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40 U.S.C. § 601 — Purposes
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In order to provide an economical and efficient system for transportation of Federal Government personnel and property consistent with [section 101 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title40-section101&num=0&edition=prelim), the purposes of this subchapter are—
(1) to establish procedures to ensure safe operation of motor vehicles on Government business;
(2) to provide for proper identification of Government motor vehicles;
(3) to establish an effective means to limit the use of Government motor vehicles to official purposes;
(4) to reduce the number of Government-owned vehicles to the minimum necessary to transact public business; and
(5) to provide wherever practicable for centrally operated interagency pools or systems for local transportation of Government personnel and property.
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In order to provide an economical and efficient system for transportation of Federal Government personnel and property consistent with [section 101 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title40-section101&num=0&edition=prelim), the purposes of this subchapter are—
(1) to establish procedures to ensure safe operation of motor vehicles on Government business;
(2) to provide for proper identification of Government motor vehicles;
(3) to establish an effective means to limit the use of Government motor vehicles to official purposes;
(4) to reduce the number of Government-owned vehicles to the minimum necessary to transact public business; and
(5) to provide wherever practicable for centrally operated interagency pools or systems for local transportation of Government personnel and property.
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For the purpose of this subchapter—
(1) “agency” means each authority of the Government of the United States, whether or not it is within or subject to review by another agency, but does not include—
(A) the Congress;
(B) the courts of the United States;
(C) the governments of the territories or possessions of the United States;
(D) the government of the District of Columbia;
or except as to the requirements of [section 552 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section552&num=0&edition=prelim)—
(E) agencies composed of representatives of the parties or of representatives of organizations of the parties to the disputes determined by them;
(F) courts martial and military commissions;
(G) military authority exercised in the field in time of war or in occupied territory; or
(H) functions conferred by sections 1738, 1739, 1743, and 1744 of title 12; subchapter II of chapter 471 of title 49; or sections 1884, 1891–1902, and former section 1641(b)(2), of title 50, appendix; 11 See References in Text note below.
(2) “person” includes an individual, partnership, corporation, association, or public or private organization other than an agency;
(3) “party” includes a person or agency named or admitted as a party, or properly seeking and entitled as of right to be admitted as a party, in an agency proceeding, and a person or agency admitted by an agency as a party for limited purposes;
(4) “rule” means the whole or a part of an agency statement of general or particular applicability and future effect designed to implement, interpret, or prescribe law or policy or describing the organization, procedure, or practice requirements of an agency and includes the approval or prescription for the future of rates, wa
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The purpose of this subtitle is to provide the Federal Government with an economical and efficient system for the following activities:
(1) Procuring and supplying property and nonpersonal services, and performing related functions including contracting, inspection, storage, issue, setting specifications, identification and classification, transportation and traffic management, establishment of pools or systems for transportation of Government personnel and property by motor vehicle within specific areas, management of public utility services, repairing and converting, establishment of inventory levels, establishment of forms and procedures, and representation before federal and state regulatory bodies.
(2) Using available property.
(3) Disposing of surplus property.
(4) Records management.
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**(a) In General.—** The United States Patent and Trademark Office, subject to the policy direction of the Secretary of Commerce—
(1) shall be responsible for the granting and issuing of patents and the registration of trademarks; and
(2) shall be responsible for disseminating to the public information with respect to patents and trademarks.
**(b) Specific Powers.—** The Office—
(1) shall adopt and use a seal of the Office, which shall be judicially noticed and with which letters patent, certificates of trademark registrations, and papers issued by the Office shall be authenticated;
(2) may establish regulations, not inconsistent with law, which—
(A) shall govern the conduct of proceedings in the Office;
(B) shall be made in accordance with [section 553 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section553&num=0&edition=prelim);
(C) shall facilitate and expedite the processing of patent applications, particularly those which can be filed, stored, processed, searched, and retrieved electronically, subject to the provisions of section 122 relating to the confidential status of applications;
(D) may govern the recognition and conduct of agents, attorneys, or other persons representing applicants or other parties before the Office, and may require them, before being recognized as representatives of applicants or other persons, to show that they are of good moral character and reputation and are possessed of the necessary qualifications to render to applicants or other persons valuable service, advice, and assistance in the presentation or prosecution of their applications or other business before the Office;
(E) shall recognize the public interest in continuing to safeguard broad access to the United States patent sys
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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.
Editorial Notes
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Section 5 of the Public Building
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