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Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and WorksRelease 119-110

§622 Collocation Among United States Postal Service Properties

Title 40 › SUBTITLE I — FEDERAL PROPERTY AND ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES › CHAPTER 5 — PROPERTY MANAGEMENT › SUBCHAPTER VII — PROPERTY MANAGEMENT › § 622

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

Each year the Postmaster General must make a list of postal properties that have space for Federal agencies and send it by September 30 to the Senate and House oversight committees. The Postmaster General may also give the list to the Council. Within 30 days the Council must give the list to all Federal agencies. Agencies have 90 days to review the list, check their properties, and recommend collocations. If the Postmaster General and agency head agree, the agency or landholding entity may set lease terms with them. This does not change competitive-bidding laws.

Full Legal Text

Title 40, §622

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(a)Identification of Postal Property.—
Each year, the Postmaster General shall—
(1)identify a list of postal properties with space available for use by Federal agencies; and
(2)not later than September 30, submit the list to—
(A)the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; and
(B)the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the House of Representatives.
(b)Voluntary Identification of Postal Property.—
Each year, the Postmaster General may submit the list under subsection (a) to the Council.
(c)Submission of List of Postal Properties to Federal Agencies.—
(1)In general.—
Not later than 30 days after the completion of a list under subsection (a), the Council shall provide the list to each Federal agency.
(2)Review by federal agencies.—
Not later than 90 days after the receipt of the list submitted under paragraph (1), each Federal agency shall—
(A)review the list;
(B)review properties under the control of the Federal agency; and
(C)recommend collocations if appropriate.
(d)Terms of Collocation.—
On approval of the recommendations under subsection (c) by the Postmaster General and the applicable agency head, the Federal agency or appropriate landholding entity may work with the Postmaster General to establish appropriate terms of a lease for each postal property.
(e)Rule of Construction.—
Nothing in this section exceeds, modifies, or supplants any other Federal law relating to any competitive bidding process governing the leasing of postal property.

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Change of Name

Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of House of Representatives changed to Committee on Oversight and Reform of House of Representatives by House Resolution No. 6, One Hundred Sixteenth Congress, Jan. 9, 2019. Committee on Oversight and Reform of House of Representatives changed to Committee on Oversight and Accountability of House of Representatives by House Resolution No. 5, One Hundred Eighteenth Congress, Jan. 9, 2023.

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Citation

40 U.S.C. § 622

Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110