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Title 40 — Public Buildings, Property, and WorksRelease 119-73not60

§606 Regulations Related to Operation

Title 40 › Subtitle SUBTITLE I— FEDERAL PROPERTY AND ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES › Chapter 5— PROPERTY MANAGEMENT › Subchapter VI— MOTOR VEHICLE POOLS AND TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS › § 606

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Director of the Office of Personnel Management must make rules for executive agencies about letting civilian employees drive Federal Government vehicles for official work inside the States of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the territories and possessions of the United States. The rules must set physical fitness standards for drivers and can require the same state or local licenses or permits that civilians need. The head of each executive agency must issue orders so the agency follows those rules. The orders must require (1) regular fitness testing for current and prospective drivers, and (2) the ability to suspend or take away permission to drive.

Full Legal Text

Title 40, §606

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(a)The Director of the Office of Personnel Management shall prescribe regulations to govern executive agencies in authorizing civilian personnel to operate Federal Government-owned motor vehicles for official purposes within the States of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the territories and possessions of the United States.
(b)The regulations shall prescribe standards of physical fitness for authorized operators. The regulations may require operators and prospective operators to obtain state and local licenses or permits that are required to operate similar vehicles for other than official purposes.
(c)The head of each executive agency shall issue orders and directives necessary for compliance with the regulations. The orders and directives shall provide for—
(1)periodically testing the physical fitness of operators and prospective operators; and
(2)suspension and revocation of authority to operate.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Historical and Revision Notes

Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 60640:491(j).June 30, 1949, ch. 288, title II, § 211(j), as added Sept. 5, 1950, ch. 849, § 5(c), 64 Stat. 583; Sept. 1, 1954, ch. 1211, § 2, 68 Stat. 1128; Pub. L. 86–624, § 27(b), July 12, 1960, 74 Stat. 418. In subsection (a), the words “Director of the Office of Personnel Management” are substituted for “United States Civil Service Commission” in section 211(j) of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 because of section 102 of Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1978 (eff. Jan. 1, 1979, 92 Stat. 3783). The words “territories and” are added for consistency in the revised title and with other titles of the United States Code.

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Citation

40 U.S.C. § 606

Title 40 — Public Buildings, Property, and Works

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60