Surplus Property Act

Surplus Property Act of 1944 (ch. 479, 58 Stat. 765, 50A U.S.C. § 1611 et seq., enacted October 3, 1944) is an act of the United States Congress that was enacted to provide for the disposal of surplus government property to "a State, political subdivision of a State, or tax-supported organization". It authorized a three-member board, known as the Surplus Property Board, a structure that was replaced within a year by an agency run by a single administrator. