Federal Management Regulation; Aligning the Federal Management Regulation (FMR) With the Administration's Deregulatory Priorities

<RULE> GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION <CFR>41 CFR Parts 102-3, 102-5, 102-33, 102-34, 102-35, 102-36, 102-37, 102-38, 102-39, 102-40, 102-41, 102-42, 102-71, 102-72, 102-73, 102-74, 102-75, 102-76, 102-77, 102-78, 102-79, 102-80, 102-81, 102-82, 102-83, 102-85, 102-117, 102-118, and 102-192</CFR> <DEPDOC>[FMR Case 2025-05; Docket No. GSA-FMR-2025-0005; Sequence No. 1]</DEPDOC> <RIN>RIN 3090-AK92</RIN> <SUBJECT>Federal Management Regulation; Aligning the Federal Management Regulation (FMR) With the Administration's Deregulatory Priorities</SUBJECT> <HD SOURCE="HED">AGENCY:</HD> Office of Government-wide Policy (OGP), General Services Administration (GSA). <HD SOURCE="HED">ACTION:</HD> Final rule. <SUM> <HD SOURCE="HED">SUMMARY:</HD> GSA is issuing a final rule to streamline and update multiple parts of the FMR to ensure adherence to statutory requirements and improve the effectiveness of the management of aviation, Federal advisory committees, mail, motor vehicles, personal property, real property, and transportation. </SUM> <DATES> <HD SOURCE="HED">DATES:</HD> <E T="03">Effective date:</E> December 16, 2025. </DATES> <FURINF> <HD SOURCE="HED">FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:</HD> Alexander Kurien, Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Government-wide Policy, at 202-208-7642 or <E T="03">alexander.kurien@gsa.gov,</E> for clarification of content. For information pertaining to status or publication schedules, contact the Regulatory Secretariat Division at 202-501-4755 or <E T="03">GSARegSec@gsa.gov.</E> Please cite FMR Case 2025-05. </FURINF> <SUPLINF> <HD SOURCE="HED">SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:</HD> <HD SOURCE="HD1">I. Background</HD> The FMR was first published June 24, 1999, with the intention of improving GSA's regulatory system. While there have been additions and revisions on some parts over the years, several portions of the regulation have not been revised since they were added, and the regulation itself had not undergone a general review prior to 2025. This final rule amends the FMR to align with the Administration's priorities set forth in Executive Order (E.O.) 14192, <E T="03">Unleashing Prosperity Through Deregulation,</E> dated January 31, 2025, and E.O. 14219, <E T="03">Ensuring Lawful Governance and Implementing the President's “Department of Government Efficiency” Deregulatory Initiative,</E> dated February 19, 2025. These amendments are based on a complete review of each FMR Part for consistency with law and Administration policy and a focus on the best reading of the underlying statutory authority or prohibition. As E.O. 14192 states, agencies must work to alleviate the burden on those impacted by regulations, and to that end, GSA has streamlined and simplified regulations with an underlying statutory requirement. The review also focused on minimizing regulations not required by law. Regulations rescinded in this rulemaking are not explicitly required by statute to be issued as GSA regulations in the FMR, or are duplicative of regulations specified by other agencies, and are not necessary to carry out the Administrator's functions under subtitle I of title 40, United States Code. If regulations were found to be duplicative, their removal does not change either the underlying statute or any regulations maintained by other agencies, and GSA has determined that reducing the number of redundant regulations will lead to less confusion, as there will be one source for the regulatory requirement. Where helpful, GSA will communicate policies and information that has been removed from the FMR in non-regulatory guidance documents without editorial changes. Some of these non-regulatory guidance documents can be found on <E T="03">https://www.gsa.gov/directives-library,</E> or will be consolidated on <E T="03">https://www.gsa.gov/policy-regulations.</E> Statutory provisions, the revised FMR, and non-regulatory guidance documents will establish a practical and authoritative basis for efficiently accomplishing mission objectives. <HD SOURCE="HD1">II. Discussion of Final Rule—Summary of Changes</HD> GSA is removing portions of the regulation that are not required by statute and removing outdated provisions. A summary of the changes is as follows: <E T="03">Part 102-3—Federal Advisory Committee Management:</E> Revised. GSA streamlined and consolidated this FMR part to improve Federal advisory committee management policies and processes, remove unnecessary language and information, and increase accountability for Federal advisory committee operation. <E T="03">Part 102-5—Home-to-Work Transportation:</E> Removed and reserved part. Retained content now included in part 102-34. <E T="03">Part 102-33—Management of Government Aircraft:</E> Revised definitions to include only relevant definitions. Consolidated remaining regulations and removed procedural