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Surplus Property Act

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Surplus Property Act
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Long titleAn Act to aid the reconversion from a war to a peace economy through the distribution of Government surplus property and to establish a Surplus Property Board to effectuate the same, and for other purposes.
NicknamesSurplus Property Act of 1944
Enacted bythe 78th United States Congress
Citations
Public lawPub. L. 78–457
Statutes at Large58 Stat. 765, Chap. 479
Codification
Titles amended50a U.S.C.: War and National Defense[1]
U.S.C. sections created50 Appendix U.S.C. §§ 1611-1646[2]
Legislative history
  • Introduced in the House as H.R. 5125 by William M. Colmer (DMS) on June 23, 1944[3]
  • Signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on October 3, 1944
Major amendments
Fulbright Act of 1946

Surplus Property Act of 1944 (ch. 479, 58 Stat. 765, 50A U.S.C. § 1611 et seq., enacted October 3, 1944) is an act of the United States Congress that was enacted to provide for the disposal of surplus government property to "a State, political subdivision of a State, or tax-supported organization". It authorized a three-member board, known as the Surplus Property Board, a structure that was replaced within a year by an agency run by a single administrator. Many of its provisions were repealed on July 1, 1949.[4]

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References

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  1. ^ "Title 50, Appendix - War and National Defense". United States Code ~ Title 50a Omitted or Repealed. U.S. Government Publishing Office.
  2. ^ "United States Code: Surplus Property Act of 1944, 50a U.S.C. §§ 1611-1646" (PDF). Law Library of Congress. Title 50: War, Appendix. United States Library of Congress. 1946. pp. 5886–5867.
  3. ^ "Surplus Property Act of 1944 ~ House Bill H.R. 1525" [Disposal of Surplus Government Property and Plants]. 78th Congressional Record of United States House of Representatives. U.S. Congress.gov. June 23, 1944. p. 6680.
  4. ^ Harry S. Truman (1948-03-05). "Special Message to the Congress on the Need for a Modern System for the Management of Government Property".

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