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[CITE: 40USC304m]

 
             TITLE 40--PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS
 
                     CHAPTER 4--THE PUBLIC PROPERTY
 
Sec. 304m. Effect on other laws; abandoned or forfeited property 
        excluded from allocation
        
    Nothing contained in sections 304f to 304m of this title shall be 
construed as repealing any other laws relating to the disposition of 
forfeited or abandoned property, except such provisions of such laws as 
are directly in conflict with any provisions of said sections.
    The following classes of property shall not be subject to allocation 
under sections 304g to 304i of this title, but shall be disposed of in 
the manner otherwise provided by law:
        (1) arms or munitions of war included in section 404 of title 
    22;
        (2) narcotic drugs, as defined in the Controlled Substances Act 
    [21 U.S.C. 801 et seq.];
        (3) firearms, as defined in section 5845 of title 26; and
        (4) such other classes or kinds of property as the 
    Administrator, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, 
    may deem in the public interest, and may by rules and regulations 
    provide.

(Aug. 27, 1935, ch. 740, title III, Sec. 308, 49 Stat. 880; June 30, 
1949, ch. 288, title I, Sec. 102(a), 63 Stat. 380; Pub. L. 91-513, title 
III, Sec. 1102(o), Oct. 27, 1970, 84 Stat. 1293.)

                       References in Text

    Section 404 of title 22, referred to in par. (1), was repealed by 
act Aug. 13, 1953, ch. 434, Sec. 2, 67 Stat. 577.
    The Controlled Substances Act, referred to in par. (2), is title II 
of Pub. L. 91-513, Oct. 27, 1970, 84 Stat. 1242, as amended, which is 
classified principally to subchapter I (Sec. 801 et seq.) of chapter 13 
of Title 21, Food and Drugs. For complete classification of this Act to 
the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 801 of Title 21 and 
Tables.

                          Codification

    In par. (3), ``section 5845 of title 26'' substituted for ``section 
2733 of title 26'' on authority of section 7852(b) of Title 26, Internal 
Revenue Code, which provides that a reference in other laws to the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1939 is deemed a reference to corresponding 
provision of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.


                               Amendments

    1970--Pub. L. 91-513 substituted ``the Controlled Substances Act'' 
for ``section 171 of title 21'' in definition of narcotic drugs.


                    Effective Date of 1970 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 91-513 effective on first day of seventh 
calendar month that begins after the day immediately preceding the date 
of enactment of Pub. L. 91-513, which was approved on Oct. 27, 1970, see 
section 1105(a) of Pub. L. 91-513, set out as an Effective Date note 
under section 951 of Title 21, Food and Drugs.

                          Transfer of Functions

    Functions of Director of Bureau of Federal Supply transferred to 
Administrator of General Services and office of Director abolished by 
section 102(a) of act June 30, 1949, which is classified to section 752 
of this title.

                 Effective Date of Transfer of Functions

    Transfer of functions by act June 30, 1949, effective July 1, 1949, 
see section 605 of act June 30, 1949, set out as an Effective Date note 
under section 471 of this title.


                            Savings Provision

    Prosecutions for any violation of law occurring, and civil seizures 
or forfeitures and injunctive proceedings commenced, prior to the 
effective date of amendment of this section by section 1102 of Pub. L. 
91-513 not to be affected or abated by reason thereof, see section 1103 
of Pub. L. 91-513, set out as a note under section 171 of Title 21, Food 
and Drugs.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 304f, 304j, 304k, 304l of 
this title; title 18 section 3668.
