40 USC § 8142 - Rent of other buildings
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identifier: "/us/usc/t40/s8142"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "40 USC § 8142 - Rent of other buildings"
title_number: 40
title_name: "PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS"
section_number: "8142"
section_name: "Rent of other buildings"
chapter_number: 81
chapter_name: "ADMINISTRATIVE"
subchapter_number: "III"
subchapter_name: "SERVICES FOR FACILITIES"
part_number: "D"
part_name: "PUBLIC BUILDINGS, GROUNDS, AND PARKS IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA"
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. 1208.)"
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# § 8142. Rent of other buildings
An executive department of the Federal Government renting a building for public use in the District of Columbia may rent a different building instead if it is in the public interest to do so. This section does not authorize an increase in the number of buildings in use or in the amount paid for rent.
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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 107–217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1208.)
| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 8142 | 40:35. | Aug. 5, 1882, ch. 389 1 [sic] (2d sentence in 8th par. on p. 241), 22 Stat. 241. |
The word “now” in the Act of is omitted as obsolete.