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Title 2 — The Congress

Part A · Chapter 29 — Capitol Police

§ 1906. Disposal of surplus property

Statutory text

(a)

In general

Within the limits of available appropriations, the Capitol Police may dispose of surplus or obsolete property of the Capitol Police, and property which is in the possession of the Capitol Police because it has been disposed, forfeited, voluntarily abandoned, or unclaimed, by interagency transfer, donation, sale, trade-in, or other appropriate method.

(b)

Amounts received

Any amounts received by the Capitol Police from the disposition of property under subsection (a) shall be credited to the account established for the general expenses of the Capitol Police, and shall be available to carry out the purposes of such account during the fiscal year in which the amounts are received and the following fiscal year.

(c)

Effective date

This section shall apply to fiscal year 2003 and each fiscal year thereafter.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2003

    Pub. L. 108–7 div. H title I § 1003 · 117 Stat. 11

    Enacted · 2 U.S.C. § 1906

    Pub. L. 108–7, div. H, title I, § 1003, Feb. 20, 2003, 117 Stat. 357

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 108–7, div. H, title I, § 1003, Feb. 20, 2003, 117 Stat. 357

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 1003. Disposal of Surplus Property. (a) In General.— Within the limits of available appropriations, the Capitol Police may dispose of surplus or obsolete property of the Capitol Police by interagency transfer, donation, sale, trade-in, or other appropriate method. (b) Amounts Received.— Any amounts received by the Capitol Police from the disposition of property under subsection (a) shall be credited to the account established for the general expenses of the Capitol Police, and shall be available to carry out the purposes of such account during the fiscal year in which the amounts are received and the following fiscal year. (c) Effective Date.— This Applicability. section shall apply to fiscal year 2003 and each fiscal year thereafter.

  2. Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2017

    Pub. L. 115–31 div. I title I § 1001(a) · 131 Stat. 135

    Substituted · 2 U.S.C. § 1906(a)

    Pub. L. 115–31 substituted “surplus or obsolete property of the Capitol Police, and property which is in the possession of the Capitol Police because it has been disposed, forfeited, voluntarily abandoned, or unclaimed,” for “surplus or obsolete property of the Capitol Police”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 115–31 substituted “surplus or obsolete property of the Capitol Police, and property which is in the possession of the Capitol Police because it has been disposed, forfeited, voluntarily abandoned, or unclaimed,” for “surplus or obsolete property of the Capitol Police”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (a) Section 1003(a) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2003 (2 U.S.C. 1906(a)) is amended by striking “surplus or obsolete property of the Capitol Police” and inserting the following: “surplus or obsolete property of the Capitol Police, and property which is in the possession of the Capitol Police because it has been disposed, forfeited, voluntarily abandoned, or unclaimed,”.

    Effective date note
    Pub. L. 115–31, div. I, title I, § 1001(c), May 5, 2017, 131 Stat. 578, provided that: “This section [enacting section 1982 of this title and amending this section] and the amendment made by this section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2017 and each succeeding fiscal year.”

2 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Codification

Section is from the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2003, which is div. H of Pub. L. 108–7.

Amendments

2017—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 115–31 substituted “surplus or obsolete property of the Capitol Police, and property which is in the possession of the Capitol Police because it has been disposed, forfeited, voluntarily abandoned, or unclaimed,” for “surplus or obsolete property of the Capitol Police”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 2017 Amendment

Pub. L. 115–31, div. I, title I, § 1001(c), , 131 Stat. 578, provided that: “This section [enacting section 1982 of this title and amending this section] and the amendment made by this section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2017 and each succeeding fiscal year.”

Credits

2003–2017 · 2 acts
  1. 2003Pub. L. 108–7, div. H, title I, § 1003, , 117 Stat. 357
  2. 2017Pub. L. 115–31, div. I, title I, § 1001(a), , 131 Stat. 578.
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(Pub. L. 108–7, div. H, title I, § 1003, , 117 Stat. 357; Pub. L. 115–31, div. I, title I, § 1001(a), , 131 Stat. 578.)

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