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H.R. 752: Federal Electronic Equipment Donation Act of 2008

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H.R. 752: Federal Electronic Equipment Donation Act of 2008

110th Congress · introduced 2007-01-31 · Government Operations and Politics · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2007-01-31 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Butterfield, G. K. [D-NC-1] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Federal Electronic Equipment Donation Act of 2008

Plain summary

Federal Electronic Equipment Donation Act of 2008 - Directs each federal agency to identify useful federal electronic equipment that the agency has determined is excess to its needs and to: (1) report such equipment to the Administrator of General Services for processing for transfer to an educational recipient in accordance with provisions relating to the donation of personal property through state agencies; (2) transfer such equipment directly to such a recipient by arrangement with the Administrator; or (3) report such equipment to the Administrator as excess property if transfer is not practicable. Provides procedures, in the transfer of such equipment, for refurbishing for classroom use and data removal. Requires transferring agencies to give the highest preference to educational recipients located in an enterprise community or empowerment zone designated under the Internal Revenue Code or a qualifying small town or county (those with certain levels of poverty). Requires state plans of operation for property transfers to give the same preference. Defines "educational recipient" as a school or community-based educational organization. Defines "federal electronic equipment" to include computers and peripheral equipment, fax machines, and software (where a license transfer is permitted). Requires a report to Congress from the Administrator on equipment inventories and transfers not later than 18 months after enactment of this Act. States that this Act supersedes Executive Order No. 12999 of April 17, 1996 (entitled "Educational Technology: Ensuring Opportunity for All Children in the Next Century").

Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House amended), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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Official text

Federal Electronic Equipment Donation Act of 2008

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House amended)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Butterfield, G. K. [D-NC-1] · 62 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 752, Federal Electronic Equipment Donation Act of 2008 (2008-04-17); CBO cost estimate: H.R. 752, Federal Electronic Equipment Donation Act of 2008 (2008-04-17)

Cosponsors on this site

Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Al Green (D-TX), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Danny K. Davis (D-IL), Adam Smith (D-WA), Christopher Murphy (D-CT) and 2 more.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong110-hr752 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong110 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong110