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Title 40 — Public Buildings, Property, and Works

Chapter 13 — Public Property

§ 1302. Lease of buildings

Statutory text

Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, the leasing of buildings and property of the Federal Government shall be for a money consideration only. The lease may not include any provision for the alteration, repair, or improvement of the buildings or property as a part of the consideration for the rent to be paid for the use and occupation of the buildings or property. Money derived from the rent shall be deposited in the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts.

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. Pub. L. 107–217 · 116 Stat. 1062

    Enacted · 40 U.S.C. § 1302

    (Pub. L. 107–217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1131.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 107–217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1131.)

0 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Notes

historicalAndRevision
Historical and Revision Notes
RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large)
130240:303b.June 30, 1932, ch. 314, § 321, 47 Stat. 412.

The words “On and after ” are omitted as obsolete.

Credits

(Pub. L. 107–217, , 116 Stat. 1131.)

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