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AN ACT 
To simplify the procurement, utilization, and disposal of Government property, 
to reorganize certain agencies of the Government, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House yg Preece of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled. 
SHORT TITLE 
That this Act may be cited as the “Federal Property and Adminis- 
trative Services Act of 1949”. 
TABLE OF CONTENTS 
_f %. 2, Declaration of policy. 
Nec. 8. Definitions, 
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Trrtz I—Oreanization 
Sec.101. General Services Administration. 
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Sec. 102. Transfer of affairs of Bureau of Federal Supply. 
q Sec. 103. Transfer of affairs of the Federal Works Agency. 
Sec. 104. Records management: Transfer of the National Archives, 
Sec. 105. Transfer for Hquidation of the affairs of the War Assets Administration. 
Sec. 106. Redistribution of functions. 
Sec. 107. Transfer of funds. 
Bec. 108. Status of transferred employees. 
¢ Sec. 109. General supply fund. 
Tirtz II—Prormery MANAGEMENT 
Sec. 201. Procurement, warehousing, and related activities, 
Sec. 202. Property utilization. 
Sec. 203. Disposal of surplus property. 
Sec. 204. Proceeds from transfer and disposition of property. 
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See. 205. Policies, regulations, and delegations, 
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See. 206, Surveys, standardization, and cataloging. 
Sec. 207. Applicability of antitrust laws. 
Sec. 208. Employment of personnel, 
Sec. 209. Civil remedies and penalties. 
Sec. 210. Reports to Congress. 
Titte I1I—Procurrment PROCEDURE 
Sec. 301. Declaration of purpose, 
Sec. 802. Application and procurement methods, 
Sec. 808. Advertising requirements, 
Sec. 304. Requirements of negotiated contracts, 
Sec. 805. Advance payments, 
4 Sec. 806. Waiver of liquidated damages, 
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Sec. 807. Administrative determinations and delegations, 
Sec. 808. Statutes continued in effect. 
Sec. 809. Definitions, 
Sec. 310. Statutes not applicable. 
Tirta IV—Forrten Excess PRoPeery 
See. 401. Disposal of foreign excess property. 
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Sec. 402. Methods and terms of disposal. 
Sec. 408. Proceeds; foreign currencies. 
Sec, 404. Miscellaneous provisions. 
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Tire V—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
‘ Sec..501. Applicability 
of existing procedures, 
Sec. 502. Repeal and saving provisions. 
Sec, 508. Authorization for appropriations, 
Sec. 504. Separability. 
Sec. 505. Dffective date. 
DECLARATION OF POLICY 
Src. 2. It is the intent of the Congress in enacting this legislation to 
provide for the Government an economical and efficient: system for (a) 
the procurement and supply of personal property and nonpersonal 
services, including related 
functions such as contracting, inspection, 
storage, issue, specifications, property identification and classification, 
transportation and traffic management, management of public utility 
services, repairing and converting, establishment of inventory levels, 
establishment of forms and pe and representation before 
Federal and State regulatory 
bodies; (b) the utilization of available 
property; (c) the disposal of surplus property; and (d) records 
management. 
DEFINITIONS 
Sxo. 3. As used in this Act— 
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a) The term “executive agency” means any executive department 
or independent establishment in the executive branch of the Govern- 
ment, including any 
wholly owned Government corporation. 
(b) The term “Federal agency” means any executive agency or any 
establishment in the legislative or judicial branch of the Government 
(except the Senate and the House of Re. resentatives). 
(c) The term “Administrator” means 
the Administrator of General 
Services 
provided for in title I hereof. 
(d) The term “property” means any interest in property of any 
kind except (1) the public domain and lands reserved or dedicated for 
national 
forest or national park purposes; and (2) naval vessels of 
the following categories: Battleships, cruisers, aircraft carriers, 
destroyers, and submarines. 
(e) The term “excess property” means any property under the con- 
trol of any Federal agency which 
is not required for its needs and the 
discharge of its responsibilities, as determined by the head thereof. 
(f) The term “foreign excess 
property” means any excess property 
located outside the continental 
United States, Hawaii, Alaska, Puerto 
Rico, and the Virgin Islands. 
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required for the needs and the discharge of the responsibilities of all 
Federal agencies, as determined by the Administrator. 
(h) The term “care and handling” includes completing, repairing, 
converting, rehabilitating, operating, preserving, protecting, insuring 
packing, storing, handling, conserving, and transporting excess and 
surplus property, and, in the case of property which is dangerous to 
public health or safety, destroying or rendering innocuous such 
property. 
(1) The term “person” includes any corporation, partnership, firm, 
association, trust, estate, or other entity. 
(j) The term “nonpersonal services” means such contractual serv- 
ices, other than personal and professional services, as the Adminis- 
trator shal] designate. 
(k) Th. term “contractor inventory” means 
(1) any property 
acquired by and in the possession of a contractor or subcontractor 
under a contract pursuant to the terms of which title is vested in the 
Government, and in excess of the amounts needed to complete full 
erformance under the entire contract; and (2) any property which 
Fre Government is obligated to take over under any type of contract 
as a result either of any changes in the specifications or plans there- 
under or of the termination of such contract (or subcontract there- 
under), prior to completion of the work, for the convenience or at 
the option of the Government. 
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TITLE I—ORGANIZATION 
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION 
Sro. 101. (a) There is hereby established an agency in the execu- 
tive branch of the Government which shall be known as the General 
Services Administration. 
(b) There shall be at the head of the General Services Administra- 
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tion an Administrator of General Services who shall be appointed by 
the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and 
erform his functions subject to the direction and control of the 
resident. 
(c) There shall be in the General Services Administration a Deputy 
Administrator of General Services who shall be appointed by the 
Administrator of General Services. 
The Deputy Administrator shall 
rform such functions as the Administrator shall designate and shall 
e Acting Administrator of General Services during 
the absence or 
disability of the Administrator and, unless the President shall desig- 
nate another officer of the Government, in the event of a vacancy in 
the office of Administrator. 
(d) Pending 
the first appointment of the Administrator under the 
rovisions of this section, his functions shall be performed temporarily 
y such officer of the Government in office upon or immediately 
prior 
to the taking of effect of the provisions of this Act as the President 
shall designate, and such officer while so serving shall receive the 
salary fixed for the Administrator. 
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(e) Pending the effective date of other provisions of law fixing the 
rates of compensation of the Administrator, the Deputy Administra- 
tor and of the heads and assistant heads of the principal organizational 
units of the General Services Administration, and taking into consid- 
eration provisions of law governing the compensation of officers hav- 
ing comparable responsibilities and duties, the President shall fix for 
each of them a rate of compensation which he shall deem to be com- 
ae with the responsibilities and duties of the respective offices 
involved. 
TRANSFER OF AFFAIRS OF BUREAU OF FEDERAL SUPPLY 
Src. 102, (a) The functions of (1) the Bureau of Federal Supply 
in the Department of the Treasury, (2) the Director of the Bureau of 
Federal Supply, (3) the personnel of such Bureau, and (4) the Secre- 
tary of the Treasury, relating to the Bureau of Federal Supply, are 
hereby transferred to the Administrator. 
The records, property, per- 
sonnel, obligations, and commitments of the Bureau of Federal Supply, 
together with such additional records, property, and personnel of the 
Department of the Treasury as the Director of the Bureau of the 
Budget shal] determine to relate primarily to functions transferred by 
this section or vested in the Administrator by titles II, III, and V, 
of this Act, are hereby transferred to the General] Services Adminis- 
tration. 
The Bureau of Federal Supply and the office of Director of 
the Bureau of Federal Supply are hereby abolished. 
(b) The functions of the Director of Contract Settlement and of the 
Office of Contract Settlement, transferred to the Secretary of the 
Treasury by Reorganization Plan Numbered 1 of 1947, are transferred 
to the Administrator and shall be performed by him or, subject to his 
direction and control, by such officers and agencies of the General 
Services Administration as he may designate. 
The Contract Settle- 
ment Act Advisory Board created by section 5 of the Contract Settle- 
ment Act of 1944 (58 Stat. 649) and the Appeal Board established 
under section 13 (d) of that Act are transferred from the Department 
of the Treasury to the General Services Administration, but the func- 
tions of these Boards shall be performed by them, respectively, under 
conditions and limitations prescribed by law. 
There shall also be 
transferred to the General Services Administration such records, 
property, personnel, obligations, commitments, and unexpended bal- 
ances (available or to be made available) of appropriations, alloca- 
tions, and other funds of the Treasury Department as the Director of 
the Bureau of the Budget shall determine to relate primarily to the 
functions transferred by the provisions of this subsection. 
(c) Any other provision of this section notwithstanding, there may 
be retained in the Department of the Treasury any function referred 
to in subsection (a) of this section which the Director of the Bureau 
of the Budget shall, within ten days after the effective date of this Act, 
determine to be essential to the orderly administration of the affairs 
of the agencies of such Department, other than the Bureau of Federal 
Supply, together with such records, property, personnel, obligations, 
commitments, and unexpended balances of appropriations, allocations, 
and other funds, available or to be made available, of said Department, 
as said Director shall determine. 
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TRANSFER OF AFFAIRS OF THE FEDERAL WORKS AGENCY 
Src. 103. (a) All functions of the Federal Works Agency and of 
all agencies thereof, together with all functions of the Federal Works 
Administrator, of the Commissioner of Public Buildings, and of the 
Commissioner of Public Roads, are hereby transferred to the Admin- 
istrator of General Services. 
There are hereby transferred to the 
General Services Administration the Public Roads Administration 
which shall hereafter be known as the Bureau of Public Roads, and 
all records, property, personnel, obligations, and commitments of the 
Federal Works Agency, including those of all agencies of the Federal 
Works Agency. 
