scope:

PURPOSE

a. Manual. This manual is composed of several volumes, each containing its own purpose. In accordance with the authority in DoD Directive (DoDD) 5134.12, DoD Instruction (DoDI) 4140.01, and DoDI 4160.28 (References (a), (b), and (c)), this manual prescribes uniform procedures for the disposition of DoD personal property and establishes the sequence of processes for the disposition of personal property of the DoD Components.

b. Volume. This volume of this manual:

(1) Implements policy for reutilization, transfer, excess property screening, and issue of surplus property and foreign excess personal property (FEPP), scrap released by qualified recycling programs (QRPs), and non-QRP scrap.

(2) Provides guidance for removing excess material through security assistance programs and foreign military sales (FMS).

(3) Provides detailed instructions for the sale of surplus property and FEPP, scrap released by QRPs, and non-QRP scrap.

APPLICABILITY

a. This volume applies to OSD, the Military Departments, the Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Joint Staff, the Combatant Commands, the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Defense, the Defense Agencies, the DoD Field Activities, and all other organizational entities within the Department of Defense (referred to collectively in this volume as the "DoD Components").

b. Parts 101 and 102 of Title 41, Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), also known as the Federal Property Management Regulation and Federal Management Regulation (FPMR and FMR) (Reference (d)), and subtitle I of Title 40, United States Code (U.S.C.), also known as "Federal Property and Administrative Services Act" (Reference (e)), take precedence over this manual if a procedural conflict exists.