SPECIAL SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE
COMMITTEE ON
GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS
UNITED STATES SENATE
EIGHTY-SIXTH CONGRESS
S. 2605, S. 2725, S. 2732, S. 3154, S. 3489, S. 3288, S. 3493
Printed for the use of the Committee on Government Operations
S. 2725. To amend the Federal Property and Administrative Services
Act of 1949 to permit the donation of foreign excess property for
educational and health purposes in certain cases.
S. 2732. To amend the Federal Property and Administrative Services
Act of 1949 to permit the donation of foreign excess property to
medical institutions, hospitals, clinics, health centers, schools,
colleges, and universities.
Staff memo No. 86–2–22, dated May 27, 1960_.
S. 3154. To amend section 402 of the Federal Property and Adminis-
trative Services Act of 1949, to prescribe procedures to insure that
foreign exesss property which is disposed of overseas will not be
imported into the United States to the injury of the economy of
the country--
Staff memo No. 86-2-24, dated May 27, 1960-
S. 3489. To amend section 203 (j) of the Federal Property and Admin-
istrative Services Act of 1949, as amended (40 U.S.C. 484(j)), to
provide that the Department of Defense may allocate surplus
property under its control for transfer under that act only to edu-
cational institutions conducting approved military training pro-
Hart, Hon. Philip A., U.S. Senator from the State of Michigan_.
Correspondence with Providence Hospital, Detroit, Mich, and Inter-
national Cooperation Administration, re a hospital project in the
Upper Volta region of French West Africa...
Byerlein, Helen Ann, registered nurse, Providence Hospital, Detroit,
Mich..
Vinson, Randolph K., executive director, Machinery Dealers National
Association, for Alex Zeeve, Jr., chairman, Government Affairs Com-
mittee..
Weber, William C., Jr., executive director, Electronics Representatives
Association, Chicago, Ill..
McKenrick, Robert P., excutive vice president Construction Industry
Manufacturers Association, Chicago, Ill...
Schield, Wilbur L., president, Power Crane and Shovel Association, and
Schield-Bantam Co., Waverly, Iowa...
Mayer, H. J., executive vice president, Western Machinery Co., general
manager of Edward R. Bacon Co., San Francisco, Calif., and president
of Associated Equipment Distributors__
King, Joseph T., general counsel, Associated Equipment Distributors -
Text of prepared statement..
Dix, Leslie V., Chief of Defense-State Relations, Office of Assistant Secre-
tary of Defense (Manpower, Personnel, and Reserve).
Rey, Lt. Col. John F., Chief, Surplus Property Disposals Branch, Depart-
ment of Defense....
Garvey, James A., Assistant Commissioner, Office of Utilization and
Sales, General Services Administration, accompanied by C. D. Bean,
Commissioner, Federal Supply Service, GSA..
Text of prepared statement
Lund, Chester B., Director, Office of Field Administration, Department
of Health, Education, and Welfare; accompanied by Wendell Gray,
Chief, Surplus Property Utilization Division, HEW; and Manuel
Hiller, Office of General Counsel, HEW..
Rhoten, Walter G., past president, National Association of State Agencies
for Surplus Property.
DISPOSAL OF SURPLUS PROPERTY OVERSEAS; REIMPORTATION OF SURPLUS PROPERTY; AND EXPANDING THE DONABLE PROPERTY PROGRAM
SPECIAL SUBCOMMITTEE ON DONABLE PROPERTY, COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS, Washington, D.C. The subcommittee met, pursuant to call, at 10:05 a.m., in room 3302, New Senate Office Building, Senator Ernest Gruening (chairman of the subcommittee) presiding.
Present: Senator Gruening.
Also present: Glenn K. Shriver, professional staff member, and Ann M. Grickis, assistant chief clerk.
Senator GRUENING. The meeting will please come to order.
The hearing today will concern itself with all of the bills referred to the Special Subcommittee on Donable Property on which testimony has not been taken. A copy of each bill, together with a staff memorandum explaining the purpose, background, and agency comments, will be inserted at this point in the record.
(The material referred to follows:)
[S. 2725, 86th Cong., 1st sess.]
A BILL To amend the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 to permit the donation of foreign excess property for educational and health purposes in certain
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the first sentence of section 401 of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 is amended by striking the word "Each" at the beginning thereof and inserting in lieu of said word the following: "Subject to the provisions of section 405, each”.
SEC. 2. The first sentence of section 402 of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 is amended by inserting immediately before the period at the end thereof the following: “, or (c) by donation under section 405".
SEC. 3. Title IV of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section:
"DONATION OF FOREIGN EXCESS PROPERTY
"SEC. 405. Under such regulations, not inconsistent with policies prescribed by the President pursuant to section 404, as the head of such executive agency as may be designated by the President may prescribe, the head of such executive agency may donate without cost (except for costs of care and handling) for use in a foreign country for educational or health purposes any foreign excess property held by any executive agency, which the head of the agency designated by the President determines (1) is not required for the discharge of the responsibilities of any Federal agency in its operations or programs outside the United 1
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