Title 40 — Public Buildings, Property, and Works
Chapter 5 — Property Management
§ 529. Annual executive agency reports on excess personal property
Statutory text
In General.—
During the calendar quarter following the close of each fiscal year, each executive agency shall submit to the Administrator of General Services and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Oversight and Accountability of the House of Representatives a report on personal property—
obtained as—
excess property; or
personal property determined to be no longer required for the purpose of the appropriation used to make the purchase; and
furnished within the United States to a recipient other than a federal agency.
Required Information.—
The report must set out the categories of equipment and show—
the acquisition cost of the property;
the recipient of the property; and
other information the Administrator may require.
Compilation of Data.—
Not later than 180 days following the close of a fiscal year, the Administrator shall compile the data in the reports submitted under subsection (a) and submit to the Committee on Homeland Security 1 Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Oversight and Accountability of the House of Representatives and publish on a centralized online website a publicly available report, which shall include—
the complete data provided in each report in a user-friendly format;
a summary of the findings of each report, including the aggregate dollar amount of personal property determined to be no longer required for the purpose of the appropriation used to make the purchase; and
any other recommendations from the Administrator.
Footnotes
- 1 So in original. The word “and” probably should appear.
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.
Pub. L. 107–217 · 116 Stat. 1062
Enacted · 40 U.S.C. § 529
Pub. L. 107–217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1086
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 107–217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1086Pub. L. 118–99 § 2(e)(1)(A) · 138 Stat. 1578
Struck · 40 U.S.C. § 529(a)
Pub. L. 118–99, § 2(e)(1)(A), struck out “and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Oversight and Accountability of the House of Representatives” after “Administrator of General Services” in introductory provisions
Unresolved: Pub. L. 118–99 was not found in the local Statutes at Large index.
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 118–99, § 2(e)(1)(A), struck out “and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Oversight and Accountability of the House of Representatives” after “Administrator of General Services” in introductory provisions.Effective date note
Pub. L. 118–99, § 2(e), Oct. 1, 2024, 138 Stat. 1579, provided that the amendment made by section 2(e)(1) is effective on the date that is 5 years after Oct. 1, 2024.Pub. L. 118–99 § 2(a)(1)(A) · 138 Stat. 1578
Inserted · 40 U.S.C. § 529(a)
Pub. L. 118–99, § 2(a)(1)(A), inserted “and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Oversight and Accountability of the House of Representatives” after “Administrator of General Services” in introductory provisions
Unresolved: Pub. L. 118–99 was not found in the local Statutes at Large index.
Target inherited from the preceding amendment note.
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 118–99, § 2(a)(1)(A), inserted “and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Oversight and Accountability of the House of Representatives” after “Administrator of General Services” in introductory provisions.Effective date note
Pub. L. 118–99, § 2(e), Oct. 1, 2024, 138 Stat. 1579, provided that the amendment made by section 2(e)(1) is effective on the date that is 5 years after Oct. 1, 2024.Pub. L. 118–99 § 2(e)(1)(B) · 138 Stat. 1578
Struck · 40 U.S.C. § 529(c)
Pub. L. 118–99, § 2(e)(1)(B), struck out subsec. (c) which related to compilation of data in the reports submitted under subsection (a)
Unresolved: Pub. L. 118–99 was not found in the local Statutes at Large index.
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 118–99, § 2(e)(1)(B), struck out subsec. (c) which related to compilation of data in the reports submitted under subsection (a).Effective date note
Pub. L. 118–99, § 2(e), Oct. 1, 2024, 138 Stat. 1579, provided that the amendment made by section 2(e)(1) is effective on the date that is 5 years after Oct. 1, 2024.Pub. L. 118–99 § 2(a)(1)(B) · 138 Stat. 1578
Added · 40 U.S.C. § 529(c)
Pub. L. 118–99, § 2(a)(1)(B), added subsec. (c)
Unresolved: Pub. L. 118–99 was not found in the local Statutes at Large index.
Target inherited from the preceding amendment note.
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 118–99, § 2(a)(1)(B), added subsec. (c).Effective date note
Pub. L. 118–99, § 2(e), Oct. 1, 2024, 138 Stat. 1579, provided that the amendment made by section 2(e)(1) is effective on the date that is 5 years after Oct. 1, 2024.
0 of 5 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial · 4 unresolved
Notes
Amendment of Section
Pub. L. 118–99, § 2(e)(1), , 138 Stat. 1579, provided that, effective on the date that is 5 years after , this section is amended:
(1) in subsection (a), in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking “and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Oversight and Accountability of the House of Representatives”; and
(2) by striking subsection (c).
See 2024 Amendment notes below.
historicalAndRevision
| Historical and Revision Notes | ||
|---|---|---|
| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 529 | 40:483(e). | June 30, 1949, ch. 288, title II, § 202(e), as added Pub. L. 94–519, § 3, Oct. 17, 1976, 90 Stat. 2454. |
In subsection (a)(2), the words “in any manner whatsoever” are omitted as unnecessary.
In subsection (b), the words “set out the categories of equipment” are substituted for “showing . . . categories of equipment” to clarify the required form and content of the report. The words “The Administrator shall submit a report to the Senate (or to the Secretary of the Senate if the Senate is not in session) and to the House of Representatives (or to the Clerk of the House if the House is not in session) summarizing and analyzing the reports of the executive agencies” are omitted pursuant to section 3003 of the Federal Reports Elimination and Sunset Act of 1995 (31 U.S.C. 1113 note). See, also, page 173 of House Document No. 103–7.
Editorial Notes
Amendments
2024—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 118–99, § 2(e)(1)(A), struck out “and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Oversight and Accountability of the House of Representatives” after “Administrator of General Services” in introductory provisions.
Pub. L. 118–99, § 2(a)(1)(A), inserted “and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Oversight and Accountability of the House of Representatives” after “Administrator of General Services” in introductory provisions.
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 118–99, § 2(e)(1)(B), struck out subsec. (c) which related to compilation of data in the reports submitted under subsection (a).
Pub. L. 118–99, § 2(a)(1)(B), added subsec. (c).
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 2024 Amendment
Pub. L. 118–99, § 2(e), , 138 Stat. 1579, provided that the amendment made by section 2(e)(1) is effective on the date that is 5 years after .
Credits
2002–2024 · 2 acts
- 2002Pub. L. 107–217, , 116 Stat. 1086
- 2024Pub. L. 118–99, § 2(a)(1), (e)(1), , 138 Stat. 1578, 1579.
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(Pub. L. 107–217, , 116 Stat. 1086; Pub. L. 118–99, § 2(a)(1), (e)(1), , 138 Stat. 1578, 1579.)