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42 USC § 4638 - Transfers of surplus property 

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identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s4638"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "42 USC § 4638 - Transfers of surplus property"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "4638"
section_name: "Transfers of surplus property"
chapter_number: 61
chapter_name: "UNIFORM RELOCATION ASSISTANCE AND REAL PROPERTY ACQUISITION POLICIES FOR FEDERAL AND FEDERALLY ASSISTED PROGRAMS"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "UNIFORM RELOCATION ASSISTANCE"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 91–646, title II, § 218, Jan. 2, 1971, 84 Stat. 1902; Pub. L. 100–17, title IV, § 414, Apr. 2, 1987, 101 Stat. 255.)"
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# § 4638. Transfers of surplus property

The Administrator of General Services is authorized to transfer to a State agency for the purpose of providing replacement housing required by this subchapter, any real property surplus to the needs of the United States within the meaning of chapters 1 to 11 of title 40 and division C (except sections 3302, 3307(e), 3501(b), 3509, 3906, 4710, and 4711) of subtitle I of title 41. Such transfer shall be subject to such terms and conditions as the Administrator determines necessary to protect the interests of the United States and may be made without monetary consideration, except that such State agency shall pay to the United States all net amounts received by such agency from any sale, lease, or other disposition of such property for such housing.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 91–646, title II, § 218, Jan. 2, 1971, 84 Stat. 1902; Pub. L. 100–17, title IV, § 414, Apr. 2, 1987, 101 Stat. 255.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

In text, “chapters 1 to 11 of title 40 and division C (except sections 3302, 3307(e), 3501(b), 3509, 3906, 4710, and 4711) of subtitle I of title 41” substituted for “the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended” on authority of , , , which Act enacted Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works, and , , , which Act enacted Title 41, Public Contracts.

### Amendments

1987— inserted “net” after “all”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1987 Amendment

Amendment by  effective on effective date provided in regulations promulgated under  (as amended by ), but not later than 2 years after , see , set out as a note under .