§530 — Title 40 Public Buildings, Property, and Works | U.S. Code

Summary

Each executive agency must, within 180 days after the law is enacted, send its internal rules to the Administrator of General Services and post them on the agency’s website about using excess personal property (extra government items) to meet agency needs. The rules must say to check excess property before buying new, when and how to look for and get it, how to decide if items will work, and who is responsible, including one employee assigned to search available excess items. Agencies must also send any changes to those rules to the Administrator and update their website.

Title 40, §530

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(a)Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this section, each executive agency shall submit to the Administrator of General Services and make publicly available on the website of the executive agency the internal guidance of the executive agency on considering using excess personal property to meet the needs of the executive agency, which shall include—

(1)a requirement to consider excess personal property before buying new;

(2)when it is practicable to check for and obtain excess personal property;

(3)how to evaluate the suitability of excess personal property for use; and

(4)defined roles and responsibilities relevant to considering the use of excess personal property, including the designation of an employee as responsible for searching through available excess personal property for items that meet the needs of the executive agency.

(b)Each executive agency shall submit to the Administrator of General Services and update on the website of the executive agency any changes to the internal guidance submitted and made available under subsection (a).

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Repeal of Section Pub. L. 118–99, § 2(e)(2), Oct. 1, 2024, 138 Stat. 1579, provided that, effective on the date that is 5 years after Oct. 1, 2024, this section is repealed.

Editorial Notes

References in Text

The date of enactment of this section, referred to in subsec. (a), is the date of enactment of Pub. L. 118–99, which was approved Oct. 1, 2024.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of Repeal Pub. L. 118–99, § 2(e), Oct. 1, 2024, 138 Stat. 1579, provided that the repeal of this section by section 2(e)(2) is effective on the date that is 5 years after Oct. 1, 2024.

§530 Internal Guidance on Excess Personal Property