calendar days after the disposal agency's letter of assignment and 
    shall prepare the transfer documents and take all necessary actions to 
    accomplish the transfer within 15-calendar days after the expiration of 
    the 30-calendar day period provided for the disposal agency to consider 
    the notice. HUD shall furnish the disposal agency two conformed copies 
    of deeds, leases or other instruments conveying the property under 
    section 203(k)(6) of the Act and all related documents containing 
    restrictions or conditions regulating the future use, maintenance or 
    transfer of the property.
        (m) HUD has the responsibility for enforcing compliance with the 
    terms and conditions of transfer; for the reformation, correction, or 
    amendment of any transfer instrument; for the granting of releases; and 
    for the taking of any necessary actions for recapturing such property 
    in accordance with the provisions of section 203(k)(4) of the Act. HUD 
    maintains the same responsibility for properties previously conveyed 
    under section 414(a) of the 1969 HUD Act. Any such action shall be 
    subject to the disapproval of the head of the disposal agency. Notice 
    to the head of the disposal agency by HUD of any action proposed to be 
    taken shall identify the property affected, set forth in detail the 
    proposed action, and state the reasons therefor.
        (n) If any property previously conveyed under section 414(a) of the 
    1969 HUD Act, as amended, to an entity other than a public body is used 
    for any purpose other than the purpose for which it was sold or leased 
    within a period of 30 years of the conveyance, it shall revert to the 
    United States (or, in the case of leased property, the lease shall 
    terminate) unless the appropriate Secretary (HUD or the Secretary of 
    Agriculture (USDA)) and the Administrator of General Services, after 
    the expiration of the first 20 years of such period, approve the use of 
    the property for such other purpose.
        (o) In each case of repossession under a terminated lease or 
    reversion of title by reason of noncompliance with the terms or 
    conditions of sale or other cause, HUD (or USDA for property conveyed 
    through the former Farmers Home Administration program under section 
    414(a) of the 1969 HUD Act) shall, at or prior to such repossession or 
    reversion of title, provide the appropriate GSA regional office with an 
    accurate description of the real and related personal property 
    involved. Standard Form 118, Report of Excess Real Property, and the 
    appropriate schedules shall be used for this purpose. Upon receipt of 
    advice from HUD (or USDA) that such property has been repossessed or 
    title has reverted, GSA will act upon the Standard Form 118. The 
    grantee shall be required to provide protection and maintenance for the 
    property until such time as the title reverts to the Federal 
    Government, including the period of any notice of intent to revert. 
    Such protection and maintenance shall, at a minimum, conform to the 
    standards prescribed in Sec. 101-47.4913.
        8. Section 101-47.308-9 is amended by revising the section heading, 
    paragraphs (a) through (g), and paragraphs (j) and (k) to read as 
    follows:
    
    
    Sec. 101-47.308-9  Property for correctional facility, law enforcement, 
    or emergency management response purposes.
    
        (a) Under section 203(p)(1) of the Act, the head of the disposal 
    agency or designee may, in his/her discretion, convey, without monetary 
    consideration, to any State, or to those governmental bodies named 
    therein, or to any political subdivision or instrumentality thereof, 
    surplus real and related personal property for:
        (1) Correctional facility purposes, provided the Attorney General 
    has determined that the property is required for such purposes and has 
    approved an appropriate program or project for the care or 
    rehabilitation of criminal offenders;
        (2) Law enforcement purposes, provided the Attorney General has 
    determined that the property is required for such purposes; and
        (3) Emergency management response purposes, including fire and 
    rescue services, provided the Director of the Federal Emergency 
    Management Agency has determined that the property is required for such 
    purposes.
        (b) The disposal agency shall provide prompt notification to the 
    Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Department of Justice (DOJ), and the 
    Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) of the availability of 
    surplus properties. Included in the notification to OJP and FEMA will 
    be a copy of the holding agency's Standard Form 118, Report of Excess 
    Real Property, with accompanying schedules.
        (c) With respect to real property and related personal property 
    which may be made available for disposal under section 203(p)(1) of the 
    Act for correctional facility, law enforcement, or emergency management 
    response purposes, OJP or FEMA shall convey notices of availability of 
    properties to the appropriate State and local public agencies. Such 
    notice shall state that any planning for correctional facility, law 
    enforcement, or emergency management response use involved in the 
    development of a comprehensive and coordinated plan of use and 
    procurement for the property must be coordinated and approved by the 
    OJP or FEMA, as appropriate, and that an application form for such use 
    of the property and instructions for the preparation and submission of 
    an application may be obtained from OJP or FEMA. OJP defines the term 
    ``law enforcement'' to mean ``any activity involving the control or 
    reduction of crime and juvenile delinquency, or enforcement of the 
    criminal law, including investigative activities such as laboratory 
    functions as well as training.'' The requirement for correctional 
    facility, law enforcement, or emergency management response use of the 
    property by an eligible public agency will be contingent upon the 
    disposal agency's approval under paragraph (g) of this section of a 
    determination:
        (1) By DOJ that identifies surplus property required for 
    correctional facility use under an appropriate program or project for 
    the care of rehabilitation of criminal offenders, or for law 
    enforcement use; or
        (2) By FEMA that identifies surplus property required for emergency 
    management response use.
        (d) OJP or FEMA shall notify the disposal agency within 30-calendar 
    days after the date of the notice of determination of surplus if there 
    is an eligible applicant interested in acquiring the property. Whenever 
    OJP or FEMA
    