instructions, including appendix A. <E T="03">Part 102-34—Motor Vehicle Management:</E> Revised. GSA streamlined this FMR part by eliminating six subparts and 54 sections considered to be nonregulatory guidance. Consolidated and revised definitions and moved statutory requirements from FMR part 102-5. <E T="03">Part 102-35—Disposition of Personal Property:</E> Revised. Consolidated and revised definitions from FMR parts 102-36 through 102-42. <E T="03">Part 102-36—Disposition of Excess Personal Property:</E> Revised and moved definitions to FMR part 102-35. Removed procedural instructions. Removed GSA's donation of firearms to state and local government activities based on the cessation of the firearm donation program. <E T="03">Part 102-37—Donation of Surplus Personal Property:</E> Revised and moved definitions to FMR part 102-35. Removed procedural instructions, including appendices A, B, and C. Removed GSA's donation of firearms to state and local government activities based on the cessation of the firearm donation program. <E T="03">Part 102-38—Sale of Personal Property:</E> Revised and moved definitions to FMR part 102-35. Removed procedural instructions. Updated requirements for the designation or authority to sell personal property. <E T="03">Part 102-39—Replacement of Personal Property Pursuant to the Exchange/Sale Authority:</E> Revised and moved definitions to FMR part 102-35. Removed procedural instructions. Removed the reporting requirement for exchange/sale activity. Removed the exchange/sale prohibition on FSC Class 1005 weapons when conducting exchanges or sales with the original equipment manufacturer. <E T="03">Part 102-40—Utilization and Disposition of Personal Property with Special Handling Requirements:</E> Revised and moved definitions to FMR part 102-35. Removed procedural instructions, including appendices A and B. Removed GSA's donation of firearms to state and local government activities based on the cessation of the firearm donation program. <E T="03">Part 102-41—Disposition of Seized, Forfeited, Voluntarily Abandoned, and Unclaimed Personal Property:</E> Revised and moved definitions to FMR part 102-35. Removed procedural instructions. <E T="03">Part 102-42—Utilization, Donation, and Disposal of Foreign Gifts and Decorations:</E> Revised and removed procedural instructions. <E T="03">Part 102-71—General:</E> Part revised to include only relevant definitions and consolidate remaining real property regulations required by statute or necessary on significant policy grounds, including installing, repairing, and replacing sidewalks; the Fire Administration Authorization Act of 1992 (Pub. L. 102-522); rent; occupant emergency programs; prohibition of portable heaters, fans, and similar devices; tobacco policy; and use of Federal real property to assist the homeless. <E T="03">Part 102-72—Delegation of Authority:</E> Removed and reserved part. <E T="03">Part 102-73—Real Estate Acquisition:</E> Removed and reserved part. <E T="03">Part 102-74—Facility Management:</E> Removed subparts A, D, and F. Subpart B language on occupant emergency programs; prohibition of portable heaters, fans, and similar devices; and tobacco policy was revised and moved to §§ 102-71.55 through 102-71.115. The remainder of Subpart B was removed. Subpart C will be removed in January 2026 to coincide with the Department of Homeland Security's promulgation of regulations for the protection of Federal property. Subpart E was revised and moved to § 102-71.20. <E T="03">Part 102-75—Real Property Disposal:</E> Removed and reserved part. Subpart H was moved to § 102-71, subpart B. <E T="03">Part 102-76—Design and Construction:</E> Removed and reserved part. <E T="03">Part 102-77—Art in Architecture:</E> Removed and reserved part. Part 102-78—Historic Preservation: Removed and reserved part. <E T="03">Part 102-79—Assignment and Utilization of Space:</E> Removed and reserved part. <E T="03">Part 102-80—Safety and Environmental Management:</E> Removed and reserved part. Section on the Fire Administration Authorization Act of 1992 (Pub. L. 102-522) was revised and moved to §§ 102-71.25 through 102-71.45. <E T="03">Part 102-81—Physical Security:</E> Removed and reserved part. <E T="03">Part 102-82—Utility Services:</E> Removed and reserved part. <E T="03">Part 102-83—Location of Space:</E> Removed and reserved part. <E T="03">Part 102-85—Pricing Policy for Occupancy in GSA Space:</E> Removed and reserved part. Language on rent was revised and moved to § 102-71.50. <E T="03">Part 102-117—Transportation Management:</E> Revised the transportation procurement requirements for Federal agencies. Eliminated seven subparts and 56 sections considered to be nonregulatory guidance. <E T="03">Part 102-118—Transportation Payment and Audit:</E> Revised due to the elimination of the GSA Transportation Audits Division. Under the new framework, most functions ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Preview showing 10k of 600k characters. 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