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40 U.S.C. § 702 — Return of foreign excess property to United States
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**(a) In General.—** Under regulations prescribed pursuant to subsection (b), foreign excess property may be returned to the United States for handling as excess or surplus property under subchapter II of chapter 5 of this title or section 549 or 551 of this title when the head of the executive agency concerned, or the Administrator of General Services after consultation with the agency head, determines that return of the property to the United States for such handling is in the interest of the United States.
**(b) Regulations.—** The Administrator shall prescribe regulations to carry out this section. The regulations must require that transportation costs for returning foreign excess property to the United States are paid by the federal agency, state agency, or donee receiving the property.
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**(a) In General.—** Under regulations prescribed pursuant to subsection (b), foreign excess property may be returned to the United States for handling as excess or surplus property under subchapter II of chapter 5 of this title or section 549 or 551 of this title when the head of the executive agency concerned, or the Administrator of General Services after consultation with the agency head, determines that return of the property to the United States for such handling is in the interest of the United States.
**(b) Regulations.—** The Administrator shall prescribe regulations to carry out this section. The regulations must require that transportation costs for returning foreign excess property to the United States are paid by the federal agency, state agency, or donee receiving the property.
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**(a) Definitions.—** In this section, the following definitions apply:
(1) **Public agency.—** — The term “public agency” means—
(A) a State;
(B) a political subdivision of a State (including a unit of local government or economic development district);
(C) a department, agency, or instrumentality of a State (including instrumentalities created by compact or other agreement between States or political subdivisions); or
(D) an Indian tribe, band, group, pueblo, or community located on a state reservation.
(2) **State.—** — The term “State” means a State of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa.
(3) **State agency.—** — The term “state agency” means an agency designated under state law as the agency responsible for fair and equitable distribution, through donation, of property transferred under this section.
**(b) Authorization.—**
(1) **In general.—** — The Administrator of General Services, in the Administrator’s discretion and under regulations the Administrator may prescribe, may transfer property described in paragraph (2) to a state agency.
(2) **Property.—**
(A) *In general.—* — Property referred to in paragraph (1) is any personal property that—
(i) is under the control of an executive agency; and
(ii) has been determined to be surplus property.
(B) *Special rule.—* — In determining whether the property is to be transferred for donation under this section, no distinction may be made between property capitalized in a working-capital fund established under [section 2208 of title 10](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section2208&num=0&edition=prelim) (or similar fund) and any other property.
(3) **No cos
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**(a) Application.—** This section applies to medical materials or supplies that are in a foreign country but that would, if situated within the United States, be available for donation under subchapter III of chapter 5 of this title.
**(b) In General.—** An executive agency may donate medical materials or supplies that are not disposed of under [section 702 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title40-section702&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(c) Conditions.—** A donation under this section is subject to the following conditions:
(1) The medical materials and supplies must be donated for use in a foreign country.
(2) The donation must be made to a nonprofit medical or health organization, which may be an organization qualified to receive assistance under section 214(b) or 607 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 ([22 U.S.C. 2174(b)](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section2174/b&num=0&edition=prelim), 2357).
(3) The donation must be made without cost to the donee (except for costs of care and handling).
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TITLE 40—PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS
§ 702
seq.) of Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse. For
complete classification of this Act to the Code, see sec-
tion 299 of Title 22 and Tables.
§ 702. Return of foreign excess property to
United States
(a) IN GENERAL.—Under regulations prescribed
pursuant to subsection (b), foreign excess prop-
erty may be returned to the United States for
handling as excess or surplus property under
subchapter II of chapter 5 of this title or section
549 or 551 of this title when the head of the exec-
utive agency concerned, or the Administrator of
General Services after consultation with the
agency head, determines that return of the prop-
erty to the United States for such handling is in
the interest of the United States.
(b) REGULATIONS.—The Administrator shall
prescribe regulations to carry out this section.
The regulations must require that transpor-
tation costs for returning foreign excess prop-
erty to the United States are paid by the federal
agency, state agency, or donee receiving the
property.
(Pub. L. 107–217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1126.)
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
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Section
Source (U.S. Code)
Source (Statutes at Large)
702 .............
40:512(c).
June 30, 1949, ch. 288, title
IV, § 402(c), as added Pub.
L. 91–426, § 2(d), Sept. 26,
1970, 84 Stat. 883; Pub. L.
94–519, § 4, Oct. 17, 1976, 90
Stat. 2455.
§ 703. Donation of medical supplies for use in for-
eign country
(a) APPLICATION.—This section applies to med-
ical materials or supplies that are in a foreign
country but that would, if situated within the
United States, be available for donation under
subchapter III of chapter 5 of this title.
(b) IN GENERAL.—An executive agency may do-
nate medical materials or
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