Title 2, The CongressRelease 119-102
§606 Disposition of Surplus or Obsolete Property
Title 2 › CHAPTER 17 — CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE › § 606
Summary
The CBO Director may, if funds allow, dispose of surplus or obsolete property by transfer, donation, sale, trade‑in, or discard. Proceeds go to CBO operations to buy similar items and are available that fiscal year and the next. Applies to fiscal years after September 30, 1996.
Full Legal Text
Title 2, §606
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(a)The Director of the Congressional Budget Office shall have the authority, within the limits of available appropriations, to dispose of surplus or obsolete personal property by inter-agency transfer, donation, sale, trade-in, or discarding. Amounts received for the sale or trade-in of personal property shall be credited to funds available for the operations of the Congressional Budget Office and be available for the costs of acquiring the same or similar property. Such funds shall be available for such purposes during the fiscal year in which received and the following fiscal year.
(b)Subsection (a) shall apply with respect to fiscal years beginning after September 30, 1996.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Codification Section was enacted as part of the appropriation act cited as the credit to this section, and not as part of title II of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 which comprises this chapter.
Prior Provisions
Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in the following prior appropriation acts: Pub. L. 104–53, title I, Nov. 19, 1995, 109 Stat. 527. Pub. L. 103–283, title I, July 22, 1994, 108 Stat. 1433. Pub. L. 103–69, title I, Aug. 11, 1993, 107 Stat. 701.
Amendments
2001—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 107–68 substituted “sale, trade-in, or discarding” for “or discarding” and inserted at end “Amounts received for the sale or trade-in of personal property shall be credited to funds available for the operations of the Congressional Budget Office and be available for the costs of acquiring the same or similar property. Such funds shall be available for such purposes during the fiscal year in which received and the following fiscal year.”
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2 U.S.C. § 606
Title 2, The Congress
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Aug 21, 2026
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