Title 2 — The CongressRelease 119-73
§1906 Disposal of surplus property
Title 2 › Chapter CHAPTER 29— - CAPITOL POLICE › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION › Part Part A— - General › § 1906
Summary
Capitol Police may, when funding is available, dispose of surplus or unclaimed property in various ways. Proceeds must go into their general expenses account and can be used that fiscal year and the next, beginning fiscal year 2003.
Full Legal Text
Title 2, §1906
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(a)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)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)This section shall apply to fiscal year 2003 and each fiscal year thereafter.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
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), 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.”
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Citation
2 U.S.C. § 1906
Title 2 — The Congress
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
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