An Act to amend the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended, to provide for the payment of appraisers, auctioneers, and brokers fees from the proceeds of disposal of Government surplus real property, and for other purposes
PL 83-760 (H.R.10187), enacted 08/31/1954

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PUBLIC LAW 760-AUG. 31, 1954 
Public Law 759 
CHAPTER 1177 
AN ACT 
To amend section 413 (b) of the Foreign Service Act of 1946. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled. That section 413 (b) 
of the Foreign Service Act of 1946, as amended, is amended to read as 
follows: 
"(b) A person appointed as a Foreign Service officer of classes 1 
through 5, inclusive, shall receive salary at the minimum rate provided 
for the class to which he has been appointed, except that until March 
31, 1955, not more than five hundred persons may be appointed from 
the classified civil service or the Foreign Service reserve or Foreign 
Service staff at other than the minimum rate." 
Approved August 31, 1954. 
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August 31, 1954 
[H. R. 9910] 
Foreign Service 
officer. 
Salary. 
60 Stat. 1003. 
22 u s e 868. 
Public Law 760 
CHAPTER 1178 
AN ACT 
To amend the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as 
amended, to provide for the payment of appraisers', auctioneers', and brokers' 
fees from the proceeds of disposal of Government surplus real property, and 
for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That section 204 
of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as 
amended, is amended as follows: 
(a) Subsections (b), (c), (d), (e), and (f) are redesignated as 
suDsections (c), (d), (e), (f), and (g), respectively. 
(b) A new subsection (b) is added, reading as follows: 
"(b) All the proceeds of such dispositions of surplus real and related 
personal property made by the Administrator of General Services 
shall be set aside in a separate fund in the Treasury. Not more than 
an amount to be determined quarterly by the Director of the Bureau 
of the Budget may be obligated from such fund by the Administrator 
to pay the direct expenses incurred for the dispositions of surplus 
property under this Act for fees of appraisers, auctioneers, and realty 
brokers, and for advertising and surveying. Such payments from this 
fund may be used either to pay such expenses directly or to reimburse 
the fund or appropriation initially bearing such expenses. Fees paid 
to appraisers, auctioneers, and brokers shall be in accordance with the 
scale of fees customarily paid for such services in similar commercial 
transactions, and in no event shall more than 12 per centum of the 
proceeds of all dispositions within each fiscal year of surplus real and 
related personal property be paid out of such proceeds under this 
authorization to meet direct expenses incurred in connection with such 
dispositions. Periodically, but not less often than once each year, any 
excess funds beyond current operating needs shall be transferred 
from the fund to miscellaneous receipts: Provided, That a report of 
receipts, disbursements, and transfers to miscellaneous receipts under 
this authorization shall be made annually in connection with the 
budget estimates to the Director of the Bureau of the Budget and to 
the Congress." 
Approved August 31,1954. 
August 31, 19!;4 
[H.R. 10187] 
Surplus 
disposal. 
A p p r 
fees, etc. 
63 Stat. 
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property 
ai s et s' 
388. 
485. 
Report.