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

§8144 Delivery of fuel for use during ensuing fiscal year

Title 40 › Subtitle SUBTITLE II— - PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND WORKS › Part PART D— - PUBLIC BUILDINGS, GROUNDS, AND PARKS IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA › Chapter CHAPTER 81— - ADMINISTRATIVE › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER III— - SERVICES FOR FACILITIES › § 8144

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Each April, May, and June, the head of the General Services Administration may deliver to every federal department, agency, and the District of Columbia as much fuel as can reasonably be stored where it will be used for the next fiscal year. Those federal entities and D.C. must pay for that fuel from their appropriations for that fiscal year.

Full Legal Text

Title 40, §8144

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

During April, May, and June of each year, the Administrator of General Services may deliver to all branches of the Federal Government and the government of the District of Columbia as much fuel for their use during the following fiscal year as may be practicable to store at the points of consumption. The branches of the Federal Government and the government of the District of Columbia shall pay for the fuel from their applicable appropriations for that fiscal year.

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Historical and Revision Notes

Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 814440:113.June 5, 1920, ch. 235 (2d complete par. on p. 913), 41 Stat. 913. The words “the months of” are omitted as unnecessary. The words “Administrator of General Services” are substituted for “Secretary of the Interior” [subsequently changed to [“]Secretary of the Treasury” because of Executive Order No. 4239 (eff. July 1, 1925) and section 1 of Executive Order No. 6166 (eff. June 10, 1933)] because of section 109(a) and 201(a)(2) of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (ch. 288, 63 Stat. 382, 384), restated as section 321(b)(1) and 501(d) of the revised title. The word “Government” is substituted for “service” for clarity and for consistency in the revised title and with other titles of the United States Code. The word “municipal” is omitted as unnecessary.

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Citation

40 U.S.C. § 8144

Title 40 — Public Buildings, Property, and Works

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73