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§1906 Disposal of Surplus Property

Title 2 › CHAPTER 29 — CAPITOL POLICE › SUBCHAPTER I — ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION › Part A — General › § 1906

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Capitol Police can get rid of surplus, old, or unclaimed property if funds are available. They may transfer it to other agencies, donate it, sell it, trade it in, or use other suitable methods. Money they get must go into the Capitol Police’s general expenses account and can be used in the fiscal year it is received and the next fiscal year. This applies starting in fiscal year 2003 and every year after.

Full Legal Text

Title 2, §1906

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(a)In general
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)Amounts received
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)Effective date
This section shall apply to fiscal year 2003 and each fiscal year thereafter.

Legislative History

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.”

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

2 U.S.C. § 1906

Title 2, The Congress

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110