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[CITE: 40USC753]

 
             TITLE 40--PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS
 
               CHAPTER 16--GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
 
Sec. 753. Transfer of affairs of Federal Works Agency; abolition 
        of agencies
        
    (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 transferred to the Administrator of General Services. 
There are 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 Administrator, the 
office of Commissioner of Public Buildings, and the office of Assistant 
Federal Works Administrator.

(June 30, 1949, ch. 288, title I, Sec. 103, 63 Stat. 380.)

                          Codification

    Section was formerly classified to section 630b of Title 5 prior to 
the general revision and enactment of Title 5, Government Organization 
and Employees, by Pub. L. 89-554, Sec. 1, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 378. 
Prior thereto, section was classified to section 213 of Title 41, Public 
Contracts.

                          Transfer of Functions

    Bureau of Public Roads transferred to Department of Commerce to be 
administered by Commissioner of Public Roads subject to direction and 
control of Secretary of Commerce under provisions of Reorg. Plan No. 7 
of 1949, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 19, 1949, 14 F.R. 5228, 63 Stat. 1070, set 
out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, 
and thereafter transferred to Department of Transportation by Pub. L. 
89-670, Oct. 15, 1966, 80 Stat. 931, and its functions assigned to 
Federal Highway Administration. See section 104 of Title 49, 
Transportation.


                               Definitions

    The definitions in section 472 of this title apply to this chapter.


     Lease and Assignment of Building Space; Management; Exceptions

    All functions with respect to acquiring space in buildings by lease, 
all functions with respect to assigning and reassigning space in 
buildings for use by agencies (including both space acquired by lease 
and space in Government-owned buildings), and all functions with respect 
to the operation, maintenance, and custody of office buildings owned by 
the Government and of office buildings or parts thereof acquired by 
lease, including those post-office buildings which, as determined by the 
Director of the Office of Management and Budget, are not used 
predominantly for post-office purposes, were with certain exceptions, 
transferred from the respective agencies to the Administrator of General 
Services by sections 1 and 2 of Reorg. Plan No. 18 of 1950, eff. July 1, 
1950, 15 F.R. 3177, 64 Stat. 1270, set out in note under section 490 of 
this title. For delegation of such transferred functions to other 
personnel of the General Services Administration, or to the heads and 
personnel of other agencies, and for transfer of personnel, property, 
records, and funds, see sections 3 and 4 of such Plan.


               Public Works Defense, Functions Relating To

    All functions, except as herein described, of the Administrator of 
General Services under sections 1531 to 1535 of Title 42, The Public 
Health and Welfare, relating to defense of public works, which, by this 
section, were transferred to such Administrator from the Federal Works 
Agency and the Federal Works Administrator, were transferred to the 
Housing and Home Finance Administrator by section 1 of Reorg. Plan No. 
17 of 1950, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3177, 64 Stat. 1269, set out in 
Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, together 
with any other function of the Administrator of General Services or of 
the General Services Administration as is incidental to or necessary for 
the carrying out of the provisions of such sections. Section 2 of such 
Plan excepted from the transfer, functions with respect to the holding, 
management, and disposition of securities received prior to the 
effective date of such Plan (May 24, 1950) by the General Services 
Administration or its predecessor agency (Federal Works Agency) by 
reason of the disposal of property constructed or otherwise acquired 
under such sections 1531 to 1535 of title 42, and functions with respect 
to litigation, and the liquidation of claims, arising out of the 
acquisition of land or the construction of the facilities under such 
sections. Section 4 of such Plan provided for transfer of records, 
property, personnel, and funds. All the functions, powers and duties of 
the Housing and Home Finance Agency were subsequently transferred to the 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development by Pub. L. 89-174, Sec. 5, 
Sept. 9, 1965, 79 Stat. 669. See section 3534 of Title 42.


         War Mobilization and Reconversion Act, Functions Under

    All functions of the Administrator of General Services under title V 
of the War Mobilization and Reconversion Act of 1944, section 1671 of 
Appendix to Title 50, War and National Defense, which, by this section, 
were transferred to such Administrator from the Federal Works Agency and 
the Federal Works Administrator, were transferred to the Housing and 
Home Finance Administrator by Sec. 1 of Reorg. Plan No. 17 of 1950, eff. 
May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3177, 64 Stat. 1269, set out in Appendix to Title 
5, Government Organization and Employees, together with so much of any 
other function of the Administrator of General Services or of the 
General Services Administration as is incidental to or necessary for the 
carrying out of the provisions of said title V of such act. Section 4 of 
such Plan provided for transfer of records, property, personnel and 
funds. All the functions, powers and duties of the Housing and Home 
Finance Agency were subsequently transferred to the Secretary of Housing 
and Urban Development by Pub. L. 89-174, Sec. 5, Sept. 9, 1965, 79 Stat. 
669. See section 3534 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare.


              Water Pollution Control Act, Functions Under

    Functions of Administrator of General Services under Water Pollution 
Control Act [see section 1251 et seq. of Title 33, Navigation and 
Navigable Waters], which, by this section, were transferred to such 
Administrator from Federal Works Agency and Federal Works Administrator, 
were transferred to Federal Security Administrator by section 1 of 
Reorg. Plan No. 16 of 1950, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3176, 64 Stat. 
1268, set out in Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and 
Employees, together with so much of any other function of Administrator 
of General Services or of the General Services Administration as is 
incidental to or necessary for carrying out of provisions of such Act. 
Section 3 of such Plan provided for transfer of records, property, 
personnel, and funds. Federal Security Agency abolished by section 8 of 
Reorg. Plan No. 1 of 1953, eff. Apr. 11, 1953, 18 F.R. 2053, 67 Stat. 
631, set out as a note in the Appendix to Title 5, and all duties and 
functions of Federal Security Agency and Administrator of Federal 
Security Agency transferred to Secretary of Department of Health, 
Education, and Welfare by section 5 of Reorg. Plan No. 1 of 1953, set 
out in Appendix to Title 5. Secretary and Department of Health, 
Education, and Welfare redesignated Secretary and Department of Health 
and Human Services, respectively, by 20 U.S.C. 3508.
