2000 U.S. Code
Title 40 - PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS
CHAPTER 16 - GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
Sec. 752 - Transfer of functions

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§752. Transfer of functions (a) Bureau of Federal Supply

The functions of (1) the Bureau of Federal Supply in the Department of the Treasury, (2) the Director of the Bureau of Federal Supply, (3) the personnel of such Bureau, and (4) the Secretary of the Treasury, relating to the Bureau of Federal Supply, are transferred to the Administrator. The records property, personnel, obligations, and commitments of the Bureau of Federal Supply, together with such additional records, property, and personnel of the Department of the Treasury as the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall determine to relate primarily to functions transferred by this section or vested in the Administrator by titles II, III, and VI, of this Act, are hereby transferred to the General Service Administration. The Bureau of Federal Supply and the office of Director of the Bureau of Federal Supply are abolished.

(b) Office of Contract Settlement

The functions of the Director of Contract Settlement and of the Office of Contract Settlement, transferred to the Secretary of the Treasury by Reorganization Plan Numbered 1 of 1947, are transferred to the Administrator and shall be performed by him or, subject to his direction and control, by such officers and agencies of the General Services Administration as he may designate. The Contract Settlement Act 1 Advisory Board created by section 105 of title 41 and the Appeal Board established under section 113(d) of title 41 are transferred from the Department of the Treasury to the General Services Administration, but the functions of these Boards shall be performed by them, respectively, under conditions and limitations prescribed by law. There shall also be transferred to the General Services Administration such records, property, personnel, obligations, commitments, and unexpended balances (available or to be made available) of appropriations, allocations, and other funds of the Treasury Department as the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall determine to relate primarily to the functions transferred by the provisions of this subsection.

(c) Retention by Treasury Department of certain functions of Bureau of Federal Supply

Any other provision of this section notwithstanding, there may be retained in the Department of the Treasury any function referred to in subsection (a) of this section which the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall, within ten days after July 1, 1949, determine to be essential to the orderly administration of the affairs of the agencies of such Department, other than the Bureau of Federal Supply, together with such records, property, personnel, obligations, commitments, and unexpended balances of appropriations, allocations, and other funds, available or to be made available, of said Department, as said Director shall determine.

(June 30, 1949, ch. 288, title I, §102, 63 Stat. 380; Sept. 5, 1950, ch. 849, §6(a), 64 Stat. 583; 1970 Reorg. Plan No. 2, §102, eff. July 1, 1970, 35 F.R. 7959, 84 Stat. 2085.)

References in Text

This Act, referred to in subsec. (a), is act June 30, 1949, ch. 288, 63 Stat. 377, as amended, known as the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949. For complete classification of this Act, including titles II, III, and VI thereof, to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 471 of this title and Tables.

Reorganization Plan Numbered 1 of 1947, referred to in subsec. (b), is Reorg. Plan No. 1 of 1947, 12 F.R. 4534, 61 Stat. 951, which is set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

Codification

Section was formerly classified to section 630a of Title 5 prior to the general revision and enactment of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, by Pub. L. 89–554, §1, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 378. Prior thereto, section was classified to section 212 of Title 41, Public Contracts.

Amendments

1950—Subsec. (a). Act Sept. 5, 1950, substituted reference to title VI for reference to title V.

Transfer of Functions

Functions vested by law (including reorganization plan) in Bureau of the Budget or Director of Bureau of the Budget transferred to President of the United States by section 101 of Reorg. Plan No. 2 of 1970, eff. July 1, 1970, 35 F.R. 7959, 84 Stat. 2085, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. Section 102 of Reorg. Plan No. 2 of 1970, redesignated Bureau of the Budget as Office of Management and Budget.

Definitions

The definitions in section 472 of this title apply to this chapter.

Termination of Advisory Boards

Advisory boards in existence on Jan. 5, 1973, to terminate not later than the expiration of the 2-year period following Jan. 5, 1973, unless, in the case of a board established by the President or an officer of the Federal Government, such board is renewed by appropriate action prior to the expiration of such 2-year period, or in the case of a board established by the Congress, its duration is otherwise provided by law. See sections 3(2) and 14 of Pub. L. 92–463, Oct. 6, 1972, 86 Stat. 770, 776 set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

Section Referred to in Other Sections

This section is referred to in section 756 of this title.

1 So in original. The word “Act” probably should not appear.