Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and WorksRelease 119-73not60
§551 Donations to American Red Cross
Title 40 › Subtitle SUBTITLE I— FEDERAL PROPERTY AND ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES › Chapter 5— PROPERTY MANAGEMENT › Subchapter III— DISPOSING OF PROPERTY › § 551
Summary
GSA can donate surplus property that the Red Cross handled to the American Red Cross for charity under rules GSA sets.
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Title 40, §551
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The Administrator of General Services, in the Administrator’s discretion and under regulations that the Administrator may prescribe, may donate to the American National Red Cross for charitable purposes property that the American National Red Cross processed, produced, or donated and that has been determined to be surplus property.
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Historical and Revision Notes
Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 55140:484(l).June 30, 1949, ch. 288, title II, § 203(l), as added Aug. 1, 1955, ch. 442, 69 Stat. 430.
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40 U.S.C. § 551
Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
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