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[CITE: 40USC473]

 
             TITLE 40--PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS
 
       CHAPTER 10--MANAGEMENT AND DISPOSAL OF GOVERNMENT PROPERTY
 
                    SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 473. Applicability of existing procedures

    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 Administrator 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 chapter 16 of this title,

in effect upon July 1, 1949, and not inconsistent herewith, 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in full force and effect unless and until superseded, or except as they 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.

(June 30, 1949, ch. 288, title VI, Sec. 601, formerly title V, Sec. 501, 
63 Stat. 399; renumbered Sept. 5, 1950, ch. 849, Sec. 6(a), (b), 64 
Stat. 583.)

                       References in Text

    This Act, referred to in text, is act June 30, 1949, ch. 288, 63 
Stat. 377, as amended, known as the Federal Property and Administrative 
Services Act of 1949. For complete classification of this Act to the 
Code, see Short Title note set out under section 471 of this title and 
Tables.
    The Surplus Property Act of 1944, as amended, referred to in par. 
(b), is act Oct. 3, 1944, ch. 479, 58 Stat. 765, as amended, which was 
classified principally to sections 1611 to 1646 of Title 50, Appendix, 
War and National Defense, and was repealed effective July 1, 1949, with 
the exception of sections 1622, 1631, 1637, and 1641 of Title 50, 
Appendix, by act June 30, 1949, ch. 288, title VI, Sec. 602(a)(1), 63 
Stat. 399, renumbered Sept. 5, 1950, ch. 849, Sec. 6(a), (b), 64 Stat. 
583. Sections 1622 and 1641 were partially repealed by the 1949 act, and 
section 1622 is still set out in part in Title 50, Appendix. Section 
1622(g) was repealed and reenacted as sections 47151 to 47153 of Title 
49, Transportation, by Pub. L. 103-272, Secs. 1(d), 7(b), July 5, 1994, 
108 Stat. 1278-1280, 1379. Section 1631 was repealed by act June 7, 
1939, ch. 190, Sec. 6(e), as added by act July 23, 1946, ch. 590, 60 
Stat. 599, and is covered by sections 98 et seq. of Title 50. Section 
1637 was repealed by act June 25, 1948, ch. 645, Sec. 21, 62 Stat. 862, 
eff. Sept. 1, 1948, and is covered by section 3287 of Title 18, Crimes 
and Criminal Procedure. Provisions of section 1641 not repealed by the 
1949 act were repealed by Pub. L. 87-256, Sec. 111(a)(1), Sept. 21, 
1961, 75 Stat. 538, and are covered by chapter 33 (Sec. 2451 et seq.) of 
Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse. The provisions of the 
Surplus Property Act of 1944 originally repealed by the 1949 act are 
covered by this chapter.
    Chapter 16 [Sec. 751 et seq.] of this title, referred to in par. 
(d), was in the original a reference to ``title I of this Act''.

                          Codification

    Section was formerly classified to section 203 of Title 41, Public 
Contracts.

                          Transfer of Functions

    Abolition of Bureau of Federal Supply, referred to in par. (a), and 
transfer of functions, see section 752 of this title.
    Abolition of Federal Works Agency and of office of Works 
Administrator, referred to in par. (c), and transfer of functions, see 
section 753 of this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 752 of this title.
