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§606 Disposition of surplus or obsolete property

Title 2 › Chapter CHAPTER 17— - CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE › § 606

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Director of the Congressional Budget Office may, if money is available, get rid of surplus or outdated personal property by transferring it to another agency, donating it, selling it, trading it in, or throwing it away. Money from sales or trade-ins must go into the CBO’s operating funds and can be used to buy the same or similar items in the fiscal year it is received and the next fiscal year. This rule applies to fiscal years that begin after September 30, 1996.

Full Legal Text

Title 2, §606

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(a)The Director of the Congressional Budget Office shall have the authority, within the limits of available appropriations, to dispose of surplus or obsolete personal property by inter-agency transfer, donation, sale, trade-in, or discarding. Amounts received for the sale or trade-in of personal property shall be credited to funds available for the operations of the Congressional Budget Office and be available for the costs of acquiring the same or similar property. Such funds shall be available for such purposes during the fiscal year in which received and the following fiscal year.
(b)Subsection (a) shall apply with respect to fiscal years beginning after September 30, 1996.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was enacted as part of the appropriation act cited as the credit to this section, and not as part of title II of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 which comprises this chapter.

Prior Provisions

Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in the following prior appropriation acts: Pub. L. 104–53, title I, Nov. 19, 1995, 109 Stat. 527. Pub. L. 103–283, title I, July 22, 1994, 108 Stat. 1433. Pub. L. 103–69, title I, Aug. 11, 1993, 107 Stat. 701.

Amendments

2001—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 107–68 substituted “sale, trade-in, or discarding” for “or discarding” and inserted at end “Amounts received for the sale or trade-in of personal property shall be credited to funds available for the operations of the Congressional Budget Office and be available for the costs of acquiring the same or similar property. Such funds shall be available for such purposes during the fiscal year in which received and the following fiscal year.”

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Citation

2 U.S.C. § 606

Title 2The Congress

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73