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§11272 Lease of surplus Federal facilities for use as runaway and homeless youth centers or as transitional living youth shelter facilities

Title 34 › Subtitle Subtitle I— - Comprehensive Acts › Chapter CHAPTER 111— - JUVENILE JUSTICE AND DELINQUENCY PREVENTION › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER III— - RUNAWAY AND HOMELESS YOUTH › Part Part F— - General Provisions › § 11272

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of Health and Human Services can lease surplus federal buildings that GSA gives to HHS to states, local governments, or nonprofit groups. The buildings can be used as runaway and homeless youth centers or transitional living youth shelters only if the applicant has enough money to run the program, can show it has the needed experience, and has approval from the local chief executive. Each building must be leased for at least 2 years, and no rent or fee will be charged. Any structural changes or additions become U.S. property and can only be made after written permission from the Secretary or another HHS official.

Full Legal Text

Title 34, §11272

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(a)The Secretary may enter into cooperative lease arrangements with States, localities, and nonprofit private agencies to provide for the use of appropriate surplus Federal facilities transferred by the General Services Administration to the Department of Health and Human Services for use as runaway and homeless youth centers or as transitional living youth shelter facilities if the Secretary determines that—
(1)the applicant involved has suitable financial support necessary to operate a runaway and homeless youth center or transitional living youth project, as the case may be, under this subchapter;
(2)the applicant is able to demonstrate the program expertise required to operate such center in compliance with this subchapter, whether or not the applicant is receiving a grant under this part; and
(3)the applicant has consulted with and obtained the approval of the chief executive officer of the unit of local government in which the facility is located.
(b)(1)Each facility made available under this section shall be made available for a period of not less than 2 years, and no rent or fee shall be charged to the applicant in connection with use of such facility.
(2)Any structural modifications or additions to facilities made available under this section shall become the property of the United States. All such modifications or additions may be made only after receiving the prior written consent of the Secretary or other appropriate officer of the Department of Health and Human Services.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was formerly classified to section 5714b of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

Prior Provisions

A prior section 381 of Pub. L. 93–415 was renumbered section 382 and is classified to section 11273 of this title.

Amendments

1998—Subsec. (a)(3). Pub. L. 105–277 substituted “unit of local government” for “unit of general local government”. 1988—Pub. L. 100–690, § 7273(b)(1), inserted “or as transitional living youth shelter facilities” at end of section catchline. Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 100–690, § 7273(b)(2), inserted “or as transitional living youth shelter facilities” after “runaway and homeless youth centers” in introductory provisions and “or transitional living youth project, as the case may be, under this subchapter” after “homeless youth center” in par. (1).

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 1988 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 100–690 effective Oct. 1, 1988, see section 7296(a) of Pub. L. 100–690, set out as a note under section 11101 of this title.

Effective Date

Section effective Oct. 12, 1984, see section 670(a) of Pub. L. 98–473, set out as an

Effective Date

of 1984 Amendment note under section 11101 of this title.

Reference

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Citation

34 U.S.C. § 11272

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Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73