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 PUBLIC LAW 100-612—NOV. 5, 1988

102 STAT. 3181

thereof shall be preserved in the files of the executive agency making such disposal. "(C) No such statement need be transmitted to any such committee with respect to any disposal of personal property made under paragraph (5) at a fixed price, or to property disposals authorized by any other provision of law to be made without advertising. "(D) The annual report of the Administrator under section 212 shall contain or be accompanied by a listing and description of any negotiated disposals of surplus property having an estimated fair market value of more than $15,000, in the case of real property, or $5,000, in the case of any other property, other than disposals for which an explanatory statement has been transmitted under this paragraph.". (b) Section 203(e)(3)(E) of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 484(e)(3)(E)) is amended by striking out "$1,000" and inserting "$15,000". SEC. 5. Section 203(o) of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 484(o)) is amended to read as follows: "(o)(l) With respect to real and related personal property trans- Reports. ferred or conveyed under subsection (p) of this section and real property disposed of under subsection (k) of this section and section 13(g) of the Surplus Property Act of 1944 (50 U.S.C. App. 1622(g)), the head of each executive agency disposing of such property shall submit during the calendar quarter following the close of each fiscal year a report to the Congress and to the Administrator showing the acquisition cost and the sale or lease value of all real and related personal property so disposed of during the preceding fiscal year. Such reports shall also show transfers or conveyances of property according to State, and may include such other information and recommendations as the Administrator or other executive agency head concerned deems appropriate. "(2) Six months after the end of the first full fiscal year after the date of enactment of this paragraph, and biennially thereafter, the Administrator shall transmit a report to the Congress that covers the initial period from such effective date and each succeeding biennial period and contains— "(A) a full and independent evaluation of the operation of programs for the donation of Federal surplus personal property, "(B) statistical information on the amount of excess personal property transferred to Federal agencies and provided to grantees and non-Federal organizations and surplus personal property approved for donation to the State Agencies for Surplus Property and donated to eligible non-Federal organizations during each succeeding biennial period, and "(C) such recommendations as the Administrator determines to be necessary or desirable. "(3) A copy of each report made under paragraph (2) shall also be simultaneously furnished to the Comptroller General of the United States. The Comptroller General shall review and evaluate the report and make any comments and recommendations to the Congress thereon, as he deems necessary or desirable.". SEC. 6. Section 204(b) of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 485(b)) is amended— (1) by striking out "Bureau of the Budget" each place it appears and inserting "Office of Management and Budget";

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