An Act To amend the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 so as to improve the administration of the program for the utilization of surplus property for educational and public health purposes

Summary

No property shall be transferred (except surplus property donated in conformity with paragraph (3) of this subsection) until the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare has received from an appropriate State agency or official a certification that such property is usable and needed for educational or public health purposes. The Secretary may impose reasonable terms, conditions, reservations, and restrictions upon the use of any single item of property donated which has an acquisition cost of $2,500 or more. Provisions for cooperative agreements and for termination of prior restrictions are included.

Subject

• Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 483)
• United States Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare

Category

Smithsonian Legal Documents

Legal document information

• 69 Stat. 83
• Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works
• Public Law

Citation information

Statutes at Large

Contained within

69 Stat. 83 (1955); ch. 130 (Book)

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

• 1955
• 06/03/1955

Topic

• Government property
• Amendments (Parliamentary practice)
• Surplus government property

Form/Genre

Public Law

Physical description

Number of pages: 3; Page Numbers: 83-85

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