40 USC § 621 - Definitions

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identifier: "/us/usc/t40/s621"
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title: "40 USC § 621 - Definitions"
title_number: 40
title_name: "PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS"
section_number: "621"
section_name: "Definitions"
chapter_number: 5
chapter_name: "PROPERTY MANAGEMENT"
subchapter_number: "VII"
subchapter_name: "PROPERTY MANAGEMENT"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 114–318, § 3(a), Dec. 16, 2016, 130 Stat. 1608.)"
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# § 621. Definitions

In this subchapter:

**(1)** **Administrator.—** The term “Administrator” means the Administrator of General Services.

**(2)** **Council.—** The term “Council” means the Federal Real Property Council established by section 623(a).

**(3)** **Director.—** The term “Director” means the Director of the Office of Management and Budget.

**(4)** **Federal agency.—** The term “Federal agency” means—

**(A)** an executive department or independent establishment in the executive branch of the Government; or

**(B)** a wholly owned Government corporation (other than the United States Postal Service).

**(5)** **Field office.—** The term “field office” means any office of a Federal agency that is not the headquarters office location for the Federal agency.

**(6)** **Postal property.—** The term “postal property” means any property owned or leased by the United States Postal Service.

**(7)** **Public-private partnership.—** The term “public-private partnership” means any partnership or working relationship between a Federal agency and a corporation, individual, or nonprofit organization for the purpose of financing, constructing, operating, managing, or maintaining one or more Federal real property assets.

**(8)** **Underutilized property.—** The term “underutilized property” means a portion or the entirety of any real property, including any improvements, that is used—

**(A)** irregularly or intermittently by the accountable Federal agency for program purposes of the Federal agency; or

**(B)** for program purposes that can be satisfied only with a portion of the property.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 114–318, § 3(a), Dec. 16, 2016, 130 Stat. 1608.)

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Purpose

> **“(1)** requiring the United States Postal Service to take appropriate measures to better manage and account for property;
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> **“(2)** providing for increased collocation with Postal Service facilities and guidance on Postal Service leasing practices; and
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> **“(3)** establishing a Federal Real Property Council to develop guidance on and ensure the implementation of strategies for better managing Federal property.”

, , , provided that: