Title 40 — Public Buildings, Property, and WorksRelease 119-73
§702 Return of foreign excess property to United States
Title 40 › Subtitle SUBTITLE I— - FEDERAL PROPERTY AND ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES › Chapter CHAPTER 7— - FOREIGN EXCESS PROPERTY › § 702
Summary
Foreign excess property can be returned to the United States for excess or surplus handling when an agency head, or the General Services Administrator after consulting that head, decides it is in the U.S. interest. The Administrator must make rules and require recipients to pay return shipping.
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Title 40, §702
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(a)Under regulations prescribed pursuant to subsection (b), foreign excess property may be returned to the United States for handling as excess or surplus property under subchapter II of chapter 5 of this title or section 549 or 551 of this title when the head of the executive agency concerned, or the Administrator of General Services after consultation with the agency head, determines that return of the property to the United States for such handling is in the interest of the United States.
(b)The Administrator shall prescribe regulations to carry out this section. The regulations must require that transportation costs for returning foreign excess property to the United States are paid by the federal agency, state agency, or donee receiving the property.
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Historical and Revision Notes
Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 70240:512(c).June 30, 1949, ch. 288, title IV, § 402(c), as added Pub. L. 91–426, § 2(d), Sept. 26, 1970, 84 Stat. 883; Pub. L. 94–519, § 4, Oct. 17, 1976, 90 Stat. 2455.
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40 U.S.C. § 702
Title 40 — Public Buildings, Property, and Works
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73