(b) There are hereby abolished the Federal Works Agency, the 
Public Buildings Administration, the office of Federal Works Admin- 
istrator, the office of Commissioner of Public Buildings, and the office 
of Assistant Federal Works Administrator. 
RECORDS MANAGEMENT: TRANSFER OF THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES 
Sec. 104. (a) The National Archives Establishment and its func- 
tions, records, property, personnel, obligations, and commitments are 
hereby transferred to the General Services Administration. 
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are transferred to the Administrator (1) the functions of the Archivist 
of the United States, except that the Archivist shall continue to be a 
member or chairman, as the case may be, of the bodies referred to in 
subsection (b) of this section, and (2) the functions of the Director 
of the Division of the Federal Register of the National Archives 
Establishment. 
The Archivist of the United States shall hereafter be 
appointed by the Administrator. 
b) There are also transferred to the General Services Administra- 
tion the following bodies, together with their respective functions and 
such funds as are derived from Federal sources: (1) The National 
Archives Council and the National Historical Publications Commis- 
sion, established by the Act of June 19, 1934 (48 Stat. 1122), (2) the 
National Archives Trust Fund Board, established by the Act of July 
9, 1941 (55 Stat. 581), (3) the Board of Trustees of the Franklin D. 
Roosevelt Library, established by the Joint Resolution of July 18, 1939 
(53 Stat. 1062), and (4) the Administrative Committee established 
by section 6 of the Act of July 26, 1935 (49 Stat. 501), which shall 
hereafter be known as the Administrative Committee of the Federal 
Register. 
The authority of the Administrator under section 106 
hereof shall not extend to the bodies or functions affected by this 
subsection. 
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(c) The Administrator is authorized (1) to make surveys of Gov- 
ernment records and records management and disposal practices and 
obtain reports thereon from Federal agencies; (2) to promote, in 
cooperation with the executive agencies, improved records manage- 
ment practices and controls in such agencies, including the central 
storage or disposition of records not needed by such agencies for their 
current use; and (3) to report to the Congress and the Director of 
the Bureau of the Budget from time to time the results of such 
activities. 
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TRANSFER FOR LIQUIDATION OF THE aFFAIRS OF THE WAR ASSETS 
ADMINISTRATION 
Sro. 105. The functions, records, property, personnel, obligations, 
and commitments of the War Assets Administration are hereby trans- 
ferred to the General Services Administration. 
The functions of the 
War Assets Administrator are hereby transferred to the Administra- 
tor of General Services. The War Assets Administration, the office of 
the War Assets Administrator, and the office of Associate War Assets 
Administrator are hereby abolished. 
Personnel now holding appoint- 
ments granted under the second sentence of section 5 (b) of the Sur- 
plus Property Act of 1944, as amended, may be continued in such posi- 
tions or may be appointed to similar positions for such time as the 
Administrator may determine. 
REDISTRIBUTION OF FUNCTIONS 
Sec. 106. The Administrator is hereby authorized, in his discretion, 
in order to provide for the effective accomplishment of the functions 
transferred to or vested in him by this Act, and from time to time, to 
regroup, transfer, and distribute any such functions within the Gen- 
eral Services Administration. 
The Administrator is hereby author- 
ized to transfer the funds necessary to accomplish said functions and 
report such transfers of funds to the Director of the Bureau of the 
Budget. 
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TRANSFER OF FUNDS 
Sec. 107. (a) All unexpended balances of appropriations, alloca- 
tions, or other funds available or to be made available, for the use of 
the Bureau of Federal Supply, the War Assets Administration, the 
Federal Works Agency, and the National Archives Establishment, 
and so much of the other unexpended balances of appropriations, allo- 
cations, or other funds of the Department of the Treasury, available 
or to be made available, as the Director of the Bureau of the Budget 
shall determine to relate primarily to functions transferred to or vested 
in the Administrator by the provisions of this Act, shall be transferred 
to the General Services Administration for use in connection with the 
functions to which such balances relate, respectively. 
(b) When other functions are transferred to the General Services 
Administration from any Federal agency, under section 201 (a) (2 
or (8), or otherwise under this Act, there shall be transferred suc 
records, property, personnel, appropriations, allocations, and other 
funds of such agency to the General Services Administration as the 
Director of the Bureau of the Budget shall determine to relate pri- 
marily to the functions so transferred. 
STATUS OF TRANSFERRED EMPLOYEES 
Szo. 108. Subject to other provisions of this title relating to 
per- 
sonnel, employees transferred by the provisions of this title shall 
be 
deemed to be employees of the General Services Administration and 
their reappointment shall not be required by reason of the enactment 
of this Act. 
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Sxo. 109. (a) There is hereby 
authorized to be set aside in the 
Treasury a special fund which shall be known as the General Supply 
Fund. 
‘Such fund shall be composed of the assets of the general su 
ply fund Cena 
any 
surplus therein) created by section 8 of the 
Act of February 
27, 1929 (45 Stat. 1842; 41 U.S. é. 7c), and trans- 
ferred to the Administrator by section 102 of this Act, and such sums 
as may be appropriated thereto, and the fund shall assume ali of the 
liabilities, obligations, and commitments of the general supply fund 
created by such Act of February 27, 1929. 
The capital of the 
General 
Supply 
Fund shall be in an amount not greater than $75,000,000. The 
General Supply Fund shall be available for use by or under the direc- 
tion and control of the Administrator (1) for procuring 
personal 
property 
(including the purchase from or through the Public Printer 
of standard forms and blankbook work for field warehouse issue) and 
nonpersonal services for the use of Federal agencies in the 
proper dis- 
charge of their responsibilities, and (2) for 
paying all elements of 
cost of the procurement, handling, and distribution thereof, except 
that on and after July 1, 1950, those elements of cost which are deter- 
-mined by the Administrator with the approval of the Director of the 
Bureau of the Budget to be indirect or overhead costs shall not be paid 
from the fund. 
(b) Payment by requisitioning agencies shall be at prices fixed by 
the 
Administrator. 
Until July 1, 1950, such prices shall be fixed in 
accordance with law and regulations applicable on the date of enact- 
ment of this Act to prices fixed by the 
Director of the Bureau of Fed- 
eral Supply. 
On and after such 
date, such prices shall be fixed at 
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levels so as to recover so far as practicable all costs except those which 
are determined by the Administrator with the approval of the Director 
of the Bureau of the Budget to be indirect or overhead costs. 
Requi- 
sitioning agencies shall pay by advance of funds in all cases where 
it is determined by the Administrator that there is insufficient capital 
otherwise available in the General Supply Fund. 
Advances of funds 
also may be made by agreement between the requisitioning agencies 
and the Administrator. 
Where an advance of funds is not made, 
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requisitioning agencies shall promptly reimburse the General Services 
Adtninietration on vouchers paopured by the requisitioning agency on 
the basis of itemized invoices submitted by the Administrator and 
receiving reports evidencing the delivery to the requisitioning agency 
of such supplies or services: Provided, That in any case where pay- 
ment shall not have been made by the requisitioning agency within 
forty-five days after the date of billing by the Administrator, reim- 
bursement may be obtained by the Administrator by the issuance of 
transfer and counterwarrants supported by itemized invoices. 
(c) The General Supply Fund shall be credited with all reimburse- 
ments, advances of funds, and refunds or recoveries relating to sup- 
plies or services procured through the fund, including the net sstoeseds 
of disposal of surplus supplies procured through the fund and receipts 
from carriers and others for loss of, or damage to, supplies procured 
through the fund; and the same are hereby reappropriated for the 
ad ar of the fund. 
(d) A special deposit account may be established as a part of the 
General Supply Fund with the Treasurer of the United States for use 
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advanced from the General Supply Fund account on the books of the 
Division of Bookkeeping 
and Warrants and (2) other funds properly 
for credit to the General Supply Fund without being covered into the 
Treasury of the United States; and such special deposit account may 
re tered with payments properly chargeable to the General Supply 
‘und. 
(e) The Comptroller General of the United States shall make an 
annual audit of the General Supply 
Fund as of June 30, and there 
shall be covered into the United 
States Treasury as miscellaneous 
receipts any surplus found therein, all assets, liabilities, and prior 
losses considered, above the amounts transferred or appropriated to 
establish and maintain said fund, and the Comptroller General shall 
report to the Congress annually the results of the audit, together with 
such recommendations as he may have regarding the status and oper- 
ations of the fund. 
(f) Subject to the requirements of subsections (a) to (e), inclusive, 
of this section, the General Supply Fund also may be used for the 
procurement of supplies and nonpersonal services authorized to be. 
acquired by mixed-ownership Government corporations, or by the 
municipal government of the District of Columbia, or by a requisi- 
tioning non-Federal agency when the function of a Federal agency 
authorized to procure for it is transferred to the General Services 
Administration: Provided, That the prices charged by the Adminis- 
trator in such cases shall be fixed at levels which he estimates will be 
sufficient to recover, in addition to the direct costs of the procurement, 
handling, and distribution of such supplies and services, the indirect 
and overhead costs that the Administrator determines are allocable 
thereto. 
TITLE TI—PROPERTY MANAGEMENT 
PROCUREMENT, WAREHOUSING, AND RELATED ACTIVITIES 
Szo. 201. (a) The Administrator shall, in respect of executive agen- 
cies, and to the extent that he determines that so doing is advantageous 
to the Government in terms of economy, efficiency, or service, and with 
due regard to the program activities of the agencies concerned— 
(1) prescribe policies and methods of procurement and suppl 
of personal property and nonpersonal services, including relate 
functions such as contracting, inspection, storage, issue, property 
identification and classification, transportation and traffic man- 
agement, management of public utility services, and repairing 
and converting; and 
(2) operate, and, after consultation with the executive agencies 
affected, consolidate, take over, or arrange for the operation by 
any executive agency of warehouses, supply centers, repair shops, 
fuel 
yards, and other similar facilities; and 
(3) procure and supply personal property and nonpersonal 
services for the use of executive agencies 1n the proper discharge 
of their responsibilities, and perform functions related to procure- 
ment and supply such as those mentioned above in subparagraph 
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periods 
not exceeding ten years; and 
(4) with 
respect to transportation and other public utility 
services for the use of executive agencies, represent such agencies 
in negotiations with carriers and other 
public utilities and in 
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ceedings involving carriers or other public utilities before Federal 
and State regulatory bodies; 
Provided, That the Secretary of Defense may from time to time, and 
unless the President shall otherwise direct, exempt the National Mili- 
tary Establishment from action taken or which may be taken by the 
Administrator under clauses (1), (2), (8), and (4) above whenever 
he determines such exemption to be in the best interests of national 
security. 
(b) The Administrator shall as far as practicable provide any of 
the services specified in subsection (a) of this section to any other 
Federal agency, mixed ownership corporation (as defined in the Gov- 
ernment Corporation Control Act), or the District of Columbia, or 
the Senate, or the House of Representatives, upon its request. 
(o) In acquiring personal property, any executive agency, under 
regulations to be prescribed by the Administrator, may exchange or 
sell similar items and may apply the exchange allowance or proceeds 
of sale in such cases in whole or in part payment for the property 
acquired: Provided, That any transaction carried out under the 
authority of this subsection shall be evidenced in writing. 
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PROPERTY UTILIZATION 
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Sxzo. 202. (a) In order to minimize expenditures for property, the 
Administrator shall prescribe policies and methods to promote the 
maximum utilization of excess property by executive agencies, and 
he shall provide for the transfer of 
excess property among Federal 
agencies, 
(b) Each executive agency shall (1) maintain adequate inventor 
( controls and accountability systems for the property under its control, 
(2) continuously survey property under its control to determine which 
is excess 
property, and promptly report such property to the Admin- 
istrator, 
(3) perform the care and handling of such excess property, 
and (4) transfer or dispose of such property as promptly as possible 
in accordance with authority delegated 
and regulations prescribed 
by the Administrator. 
(c) Each executive agency shall, as far as practicable, (1) make 
reassignments of property among activities within the agency when 
such property is determined to be no longer required for the purposes 
of the ap) eb naion from which it was purchased, (2) transfer excess 
property under its control to other Federal agencies, and (3) obtain 
excess 
property from other Federal agencies. 
nder existing provisions of law and procedures defined by the 
Secretary of Defense, and without regard to the requirements of this 
section except subsection (f), excess 
property of one of the depart- 
ments of the National Military Establishment may be transferred to 
another department thereof. 
(e) Transfers of excess property between Federal agencies (except 
<q transfers for redistribution to other Federal agencies or for disposal 
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as surplus property) shall be at the fair value thereof, as determined 
by, or pursuant to regulations of, the Administrator, unless such 
transfer is otherwise authorized by any law approved subsequent to 
June 21, 1944, to be without reimbursement or transfer of funds. 
(£) The Director of the Bureau of the Budget shall prescribe regu- 
lations providing for the reporting to said Director by executive agen- 
cies of such reassignments or transfers of property between activities 
financed by different appropriations as he shall deem appropriate, and 
the reassignments and transfers so reported shall be reported to the 
Congress in the annual budget or otherwise as said Director may 
determine. 
(g) Whenever the Administrator determines that the temporary 
assignment or ape 
eae) of any space in excess real property to 
any Federal agency 
for office, storage, or related facilities would be 
more advantageous than the permanent transfer of such property, he 
may make such assignment or reassignment for such period of time 
as he shall determine and obtain, in the absence of appropriation avail- 
able to him therefor, appropriate reimbursement from the using agency 
for the expense of maintaining such space. 
(h) The Administrator may authorize the abandonment, destruc- 
tion, or donation to public bodies of property which has no commercial 
value or of which the estimated cost of continued care and handling 
would exceed the estimated proceeds from its sale. 
DISPOSAL OF SURPLUS PROPERTY 
Sxo. 203. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the 
Administrator shall have supervision and direction over the disposi- 
tion of surplus property. Such property shall be disposed of to such 
extent, at such time, in such areas, by such agencies, at such terms and 
conditions, and in such manner, as may be prescribed in or pursuant 
to this Act. 
(b) The care and handling of surplus Property, pending its dispo- 
sition, and the disposal of surplus property, may 
be performed by the 
General Services Administration or, when so determined by the 
Administrator, by the executive agency in possession thereof or by 
any other executive agency consenting thereto. 
c) Any executive agency designated or authorized by the Admin- 
istrator to dispose of surplus property may do so by sale, exchange, 
lease, permit, or transfer, for cash, credit, or other property, with or 
without warranty, and upon such other terms and conditions as the 
Administrator deems proper, and it may execute such documents for 
the transfer of title or other interest in property and take such other 
action as it deems necessary or proper to dispose of such property 
under the provisions of this title. 
(d) A deed, bill of sale, lease, or other instrument executed by or on 
behalf of any executive agency purporting to transfer title or any 
other interest in surplus 
property under this title shall be conclusive 
evidence of compliance with the provisions of this title insofar as con- 
cerns title or other interest of any bona fide grantee or transferee for 
value and without notice of lack of such compliance. 
(e) Unless the Administrator shall determine that disposal by adver- 
tising will in a eien case better protect the public interest, surplus 
property disposals may be made without regard to any provision of 
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existing law for advertising until 12 o’clock noon, eastern standard. 
time, December 81, 1950. 
(f) Subject to regulations of the Administrator, any executive 
agency may authorize any contractor with such agency or subcon- 
tractor thereunder to retain or dispose of any contractor sn yenUer 
(g) The Administrator, in formulating policies with respect to the. 
disposal of surplus agricultural commodities, surplus foods processed 
from agricultural commodities, and surplus cotton or woolen goods, 
shall consult with the Secretary of Agriculture. Such policies shall be 
so formulated as to prevent surplus agricultural commodities, or sur- 
plus food processed from agricultural commodities, from being dumped. 
on the market in a disorderly manner and disrupting the market prices 
for agricultural commodities. 
(h) Whenever the Secretary of Agriculture determines such action 
to be required to assist him in carrying out his responsibilities with 
respect to 
price support or stabilization, the Administrator shall. 
transfer without charge to the Department of Agriculture any surplus 
agricultural commodities, foods, or cotton or woolen goods to be dis- 
posed of. Receipts resulting from disposal by the Department of Agri- 
culture under this subsection shall be deposited pursuant to any author- 
ity available to the Secretary of Agriculture, except that net proceeds 
of any sale of surplus Broperty so transferred shall be credited pur- 
suant to section 204 (b), when applicable. 
Surplus farm commodities 
so transferred shall not be sold, other than for export, in quantities 
in excess of, or at prices less than, those applicable with respect to 
sales of such commodities by the Commodity Credit Corporation. 
(i) The United States Maritime Commission shall dispose of sur- 
| plus vessels of one thousand five hundred gross tons or more which 
the Commission determines to be merchant vessels or capable of con- 
version to merchant use, and such vessels shall be disposed of only in 
accordance with the provisions of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, 
as amended, and other laws authorizing the sale of such vessels. 
(j) (1) Under such regulations as he may prescribe, the Adminis- 
{ trator is authorized in his discretion to donate for educational pur- 
poses in the States, Territories, and possessions without cost (except 
for costs of care and handling) such equipment, materials, books, 
or other supplies under the control of any executive agency as shall 
have been determined to be surplus property and which shall have 
been determined under paragraph 2 or paragraph 38 of this subsection 
to be usable and necessary for educational purposes. 
(2) Determination whether such surplus property (except surplus 
property donated in conformity with 
paragraph 8 of this subsection) 
is usable and necessary for educational purposes shall be made by the 
Federal Security Administrator, who shall allocate such 
property on 
the basis of needs and utilization for transfer by the Administrator 
of General Services to tax-supported school systems, schools, colleges, 
and universities, and to other nonprofit schools, colleges, and universi- 
ties which have been held exempt from taxation under section 101 (6) 
of the Internal Revenue Code, or to State departments of education 
for distribution to such tax-supported and nonprofit school systems, 
schools, colleges, and universities; except that in any State where 
another agency is designated by State law for such purpose such 
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tate. 
(3) In the case of surplus property under the control of the 
National Military Establishment, the Seeretary of Defense shall deter- 
mine whether such property is usable and necessary for educational 
activities that are of special interest to the armed services, such as 
maritime academies or military, naval, Air Force, or Coast Guard 
preparatory schools. 
If such Secretary shall determine that such 
property is usable and necessary for such purposes, he shall allocate 
it for transfer by the Administrator to such educational activities. 
If he shall determine that such property is not usable and necessar 
for such purposes, it may be disposed 
of in accordance with haregeapl 
2 of this subsection. 
(k) (1) Under such regulations as he may prescribe, the Admin- 
istrator is authorized, in his discretion, to assign to the Federal 
Security Administrator for disposal such surplus real property, 
including buildings, fixtures, and equipment situated thereon, as is 
recommended by the Federal Security Administrator as being needed 
for school, classroom, or other educational use, or for use in the protec- 
tion of public health, including research. 
(A) Subject to the disapproval of the Administrator within 
thirty days after notice to him by the Federal Security Admin- 
istrator of a proposed transfer of property for school, class- 
room, or other educational use, the Federal Security Adminis- 
trator, through such officers or employees of the Federal Security 
Agency as he may designate, may sell or lease such real property, 
including buildings, fixtures, and equipment situated thereon, for 
educational purposes to the States and their political subdivi- 
sions and instrumentalities, and tax-supported educational insti- 
tutions, and to other nonprofit educational institutions which 
have been held exempt from taxation under section 101 (6) of 
the Internal Revenue Code. 
(B) Subject to the disapproval of the Administrator within 
thirty days after notice to him by the Federal Security Adminis- 
trator of a proposed transfer of property for public-health use, 
the Federal Security Administrator, through such officers or 
employees of the Federal Security Agency as he may designate, 
may sell or lease such real property for public-health purposes, 
including research, to the States and their political subdivisions 
and instrumentalities, and to tax-supported medical institutions, 
and to hospitals or other similar institutions not operated for 
profit which have been held exempt from taxation under section 
101 (6) of the Internal Revenue Code. 
(C) In fixing the sale or lease value of property to be disposed 
of under subparagraph (A) and subparagraph (B) of this para- 
graph, the Federal Security Administrator shall take into consid- 
eration any benefit which has accrued or may accrue to the United 
States from the use of such property by any such State, political 
subdivision, instrumentality, or institution. 
(D) “States” as used in this subsection includes the District of 
Columbia and the Territories and possessions of the United States. 
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{ subsection— 
(A) The Federal Security Administrator, through such officers 
or employees of the Federal Security Agency as he may designate, 
in the case of property transferred pursuant to the Surplus 
Property Act of 1944, as amended, and pursuant to this Act, 
to States, political subdivisions, and instrumentalities thereof, 
and tax-supported and other nonprofit educational institutions for 
school, classroom, or other educational use; 
(B) the Federal Security Administrator, through such officer 
or employees of the Federal Security Agency as he may designate, 
in the case of property transferred pursuant to the Surplus 
Property Act of 1944, as amended, and pursuant to this Act, 
to 
States, political subdivisions and instrumentalities thereof, 
tax-supported medical institutions, and to hospitals and other 
similar institutions not operated for profit, for use in the pro- 
tection of public health (including research) ; 
(C) the Secretary of the Interior, in the case of property trans- 
ferred pursuant to the Surplus Property Act of 1944, as amended 
and pursuant to this Act, to States, political subdivisions, an 
instrumentalities thereof, and municipalities for use as a public 
ark, public recreational area, or historic monument for the 
beneft of the public; or 
(D) the Secretary 
of Defense, in the case of property trans- 
ferred pursuant to the Surplus Property Act of 1944, as amended, 
to States, political subdivisions, and 
tax-supported instrumentali- 
q 
ties thereof for use in the training and maintenance of civilian 
components of the armed forces, 
is authorized and directed— 
(i) to determine and enforce compliance with the terms, condi- 
tions, reservations, and restrictions contained in any instrument 
by which such transfer was made; 
(ii) to reform, correct, or amend any such instrument by the 
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execution of a corrective, reformative, or amendatory instrument 
where necessary to correct such instrument or to conform such 
transfer to the requirements of applicable law; and 
(iii) to (I) grant releases from any of the terms, conditions, 
reservations, and restrictions contained in, and (II) convey, quit- 
claim, or release to the transferee or other eligible user any right 
or interest reserved to the United States by, any instrument by 
which such transfer was made, if he determines that the property 
so transferred no longer serves the purpose for which it was 
transferred, and that such release, conveyance, or quitclaim deed 
will not prevent accomplishment of the purpose for which such 
property was so transferred: Provided, That any such release, 
conveyance, or quitclaim deed may be granted on, or made sub- 
ject to, such terms and conditions as he shall deem necessary to 
rotect, or advance the interests of the United States. 
(1) The Administrator is authorized to take possession of abandoned 
and other unclaimed property on premises owned or leased by the Gov- 
ernment, to determine when title thereto vested in the United States, 
4 and to utilize, transfer or otherwise dispose of such property. Former 
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owners of such propery upon 
proper claim filed within three years 
from the date of vesting of title in the United States shall be paid 
the proceeds realized from the disposition of such property or, if the 
property 
is used or transferred, 
the fair value therefor as of the 
time title was vested in the United States as determined by the Admin- 
istrator, less in either case the costs incident to the care and handling 
of such property as determined by the Administrator. 
PROCEEDS FROM TRANSFER OR DISPOSITION OF PROPERTY 
So. 204. (a) All proceeds under this title from any transfer of 
excess property to a Federal agency for its use, or from any sale, 
lease, or other disposition of surplus property, shall be covered into 
the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts, except as provided in subsec- 
tions (b), (c), (d), and (e) of this section. 
(b) Where the property transferred or disposed of was acquired by 
the use of funds either not appropriated from the general fund cf the 
Treasury or appropriated therefrom but by law reimbursable from 
assessment, tax, or other revenue or receipts, then the net proceeds of 
the disposition or transfer shall be credited to the reimbursable fund or 
appropriation or paid to the Federal agency which determined such 
property to be excess: Provided, That the proceeds shall be credited 
to miscellaneous receipts in any case when the agency which deter- 
mined the property to 
be excess shall deem it-uneconomical or imprac- 
tical to ascertain the amount of net proceeds. 
As used in this sub- 
section, the term “net proceeds of the disposition or transfer” means 
the proceeds of the disposition or transfer minus all expenses incurred 
for care and handling and disposition or transfer. 
(c) Any Federal agency disposing of surplus property under this 
title (1) may deposit, in a special account with the Treasurer of the 
United States, such amount of the proceeds of such dispositions as it 
deems necessary to permit appropriate refunds to purchasers when any 
disposition is rescinded or does not become final, or payments for 
breach of any warranty, and (2) may withdraw therefrom amounts 
so to be refunded or paid, without regard to the origin of the funds 
withdrawn. 
(d) Where any contract entered into by an executive agency or any 
subcontract under such contract authorizes the proceeds of any sale of 
property in the custody of the contractor or subcontractor to be credited 
to the price or cost of the work covered by such contract or subcontract, 
the proceeds of any such sale shall be credited in accordance with the 
contract or subcontract. 
; 
(e) Any executive agency entitled to receive cash under any contract 
covering the lease, sale or other disposition of surplus property may in 
its discretion accept, in lieu of cash, any property determined by the 
Munitions Board to be strategic or critical material at the prevailing 
market price thereof at the time the cash payment or payments became 
or become due. 
(£) Where credit has been extended in connection with any disposi- 
tion of surplus property under this title or by War Assets Adminis- 
tration (or its predecessor agencies) under the Surplus Property Act 
of 1944, or where such disposition has been by lease or permit, the 
Administrator shall administer and manage such credit, lease, or per- 
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mit, and any security therefor, and may enforce, adjust, and settle 
any right of the Government with respect thereto in such manner and 
upon such terms as he deems in the best interest of the Government. 
POLICIES, REGULATIONS, AND DELEGATIONS 
Sxo. 205. (2) The President may prescribe such policies and direc- 
tives, not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, as he shall deem 
necessary to effectuate the provisions of this Act, which policies and 
directives shall govern the Administrator and executive agencies in 
carrying out their pepe functions hereunder. 
(b) The Comptroller General after considering 
the needs and 
requirements of the executive agencies shal] prescribe principles an 
standards of accounting for property, cooperate with the Adminis- 
trator and with the executive agencies in the development of property 
accounting systems, and approve such systems when deemed to be ade- 
quate and in conformit 
with prescribed principles and standards. 
From time to time the 
General Accountin 
Office shall examine such 
property accounting systems as are established by the executive agen- 
cies to determine the extent of compliance with 
prescribed principles 
and standards and approved systems, and the 
Comptroller General 
shall report to the Congress an 
failure to comply with such principles 
and standards or to adequately account for property. 
(c) The Administrator shall prescribe such regulations as he deems 
necessary to effectuate his functions under this Act, and the head ot 
each executive agency shall cause to be issued such orders and direc- 
tives as such head deems necessary to carry out such regulations. 
(d) The Administrator is authorized to delegate and to authorize 
successive redelegation of any authority transferred to or vested in 
him by this Act (except for the authority to issue regulations on mat- 
ters of policy having application to executive agencies, the authorit 
contained in section 106, and except as otherwise provided in this res 
to any official in the General Services Administration or to the head 
of any other Federal agency. 
(e) With respect to any function transferred to or vested in the 
General Services Administration or the Administrator by this Act, 
the Administrator may (1) direct the undertaking of its performance 
by the General Services ‘Administration or by any constituent organi- 
zation therein which he may designate or establish; or (2) designate 
and authorize any executive agency to perform such function for 
itself; or (3) designate and aut orize any other executive agency to 
perform such function; or (4) provide for such performance by any 
combination of the foregoing methods. 
Any designation or assign- 
ment of functions or delegation of authority to another executive 
agency under this section shall be made only with the consent of the 
executive agency concerned or upon direction of the President. 
(f) When any executive agency (including the General Services 
Administration and constituent organizations thereof) is authorized 
and directed by the Administrator to carry out any function under 
this Act, the Administrator may, with the approval of the Director 
of the Bureau of the Budget, provide for the transfer of appropriate 
personnel, records, property, and allocated funds of the General 
Services Administration, or of such other executive agency as has 
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authorized and directed. 
(g) The Administrator may establish advisory committees to advise 
with him with respect to any function transferred to or vested in the 
Administrator by this Act. The members thereof shall serve without 
compensation but shall be entitled to transportation and not to exceed 
$25 per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by section 5 of the 
Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. 8. C. 73b-2), for persons so serving. 
(h) The Administrator shall advise and consult with interested 
Federal agencies with a view to obtaining their advice and assistance 
in carrying out the purposes of this title. 
SURVEYS, STANDARDIZATION AND CATALOGING 
Sxc. 206. (a) As he may deem necessary for the effectuation of his 
functions under this title, and after adequate advance notice to the 
executive agencies affected, and with due regard to the requirements 
of the National Military Establishment as determined by the Secretary 
of Defense, the Administrator is authorized (1) to make surveys of 
Government property and property management practices and obtain 
reports thereon from executive agencies; (2) to cooperate with execu- 
tive agencies in the establishment of reasonable inventory levels for 
property stocked by them and from time to time report any excessive 
stocking to the Congress and to the Director of the Bureau of the 
Budget; (3) to establish and maintain such uniform Federal supply 
catalog system as may be appropriate to identify and classify personal 
property under the control of Federal agencies: Provided, That the 
Administrator and the Secretary of Defense shall coordinate the cata- 
loging activities of the General Services Administration and the 
National Military Establishment so as to avoid unnecessary duplica- 
tion; and (4) to prescribe standardized forms and procedures, except 
such as the Comptroller General is authorized by Jaw to prescribe, and 
standard purchase specifications. 
(b) Each Federal agency shall utilize such uniform Federal supply 
catalog system and standard purchase specifications, except as the 
Administrator, taking into consideration efficiency, economy, and other 
interests of the Government, shall otherwise provide. 
(c) The General Accounting Office shall audit all types of property 
accounts and transactions at such times and in such manner as deter- 
mined by the Comptroller General. 
Such audit shall be conducted as 
far as practicable at the place or places where the property or records 
of the executive agencies are kept and shall include but not necessarily 
be limited to an evaluation of the effectiveness of internal controls and 
audits, and a general audit of the discharge of accountability for 
Government-owned 
or controlled property based upon generally 
accepted principles of auditing. 
APPLICABILITY OF ANTITRUST LAWS 
Src. 207. Whenever any executive agency shall begin negotiations 
for the disposition to private interests of a plant or plants, or other 
property, which cost the Government $1,000,000 or more, or of patents, 
processes, techniques, or inventions, irrespective of cost, the executive 
agency shall promptly notify the Attorney General of the proposed 
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disposal and the probable terms or conditions thereof. 
Within a 
reasonable time, in no event to exceed sixty days after receiving such 
notification, the Attorney General shall advise the Administrator and 
the interested executive agency whether, insofar as he can determine, 
the proposed disposition would tend to create or maintain a situation 
inconsistent with the antitrust laws. 
Upon the request of the Attorney 
General, the Administrator or interested executive agency shall fur- 
nish or cause to be furnished such information as it may possess which 
the Attorney General determines to be appropriate or necessary to 
enable him to give the advice called for by this section or to determine 
whether any other disposition or proposed disposition of surplus 
property violates the antitrust laws. 
Nothing in this Act shall 
impair, amend, or modify the antitrust laws or limit and prevent their 
application to persons who buy or otherwise acquire property under 
the provisions of this Act. 
As used in this section the term “antitrust 
laws” includes the Act of July 2, 1890 (ch. 647, 26 Stat. 209), as 
amended; the Act of October 15, 1914 (ch. 323, 38 Stat. 730), as 
amended; the Federal Trade Commission Act ee Stat. 717), as 
amended; and sections 73 and 74 of the Act of 
August 27, 1894 
(28 Stat. 570), as amended. 
EMPLOYMENT OF PERSONNEL 
Sec. 208. (2) The Administrator is authorized, subject to the civil- 
service and classification laws, to appoint and fix the compensation of 
such personnel as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of titles 
I, IT, MI, and V of this Act. 
(b) To such extent as he finds necessary to carry 
out the provisions 
of titles I, II, ITI, and V of this Act, the Administrator is hereby 
authorized to procure the temporary (not in excess of one year) or 
intermittent services of experts or consultants or organizations thereof, 
including stenographic reporting services, by contract or appointment, 
and in such cases such service shall be without regard to the civil- 
service and classification laws, and, except in the case of stenographic 
reporting 
services by organizations, without regard to section 3709, 
Revised Statutes, as amended (41 U.S. C.5). 
(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 1222 of the Revised 
Statutes (10 U. S. C. 576) or of any other provision of law, the 
Administrator in carrying 
out the functions imposed upon him by this 
Act is authorized to utilize in his agency the services of officials, 
officers, and other personnel in other executive agencies, including 
personnel of the armed services, with the consent of the head of the 
agency concerned. 
CIVIL REMEDIES AND PENALTIES 
Src, 209. (a) Where any property is transferred or disposed of in 
accordance with this Act and any regulations 
prescribed hereunder, 
no officer or employee of the Government shall (1) be liable with respect 
to such transfer or disposition except for his own fraud, or (2) be 
accountable for the collection of any 
purchase price for such property 
which is determined to be uncollectible by the Federal agency respon- 
sible therefor. 
(b) Every person who shall use or engage in, or cause to be used or 
engaged in, or enter into an agreement, combination, or conspiracy to 
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use or engage in or to cause to be used or engaged in, any fraudulent 
trick, scheme, or device, for the purpose of securing or obtaining, or 
pipe ee secure or obtain, for any person any Be le property, or 
other 
benefits from the United States or any 
eral agency in con- 
nection with the procurement, transfer, or disposition of property 
hereunder— 
(1) shall 
pay to the United States the sum of $2,000 for each 
such act, and 
double the amount of any damage which the United 
States may have sustained by reason thereof, together with the 
cost of suit; or 
(2) shall, if the United States shall so elect, pay to the United 
States, as liquidated damages, a sum equal to twice the considera- 
tion agreed to be given by the United States or any Federal agency 
to such 
person or by such person to the United States or any 
Federal agency, as the case may be; or 
(3) shall, if the United States shall so elect, restore to the 
United States the money or property thus secured and obtained 
and the United States shall retain as liquidated damages any 
property, 
money, or other consideration given to the United States 
or any ederal agency for such money or property, as the case 
may 
be. 
(c) The several district courts of the United States, the District 
Court of the United States for the District of Columbia, and the 
several district courts of the Territories and possessions of the United 
States, within whose jurisdictional limits the person, or 
persons, doin 
or committing such act, or any one of them, resides or shall be found, 
shall wheresoever such act may have been done or committed, have 
full power and jurisdiction to hear, try, and determine such suit, and 
such person or persons as are not inhabitants of or found within the 
district in which suit is brought may be brought in by order of the 
court to be served personally or by 
publication or in such other 
reasonable manner as the court may 
direct. 
(d) The civil remedies 
provided in this section shall be in addition 
to all other criminal penalties and civil remedies provided by law. 
REPORTS TO CONGRESS 
Szo. 210. The Administrator shall submit a report to the Congress, 
in January of each year and at such other times as he may deem it 
desirable, regarding the administration of his functions under this 
Act, together with such recommendations for amendments to this Act 
as he may deem appropriate as the result of the administration of 
such functions, at which time he shall also cite the laws becomin, 
obsolete by reason of passage or operation of the provisions of this Ac' 
TITLE III—PROCUREMENT PROCEDURE 
DECLARATION OF PURPOSE 
Sxo. 801. The purpose of this title is to facilitate the procurement 
of supplies and services. 
APPLICATION AND PROCUREMENT METHODS 
Src. 802. 
(a) The provisions of this title shall be applicable to 
purchases and contracts for supplies or services made— 
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such agency or otherwise; and 
(2) by any other executive agency (except any agency named 
in section 2 (a) of the Armed Services Procurement 
Act of 1947), 
to the extent of and in conformity with authority ae ast by 
the Administrator pursuant to the provisions of this subsection. 
The Administrator may delegate to the head of any other such agency 
authority to make purchases and contracts for pup or services 
pursuant to the provisions of this title (A) for 
the use of two or 
more executive agencies or 
(B) in other cases upon a determination 
by the Administrator that 
by reason of circumstances set forth in 
such determination such delegation is advantageous to the Govern- 
ment in terms of economy, efficiency, or national security. 
Notice 
of every such delegation of authority so made shall be furnished to 
the General Accounting Office. 
— 
(b) It is the declared policy of the Congress that a fair propor- 
tion of the total purchases and contracts for supplies and services for 
the Government shall be placed with small-business concerns. 
When- 
ever it is proposed to make a contract or purchase in excess of $10,000 
by negotiation and without advertising, pursuant to the authority of 
paragraph (7) or (8) of section 302 (c) of this title, suitable advance 
publicity, as 
determined by the agency head with due regard to the 
type of supplies involved and other relevant considerations, shall be 
iven for a period of at least fifteen days, wherever practicable, as 
detenuine by the agency 
head. 
(c) All a and 
contracts for supplies and services shall be 
made by advertising, as provided in section 303, except that such pur- 
( 
chases and contracts may be negotiated by the agency head without 
advertising if— 
(1) determined to be necessary in the public interest during the 
pence of a national emergency declared by the President or by the 
ongress } 
(2) the public exigency will not admit of the delay incident to 
advertising ; 
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(8) the aggregate amount involved does not exceed $1,000: 
Provided, That no agency other than the General Services Admin- 
istration shall make any purchase of, or contract for, supplies or 
services in excess of $500 under this paragraph except in the 
exercise of authority conferred by the Administrator to procure 
and furnish supplies and services for the use of two or more 
executive agencies; 
(4) for personal or professional services; 
(5) for any:service to be rendered by any university, college, or 
other educational institution ; 
(6) the supplies or services are to be procured and used outside 
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(7) for medicines or medical supplies; 
(8) for supplies purchased for authorized resale; 
.(9) for supplies or services for which it is impracticable to 
secure competition; 
(10) the agency head determines that the purchase or contract 
is for experimental, developmental, or research work, or for the 
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after the effective date of this title and at the end of each six-month 
period thereafter, there shall be furnished to the Congress a report 
setting forth the name of each contractor with whom a contract 
has been entered into pursuant to this paragraph (10) since the 
date of the last such report, the amount of the contract, and, with 
due consideration given to the national security, a description of 
the work required to be performed thereunder; 
(11) for supplies or services as to which the agency head deter- 
mines thit the character, ingredients, or components thereof are 
such that the purchase or contract should not be publicly disclosed ; 
(12) for equipment which the agency head determines to be 
technical equipment, and as to which he determines that the pro- 
curement thereof without advertising 1s necessary in special situ- 
ations or in particular localities in order to assure standardization 
of equipment and interchangeability of parts and that such stand- 
ardization and interchangeability 
is necessary in the public 
interest ; 
(13) for supplies or services as to which the agency head 
determines that bid prices after advertising therefor are not 
reasonable (either as to all or as to some part of the requirements) 
or have not been independently arrived at in open competition: 
Provided, That no negotiated purchase or contract may be entered 
into under this paragraph after the rejection of all or some of 
the bids received unless (A) notification of the intention to nego- 
tiate and reasonable opportunity to negotiate shall have been 
given by the agency head to each responsible bidder and (B) the 
negotiated price is the lowest negotiated price offered by any 
responsible supplier; or 
(14) otherwise authorized by law. 
(d) If in the opinion of the agency head bids received after adver- 
tising evidence any violation of the antitrust laws he shall refer such 
bids to the Attorney General for appropriate action. 
(e) This section shall not be construed to (A) authorize the erec- 
tion, repair, or furnishing of any pune building or public improve- 
ment, but such authorization shall be required in the same manner 
as heretofore, or (B) permit any 
contract for the construction or 
repair of buildings, roads, sidewalks, sewers, mains, or similar items to 
be negotiated without advertising as required by section 303, unless 
such contract is to be performed outside the continental United States 
or unless negotiation of such contract is authorized by the provisions 
of paragraph (1), (2), (3), (9), (10), (11), or (13) of subsection 
(c) of this section.: 
ADVERTISING REQUIREMENTS 
Szo. 303. Whenever advertising is required— 
(a) The advertisement for bids shall be made a sufficient time 
previous to the purchase or contract, and specifications and invitations 
for bids shall permit such full and free competition as is consistent 
with the procurement of types of supplies and services necessary to 
meet the requirements of the agency concerned. 
(b) All bids shall be publicly opened at the time and 
place stated 
in the advertisement. 
Award shall be made with reasonable prompt- 
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ment, price and other factors considered : Provided, That all bids may 
be rejected when the agency head determines that it is in the public 
interest so to do. 
REQUIREMENTS OF NEGOTIATED CONTRACTS 
Sxc. 304. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, 
contracts negotiated pursuant to section 302 (c) may be of any type 
which in the opinion of the agency head will promote the best interests 
of the Government. 
Every contract negotiated pursuant to section 
802 ace contain a suitable warranty, as determined by the agency 
head, 
by the contractor that no person or selling agency has been 
employed or retained to solicit or secure such contract en an agree- 
ment or understanding for a commission, percentage, 
brokerage, or 
contingent fee, excepting bona fide employees or bona fide established 
commercial or selling 
agencies maintained by the contractor for the 
purpose of securing 
business, for the breach or violation of which 
warranty the Government shall have the right to annul such contract 
without liability or in its discretion to deduct from the contract price 
or consideration the full amount of such commission, percentage, 
brokerage, or contingent fee. 
(b) The cost-plus-a-percentage-of-cost system of contracting shall 
not be used, and in the case of a cost-plus-a-fixed-fee contract the fee 
shall not exceed 10 per centum of the estimated cost of the contract, 
exclusive of the fee, as determined by the agency head at the time of 
entering into such contract (except that a fee not in excess of 15 per 
centum of such estimated cost is authorized in any such contract for 
experimental, developmental, or research work and that a fee inclusive 
of the contractor’s costs and not in excess of 6 per centum of the esti- 
mated cost, exclusive of fees, as determined by the agency head at the 
time of entering into the contract, of the project to which such fee is 
applicable is authorized in contracts for architectural or engineering 
services relating to any public works or utility 
project). 
Neither a 
cost nor a cost-plus-a-fixed-fee contract nor an Incentive-type contract 
shall be used unless the agency head determines that such method of 
contracting 
is likely to be less costly than other methods or that it is 
impractical 
to secure supplies or services of the kind or quality 
required without the use of a cost or cost-plus-a-fixed-fee contract or 
an incentive-type contract. 
All cost and 
cost-plus-a-fixed-fee con- 
tracts shall provide for advance notification by the contractor to the 
rocuring agency of any subcontract thereunder on a cost-plus-a- 
Bxed'fes basis and: of any fixed-price subcontract or purchase order 
which exceeds in dollar amount either $25,000 or 5 per centum of the 
total] estimated cost of the prime contract; and a procuring agency, 
through any authorized representative thereof, shall have the right 
to inspect the plans and to audit the books and records of any prime 
contractor or subcontractor engaged in the performance of a cost or 
cost-plus-a-fixed-fee contract. 
ADVANCE PAYMENTS 
Seo. 805. (a) The agency head may make advance payments under 
negotiated contracts heretofore or hereafter executed in any amount 
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not exceeding the contract price upon such terms as the parties shall 
agree: Provided, That advance payments shall be made only upon 
adequate security and if the agency head determines that provision 
for such advance payments is in the public interest or in the interest 
of the national defense and is necessary and appropriate in order 
to procure required supplies or services under the contract. 
(b) The terms governing advance payments may include as secu- 
rity 
provision for, and upon inclusion of such provision there shall 
thereby be created, a lien in favor of the Government, paramount 
to all other liens, upon the supplies contracted for, upon the credit 
balance in any special account in which such payments may be depos- 
ited and upon such of the material and other property acquired for 
performance of the contract as the parties shall agree. 
WAIVER OF LIQUIDATED DAMAGES 
Sxo. 806. Whenever any contract made on behalf of the Government 
by the agency head or by officers authorized by him so to do includes 
a provision for liquidated damages for delay, the Comptroller General 
on the recommendation of the agency head is authorized and empow- 
ered to remit the whole or any part of such damages as in his discre- 
tion may be just and equitable. 
ADMINISTRATIVE DETERMINATIONS AND DELEGATIONS 
Src. 807. (a) The determinations and decisions provided in this title 
to be made by the Administrator or other agency head may be made 
with respect to individual purchases and contracts or with respect 
to classes of purchases or contracts, and shall be final. Except as 
pro- 
vided in subsection (b) of this section, the agency head is authorized 
to delegate his powers provided by this title, including the making 
of such determinations and decisions, in his discretion and subject to 
his direction, to any other officer or officers or officials of the agency. 
(b) The power of the agency head to make the determinations or 
decisions speciiied in paragraphs (11) and (12) of section 302 (c) and 
in section 305 (a) shall not be delegable, and the power to make the 
determinations or decisions specified in paragraph ( 10) of section 
802 (c) shall be delegable only to a chief officer responsible for pro- 
curement and only with respect to contracts which will not require the 
expenditure of more than 
$25,000. 
The power of the Administrator 
to make the delegations and determinations specified in section 302 (a) 
shall be delegable only to the Deputy Administrator or to the chief 
official of any principal organizational unit of the General Services 
Administration. 
c) 
Each determination or decision required by paragraphs (10), 
(11), (12), or (13) of section 302 (c), by section 304 or by section 
805 (a) shall be based upon written findings made by the official 
making 
such determination, which findings shall be final and shall 
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be available within the agency for a period of at least six years follow- 
ing 
the date of the determination. 
A copy 
of the findings shall be 
submitted to the General Accounting Otfies with the contract. 
(d) In any case where any purchase or contract is negotiated 
pur- 
suant to the 
provisions of section 802 (c), except in a case covere 
by 
paragraphs 
(2), (3), (4), (5), or (6) 
thereof, the data with respect 
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to the pe Delos shall be preserved in the files of the agency for a 
period of six years following final payment on such contract. 
STATUTES CONTINUED IN EFFECT 
Seo. 308. No purchase or contract shall be exempt from the Act of 
June 30, 1936 Y Stat. 2036, as amended; 41 U.S. ©. 35 to 45), or 
from the Act of March 3, 1931 (46 Stat. 1494, as amended; 40 U. 
8. G. 
276a to 276a-6), solely 
by reason of having been entered into pur- 
suant to section 302 (cs hareot without advertising, and the provisions 
of said Acts and of the Act of June 19, 1912 (37 Stat. 187, as amended; 
40 U. S. C. 824 and 825a), if otherwise applicable, shall apply to such 
purchases and contracts. 
DEFINITIONS 
Sxo. 309. As used in this title— 
(a) The term “agency head” shall mean the head or any assistant 
head of any executive agency, and may at the option of the Adminis- 
trator include the chief official of any principal organizational unit 
of the General Services Administration. 
(b) The term “supplies” shall mean all property except land, and 
shall include, by way of description and without limitation, public 
works, buildings, facilities, ships, floating equipment, and vessels of 
every character, type and description (except the categories of naval 
vessels named in section 8 (d) ), aircraft, parts, accessories, equipment, 
( machine tools and alteration or installation thereof. 
STATUTES NOT APPLICABLE 
Sxo. 810. The following provisions of law shall not apply to the 
procurement of supplies or services (1) by the General Services 
Administration, or (2) within the scope of authority delegated by the 
Administrator to any other executive agency : 
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Revised Statutes, section 3709, as amended (41 U.S. C. 5); 
Revised Statutes, section 3735 (41 U.S.C. 18) ; 
Sections 1 and 2 of the Act of October 10, 1940 (54 Stat. 1109, as 
amended; 41 U.S.C. 6and 6a). 
