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§11412 Making Surplus Personal Property Available to Nonprofit Agencies

Title 42 › CHAPTER 119 — HOMELESS ASSISTANCE › SUBCHAPTER V — IDENTIFICATION AND USE OF SURPLUS FEDERAL PROPERTY › § 11412

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

Within 90 days after July 22, 1987, the Administrator of General Services must require each State agency that runs a State plan under section 549(a)–(e) of title 40 to widely share information about surplus personal property that could be used to give food, shelter, or other services to homeless people. When a State agency finds such surplus items, it must offer them to organizations helping homeless people either for a small fee or for free if the Administrator agrees to reimburse the State for the care and handling costs.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §11412

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(a)Omitted
(b)Requirement for notification
Within 90 days after July 22, 1987, the Administrator of General Services shall require each State agency administering a State plan under section 549(a)–(e) of title 40 to make generally available information about surplus personal property which may be used in the provision of food, shelter, or other services to homeless individuals.
(c)Costs
Surplus personal property identified pursuant to this section shall be made available to providers of assistance to homeless individuals by a State agency distributing such property at (1) a nominal cost to such organization or (2) at no cost when the Administrator agrees to reimburse the State agency for the costs of care and handling of such property.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Section is comprised of section 502 of Pub. L. 100–77. Subsec. (a) of section 502 amended section 203(j)(3)(B) of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, which was classified to section 484(j)(3)(B) of former Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works, and was repealed and reenacted as section 549(c)(3)(B) of Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works, by Pub. L. 107–217, §§ 1, 6(b), Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1062, 1304. In subsec (b), “section 549(a)–(e) of title 40” substituted for “203(j) of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949” on authority of Pub. L. 107–217, § 5(c), Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1303, the first section of which enacted Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works.

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Citation

42 U.S.C. § 11412

Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110