# § 101. Purpose
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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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 107–217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1063.)
| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 101 | 40:471. | June 30, 1949, ch. 288, § 2, 63 Stat. 378; Sept. 1, 1954, ch. 1211, § 1, 68 Stat. 1126. |
## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
### Short Title of 2024 Amendment
> “This Act [amending sections 321 and 323 of this title] may be cited as the ‘GSA Technology Accountability Act’.”
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### Short Title of 2022 Amendment
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### Short Title of 2021 Amendment
> “This Act [enacting
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### Short Title of 2020 Amendment
> “This Act [enacting provisions set out as a note under
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### Short Title of 2019 Amendment
> “This Act [amending
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> “This Act [enacting
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> “This Act [amending sections 506 and 524 of this title] may be cited as the ‘Federal Personal Property Management Act of 2018’.”
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### Short Title of 2018 Amendment
> “This subtitle [subtitle E (§§ 8061, 8062) of title VIII of
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### Short Title of 2017 Amendment
> “This Act [amending sections 11302 and 11319 of this title and provisions set out as a note under
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### Short Title of 2016 Amendment
> “This Act [enacting subchapter VII of chapter 5 of this title and chapter 29 of Title 39, Postal Service, amending sections 102, 524, and 571 of this title, enacting provisions set out as notes under sections 571 and 621 of this title, and amending provisions set out as a note under
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### Short Title of 2014 Amendment
, subtitle D (§§ 831–837), , , which enacted , amended sections 11302 and 11319 of this title, and enacted provisions set out as notes under sections 1704 and 3301 of Title 41, Public Contracts, and , Public Printing and Documents, is popularly known as the “Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act” or “FITARA”.
### Short Title of 2013 Amendment
> “This Act [amending sections 3144 and 3703 of this title] may be cited as the ‘Streamlining Claims Processing for Federal Contractor Employees Act’.”
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> “This Act [amending
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### Short Title of 2010 Amendment
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### Short Title of 2008 Amendment
> “This Act [enacting
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### Short Title of 2006 Amendment
> “This Act [enacting provisions set out as notes under sections 524 and 5102 of this title, provisions listed in a table of Commemorative Works set out under
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> “This Act [amending sections 303, 321, 549, 573, 604, and 605 of this title,
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### Short Title of 2003 Amendment
> “This title [amending sections 8901 to 8906 and 8908 of this title and enacting provisions set out as notes under
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