An Act to amend further the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended, and for other purposes
PL 82-522 (H.R.5350), enacted 07/12/1952

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Public Law 522 
CHAPTER 703 
AN ACT 
July y2, 1952 
To amend further the Federal Property and Adminig;rative Services Act of 
[H. R. 5350] 
1949, as amended, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United /States of America in Congress assembled^ That the Federal 
Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (63 Stat. 377), as 
amended (Public Law 754, Eighty-first Congress), is hereby further 
amended as follows: 
(a) By inserting after "domain" in section 3 (d) "(including lands 
withdrawn or reserved from the public domain which the Adminis-
trator, with the concurrence of the Secretary of the Interior, deter-
mines are suitable for return to the public domain for disposition 
under the general public land laws because such lands are not sub-
stantially changed in character by improvements)". 
(b) By inserting after "obligated" in section 3 (k) "or has the 
option". 
(c) By deleting "and" before "such sums" in the second sentence of 
section 109 (a) and by inserting after "thereto", in this sentence "and 
the value, as determined by the Administrator, of inventories of per-
sonal property from time to time transferred to the Administrator by 
other executive agencies under authority of section 201 (a) (2) to the 
extent that payment is not made or credit allow^ed therefor,". 
(d) By deleting the figure "$75,000,000" in the third sentence of 
section 109 (a) and inserting in lieu thereof the figure "$150,000,000". 
(e) By deleting the proviso in section 109 (f). 
(f) By revising section 202 (a) so as to read: 
"(a) In order to minimize expenditures for property, the Admin-
istrator shall prescribe policies and methods to promote the maximum 
utilization of excess property by executive agencies, and he shall 
provide for the transfer of excess property among Federal agencies 
and to the organizations specified in section 109 (f). The Adminis-
trator, with the approval of the Director of the Bureau of the Budget, 
shall prescribe the extent of reimbursement for such transfers of 
excess property: Provided^ That reimbursement shall be required of 
the fair value, as determined by the Administrator, of any excess 
property transferred w^henever net proceeds are requested pursuant 
to section 204 (b) or whenever either the transferor or the transferee 
agency (or the organizational unit affected) is subject to the Govern-
ment Corporation Control Act (59 Stat. 597, 31 U. S. C. 841) or is an 
organization specified in section 109 (f) ; and that excess property 
determined by the Administrator to be suitable for distribution 
through the supply centers of the General Services Administration 
shall be retransferred as prices fixed by the Administrator with due 
regard to prices established in accordance with section 109 (b)." 
(g) By revising section 202 (c) (2) so as to read: 
"(2) transfer excess property under its control to other Federal 
agencies and to organizations specified in section 109 (f), and". 
(h) By repealing sections 202 (d), 202 (e), 202 (f), and 309 (b). 
(i) By striking from section 203 (e) the words "December 31, 
1950" and inserting in lieu thereof the words "June 30,1953: Provided^ 
That an explanatory statement shall be prepared and submitted to 
the appropriate committees of Congress and a copy preserved in the 
file of all cases where negotiated disposal occurs." 
(j) By striking "transferred, and that" in section 203 (k) (2) (iii) 
and substituting therefor "transferred, or that". 
(k) By inserting after "system" in section 206 (b) "and standard-
ized forms and procedures". 
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PUBLIC LAW 522-JULY 12, 1952 
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(1) By adding a new subsection (f) to section 210, to read as 
follows: 
"(f) There may be established by the Secretary of the Treasury, on 
such date during the fiscal year 1953 as may be determined by the 
Administrator, a Buildings Management Fund, which shall be avail-
able, without fiscal year limitation, for expenses necessary for build-
ings management operations and related services, authorized by law 
to be performed by the General Services Administration. Accounting 
for the fund shall be maintained on the accrual method and financial 
reports shall be prepared on the basis of such accounting. There is 
authorized to be appropriated to said fund such sums as may be 
required, but not to exceed the amount of $10,000,000, and any stocks 
of supplies and any equipment, available for buildings management 
functions of the General Services Administration, on hand, or on 
order, on the date of establishment of said fund, shall also be used to 
capitalize the fund: Provided, That said fund shall be credited with 
(1) annual advances for nonrecurring expenses, quarterly advances 
for other expenses, and reimbursements from available appropria-
tions and funds of the General Services Administration and of any 
other agency, person, or organization to which services, space, quar-
ters, maintenance, repair, or other facilities are furnished, at rates to 
be determined by the Administrator on the basis of estimated or actual 
costs (including accrued leave, and maintenance, repair, and, where 
applicable, depreciation of equipment) and (2) all other reimburse-
ments, and refunds or recoveries resulting from operations of the 
fund, including the net proceeds of disposal of excess or surplus per-
sonal property and receipts from carriers and others for loss of, or 
damage to property: Provided further, 
That following the close of 
each fiscal year any net income, after making provision for prior year 
losses, if any, shall be covered into the Treasury of the United States 
as miscellaneous receipts: Provided further, That said fund shall not 
be available for expenses of carrying out the provisions of the Act of 
June 24, 1948 (62 Stat. 644), or section 5 of the Act of May 25, 1926, 
as amended (40 U. S. C. 345), and shall not be credited with receipts 
from operations under said provisions of law, or (except as provided 
in this section for the net proceeds of disposal of excess or surplus 
property and receipts from loss or damage to property) with any 
receipts required by any other law to be credited to miscellaneous 
receipts of the Treasury." 
(m) By striking "supplies" wherever it appears in title I I I and 
substituting therefor "property". 
(n) By inserting " ( a ) " after "SEC. 310." in section 310 and by add-
ing a subsection (D) , to read as follows: 
(b) Reference in any Act, except subsection (a) of this section, 
to the applicability of Revised Statutes, section 3709, as amended (41 
U. S. C 5), to the procurement of property or services by the General 
Services Administration or any constituent organization thereof shall 
be deemed to be reference to section 302 (c) of this Act." 
(o) By inserting after "records" in section 507 (c) "or other docu-
mentary material , by inserting after "use;" therein "and he may also 
prepare guides and other finding aids to Federal records", and by 
deleting after "Commission" therein "he may also". 
(p) By inserting after "(2)" in section 507 (e) (2) "documents, 
including" and by inserting therein a comma after "recordings". 
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SEO. 2. Section 29 of the World War Veterans' Act, 1924 (43 Stat. 
615; 38 U. S. C. 455), as amended by section 3 of the Act of October 
31, 1951 (Public Law 247, Eighty-second Congress), is further 
amended by adding at the end thereof the following sentence: "The 
proceeds from such leases, less expenses for maintenance, operation, 
and repair of buildings leased for living quarters, shall be covered 
into the Treasury of the United States as miscellaneous receipts." 
Approved July 12, 1952. 
65 Stat. 708. 
Public Law 523 
CHAPTER 704 
AN ACT 
To ratify and confirm Act 291 of the Session Laws of Hawaii, 1949, section 2 
of Act 152 of the Session Laws of Hawaii, 1951, and section 2 of Act 171 of the 
Session Laws of Hawaii, 1951, which included Maui County Waterworks Board, 
Kauai County Waterworks Board, and the Board of VsTater Supply, County 
of Hawaii, under the definition of "municipality" in the issuance of revenue 
bonds pursuant to the Revenue Bond Act of 1935. 
July 12, 1952 
[H. R. 4797] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That Act 291 of 
the Session Laws of Hawaii, 1949, section 2 of Act 152 of the Session 
Laws of Hawaii, 1951, and section 2 of Act 171 of the Session Laws 
of Hawaii, 1951, which amended section 6081 of the revised laws of 
Hawaii, 1945, as amended, to include Maui County Waterworks Board, 
Kauai County Waterworks Board, and the Board of Water Supply, 
County of Hawaii, under the definition of "municipality" in the issu-
ance of revenue bonds under the Revenue Bond Act of 1935, are hereby 
ratified and confirmed, and revenue bonds may be issued by said 
Maui County Waterworks Board, Kauai County Waterworks Board, 
and the Board of Water Supply, County of Hawaii, under and pur-
suant to the provisions of the Revenue Bond Act of 1935, as amended, 
without approval of the President of the United States and without 
the incurring of an indebtedness within the meaning of the Hawaiian 
Organic Act, and the Revenue Bond Act of 1935 as so amended shall 
constitute full authority for the issuance of said bonds without refer-
ence to and independent of the Hawaiian Organic Act. 
Approved July 12, 1952. 
Hawaii. 
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enue bonds. 
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Public Law 524 
CHAPTER 705 
AN ACT 
To authorize payment for transportation of dependents, baggage, and household 
goods and effects of certain officers of the naval service and Coast Guard 
under certain conditions, and for other purposes. 
July 12, 1952 
[H. R. 5065] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of Ainerica in Congress assembled., That, under such 
regulations and within such set allowances as the Secretaries of the 
Navy and Treasury, with respect to the Coast Guard may prescribe, 
officers of the Regular Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard 
appointed during the period May 8,1945, to March 31, 1951, inclusive, 
after previous service as Naval Reserve oflScers, Marine Corps Reserve 
officers or Coast Guard Reserve officers, shall be entitled to receive 
N a v a l a ervice 
and Coast Guard. 
T r a nsportation 
of d e p e n d e n t s , 
etc. 
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