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    has notified the disposal agency within the said 30-calendar day period 
    of a potential correctional facility, law enforcement, or emergency 
    management response requirement for the property, OJP or FEMA shall 
    submit to the disposal agency within 25-calendar days after the 
    expiration of the 30-calendar day period, a determination indicating a 
    correctional facility requirement for the property and approving an 
    appropriate program or project for the care or rehabilitation of 
    criminal offenders, a law enforcement requirement, or an emergency 
    management response requirement, or shall inform the disposal agency, 
    within the 25-calendar day period, that the property will not be 
    required for correctional facility, law enforcement, or an emergency 
    management response use.
        (e) Any determination submitted to the disposal agency by DOJ or 
    FEMA shall set forth complete information concerning the correctional 
    facility, law enforcement, or emergency management response use, 
    including:
        (1) Identification of the property;
        (2) Certification that the property is required for correctional 
    facility, law enforcement, or emergency management response use;
        (3) A copy of the approved application which defines the proposed 
    plan of use; and
        (4) The environmental impact of the proposed correctional facility, 
    law enforcement, or emergency management response use.
        (f) Both holding and disposal agencies shall cooperate to the 
    fullest extent possible with Federal and State agency representatives 
    in their inspection of such property and in furnishing information 
    relating thereto.
        (g) If, after considering other uses for the property, the disposal 
    agency approves the determination by DOJ or FEMA, it shall convey the 
    property to the appropriate grantee. If the determination is 
    disapproved, or in the absence of a determination from DOJ or FEMA 
    submitted pursuant to Sec. 101-47.308-9(d), and received within the 25-
    calendar day time limit specified therein, the disposal agency shall 
    proceed with other disposal actions. The disposal agency shall notify 
    OJP or FEMA 10 days prior to any announcement of a determination to 
    either approve or disapprove an application for correctional, law 
    enforcement, or emergency management response purposes and shall 
    furnish to OJP or FEMA a copy of the conveyance documents.
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        (j) The OJP or FEMA will notify GSA upon discovery of any 
    information indicating a change in use and, upon request, make a 
    redetermination of continued appropriateness of the use of a 
    transferred property.
        (k) In each case of repossession under a reversion of title by 
    reason of noncompliance with the terms of the conveyance documents or 
    other cause, OJP or FEMA shall, at or prior to such repossession, 
    provide the appropriate GSA regional office with an accurate 
    description of the real and related personal property involved. 
    Standard Form 118, Report of Excess Real Property, and the appropriate 
    schedules shall be used for this purpose. Upon receipt of advice from 
    OJP or FEMA that such property has been repossessed and/or title has 
    reverted, GSA will act upon the Standard Form 118. The grantee shall be 
    required to provide protection and maintenance for the property until 
    such time as the title reverts to the Federal Government, including the 
    period of any notice of intent to revert. Such protection and 
    maintenance shall, at a minimum, conform to the standards prescribed in 
    Sec. 101-47.4913.
    
