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[CITE: 40USC471]

 
             TITLE 40--PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS
 
       CHAPTER 10--MANAGEMENT AND DISPOSAL OF GOVERNMENT PROPERTY
 
                    SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 471. Congressional declaration of policy

    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, establishment of 
pools or systems for transportation of Government personnel and property 
by motor vehicle within specific areas, management of public utility 
services, repairing and converting, establishment of inventory levels, 
establishment of forms and procedures, and representation before Federal 
and State regulatory bodies; (b) the utilization of available property; 
(c) the disposal of surplus property; and (d) records management.

(June 30, 1949, ch. 288, Sec. 2, 63 Stat. 378; Sept. 1, 1954, ch. 1211, 
Sec. 1, 68 Stat. 1126.)

                       References in Text

    This legislation, referred to in text, means the Federal Property 
and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended. For complete 
classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note below.

                          Codification

    Section was formerly classified to section 201 of Title 41, Public 
Contracts.


                               Amendments

    1954--Act Sept. 1, 1954, extended section to cover establishment of 
motor vehicle pools and transportation systems for Government personnel 
and property.


                             Effective Date

    Section 605, formerly Sec. 505, of act June 30, 1949, renumbered by 
act Sept. 5, 1950, ch. 849, Sec. 6(a), (b), 64 Stat. 583, provided that: 
``This Act [see Short Title note below] shall become effective on July 
1, 1949, except that the provisions of section 602(a)(2) (repealing 
prior law relating to the disposition of the affairs of the War Assets 
Administration) [repealing note set out under section 1614a of the 
Appendix to Title 50, War and National Defense] shall become effective 
on June 30, 1949.''


                      Short Title of 1988 Amendment

    Pub. L. 100-612, Sec. 1, Nov. 5, 1988, 102 Stat. 3180, provided 
that: ``This Act [amending sections 481, 484, 485, and 488 of this title 
and repealing section 493 of this title] may be cited as the `Federal 
Property Management Improvement Act of 1988'.''


                               Short Title

    Section 1(a) of act June 30, 1949, as amended by Pub. L. 103-355, 
title X, Sec. 10005(a)(2), Oct. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 3406, provided that: 
``This Act may be cited as the `Federal Property and Administrative 
Services Act of 1949'.'' The Act is classified to the Code generally as 
follows:
        Sections 2 and 3 classified to sections 471 and 472 of this 
            title.
        Title I classified principally to chapter 16 (Sec. 751 et seq.) 
            of this title.
        Title II classified principally to subchapter II (Sec. 481 et 
            seq.) of this chapter.
        Title III classified generally to subchapter IV (Sec. 251 et 
            seq.) of chapter 4 of Title 41, Public Contracts.
        Title IV classified generally to subchapter III (Sec. 511 et 
            seq.) of this chapter.
        Title V was classified generally to chapter 11 (Sec. 392 et 
            seq.) of former Title 44, Public Printing and Documents, 
            prior to the general revision and enactment of Title 44 by 
            Pub. L. 90-620, Sec. 1, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1238. The 
            subject matter of title V is covered by chapter 21 
            (Sec. 2101 et seq.), chapter 25 (Sec. 2501 et seq.), chapter 
            27 (Sec. 2701 et seq.), chapter 29 (Sec. 2901 et seq.), and 
            chapter 31 (Sec. 3101 et seq.) of Title 44.
        Title VI classified principally to subchapter I (Sec. 471 et 
            seq.) of this chapter.
        Title VII classified generally to subchapter IV (Sec. 521 et 
            seq.) of this chapter.
        Title VIII classified generally to subchapter V (Sec. 531 et 
            seq.) of this chapter.
        Title IX classified generally to subchapter VI (Sec. 541 et 
            seq.) of this chapter.
For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.
    Title VIII of act June 30, 1949, which is classified to subchapter V 
(Sec. 531 et seq.) of this chapter, is known as the ``Federal Urban 
Land-Use Act'', see Short Title note set out under section 531 of this 
title.
    Title IX of act June 30, 1949, which is classified to subchapter VI 
(Sec. 541 et seq.) of this chapter, is known as the ``Brooks Architect-
Engineers Act''.


                              Separability

    Section 604, formerly Sec. 504, of act June 30, 1949, renumbered by 
act Sept. 5, 1950, ch. 849, Sec. 6(a), (b), 64 Stat. 583, provided that: 
``If any provision of this Act [see Short Title note above], 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 circumstances, shall not be affected thereby.''


                          Stylistic Consistency

    Pub. L. 103-355, title X, Sec. 10005(b)(2), Oct. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 
3408, provided that: ``The Federal Property and Administrative Services 
Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C. 471 et seq.) [see Short Title note above] is 
amended so that the section designation and section heading of each 
section of such Act is in the same form and typeface as the section 
designation and heading of this section [108 Stat. 3406].''

                    Act Referred to in Other Sections

    The Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 is 
referred to in sections 304, 311b, 472 to 476, 482, 483b to 484-1, 484d, 
485, 485a, 486, 488, 489, 492, 605, 751, 752, 754 to 756, 758 of this 
title; title 5 section 7342; title 7 sections 15b, 55, 79, 473a, 1736a, 
1985, 2279b, 5922; title 10 sections 2552, 2576, 2667, 2676, 2691, 2696, 
2854a, 2878, 7305, 9441, 9781; title 12 sections 90, 1701z, 1701z-2, 
1788; title 14 sections 92, 93, 641, 685; title 15 sections 205f, 714b; 
title 16 sections 1a-2, 79c, 160b, 396f, 410r-6, 430a-2, 430h-7, 441l-5, 
450ss-6, 460m-9, 460x-7, 460bb-2, 460ee, 460ff-1, 460hh-1, 460lll-45, 
505a, 590q-1, 793, 2106; title 20 sections 196, 3475; title 22 sections 
277d-36, 277e, 2358, 2581, 2713, 5422; title 25 sections 190, 293, 450j; 
title 30 section 4; title 33 section 578; title 35 section 2; title 41 
sections 254, 405; title 42 sections 1592a, 1592d, 2201, 2473, 4638, 
5196, 5919, 12651g; title 43 sections 1702, 1736; title 44 section 311; 
title 45 section 1212; title 48 section 1685; title 49 section 103; 
title 50 sections 167b, 415, 1651; title 50 App. section 2393.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 491 of this title.
