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40 U.S.C. § 593 — Protection for veterans preference employees
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**(a) Definitions.—** In this section, the following definitions apply:
(1) **Covered services.—** — The term “covered services” means any guard, elevator operator, messenger, or custodial services.
(2) **Sheltered workshop.—** — The term “sheltered workshop” means a sheltered workshop employing the severely handicapped under chapter 85 of title 41.
**(b) In General.—** Except as provided in subsection (c), amounts made available to the General Services Administration pursuant to [section 592 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title40-section592&num=0&edition=prelim) may not be obligated or expended to procure covered services by contract if an employee who was a permanent veterans preference employee of the Administration on November 19, 1995, would be terminated as a result.
**(c) Exception.—** Amounts made available to the Administration pursuant to [section 592 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title40-section592&num=0&edition=prelim) may be obligated and expended to procure covered services by contract with a sheltered workshop or, if sheltered workshops decline to contract for the provision of covered services, by competitive contract for a period of no longer than 5 years. When a competitive contract expires, or is terminated for any reason, the Administration shall again offer to procure the covered services by contract with a sheltered workshop before procuring the covered services by competitive contract.
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**(a) Definitions.—** In this section, the following definitions apply:
(1) **Covered services.—** — The term “covered services” means any guard, elevator operator, messenger, or custodial services.
(2) **Sheltered workshop.—** — The term “sheltered workshop” means a sheltered workshop employing the severely handicapped under chapter 85 of title 41.
**(b) In General.—** Except as provided in subsection (c), amounts made available to the General Services Administration pursuant to [section 592 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title40-section592&num=0&edition=prelim) may not be obligated or expended to procure covered services by contract if an employee who was a permanent veterans preference employee of the Administration on November 19, 1995, would be terminated as a result.
**(c) Exception.—** Amounts made available to the Administration pursuant to [section 592 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title40-section592&num=0&edition=prelim) may be obligated and expended to procure covered services by contract with a sheltered workshop or, if sheltered workshops decline to contract for the provision of covered services, by competitive contract for a period of no longer than 5 years. When a competitive contract expires, or is terminated for any reason, the Administration shall again offer to procure the covered services by contract with a sheltered workshop before procuring the covered services by competitive contract.
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**(a) Existence.—** There is in the Treasury a fund known as the Federal Buildings Fund.
**(b) Deposits.—**
(1) **In general.—** — The following revenues and collections shall be deposited into the Fund:
(A) User charges under [section 586(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title40-section586/b&num=0&edition=prelim), payable in advance or otherwise.
(B) Proceeds from the lease of federal building sites or additions under [section 581(d) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title40-section581/d&num=0&edition=prelim).
(C) Receipts from carriers and others for loss of, or damage to, property belonging to the Fund.
(2) **Reimbursements for special services.—** — This subchapter does not preclude the Administrator of General Services from providing special services, not included in the standard level user charge, on a reimbursable basis. The reimbursements may be credited to the Fund.
(3) **Transfer of surplus amounts.—** — To prevent the accumulation of excessive surpluses in the Fund, in any fiscal year an amount specified in an appropriation law may be transferred out of the Fund and deposited as miscellaneous receipts in the Treasury.
**(c) Uses.—**
(1) **In general.—** — Deposits in the Fund are available for real property management and related activities in the amounts specified in annual appropriation laws without regard to fiscal year limitations.
(2) **Salaries and expenses related to construction projects or planning programs.—** — Deposits in the Fund that are available pursuant to annual appropriation laws may be transferred and consolidated on the books of the Treasury into a special account in accordance with, and for the purposes specified in, [section 3176 of t
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TITLE 40—PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS
§ 593
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES—CONTINUED
Revised
Section
Source (U.S. Code)
Source (Statutes at Large)
592(b)(3) .....
40:490(f)(5).
592(c)(1) .....
40:490(f)(2).
592(c)(2) .....
40:490a.
Pub. L. 94–91, title IV, § 401,
Aug. 9, 1975, 89 Stat. 452.
592(c)(3) .....
40:490a–1.
Pub. L. 101–136, title IV, § 7,
Nov. 3, 1989, 103 Stat. 803.
592(c)(4) .....
40:490i.
Pub.
L.
105–277,
div.
A,
§ 101(h) [title IV, 6th pro-
viso on p. 2681–502], Oct.
21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681–502.
592(d) .........
40:490(f)(7).
592(e) .........
40:490(f)(8).
592(f) ..........
40:490g.
Pub. L. 102–393, title IV, § 13,
Oct. 6, 1992, 106 Stat. 1751.
In subsection (a), the words ‘‘on such date as may be
determined by the Administrator’’ are omitted as obso-
lete. The text of 40:490(f)(3) and (4) is omitted as exe-
cuted.
In subsection (b)(1)(B), the words ‘‘federal building
sites or additions’’ are substituted for ‘‘building sites’’
for consistency with section 581(d) of the revised title.
In subsection (b)(3), the words ‘‘To prevent the accu-
mulation of excessive surpluses in the Fund’’ and
‘‘transferred out of the Fund’’ are added for clarity. See
House Report No. 92–989, dated April 14, 1972 (United
States Code Congressional and Administrative News,
92d Congress, 2d Session, 1972, Vol. 2, pp. 2370, 2377).
In subsection (c)(4), the words ‘‘amounts authorized
to be expended from the Fund’’ are substituted for
‘‘this authorization, and hereafter’’ to restate the pro-
vision as general and permanent law without reference
to a single year’s appropriation Act.
In subsection (f), the words ‘‘during a fiscal year’’ are
omitted as unnecessary.
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