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40 U.S.C. § 501 — Services for executive agencies
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**(a) Authority of Administrator of General Services.—**
(1) **In general.—** — The Administrator of General Services shall take action under this subchapter for an executive agency—
(A) to the extent that the Administrator of General Services determines that the action is advantageous to the Federal Government in terms of economy, efficiency, or service; and
(B) with due regard to the program activities of the agency.
(2) **Exemption for defense.—** — The Secretary of Defense may exempt the Department of Defense from an action taken by the Administrator of General Services under this subchapter, unless the President directs otherwise, whenever the Secretary determines that an exemption is in the best interests of national security.
**(b) Procurement and Supply.—**
(1) **Functions.—**
(A) *In general.—* — The Administrator of General Services shall procure and supply personal property and nonpersonal services for executive agencies to use in the proper discharge of their responsibilities, and perform functions related to procurement and supply including contracting, inspection, storage, issue, property identification and classification, transportation and traffic management, management of public utility services, and repairing and converting.
(B) *Public utility contracts.—* — A contract for public utility services may be made for a period of not more than 10 years.
(2) **Policies and methods.—**
(A) *In general.—* — The Administrator of General Services shall prescribe policies and methods for executive agencies regarding the procurement and supply of personal property and nonpersonal services and related functions.
(B) *Controlling regulation.—* — Policies and methods prescribed by the Administrator of General Services under this paragraph are s
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**(a) Authority of Administrator of General Services.—**
(1) **In general.—** — The Administrator of General Services shall take action under this subchapter for an executive agency—
(A) to the extent that the Administrator of General Services determines that the action is advantageous to the Federal Government in terms of economy, efficiency, or service; and
(B) with due regard to the program activities of the agency.
(2) **Exemption for defense.—** — The Secretary of Defense may exempt the Department of Defense from an action taken by the Administrator of General Services under this subchapter, unless the President directs otherwise, whenever the Secretary determines that an exemption is in the best interests of national security.
**(b) Procurement and Supply.—**
(1) **Functions.—**
(A) *In general.—* — The Administrator of General Services shall procure and supply personal property and nonpersonal services for executive agencies to use in the proper discharge of their responsibilities, and perform functions related to procurement and supply including contracting, inspection, storage, issue, property identification and classification, transportation and traffic management, management of public utility services, and repairing and converting.
(B) *Public utility contracts.—* — A contract for public utility services may be made for a period of not more than 10 years.
(2) **Policies and methods.—**
(A) *In general.—* — The Administrator of General Services shall prescribe policies and methods for executive agencies regarding the procurement and supply of personal property and nonpersonal services and related functions.
(B) *Controlling regulation.—* — Policies and methods prescribed by the Administrator of General Services under this paragraph are subject to regulations prescribed by the Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy under division B (except sections 1704 and 2303) of subtitle I of title 41.
**(c) Representation.—**
(1) For transportation and other public utility services used by executive agencies, the Administrator of General Services shall represent the agencies—
(A) in negotiations with carriers and other public utilities; and
(B) in proceedings involving carriers or other public utilities before federal and state regulatory bodies.
(2) Prior to representing any installation of the Department of Defense in any proceeding under this subsection, the Administrator or any persons or entities acting on behalf of the Administrator shall—
(A) notify the senior mission commander of the installation; and
(B) solicit and represent the interests of the installation as determined by the installation’s senior mission commander.
**(d) Facilities.—** The Administrator of General Services shall operate, for executive agencies, warehouses, supply centers, repair shops, fuel yards, and other similar facilities. After consultation with the executive agencies affected, the Administrator of General Services shall consolidate, take over, or arrange for executive agencies to operate the facilities.
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As used in this subchapter—
(1) the term “agency” means any executive department, military department, Government corporation, Government controlled corporation, or other establishment in the executive branch of the Government (including the Executive Office of the President), or any independent regulatory agency, but does not include—
(A) the Government Accountability Office;
(B) Federal Election Commission;
(C) the governments of the District of Columbia and of the territories and possessions of the United States, and their various subdivisions; or
(D) Government-owned contractor-operated facilities, including laboratories engaged in national defense research and production activities;
(2) the term “burden” means time, effort, or financial resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, or provide information to or for a Federal agency, including the resources expended for—
(A) reviewing instructions;
(B) acquiring, installing, and utilizing technology and systems;
(C) adjusting the existing ways to comply with any previously applicable instructions and requirements;
(D) searching data sources;
(E) completing and reviewing the collection of information; and
(F) transmitting, or otherwise disclosing the information;
(3) the term “collection of information”—
(A) means the obtaining, causing to be obtained, soliciting, or requiring the disclosure to third parties or the public, of facts or opinions by or for an agency, regardless of form or format, calling for either—
(i) answers to identical questions posed to, or identical reporting or recordkeeping requirements imposed on, ten or more persons, other than agencies, instrumentalities, or employees of the United States; or
(ii) answers to questions posed to agencies, ins
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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) Federal Supply Schedule Travel.—** Commercial travel under Federal supply schedules is authorized for the travel of a Reserve to the location of inactive duty training to be performed by the Reserve and from that location upon completion of the training.
