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40 U.S.C. § 542

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Title
40 — Public Buildings, Property, and Works
Chapter
STI/CH5
Release
119-84
Release Date
2026-04-17

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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. (Pub. L. 107–217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1086.) Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 54240:484(b).June 30, 1949, ch. 288, title II, § 203(b), 63 Stat. 385.

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