Title 42 — The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-73
§11412 Making surplus personal property available to nonprofit agencies
Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 119— - HOMELESS ASSISTANCE › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER V— - IDENTIFICATION AND USE OF SURPLUS FEDERAL PROPERTY › § 11412
Summary
Requires, within 90 days after July 22, 1987, the GSA Administrator to have State agencies under sec. 549(a)–(e) share information on surplus property for food, shelter, or other homeless services. That property must go to homeless service providers at a nominal cost or free if the Administrator reimburses care and handling.
Full Legal Text
Title 42, §11412
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(b)Within 90 days after July 22, 1987, the Administrator of General Services shall require each State agency administering a State plan under section 549(a)–(e) of title 40 to make generally available information about surplus personal property which may be used in the provision of food, shelter, or other services to homeless individuals.
(c)Surplus personal property identified pursuant to this section shall be made available to providers of assistance to homeless individuals by a State agency distributing such property at (1) a nominal cost to such organization or (2) at no cost when the Administrator agrees to reimburse the State agency for the costs of care and handling of such property.
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Editorial Notes
Codification Section is comprised of section 502 of Pub. L. 100–77. Subsec. (a) of section 502 amended section 203(j)(3)(B) of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, which was classified to section 484(j)(3)(B) of former Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works, and was repealed and reenacted as section 549(c)(3)(B) of Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works, by Pub. L. 107–217, §§ 1, 6(b), Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1062, 1304. In subsec (b), “section 549(a)–(e) of title 40” substituted for “203(j) of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949” on authority of Pub. L. 107–217, § 5(c), Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1303, the first section of which enacted Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works.
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42 U.S.C. § 11412
Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
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