40 U.S.C. § 541
Section 541 · Supervision and direction
Amended 1 time on record
Applied in 10 court decisions — leading case 37 Fed. Cl. 345 - Cubic Applications, Inc. v. United States (1997)
Most recently applied in Koch v. St. Louis County (August 2017)
How often courts cite this section
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Except as otherwise provided in this subchapter, the Administrator of General Services shall supervise and direct the disposition of surplus property in accordance with this subtitle.
Editorial notes U.S. Code · Office of the Law Revision Counsel
SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 541 40:484(a). June 30, 1949, ch. 288, title II, §203(a), 63 Stat. 385. The words “shall supervise and direct the disposition of surplus property in accordance with this subtitle” are substituted for “shall have supervision and direction over the disposition of surplus property. Such property shall be disposed of to such extent, at such time, in such areas, by such agencies, at such terms and conditions, and in such manner, as may be prescribed in or pursuant to this Act” for clarity and to eliminate unnecessary words.
Transferred Properties; Requests Prior to November 30, 1983
Pub. L. 98–181, title I, §126(a)(2), (3), Nov. 30, 1983, 97 Stat. 1175, provided that:
“(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1) [repealing former 40 U.S.C. 484b], the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and the Secretary of Agriculture may dispose of Federal surplus real property pursuant to the terms of section 414 of such Act [former 40 U.S.C. 484b] if, prior to the date of the enactment of this Act [Nov. 30, 1983], either Secretary had requested the Administrator of General Services to transfer such property for such disposition.
“(3) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), section 414(b) [former 40 U.S.C. 484b(b)] of such Act shall continue to apply, where applicable, to all property transferred by either Secretary pursuant to section 414 of such Act, including properties transferred pursuant to paragraph (2).”