Title 40 of the United States Code

Summary

Title 40 of the United States Code outlines the role of Public Buildings, Properties, and Public Works in the United States Code.

  • Subtitle I—Federal Property and Administrative Services
  • Subtitle II—Public Buildings and Works
  • Subtitle III—Information Technology Management
  • Subtitle IV—Appalachian Regional Development
  • Subtitle V—Miscellaneous

Outline of title 40 edit

Title 40

Subtitle I — Federal Property and Administrative Services edit

Subtitle I

  • Chapter 1 — General
  • Chapter 3 — Organization of General Services Administration
  • Chapter 5 — Property management
  • Chapter 7 — Foreign excess property
  • Chapter 9 — Urban land use
  • Chapter 11 — Selection of architects and engineers
  • Chapter 13 — Public property

Subtitle II — Public Buildings and Works edit

Subtitle II

  • Part A — General
    • Chapter 31 — General
    • Chapter 33 — Acquisition, construction, and alteration
    • Chapter 35 — Non-federal public works
    • Chapter 37 — Contract work hours and safety standards
  • Part B — United States Capitol
    • Chapter 51 — United States Capitol Buildings and Grounds
  • Part C — Federal building complexes
    • Chapter 61 — United States Supreme Court Building and Grounds
    • Chapter 63 — Smithsonian Institution, National Gallery of Art, and John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
    • Chapter 65 — Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building
    • Chapter 67 — Pennsylvania Avenue development
    • Chapter 69 — Union Station redevelopment
  • Part D — Public buildings, grounds, and parks in the District of Columbia
    • Chapter 81 — Administrative
    • Chapter 83 — Washington Metropolitan Region Development
    • Chapter 85 — National Capital Service Area and Director
    • Chapter 87 — Physical Development of National Capital Region
    • Chapter 89 — National Capital Memorials and Commemorative Works
    • Chapter 91 — Commission of Fine Arts
    • Chapter 93 — Theodore Roosevelt Island
    • Chapter 95 — Washington Aqueduct and other public works in the District of Columbia

Subtitle III — Information Technology Management edit

Subtitle III

  • Chapter 111 — General
  • Chapter 113 — Responsibility for acquisitions of information technology
  • Chapter 115 — Information technology acquisition pilot program
  • Chapter 117 — Additional information resources management matters

Subtitle IV — Appalachian Regional Development edit

Subtitle IV

  • Chapter 141 — General provisions
  • Chapter 143 — Appalachian regional commission
  • Chapter 145 — Special Appalachian programs
  • Chapter 147 — Miscellaneous

Subtitle V — Regional Economic and Infrastructure Development edit

Subtitle V

  • Chapter 151 — General provisions
  • Chapter 153 — Regional commissions
  • Chapter 155 — Financial assistance
  • Chapter 157 — Administrative provisions

Subtitle VI — Miscellaneous edit

Subtitle VI

  • Chapter 171 — Safety standards for motor vehicles
  • Chapter 173 — Government losses in shipment
  • Chapter 175 — Federal motor vehicle expenditure control
  • Chapter 177 — Alaska communications disposal
  • Chapter 179 — Alaska federal-civilian energy efficiency swap
  • Chapter 181 — Telecommunications accessibility for hearing-impaired and speech-impaired individuals
  • Chapter 183 — National Capital Area interest arbitration standards

Former chapters edit

In the 1946 Edition of the Code there are nine chapters:[1]

  • Chapter 1: Public Buildings, Grounds, Parks and Wharves in the District of Columbia
  • Chapter 2: Capitol Building and Grounds
  • Chapter 2A: National Archives
  • Chapter 3: Public Buildings and Works Generally[2]
    • Section 264 codified the proviso to the last paragraph of section 5 (at 37 Stat 879)[3] of the Act of 4 March 1913, chapter 147, public Act number 432, HR 28766, passed in the third session of the 62nd Congress,[4] sometimes called the Public Buildings Act of 1913,[5] the Public Building Act of 1913,[6] or the Public Building(s) Appropriation Act of 1913.[7][8]
  • Chapter 4: The Public Property
  • Chapter 5: Hours of Labor on Public Works
  • Chapter 6: Acquisition of Sites for and Construction of Public Buildings
  • Chapter 7: Acquisition of Land in District of Columbia for Use of United States by Condemnation Proceedings
  • Chapter 8: Emergency Public Works and Construction Projects

References edit

  1. ^ Volume 3, p 4401
  2. ^ The United States Code, 1946 Ed, vol 3, p 4432
  3. ^ United States Code, 1946 Ed, vol 3, p 4437. Public Buildings Act of 1959, Report, p 16. Compiled Statutes of the United States, 1913, vol 3, s 6918 at p 3101.
  4. ^ 37 Stat 866
  5. ^ Preliminary Inventory of the Records of the Public Buildings Service, 1958, p 4
  6. ^ Burnette, Beneath the Footnote, 1969, p 15; Gutheim and Washburn, The Federal City, 1976, p 43; Viola, The National Archives of the United States, 1984, p 45; Iowa Engineer, January 1924, p 24; Cashman, America in the Age of the Titans, 1988, p 358
  7. ^ The Official Record, 20 January 1926, p 3. United States Code Annotated
  8. ^ As to the Act of 4 March 1913, see further 8 Fed Stat Ann (2nd Ed) 1123; "Shadows and Straws" (1917) 5 Journal of the American Institute of Architects 5 (No 1, January 1917)

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