40 U.S.C. § 542
Care and handling
United States · Title 40 — PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS · Status: effective
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- 40 U.S.C. § 542, Care and handling, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/474171
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The disposal of surplus property, and the care and handling of the property pending disposition, may be performed by the General Services Administration or, when the Administrator of General Services decides, by the executive agency in possession of the property or by any other executive agency that agrees.
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.
- To revise, codify, and enact without substantive change certain general and permanent laws, related to public buildings, property, and works, as title 40, United States Code, "Public Buildings, Property, and Works".House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally