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[CITE: 40USC311b]

 
             TITLE 40--PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS
 
                     CHAPTER 4--THE PUBLIC PROPERTY
 
Sec. 311b. Disposition of unfit horses and mules

    Subject to applicable regulations under the Federal Property and 
Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended [40 U.S.C. 471 et seq.], 
horses and mules belonging to the United States which have become unfit 
for service may be destroyed or put out to pasture, either on the 
pastures belonging to the United States Government or those belonging to 
financially sound and reputable humane organizations whose facilities 
permit them to care for them during the remainder of their natural life, 
at no cost to the Government.

(June 15, 1938, ch. 400, 52 Stat. 693; June 3, 1939, ch. 176, 53 Stat. 
808; Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 654, Sec. 2(24), 65 Stat. 707.)

                       References in Text

    The Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as 
amended, referred to in text, is act June 30, 1949, ch. 288, 63 Stat. 
377, as amended. Provisions of that act relating to disposal of 
government property are classified to chapter 10 (Sec. 471 et seq.) of 
this title. Provisions of that act relating to regulations are 
classified to section 486 of this title. For complete classification of 
this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 471 of 
this title and Tables.


                               Amendments

    1951--Act Oct. 31, 1951, inserted reference to applicable 
regulations of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 
1949, as amended.
    1939--Act June 3, 1939, amended section generally, inserting ``, 
either on the pastures belonging to the United States Government or 
those belonging to financially sound and reputable humane organizations 
whose facilities permit them to care for them during the remainder of 
their natural life, at no cost to the Government''.
