§553 Property for Correctional Facility, Law Enforcement, and Emergency Management Response Purposes

Summary

The GSA Administrator can transfer extra federal real property and related personal property, at the Administrator’s choice and under rules they set, to a State or its local governments or agencies if one of three officials says the property is needed: the Attorney General for use as a correctional facility, the Attorney General for law enforcement, or the FEMA Administrator for emergency response (including fire and rescue). The transfer is made without payment to the federal government. The deed must require that the property be used and cared for forever for the stated purpose, or the government can take it back, and the GSA Administrator can add other terms to protect the government. The GSA Administrator enforces, fixes, or changes transfer documents when needed and can release or convey government interests if the property no longer serves the purpose, possibly with conditions. "State" here means the 50 states plus the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, Palau, and the Northern Mariana Islands.