40 USC § 551 - Donations to American Red Cross

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title: "40 USC § 551 - Donations to American Red Cross"
title_number: 40
title_name: "PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS"
section_number: "551"
section_name: "Donations to American Red Cross"
chapter_number: 5
chapter_name: "PROPERTY MANAGEMENT"
subchapter_number: "III"
subchapter_name: "DISPOSING OF PROPERTY"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 107–217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1099.)"
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# § 551. Donations to American Red Cross

The Administrator of General Services, in the Administrator’s discretion and under regulations that the Administrator may prescribe, may donate to the American National Red Cross for charitable purposes property that the American National Red Cross processed, produced, or donated and that has been determined to be surplus property.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 107–217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1099.)

| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 551 | 40:484(l). | June 30, 1949, ch. 288, title II, § 203(l), as added Aug. 1, 1955, ch. 442, 69 Stat. 430. |