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Title 40 — Public Buildings, Property, and WorksRelease 119-73

§504 Agency cooperation for inspection

Title 40 › Subtitle SUBTITLE I— - FEDERAL PROPERTY AND ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES › Chapter CHAPTER 5— - PROPERTY MANAGEMENT › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - PROCUREMENT AND WAREHOUSING › § 504

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

A federal agency may use another federal agency’s people, equipment, supplies, and work to inspect property it is buying, if the other agency agrees. Agencies can also give those services or things without charging money or transferring funds, even if other laws would normally require payment. Any sharing must follow the rules and procedures the head of the General Services Administration sets under section 501.

Full Legal Text

Title 40, §504

Public Buildings, Property, and Works — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)An executive agency may use the services, work, materials, and equipment of another executive agency, with the consent of the other executive agency, to inspect personal property incident to procuring the property.
(b)Notwithstanding section 1301(a) of title 31 or any other law, an executive agency may provide services, work, materials, and equipment for purposes of this section without reimbursement or transfer of amounts.
(c)The use or provision of services, work, materials, and equipment under this section must be in conformity with policies and methods the Administrator of General Services prescribes under section 501 of this title.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Historical and Revision Notes

Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 50440:481(d).June 30, 1949, ch. 288, title II, § 201(d), as added Pub. L. 85–781, Aug. 27, 1958, 72 Stat. 936. In subsection (b), the words “section 1301(a) of title 31” are substituted for “section 3678 of the Revised Statutes (31 U.S.C. 628)” in section 201(d) of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 because of section 4(b) of the Act of September 13, 1982 (Public Law 97–258, 96 Stat. 1067), the first section of which enacted Title 31, United States Code. In subsection (c), the words “and methods” are added for consistency with section 501(b)(2) of the revised title.

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Citation

40 U.S.C. § 504

Title 40 — Public Buildings, Property, and Works

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73