Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and WorksRelease 119-102
§125 Library Memberships
Title 40 › SUBTITLE I — FEDERAL PROPERTY AND ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES › CHAPTER 1 — GENERAL › SUBCHAPTER III — ADMINISTRATIVE AND GENERAL › § 125
Summary
Appropriated funds may be used to prepay library society memberships, with GSA approval, when the society’s publications are only for members or sold cheaper to members.
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Title 40, §125
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Amounts appropriated may be used, when authorized by the Administrator of General Services, for payment in advance for library memberships in societies whose publications are available to members only, or to members at a lower price than that charged to the general public.
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Historical and Revision Notes
Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 12540:475(a).June 30, 1949, ch. 288, title VI, § 603(a), formerly § 503(a), 63 Stat. 403; renumbered [§] 603(a), Sept. 5, 1950, ch. 849, § 6(a), (b), 64 Stat. 583; Sept. 5, 1950, ch. 849, § 7(g), 64 Stat. 590. The words “such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act” are omitted as unnecessary.
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40 U.S.C. § 125
Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102