2019 US Code
Title 40 - Public Buildings, Property, and Works
Subtitle II - Public Buildings and Works
Part D - Public Buildings, Grounds, and Parks in the District of Columbia
Chapter 81 - Administrative
Subchapter III - Services for Facilities
Sec. 8143 - Heat

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Citation 40 U.S.C. § 8143 (2019)
Section Name §8143. Heat
Section Text

(a) Corcoran Gallery of Art.—The Administrator of General Services may furnish heat from the central heating plant to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, if the Corcoran Gallery of Art agrees to—

(1) pay for heat furnished at rates the Administrator determines; and

(2) connect the building with the Federal Government mains in a manner satisfactory to the Administrator.


(b) Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.—The Administrator may furnish steam from the central heating plant for the use of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System on the property which the Board acquired in squares east of 87 and east of 88 in the District of Columbia if the Board agrees to—

(1) pay for the steam furnished at reasonable rates the Administrator determines but that are at least equal to cost; and

(2) provide the necessary connections with the Government mains at its own expense and in a manner satisfactory to the Administrator.


(c) Non-Federal Public Buildings.—The Administrator shall determine the rates to be paid for steam furnished to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, the Pan American Union Buildings, the American Red Cross Buildings, and other non-federal public buildings authorized to receive steam from the central heating plant.

Source Credit

(Pub. L. 107–217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1208.)

Editorial Notes
Historical and Revision Notes
Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large)
8143(a) 40:22a. June 19, 1934, ch. 648 (last par. on p. 1044), 48 Stat. 1044.
8143(b) 40:22b. June 27, 1935, ch. 320, §§1, 2, 49 Stat. 425.
8143(c) 40:22c.

In subsection (a), the words "Administrator of General Services" are substituted for "Treasury Department", "Secretary of the Treasury", and ["]Public Works Branch, Procurement Division, Treasury Department" [subsequently changed to "Federal Works Agency", ["]Federal Works Administrator", and "Public Buildings Administration, Federal Works Agency", respectively, because of sections 301 and 303 of Reorganization Plan No. I of 1939 (eff. July 1, 1939, 53 Stat. 1426, 1427)] because of section 103(a) of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (ch. 288, 63 Stat. 380), which is restated as section 303(c) [303(b)] of the revised title. In clause (1), the words "not less than cost" are omitted because of 40:22c, restated as subsection (c).

In subsections (b) and (c), the word "Administrator" is substituted for "Secretary of the Interior, through the National Park Service" and "Secretary of the Interior" [both subsequently changed to "Federal Works Administrator" because of sections 301 and 303 of Reorganization Plan No. I of 1939 (eff. July 1, 1939, 53 Stat. 1426, 1427)] because of section 103(a) of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (ch. 288, 63 Stat. 380), which is restated as section 303(c) [303(b)] of the revised title.

In subsection (b), before clause (1), the words "Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System" are substituted for "Federal Reserve Board" because of section 203(a) of the Banking Act of 1935 (ch. 614, 49 Stat. 704).

In subsection (c), the words "On and after June 27" are omitted as obsolete. The words "the Pan American Union buildings" are substituted for "the buildings, old and new, of the Pan American Union" for clarity. The words "as are or hereafter may be" are omitted as unnecessary.

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 40 - PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 40 - PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS
SUBTITLE II - PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND WORKS
PART D - PUBLIC BUILDINGS, GROUNDS, AND PARKS IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
CHAPTER 81 - ADMINISTRATIVE
SUBCHAPTER III - SERVICES FOR FACILITIES
Sec. 8143 - Heat
Contains section 8143
Date 2019
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 24, 2020
Positive Law Yes
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 48 Stat. 1044
49 Stat. 425, 704
53 Stat. 1426
63 Stat. 380
116 Stat. 1208
Public Law References Public Law 107-217
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