An Act to amend the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, to make title III thereof directly applicable to procurement of property and nonpersonal services by executive agencies, and or other purposes
PL 89-343 (S.1004), enacted 11/08/1965

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PUBLIC LAW 89-343-NOV. 8, 1965 
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Public Law 89-343 
A N A C T 
November 8, 1965 
To amend the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, to 
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make title III thereof directly applicable to procurement of property and 
services by executive agencies, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That subsection (a) 
Property and 
of section 302 of the Federal Property and Administrative Services ^^p'l^o'curement pro-
Act of 1949 (63 Stat, 377), as amended, is amended to read as follows: cedures, appuca-
"SEC. 302. (a) Executive agencies shall make purchases and con- ^72*^stat. 966. 
tracts for property and services in accordance with the provisions of 
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this title and implementing regulations of the Administrator; but this 
title does not apply— 
" (1) to the Depar'tment of Defense, the Coast Guard, and the 
National Aeronautics and Space Administration; or 
"(2) when this title is made inapplicable pursuant to section 
602(d) of this Act or any other law, but when this title is made 
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inapplicable by any such provision of law sections 3709 and 3710 
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of the Revised Statutes, as amended (41 U.S.C. 5 and 8), shall ^"^ra. 
be applicable in the absence of authority conferred by statute to 
procure without advertising or without regard to said section 
3709." 
SEC. 2. Subsection (c) of section 302 of said Act is amended by tractf"^*^'^''°"' 
revising paragraph (15) to read: 
63 stat. 393; 
"(15) otherwise authorized by law, except that section 304 72 stat^^66. 
shall apply to purchases and contracts made without advertising 
under this paragraph." 
SEC. 3. The second sentence of subsection (a) of section 307 of said 
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Act is amended by inserting immediately after "section," the follow-
ing: "and except as provided in section 205(d) with respect to the ^o use 486. 
Administrator,". 
SEC. 4. Subsection (b) of section 307 of said Act is amended by 
striking out the second sentence thereof. 
SEC. 5. Section 310 of said Act is amended to read as follows: 
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"SEC. 310. Sections 3709, 3710, and 3735 of the Revised Statutes, 
as amended (41 U.S.C. 5, 8, and 13), shall not apply to the procure-
ment of property or services made by an executive agency pursuant 
to this title. Any provision of law which authorizes an executive 
agency (other than an executive agency which is exempted from the 
provisions of this title by section 302(a) of this Act), to procure 
any property or services without advertising or without regard to said 
section 3709 shall be construed to authorize the procurement of such 
property or services pursuant to section 302(c) (15) of this Act with-
out regard to the advertising requirements of sections 302(c) and 
303 of t h i s A c t . " 
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SEC. 6. Subsection (d) of section 602 of said Act is amended as ^^^'^.'S'^'^,!-
follows: 
(a) By striking out the semicolon at the end of paragraph (15) GrrTefaT.^'**'^ 
and inserting in lieu thereof a comma and the following: "and the 
leasing and acquisition of real property, as authorized by law;". 
(b) By striking out the word "or" where it appears at the end of 
paragraph (18). 
(c) By striking out the period at the end of paragraph (19), and 
inserting in lieu thereof a semicolon and the word "or". 
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Secretary of 
Interior. 
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(d) By adding at the end of that subsection the following new 
paragraph: 
" (20) The Secretary of the Interior with respect to procurement 
for program operations under the Bonneville Project Act of 1937 
(50 Stat. 731), as amended." 
Approved November 8, 1965. 
November 8, 19 65 
[H. R. 9830] 
Public Law 89-344 
AN ACT 
To amend the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as 
amended, to authorize reimbursement to a State or political subdivision thereof 
for sidewalk repair and replacement or to make other arrangements therefor. 
Federal agen-
cies. 
Sidewalk repair, 
etc., State reim-
bursement. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled.^ That section 210 of 
the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, 64 
Stat. 580, as amended (40 U.S.C. 490), is further amended by adding 
the following new subsection: 
"(i) (1) Any executive agency is authorized to install, repair, and 
replace sidewalks around buildings, installations, properties, or 
grounds under the control of such agency and owned by the United 
States within the several States, the District of Columbia, the Com-
monwealth of Puerto Kico, and the possessions of the United States, 
by reimbursement to a State or political subdivision thereof, the Dis-
trict of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and a possession 
of the United States, or otherwise. 
"(2) Installation, repair, and replacement under this subsection 
shall be performed in accordance with regulations to be prescribed by 
the Administrator of General Services with the approval of the Direc-
tor of the Bureau of the Budget. 
"(3) Funds appropriated to the agency for installation, repair, 
and maintenance, generally, shall be available for expenditure to 
accomplish the purposes of this subsection. 
"(4) Nothing contained herein shall increase or enlarge the tort 
liability of the 
United States for injuries to persons or damages to 
property beyond such liability presently existing by virtue of any 
other law." 
Approved November 8, 1965. 
November 8, 1965 
[H. R. 4421] 
Public Law 89-345 
AN ACT 
Aiirhorizing the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to convey certain property 
to the city of Cheyenne, Wyoming. 
Cheyenne, 
Conveyanc 
Wyo. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the Adminis-
trator of Veterans' Affairs is authorized to convey, without monetary 
consideration, to the city of Cheyenne, Wyoming, for park and recrea-
tional purposes, all right, title, and interest of the United States in 
and to a tract of twenty-seven acres of land, more or less, constituting 
a portion of the reservation of the Veterans' Administration Center, 
Cheyenne, Wyoming. The exact legal description of the tract shall 
be determined by the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs, and if a 
survey is required in order to make such determination, the city of 
Cheyenne, Wyoming, shall bear the expense thereof.