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[CITE: 10USC2696]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
                PART IV--SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROCUREMENT
 
CHAPTER 159--REAL PROPERTY; RELATED PERSONAL PROPERTY; AND LEASE OF NON-
                             EXCESS PROPERTY
 
Sec. 2696. Screening of real property for further Federal use 
        before conveyance
        
    (a) Screening Requirement.--The Secretary concerned may not convey 
real property that is authorized or required to be conveyed, whether for 
or without consideration, by any provision of law enacted after December 
31, 1997, unless the Administrator of General Services has screened the 
property for further Federal use in accordance with the Federal Property 
and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 471 et seq.).
    (b) Time for Screening.--(1) Before the end of the 30-day period 
beginning on the date of the enactment of a provision of law authorizing 
or requiring the conveyance of a parcel of real property by the 
Secretary concerned, the Administrator of General Services shall 
complete the screening referred to in subsection (a) with regard to the 
real property and notify the Secretary concerned of the results of the 
screening. The notice shall include--
        (A) the name of the Federal agency requesting transfer of the 
    property;
        (B) the proposed use to be made of the property by the Federal 
    agency; and
        (C) the fair market value of the property, including any 
    improvements thereon, as estimated by the Administrator.

    (2) If the Administrator fails to complete the screening and notify 
the Secretary concerned within such period, the Secretary concerned 
shall proceed with the conveyance of the real property as provided in 
the provision of law authorizing or requiring the conveyance.
    (c) Notice of Further Federal Use.--If the Administrator of General 
Services notifies the Secretary concerned under subsection (b) that 
further Federal use of a parcel of real property authorized or required 
to be conveyed by any provision of law is requested by a Federal agency, 
the Secretary concerned shall submit a copy of the notice to Congress.
    (d) Congressional Disapproval.--If the Secretary concerned submits a 
notice under subsection (c) with regard to a parcel of real property, 
the Secretary concerned may not proceed with the conveyance of the real 
property as provided in the provision of law authorizing or requiring 
the conveyance if Congress enacts a law rescinding the conveyance 
authority or requirement before the end of the 180-day period beginning 
on the date on which the Secretary concerned submits the notice.
    (e) Excepted Conveyance Authorities.--The screening requirements of 
this section shall not apply to real property authorized or required to 
be conveyed under any of the following provisions of law:
        (1) Section 2687 of this title.
        (2) Title II of the Defense Authorization Amendments and Base 
    Closure and Realignment Act (Public Law 100-526; 10 U.S.C. 2687 
    note).
        (3) The Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 (part A 
    of title XXIX of Public Law 101-510; 10 U.S.C. 2687 note).
        (4) Any provision of law authorizing the closure or realignment 
    of a military installation that is enacted after November 18, 1997.
        (5) Title II of the Federal Property and Administrative Services 
    Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 481 et seq.).
        (6) Any specific provision of law authorizing or requiring the 
    transfer of administrative jurisdiction over a parcel of real 
    property between Federal agencies.

(Added Pub. L. 105-85, div. B, title XXVIII, Sec. 2814(a)(1), Nov. 18, 
1997, 111 Stat. 1994; amended Pub. L. 106-65, div. A, title X, 
Sec. 1066(a)(26), Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 772.)

                       References in Text

    The Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, 
referred to in subsecs. (a) and (e)(5), is act June 30, 1949, ch. 288, 
63 Stat. 377, as amended. Provisions of the act relating to management 
and disposal of Government property are classified to chapter 10 
(Sec. 471 et seq.) of Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works. 
Title II of the Act is classified principally to subchapter II (Sec. 481 
et seq.) of chapter 10 of Title 40. For complete classification of this 
Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 471 of Title 
40 and Tables.


                               Amendments

    1999--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 106-65, Sec. 1066(a)(26)(A), inserted 
``enacted after December 31, 1997,'' after ``any provision of law''.
    Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 106-65, Sec. 1066(a)(26)(B), substituted 
``referred to in subsection (a)'' for ``required by paragraph (1)'' in 
introductory provisions.
    Subsec. (e)(4). Pub. L. 106-65, Sec. 1066(a)(26)(C), substituted 
``November 18, 1997'' for ``the date of enactment of the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998''.


                             Effective Date

    Section 2814(b) of Pub. L. 105-85 provided that: ``Section 2696 of 
title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a) of this 
section, shall apply with respect to any real property authorized or 
required to be conveyed under a provision of law covered by such section 
that is enacted after December 31, 1997.''

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 2814 of this title.
