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

§573 Personal property

Title 40 › Subtitle SUBTITLE I— - FEDERAL PROPERTY AND ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES › Chapter CHAPTER 5— - PROPERTY MANAGEMENT › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER IV— - PROCEEDS FROM SALE OR TRANSFER › § 573

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Administrator may keep from sales proceeds amounts needed to recover costs; they must be deposited into Acquisition Services Fund, section 321(a), to pay direct and reasonable indirect costs, and any excess must be transferred at least once each year to the Treasury general fund or another Treasury account.

Full Legal Text

Title 40, §573

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The Administrator of General Services may retain from the proceeds of sales of personal property the Administrator conducts amounts necessary to recover, to the extent practicable, costs the Administrator (or the Administrator’s agent) incurs in conducting the sales. The Administrator shall deposit amounts retained into the Acquisition Services Fund established under section 321(a) of this title. From the amounts deposited, the Administrator may pay direct costs and reasonably related indirect costs incurred in conducting sales of personal property. At least once each year, amounts retained that are not needed to pay the direct and indirect costs shall be transferred from the Acquisition Services Fund to the general fund or another appropriate account in the Treasury.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Historical and Revision Notes

Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 57340:485(i).June 30, 1949, ch. 288, title II, § 204(i), as added Pub. L. 103–123, title IV, § 7, Oct. 28, 1993, 107 Stat. 1247.

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2006—Pub. L. 109–313 substituted “Acquisition Services Fund” for “General Supply Fund” in two places.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 2006 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 109–313 effective 60 days after Oct. 6, 2006, see section 6 of Pub. L. 109–313, set out as a note under section 5316 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

40 U.S.C. § 573

Title 40Public Buildings, Property, and Works

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73