§1906 — Title 2 The Congress | U.S. Code

Summary

As long as money is available, the Capitol Police can get rid of extra or outdated items, and items in their custody because they were seized, forfeited, voluntarily abandoned, or unclaimed. They may transfer them to other agencies, donate, sell, trade in, or use other suitable methods. Money from those actions must go into the Capitol Police general expense account and can be used in the fiscal year it is received and in the next fiscal year. This rule applies starting in fiscal year 2003 and every fiscal year after.

Title 2, §1906

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(a)Within the limits of available appropriations, the Capitol Police may dispose of surplus or obsolete property of the Capitol Police, and property which is in the possession of the Capitol Police because it has been disposed, forfeited, voluntarily abandoned, or unclaimed, by interagency transfer, donation, sale, trade-in, or other appropriate method.

(b)Any amounts received by the Capitol Police from the disposition of property under subsection (a) shall be credited to the account established for the general expenses of the Capitol Police, and shall be available to carry out the purposes of such account during the fiscal year in which the amounts are received and the following fiscal year.

(c)This section shall apply to fiscal year 2003 and each fiscal year thereafter.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Section is from the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2003, which is div. H of Pub. L. 108–7.

Amendments

2017—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 115–31 substituted “surplus or obsolete property of the Capitol Police, and property which is in the possession of the Capitol Police because it has been disposed, forfeited, voluntarily abandoned, or unclaimed,” for “surplus or obsolete property of the Capitol Police”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 2017 Amendment Pub. L. 115–31, div. I, title I, § 1001(c), May 5, 2017, 131 Stat. 578, provided that: “This section [enacting section 1982 of this title and amending this section] and the amendment made by this section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2017 and each succeeding fiscal year.”

§1906 Disposal of Surplus Property