**(b) Regulations.—** The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe in regulations such requirements, conditions, and restrictions for travel under the authority of subsection (a) as the Secretary considers appropriate. The regulations shall include policies and procedures for preventing abuses of that travel authority.
**(c) Reimbursement Not Authorized.—** A Reserve is not entitled to Government reimbursement for the cost of travel authorized under subsection (a).
**(d) Treatment of Transportation as Use by Military Departments.—** For the purposes of [section 501 of title 40](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title40-section501&num=0&edition=prelim), travel authorized under subsection (a) shall be treated as transportation for the use of a military department.
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**(a) Energy Resilience Measures.—**
(1) The Secretary of Defense shall, by the end of fiscal year 2030, provide that 100 percent of the energy load required to maintain the critical missions of each installation have a minimum level of availability of 99.9 percent per fiscal year.
(2) The Secretary of Defense shall issue standards establishing levels of availability relative to specific critical missions, with such standards providing a range of not less than 99.9 percent availability per fiscal year and not more than 99.9999 percent availability per fiscal year, depending on the criticality of the mission.
(3) The Secretary may establish interim goals to take effect prior to fiscal year 2025 to ensure the requirements under this subsection are met.
(4) The Secretary of each military department and the head of each Defense Agency shall ensure that their organizations meet the requirements of this subsection.
(5) The Secretary shall establish internal processes to support coordination with external regulatory and planning entities involved in grid reliability, transmission infrastructure, and long-term energy planning, in order to assess and mitigate risks to defense-critical installations, advance the energy security objectives of the Department, and comply with statutory mandates under this section.
(6) Coordination under paragraph (5)—
(A) shall include identification of mission-critical loads and infrastructure dependencies and load profiles at or near military installations; and
(B) may include consultation with relevant Federal and non-Federal entities.
**(b) Planning.—**
(1) The Secretary of Defense shall require the Secretary of each military department and the head of each Defense Agency to plan for the provision of energy resilience and energy se
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, on and after August 2, 2002, for purposes of [section 501 of title 40](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title40-section501&num=0&edition=prelim) (relating to Federal sources of supply, including lodging providers, airlines and other transportation providers), the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Program shall be deemed an executive agency for the purposes of carrying out the provisions of [section 5201 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section5201&num=0&edition=prelim), and the employees of and participants in the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Program shall be eligible to have access to such sources of supply on the same basis as employees of an executive agency have such access.
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**(a) Authority**
(1) **In general** — For each fiscal year, the Secretary shall (to the extent amounts are made available to carry out this chapter) make grants under this section on behalf of Indian tribes—
(A) to carry out affordable housing activities under part A of subchapter II; and
(B) to carry out self-determined housing activities for tribal communities programs under part B of that subchapter.
(2) **Provision of amounts** — Under such a grant on behalf of an Indian tribe, the Secretary shall provide the grant amounts for the tribe directly to the recipient for the tribe.
**(b) Plan requirement**
(1) **In general** — The Secretary may make a grant under this chapter on behalf of an Indian tribe for a fiscal year only if—
(A) the Indian tribe has submitted to the Secretary an Indian housing plan for such fiscal year under [section 4112 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title25-section4112&num=0&edition=prelim); and
(B) the plan has been determined under [section 4113 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title25-section4113&num=0&edition=prelim) to comply with the requirements of [section 4112 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title25-section4112&num=0&edition=prelim).
(2) **Waiver** — The Secretary may waive the applicability of the requirements under paragraph (1), in whole or in part, for a period of not more than 90 days, if the Secretary determines that an Indian tribe has not complied with, or is unable to comply with, those requirements due to exigent circumstances beyond the control of the Indian tribe.
**(c) Local cooperation agreement** Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, grant amounts provided un
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**(a) Applicability of Federal contracting laws and regulations; waiver of requirements**
(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, subject to paragraph (3), the contracts and cooperative agreements entered into with tribal organizations pursuant to [section 5321 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title25-section5321&num=0&edition=prelim) shall not be subject to Federal contracting or cooperative agreement laws (including any regulations), except to the extent that such laws expressly apply to Indian tribes.
(2) Program standards applicable to a nonconstruction self-determination contract shall be set forth in the contract proposal and the final contract of the tribe or tribal organization.
(3)
(A) With respect to a construction contract (or a subcontract of such a construction contract), the provisions of division B (except sections 1123, 2303, 2304, and 2313) of subtitle I of title 41 and the regulations relating to acquisitions promulgated under division B (except sections 1123, 2303, 2304, and 2313) of subtitle I of title 41 shall apply only to the extent that the application of such provision 11 So in original. Probably should be “provisions”. to the construction contract (or subcontract) is—
(i) necessary to ensure that the contract may be carried out in a satisfactory manner;
(ii) directly related to the construction activity; and
(iii) not inconsistent with this chapter.
(B) A list of the Federal requirements that meet the requirements of clauses (i) through (iii) of subparagraph (A) shall be included in an attachment to the contract pursuant to negotiations between the Secretary and the tribal organization.
(C)
(i) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), no Federal law listed in clau
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**(a) Federal Agencies, Mixed-Ownership Government Corporations, and the District of Columbia.—** On request, the Administrator of General Services shall provide, to the extent practicable, any of the services specified in [section 501 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title40-section501&num=0&edition=prelim) to—
(1) a federal agency;
(2) a mixed-ownership Government corporation (as defined in [section 9101 of title 31](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title31-section9101&num=0&edition=prelim)); or
(3) the District of Columbia.
**(b) Qualified Nonprofit Agencies.—**
(1) **In general.—** — On request, the Administrator may provide, to the extent practicable, any of the services specified in [section 501 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title40-section501&num=0&edition=prelim) to an agency that is—
(A)
(i) a qualified nonprofit agency for the blind (as defined in [section 8501(7) of title 41](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title41-section8501/7&num=0&edition=prelim)); or
(ii) a qualified nonprofit agency for other severely disabled (as defined in [section 8501(6) of title 41](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title41-section8501/6&num=0&edition=prelim)); and
(B) providing a commodity or service to the Federal Government under chapter 85 of title 41.
(2) **Use of services.—** — A nonprofit agency receiving services under this subsection shall use the services directly in making or providing to the Government a commodity or service that has been determined by the Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled under [section 8503 of title 41](https://uscode.house.
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**(a) Receiving Assistance.—** An executive agency may use the services, work, materials, and equipment of another executive agency, with the consent of the other executive agency, to inspect personal property incident to procuring the property.
**(b) Providing Assistance.—** Notwithstanding [section 1301(a) of title 31](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title31-section1301/a&num=0&edition=prelim) or any other law, an executive agency may provide services, work, materials, and equipment for purposes of this section without reimbursement or transfer of amounts.
**(c) Policies and Methods.—** The use or provision of services, work, materials, and equipment under this section must be in conformity with policies and methods the Administrator of General Services prescribes under [section 501 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title40-section501&num=0&edition=prelim).
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TITLE 40—PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS
§ 501
Sec.
603.
Process for establishing motor vehicle pools
and transportation systems.
604.
Treatment of assets taken over to establish
motor vehicle pools and transportation sys-
tems.
605.
Payment of costs.
606.
Regulations related to operation.
607.
Records.
608.
Scrip, tokens, tickets.
609.
Identification of vehicles.
610.
Discontinuance of motor vehicle pool or sys-
tem.
611.
Duty to report violations.
SUBCHAPTER VII—PROPERTY MANAGEMENT
621.
Definitions.
622.
Collocation among United States Postal
Service properties.
623.
Establishment of a Federal Real Property
Council.
624.
Information on certain leasing authorities.
AMENDMENT OF ANALYSIS
Pub. L. 118–99, § 2(e)(3), Oct. 1, 2024, 138 Stat.
1579, provided that, effective on the date that is
5 years after Oct. 1, 2024, this analysis is
amended by striking item 530. See 2024 Amend-
ment note below.
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
2024—Pub. L. 118–99, § 2(c), (e)(3), Oct. 1, 2024, 138 Stat.
1579, added item 530 and, effective 5 years after Oct. 1,
2024, struck out such item 530 ‘‘Internal guidance on ex-
cess personal property’’.
2022—Pub. L. 117–328, div. Z, § 103(b), Dec. 29, 2022, 136
Stat. 5527, added item 549a.
2016—Pub. L. 114–318, § 3(b)(1), Dec. 16, 2016, 130 Stat.
1613, added item for subchapter VII and items 621 to 624.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2024AMENDMENT
Pub. L. 118–99, § 2(e), Oct. 1, 2024, 138 Stat. 1579, pro-
vided that the amendment made by section 2(e)(3) is ef-
fective on the date that is 5 years after Oct. 1, 2024.
SUBCHAPTER I—PROCUREMENT AND
WAREHOUSING
§ 501. Services for executive agencies
(a) AUTHORITY OF ADMINISTRATOR OF GENERAL
SERVICES.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Th
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