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

§702 Return of Foreign Excess Property to United States

Title 40 › Subtitle SUBTITLE I— FEDERAL PROPERTY AND ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES › Chapter 7— FOREIGN EXCESS PROPERTY › § 702

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

Foreign excess property located overseas can be sent back to the United States to be handled as excess or surplus property when the agency in charge, or the General Services Administrator after talking with that agency, decides returning it is in the United States’ interest. The General Services Administrator must make rules for this process. The rules must say that the federal agency, a state agency, or the recipient who gets the property must pay the transportation costs to bring it back.

Full Legal Text

Title 40, §702

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(a)Under regulations prescribed pursuant to subsection (b), foreign excess property may be returned to the United States for handling as excess or surplus property under subchapter II of chapter 5 of this title or section 549 or 551 of this title when the head of the executive agency concerned, or the Administrator of General Services after consultation with the agency head, determines that return of the property to the United States for such handling is in the interest of the United States.

(b)The Administrator shall prescribe regulations to carry out this section. The regulations must require that transportation costs for returning foreign excess property to the United States are paid by the federal agency, state agency, or donee receiving the property.

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Historical and Revision Notes

Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 70240:512(c).June 30, 1949, ch. 288, title IV, § 402(c), as added Pub. L. 91–426, § 2(d), Sept. 26, 1970, 84 Stat. 883; Pub. L. 94–519, § 4, Oct. 17, 1976, 90 Stat. 2455.

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40 U.S.C. § 702

Title 40 — Public Buildings, Property, and Works

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60