TRANSFER OF CERTAIN EXCESS DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROPERTY TO EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND TRAINING SCHOOLS.

SEC. 379. TRANSFER OF CERTAIN EXCESS DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROPERTY TO EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND TRAINING SCHOOLS. (a) Authority To Transfer.— Subparagraph (G) of section 2535(b)(1) of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: “(G) notwithstanding title II of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 481 et seq.) and any other provision of law, authorize the transfer to a nonprofit educational institution or training school, on a nonreimbursable basis, of any such property already in the possession of such institution or school whenever the program proposed by such institution or school for the use of such property is in the public interest.”. (b) Treatment of Property Loaned Before December 31, 1993.— Except for property determined by the Secretary of Defense to be needed by the Department of Defense, property loaned before December 31, 1993, to an educational institution or training school under section 2535(b) of title 10, United States Code, or section 4(a)(7) of the Defense Industrial Reserve Act (as in effect before 108 STAT. 2738October 23, 1992) shall be regarded as surplus property. Upon certification by the Secretary to the Administrator of General Services that the property is being used by the borrowing educational institution or training school for a purpose consistent with that for which the property was loaned, the Administrator may authorize the conveyance of all right, title, and interest of the United States in such property to the borrower if the borrower agrees to accept the property. The Administrator may require any additional terms and conditions in connection with a conveyance so authorized that the Administrator considers appropriate to protect the interests of the United States.