    
    Sec. 101-47.4905  [Amended]
    
        9. Section 101-47.4905 is amended as follows:
        a. In the paragraphs headed ``Type of property'' under the listings 
    for Statutes 40 U.S.C. 484(k)(2), 40 U.S.C. 484(k)(3), and 40 U.S.C. 
    484(q), remove the phrase ``military chapels subject to disposal as a 
    shrine, memorial, or for religious purposes under the provisions of 
    Sec. 101-47.308-5; and (4)'' wherever it appears.
        b. Add paragraphs headed ``Statute'', ``Type of property'', and 
    ``Eligible public agencies'' for statute citation 40 U.S.C. 484(k)(6) 
    in numerical order as set forth below.
        c. Revise the paragraphs headed ``Statute'', ``Type of property'', 
    and ``Eligible public agencies'' for statute citation 40 U.S.C. 484(p) 
    as set forth below.
        d. In the paragraph headed ``Type of property'' under the listing 
    for 49 U.S.C. 47151, remove the phrase ``military chapels subject to 
    disposal as a shrine, memorial, or for religious purposes under the 
    provisions of Sec. 101-47.308-5; and (3)''; and remove the numbers 
    ``(4)'' and ``(5)'' and add in their place ``(3)'' and ``(4)'' 
    respectively.
    
    
    Sec. 101-47.4905  Extract of statutes authorizing disposal of surplus 
    real property to public agencies.
    
    * * * * *
        Statute: 40 U.S.C. 484(k)(6). Disposals for self-help housing and 
    housing assistance.
        Type of property*: Any surplus real and related personal property, 
    including buildings, fixtures, and equipment situated thereon, 
    exclusive of (1) oil, gas, and mineral rights; (2) improvements without 
    land; and (3) property which the holding agency has requested 
    reimbursement of the net proceeds of disposition pursuant to section 
    204(c) of the Act. Before property may be conveyed under this statute, 
    the Secretary of the Housing and Urban Development must recommend that 
    the property is needed for providing self-help housing or housing 
    assistance for low-income individuals or families.
        Eligible public agencies: Any State, any political subdivision or 
    instrumentality of a State, or any nonprofit organization that exists 
    for the primary purpose of providing self-help housing or housing 
    assistance for low-income individuals or families.
        Statute: 40 U.S.C. 484(p). Disposals for correctional facility, law 
    enforcement, or emergency management response purposes.
        Type of property*: Any surplus real and related personal property, 
    including buildings, fixtures, and equipment situated thereon, 
    exclusive of (1) oil, gas, and mineral rights; (2) improvements without 
    land; and (3) property which the holding agency has requested 
    reimbursement of the net proceeds of disposition pursuant to section 
    204(c) of the Act. Before property may be conveyed under this statute, 
    the Attorney General must determine that the property is required for 
    correctional facility use under an appropriate program or project 
    approved by the Attorney General for the care or rehabilitation of 
    criminal offenders or for law enforcement use. Before property may be 
    conveyed under this statute for emergency management response use, the 
    Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency must determine that 
    the property is required for such use.
        Eligible public agencies: Any State; the District of Columbia; any 
    territory or possession of the United States; and any political 
    subdivision or instrumentality thereof.
    * * * * *
    
    
    Sec. 101-47.4906  [Amended]
    
        10. Amend Sec. 101-47.4906 as follows:
        a. In the list of statutes, add the statute citation ``40 U.S.C. 
    484(k)(6) Self-help housing and housing assistance.'' after ``40 U.S.C. 
    484(k)(3) Historic monument.''.
        b. In the list of statutes, revise the title of 40 U.S.C. 484(p) to 
    read as follows: ``Correctional facility, law enforcement, or emergency 
    management response.''.
    
    
    [[Page 5620]]
    
    
        Dated: January 6, 1999.
    David J. Barram,
    Administrator of General Services.
    [FR Doc. 99-2614 Filed 2-3-99; 8:45 am]
    BILLING CODE 6820-23-P
    
    
    

Document Information

Effective Date:
2/4/1999
Published:
02/04/1999
Department:
General Services Administration
Entry Type:
Rule
Action:
Final rule.
Document Number:
99-2614
Dates:
February 4, 1999.
Pages:
5615-5620 (6 pages)
Docket Numbers:
FPMR Amendment H-201
RINs:
3090-AG60: Disposals of Surplus Real Property for Housing Assistance (PL 105-50)
RIN Links:
https://www.federalregister.gov/regulations/3090-AG60/disposals-of-surplus-real-property-for-housing-assistance-pl-105-50-
PDF File:
99-2614.pdf
CFR: (10)
41 CFR 101-47.4905
41 CFR 101-47.4906
41 CFR 101-47.4913
41 CFR 101-47.103-4
41 CFR 101-47.203-5
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