40 USC § 605 - Payment of costs

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title: "40 USC § 605 - Payment of costs"
title_number: 40
title_name: "PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS"
section_number: "605"
section_name: "Payment of costs"
chapter_number: 5
chapter_name: "PROPERTY MANAGEMENT"
subchapter_number: "VI"
subchapter_name: "MOTOR VEHICLE POOLS AND TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS"
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last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 107–217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1123; Pub. L. 109–313, § 3(h)(6), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1736.)"
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# § 605. Payment of costs

**(a)** **Use of Acquisition Services Fund To Cover Costs.—** The Acquisition Services Fund provided for in section 321 of this title is available for use by or under the direction and control of the Administrator of General Services to pay the costs of carrying out section 602 of this title, including the cost of purchasing or renting motor vehicles and related equipment and supplies.

**(b)** **Setting Prices To Recover Costs.—**

**(1)** **In general.—** The Administrator shall set prices for furnishing motor vehicles and related services under section 602 of this title. Prices shall be set to recover, so far as practicable, all costs of carrying out section 602 of this title.

**(2)** **Increment for replacement cost.—** In the Administrator’s discretion, prices may include an increment for the estimated replacement cost of motor vehicles and related equipment and supplies. Notwithstanding section 321(f) of this title, the increment may be retained as a part of the capital of the Acquisition Services Fund but is available only to replace motor vehicles and related equipment and supplies.

**(c)** **Accounting Method.—** The purchase price of motor vehicles and related equipment, and any increment for estimated replacement cost, shall be recovered only through charges for the cost of amortization. Costs shall be determined, and financial reports prepared, in accordance with the accrual accounting method.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 107–217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1123; Pub. L. 109–313, § 3(h)(6), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1736.)

| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 605 | 40:491(d). | June 30, 1949, ch. 288, title II, § 211(d), as added Sept. 5, 1950, ch. 849, § 5(c), 64 Stat. 583; Sept. 1, 1954, ch. 1211, § 2, 68 Stat. 1127; Pub. L. 95–506, Oct. 24, 1978, 92 Stat. 1756. |

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2006—Subsec. (a). , substituted “Acquisition Services Fund” for “General Supply Fund” in heading and text.

Subsec. (b)(2). , substituted “321(f)” for “321(f)(1)” and “Acquisition Services Fund” for “General Supply Fund”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2006 Amendment

Amendment by  effective 60 days after , see , set out as a note under , Government Organization and Employees.