TITLE IV—FOREIGN EXCESS PROPERTY 
DISPOSAL OF FOREIGN EXCESS PROPERTY 
Sec. 401. Each executive agency having foreign excess property 
shall be responsible for the disposal thereof: Provided, That (a) the 
head of each such executive agency shall, with respect to the disposi- 
tion of such property, conform to the foreign policy of the United 
States; (b) the Secretary of State shall have the authority to use for- 
eign currencies and credits acquired by the United States under section 
402 (b) of this Act in order to effectuate the purposes of section 
82 (b) (2) of the Surplus Property Act of 1944, as amended, and the 
Foreign Service Buildings Act of May 7, 1926, as amended (including 
Public Law 547, Seventy-ninth Congress (60 Stat. 663) ), and for the 
q purpose of paying any other governmental expenses payable in local 
currencies, and the authority to amend, modify, and renew agreements 
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in effect on the effective date of this Act; (c) any foreign currencies 
or credits acquired by 
the Department of State pursuant to such 
agreements shall be administered in accordance with procedures that 
may from time to time be established by the Secretary of the Treasury 
and, if and when reduced to United States currency, 
shall be covered 
into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts; and Fi the Department 
of State shall, except to such extent as the President shall otherwise 
determine, continue to perform other functions with respect to agree- 
ments for the disposal of foreign excess property in effect on the 
effective date of this Act. 
METHODS AND TERMS OF DISPOSAL 
So. 402. Foreign excess property may 
be disposed of (a) by sale, 
exchange, lease, or transfer, for cash, credit, or other property, with or 
without warranty, and upon such other terms and condiaane as the 
head of the executive agency concerned deems proper; but in no event 
shall any property be sold without a condition forbidding its importa- 
tion into the United States, unless the Secretary of Agriculture (in the 
case of any agricultural commodity, food, or cotton or woolen goods 
or the Secretary of Commerce (in the case of any other property 
determines that the importation of such property would relieve 
domes- 
tic shortages or otherwise be beneficial to the-economy of this country, 
or (b) for foreign currencies or credits, or substantial benefits or the 
discharge of claims resulting from the compromise or settlement of 
such claims by any executive agency in accordance with the law, 
whenever the head of the executive agency concerned determines that 
it is in the interest of the United States to do so. 
Such property may 
be disposed of without advertising when the head of the executive 
agency concerned finds so doing to be most practicable and to be advan- 
tageous tothe Government. The head of each executive agency respon- 
sible for the disposal of foreign excess property may execute such 
documents for the transfer of title or other interest in property and 
take such other action as he deems necessary or proper to dispose of 
such 
property; and may authorize the abandonment, destruction, or 
donation of foreign excess property under his control which has no 
commercial value or the estimated cost of care and handling of which 
would exceed the estimated proceeds from its sale. 
PROCEEDS, FOREIGN CURRENCIES 
Src. 403. Proceeds from the sale, lease, or other disposition of for- 
eign excess property, (a) shall, if in the form of foreign currencies 
or credits, be administered in accordance with procedures that may 
from time to time be established by the Secretary of the Treasury, and 
(b) shall, if in United States currency, or when any 
proceeds in for- 
eign currencies or credits shall be reduced to United Sistas currency, 
be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts: Provided, 
That the provisions of section 204 (b) (which by their terms apply 
to property disposed of under title II) shall be applicable to proceeds 
of foreign excess property disposed of for United States currency 
under this title IV: And provided further, That any executive agency 
disposing of foreign excess 
POPEELY under this title (1) may deposit, 
in a special account with the 
Treasurer of the United States, such 
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amount of the proceeds of such dispositions as it deems necessary to 
permit a bropriete refunds to purchasers when any disposition is 
rescinded 
or 
does not become final, or payments for breach of any 
warranty, and (2) may withdraw therefrom amounts so to be refunded 
or paid, without regard to the origin of the funds withdrawn. 
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 
Src. 404. (a) The President may prescribe such policies, not incon- 
sistent with the provisions of this title, as he shall deem necessary to 
effectuate the provisions of this title, which provisions shall guide each 
executive agency in carrying 
out its functions hereunder. 
(b) Any authority conferred upon any executive agency or the 
head thereof by the provisions of this title may be delegated, and 
successive redelegation thereof may be authorized, by such head to 
any 
official in afisk agency or to the head of any other executive agency. 
26) The head of each executive a ency responsible for the disposal 
of foreign excess property hereunder may, as may be necessary to 
carry out his functions under this title, (1) subject to the civil-service 
and classification laws, appoint and fix the compensation of personnel, 
and (2) without regard 
to the civil-service and classification laws, 
appoint and fix the compensation of personnel outside the continental 
limits of the United States. 
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(d) The head of each executive agency responsible for the disposal 
of foreign excess property under this title shall submit a report to 
Congress in January 
of each year or at such other time or times as 
he may deem desirable 
relative to its activities under this title, together 
with any 
appropriate recommendations. 
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(e) There shall be transferred from the Department of State to each 
other executive agency affected by this title such records, 
property 
personnel, obligations, commitments, and unexpended Balances of 
appropriations, allocations, and other funds, available or to be made 
available, as the Director of the Bureau of the Budget shall determine 
to relate to functions of such agency under this title which have 
( heretofore been administered by the Department of State. 
TITLE V—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
APPLIOABILITY OF EXISTING PROCEDURES 
Sxzo. 501. All policies, procedures, and directives prescribed— 
(a) by either the Director, Bureau of Federal Supply, or the 
Secretary of the Treasury and relating to any function transferred 
to or vested in the Administrator, by the provisions of this Act: 
(b) by any officer of the Government under the authority of 
the Surplus Property Act of 1944, as amended, or under other 
authority with respect to surplus property or foreign excess 
property ; 
(c) by or under authority of the Federal Works Administra- 
tor or the head of any constituent agency of the Federal Works 
Agency; and 
(d) by the Archivist of the United States or any other officer 
or body whose functions are transferred by 
title I of this Act, 
( in effect upon the effective date of this Act and 
not inconsistent here- 
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with, shall remain in full force and effect unless and until superseded, 
or except as they may be amended, under the authority of this Act or 
under other appropriate authority. 
REPEAL AND SAVING PROVISIONS 
Sxzo. 502. (a) There are hereby repealed— 
(1) the Surplus Property 
Act of 1944, as amended (except 
sections 18 (d), 13 (g), 18 hy, 28, and 82 (b) (2)), and sections 
501 and 502 of Reorganization Plan Numbered 
1 of 1947: Pro- 
vided, That, with respect to the disposal under this Act of any 
surplus real estate, all priorities and preferences provided for 
in said Act, as amended, shall continue in effect until 12 o’clock 
noon (eastern standard time), December 31, 1949; 
(2) that portion of the Act entitled “An Act makin 
supple- 
mental appropriations for the Executive Office and sundry inde- 
pendent executive bureaus, boards, commissions, and offices, for 
the fiscal year ending June 30, 1949, and for other 
purposes”, 
approved June 380, 1948 (Public Law 862, Eightieth Conmteney: 
as amen appearing under the caption “Surplus property 
disposal”; 
3) the Act entitled “An Act to authorize the Secretary of War 
to dispose of material no longer needed by the Army”, approved 
February 28, 1936 
(49 Stat. 1147; 10 U. 
S. ©. 1258) ; 
(4) the Act entitled “An Act to authorize the Secretary of the 
Navy to dispose of material no longer needed by the Navy”, 
approved May 23, 1930, as amended 446 Stat. 878; 34 U. 8. O. 
546c) ; 
na) section 5 of the Act of July 11, 1919 (41 Stat. 67; 40 U.S. 0. 
11); 
(8) the first and second provisos contained in the fifth para- 
graph 
under the heading “Division of Supply” in section 1 of the 
Act of December 20, 1928 (45 Stat. 1030; 40 U. 8. C. 311) ; 
(7) the Act entitled “An Act to authorize the Secretary of the 
Army, the Secretary of the Navy, and the Secretary of the Air 
Force to donate excess and surplus property for educational 
urposes”, approved July 2, 1948 (Public Law 889, Eightieth 
ngress) § 
(8) section 203 of the Act of June 26, 1943 (57 Stat. 195, as 
amended; 5 U.S. C. 118d-1) ; 
9) the Act of April 15, 1987 (50 Stat. 64; 5 U. 8. C. 118d) ; 
10) the second proviso contained in the paragraph of the Act 
of August 10, 1912 (37 Stat. 296; 5 U. S. 
C. 545), headed “Con- 
tingent expenses, Department of Agriculture”; 
(11) the second 
proviso contained in the twentieth paragraph 
of section 1 of the 
Act of March 2, 1917 (39 Stat. 978; 5 U.S. C. 
494) ; 
(12) the twenty-sixth 
paragraph under the heading “National 
Parks” of the 
Act of 
January 24, 1923 (42 Stat. 1215; 16 
U.S. C. 9); 
(18) the fifth paragraph under the heading “Experiments and 
demonstrations in livestock production in the cane-sugar and 
cotton districts of the United States” of the Act of June 30, 1914 
(88 Stat. 441; 5 U.S. C. 546) ; 
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(14) the proviso contained in the second paragra h under the 
( 
heading “Library, Department of Agriculture” 
of 
the Act of 
March 4, 1915 (38 Stat. 1107; 5 U.S.C. 548) ; 
(15) the second Proviso contained in the second paragraph 
under the heading 
“Clothing and camp and garrison equipage” 
of section 1 of the Act of August 29, 1916 (39 Stat. 635; 10 
U.S. C. 1271) ; 
(16) the Act of May 11, 1989 (53 Stat. 739; 10 U. S. C. 1271a) ; 
(17) the fifth paragraph under the heading “Office of the Chie 
Signal Officer” of the Act of May 12, 1917 (40 Stat. 43, as 
amended; 10U.S8. C. 1272) ; 
(18) the third proviso contained in the second paragraph under 
the heading “Office of the Chief Signal Officer” of the Act of 
March 4, 1915 (38 Stat. 1064; 10 U. S. C. 1278) ; 
(19) 
the fourteenth paragraph under the heading “Smithso- 
: 
nian Institution” of section 1 of the Act of March 8, 1915 (38 Stat. 
839; 20U.S. C. 66) ; 
(20) the second paragraph under the heading “Government 
hospital for the insane” of section 1 of the Act of August 1, 1914 
(38 Stat. 649; 24 U.S. C. 173) ; 
(21) the second paragraph under the heading “Saint Eliza- 
beths Hospital” of section 1 of the Act of June 12, 1917 (40 Stat. 
153; 24 U.S. C. 174) ; 
: 
(22) the proviso contained in the second paragraph under the 
heading “Bureau of Supplies and Accounts” of the Act of August 
22, 1912 (37 Stat. 346; 34 U.S. C. 581a) ; 
(23) the second proviso of the first paragraph under the head- 
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ing “Bureau of Yards and Docks” of the Act of August 29, 1916 
(34 U.S. C. 532) 3 
(24) the proviso contained in the second paragraph under the 
heading “Maintenance, Quartermaster’s Department, Marine 
Sol of the Act of March 4, 1917 (89 Stat. 1189; 84 U. S.C, 
23) 5 
(25) the twentieth Sg ee under the heading “Bureau of 
Mines” of section 1 of the 
Act of July 19, 1919 (41 Stat. 200; 40 
U.S. C. 118) ; 
(26) the first sentence of section 5 of the Act of March 4, 1915 
(88 Stat. 1161; 41 U.S.C. 26) ; 
(27) the third paragraph under the heading “Interstate Com- 
merce Commission” of section 1 of the Act of August 1, 1914 (88 
Stat. 627; 49 U.S. C. 58) ; 
(O93 the Act of June 6, 1941 (55 Stat. 247; 14 U. 8. C. 81b) 
bg pecucn 4 of the Act of June 17, 1910 (86 Stat. 581; ai 
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S.C. 
7); 
(30) the Act of February 27, 1929 (45 Stat. 1841; 41 U.S. O. 
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7a, 7b, Tc, and 7d) ; and 
(31) section 1 of the Act of May 14, 1935 (49 Stat. 284; 41 
U. 8. C. Te-1). 
(b) The provisions of the first, third, and fifth paragraphs of section 
1 of Executive Order Numbered 6166 of June 10, 1933, are hereb 
superseded, insofar as they relate to any function now administer 
by the Bureau of Federal Supply except functions with respect to 
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andard contract forms. 
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(c) The authority conferred by this Act is in addition to any 
authority conferred by any other law and shall not be subject to the 
provisions of any law inconsistent herewith, except that sections 205 
(b) and 206 (c) of this Act shall not be applicable to any Government 
corporation or agency which is subject to the Government Corporation 
Control Act (59 Stat. 597; 31 U.S. C. 841). 
(d) Nothing in this Act shall impair or affect any authority of— 
oe the President under the Philippine Property Act of 1946 
(60 
Stat. 418; 22 U.S. C. 1381); 
(2) any executive agency with respect to any phase (including, 
but not limited to, procurement, storage, transportation, process- 
ing, and disposal) 
of any program conducted for purposes of 
resale, price support, grants to farmers, stabilization, transfer to 
foreign 
governments, or foreign aid, relief, or rehabilitation: 
Provided, That the agency carrying out such program shall, to 
the maximum extent practicable, consistent with the fulfillment 
of the 
purposes of the program and the effective and efficient con- 
duct of its business, coordinate its operations with the require- 
ments of this Act and the policies and regulations prescribed 
pursuant thereto; 
(8) any executive agency named in the Armed Services Pro- 
curement Act of 1947, and the head thereof, with respect to the 
administration of said Act; 
(4) the National Military Establishrnent with respect to prop- 
erty required for or located in occupied territories; 
(5) the Secretary of Defense with respect to the administration 
of the National Industrial Reserve Act of 1948; 
(6) the Secretary of Defense, the Munitions Board, and the 
Secretaries of the Army, Navy, and Air Force with respect to the 
administration of the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock 
Piling Act (60 Stat. 596), and provided that any imported mate- 
rials which the authorized procuring agency shall certify to the 
Commissioner of Customs to be strategic and critical materials 
procured under said Act may be entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, free of duty; 
(7) the Secretary of State under the Foreign Service Buildings 
Act of May 7, 1926, as amended ; 
(8) the Secretary of the Army, the Secretary of the Navy, and 
the Secretary of the Air Force with respect to the administration 
of section 1 (b) of the Act entitled “An Act to expedite the 
strengthening 
of the national defense”, approved July 2, 1940 
(54 Stat. 719} ; 
(9) the Secretary of Agriculture or the Department of Agri- 
culture under (A) the National School Lunch Act (60 Stat. 230) ; 
(B) the Farmers Home Administration Act of 1946 (60 Stat. 
1062) ; (C) the Act of August 31, 1947, Public Law 298, Eightieth 
Congress, with respect to the disposal of labor supply centers 
and labor homes, labor camps, or facilities; (D) section 82 0 
the Act of August 24, 1935 (49 Stat. 774), as amended, with 
respect to the exportation and domestic consumption of agricul- 
tural products; or (E) section 201 of the Agricultural Adjustment 
Act of 1938 (52 Stat. 36) or section 208 
(j) of the Agricultural 
Marketing Act of 1946 (60 Stat. 1082) ; 
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(10) the Secretary 
of Agriculture, Farm Credit Administration. 
or any farm credit 
board under section 6 (b) of the Farm Credit 
Act of 1987 (50 Stat. 706), with respect to the acquisition or 
disposal of property ; 
11) the 
Housing and Home Finance Agency, or any officer or 
constituent agency therein, with respect to the disposal of resi- 
dential property, or of other property (real or personal) held as 
part of or acquired for or in connection with residential property, 
or in connection with the insurance of mortgages, loans, or savings 
and loan accounts under the National Housing Act; 
(12) the Tennessee Valley Authority with respect to nonper- 
sonal services, with respect to the matters referred to in section 
201 
(a) (4), and with respect to any property acquired or to be 
acquired for or in connection with any program of processing, 
manufacture, production, or force account construction : Provided, 
That the Tennessee Valley Authority shall to the maximum extent 
that it may deem practicable, consistent with the fulfillment of 
the purpose of its program and the effective and efficient conduct 
of its business, coordinate its operations with the requirements 
of this Act and the policies and regulations prescribed 
pursuant 
thereto; 
18) 
the Atomic Energy Commission ; 
14) 
the Administrator of Civil Aeronautics or the Chief of the 
Weather Bureau with respect to the disposal of airport property 
and airway property for use as such property. 
For the purpose 
of this paragraph the terms “airport property” and “airway prop- 
erty” shall have the respective meanings ascribed to them in the 
International Aviation 
Facilities Act (62 Stat. ik 
(15) the Postmaster General or the Postal Establishment with 
respect to the means and methods of distribution and transporta- 
tion of the mails, and contracts, negotiations, and_proceedings 
before Federal and State regulatory and rate-making bodies, 
relating to the transportation of the mails; 
(16) the United 
States Maritime Commission with respect to 
the construction, reconstruction, and reconditioning (including 
outfitting and equipping incident to the foregoing), the acquisi- 
tion, procurement, 
operation, maintenance, preservation, 
sale, 
lease, or charter of 
any 
merchant vessel or of any 
shipyard, 
ship 
site, terminal, pier, dock, warehouse, or other installation necessar 
or appropriate for the carrying out of any program of a 4 
Commission authorized by law, or nonadministrative activities 
incidental thereto: Provided, That the United States Maritime 
Commission shall to the maximum extent that it may deem 
practicable, consistent with the fulfillment of the purposes of 
such programs and the effective and efficient conduct of such 
activities, coordinate its operations with the requirements of this 
Act, and the policies and regulations prescribed pursuant thereto; 
(17) Central 
Intelligence Agency; 
(18) oe as provided 
in subsections (a) and (b) hereof, any 
other law relating to the procurement, utilization, or disposal of 
property: Provided, That, subject to, and within the scope of 
authority conferred on the Administrator by other provisions of 
this Act, he is authorized to prescribe regulations to govern any 
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- procurement, utilization, or disposal of property under any such 
law, whenever but only to the extent he deems such action neces- 
sary to effectuate the provisions of title II; nor 
(19) for such 
period of time as the President may specify, any 
other authority of any executive agency which the President deter- 
mines within one year after the effective date of this Act should, 
in the public interest, stand unimpaired by this Act. 
(e) Section 3709, Revised Statutes, as amended (41 U. S. C. 5), is 
amended by striking out “$100” wherever it appears therein and insert- 
ing in lieu thereof “$500”. 
AUTHORIZATIONS FOR APPROPRIATIONS AND TRANSFER AUTHORITY 
Sec. 508. 
(a) There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such 
sums as may 
be necessary to carry out the 
provisions of this Act. 
(b) When authorized by the Director of the Bureau of the Budget, 
any 
Federal agency may use, for the disposition of property under this 
Act, and for its care and handling pending such disposition, any funds 
heretofore or hereafter appropriated, allocated, or available to it for 
purposes similar to those provided for in sections 201, 202, 203, and 
205 of this Act. 
SEPARABILITY 
Seo. 504. If any provision of this Act, or the application thereof to 
any person or circumstances, is held invalid, the remainder of this 
Act, and the application of such provision to other persons or circum- 
stances, shall not be affected thereby. 
EFFECTIVE DATE 
Szo. 505. This Act shall become effective on July 1, 1949, except that 
the proven of section 502 (a) (2) ( bepenling prior law betes 4 
to 
the dispositiou of the affairs of the War 
Assets Administration) shall 
become effective on June 30, 1949. 
Approved June 30, 1949. 
Approved For Release 1999/09/21 : CIA-RDP80-01240A000500040011-2