40 USC § 542 - Care and handling
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identifier: "/us/usc/t40/s542"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "40 USC § 542 - Care and handling"
title_number: 40
title_name: "PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS"
section_number: "542"
section_name: "Care and handling"
chapter_number: 5
chapter_name: "PROPERTY MANAGEMENT"
subchapter_number: "III"
subchapter_name: "DISPOSING OF PROPERTY"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 107–217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1086.)"
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# § 542. Care and handling
The disposal of surplus property, and the care and handling of the property pending disposition, may be performed by the General Services Administration or, when the Administrator of General Services decides, by the executive agency in possession of the property or by any other executive agency that agrees.
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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 107–217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1086.)
| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 542 | 40:484(b). | June 30, 1949, ch. 288, title II, § 203(b), 63 Stat. 385. |