# § 2681. International broadcasting facilities; transfer to Department of State; acquisition of property
22 U.S.C. 1431
For the purpose of assuring continued operation of the facilities hereinafter described for international broadcasting as a means of achieving the objectives of the United States Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948 [ et seq.] under authority of that Act, the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, as successor to Defense Plant Corporation, shall transfer, without regard to the provisions of the Surplus Property Act of 1944, as amended, and without reimbursement or transfer of funds, to the Secretary of State (hereinafter referred to as the “Secretary”) all of its right, title, and interest in and to the facilities known as Plancors 1805, 1985, and 1986 located in Butler County, Ohio, in the vicinity of Delano, California, and Dixon, California, respectively, together with the equipment and other property appurtenant thereto. For the purposes of sections 2681 to 2683 of this title, the Secretary is authorized to acquire property or rights or interests therein necessary or desirable for the operation of such facilities by purchase, lease, gift, transfer, condemnation, or otherwise.
---
**Source Credit**: (July 9, 1949, ch. 301, § 1, 63 Stat. 408.)
## Editorial Notes
### References in Text
The United States Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948, referred to in text, is , , which is classified generally to chapter 18 (§ 1431 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under , and Tables.
The Surplus Property Act of 1944, referred to in text, is , , which was classified principally to sections 1611 to 1646 of the former Appendix to Title 50, War and National Defense, and was repealed effective , with the exception of sections 1622, 1631, 1637, and 1641 of the former Appendix to Title 50, by , , renumbered , (b), . Sections 1622 and 1641 were partially repealed by the 1949 act, and section 1622 was editorially reclassified and is set out as a note under , Public Buildings, Property, and Works. Section 1622(g) was repealed and reenacted as sections 47151 to 47153 of Title 49, Transportation, by , §§ 1(d), 7(b), , , 1379. Section 1631 was repealed by , as added by , , and is covered by sections 98 et seq. of Title 50. Section 1637 was repealed by , , eff. , and is covered by , Crimes and Criminal Procedure. Provisions of section 1641 not repealed by the 1949 act were repealed by , , , and are covered by chapter 33 (§ 2451 et seq.) of this title. The provisions of the Surplus Property Act of 1944 originally repealed by the 1949 act are covered by provisions of the 1949 act which were classified to chapter 10 (§ 471 et seq.) of former Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works, and which were repealed and reenacted by , §§ 1, 6(b), , , 1304, as chapters 1 to 11 of Title 40.
### Codification
Section was formerly classified to prior to the general revision and enactment of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, by , , .
## Executive Documents
### Abolition of Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Section 6(a) of Reorg. Plan No. 1 of 1957, eff. , 22 F.R. 4633, , set out as a note under , Commerce and Trade, abolished the Reconstruction Finance Corporation.