,,ii  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #hid  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,april #g1 #bjag    
,mr4 ,daines introduced the following   
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,environment and   
,public ,works  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend    
title #dj1 ,united ,states ,code1 to    
provide requirements for the disposal of
 surplus ,federal property relating to  
review of bidders and post-sale         
responsibilities4  #a4 ,modifications   
relating to method of disposition of    
surplus ,federal property and subsequent
 responsibilities ,section #edc of title
 #dj1 ,united ,states ,code1 is         
amended-- 7#a7 in the first sentence1 by
 striking ,an executive and inserting   
the following3  7a7 ,in general ,the    
,administrator of ,general ,services or 
an executive  2  7#b7 in the second     
sentence--  7,a7 by striking it         
considers2 and  7,b7 by striking ,the   
agency and inserting the following3  7b7
 ,disposal actions  7#a7 ,documentation 

,the ,administrator of ,general         
,services or an executive agency  2 and 
7#c7 in subsection 7b7 7as designated by
 paragraph 7#b77;,b771 by adding at the 
end the following3  7#b7 ,observations  
of bidder ,for purposes of ensuring     
settlement of a loan used for the       
purchase by a member of the public of   
any ,federal real property with a       
significant health or safety concern    
sold by the ,general ,services          
,administration under this chapter1 the 
,administrator of ,general ,services    
shall--  7,a7 during the course of the  
ordinary bidding process1 identify1 to  
the best of the ability of the          
,administrator of ,general ,services1   
whether any obvious and significant     
indication is present that the purchaser
 is not capable of--  7i7 settling the  
loan obligation2 or  7ii7 removing any  
health or safety conditions2 and  7,b7  
if such an obvious and significant      
indication is identified--  7i7 document
 the indication2 and  7ii7 disallow sale

 of the ,federal property to the        
prospective purchaser4  7#c7 ,asbestos  
7,a7 ,definition of asbestos-affected   
property ,in this paragraph1 the term   
asbestos-affected property means any    
,federal property that-- 7i7 is sold by 
the ,general ,services ,administration  
under this chapter after ,april #cj1    
#bjac2 and  7ii7 contains-- 7,i7 friable
 asbestos2 and  7,,ii7 a significant    
overall quantity of asbestos1 such that 
damage inflicted on the ,federal        
property by a natural disaster would    
cause significant damage to the public  
due to the quantity of asbestos4  7,b7  
,responsibility ,in the event that an   
immediate or subsequent purchaser of an 
asbestos-affected property is a debtor  
7as defined in section #aja of title    
#aa1 ,united ,states ,code71 and        
transfers any portion of the            
asbestos-affected property with         
significant quantities of unabated      
asbestos to a unit of ,state or local   
government1 on request by that unit of  

government1 the ,administrator of       
,general ,services shall coordinate with
 other ,federal agencies to identify    
funding resources for the purpose of    
asbestos abatement if that unit of      
government submits the request to the   
,administrator of ,general ,services not
 later than #bj years after the date of 
the initial sale of the real property by
 the ,general ,services ,administration4
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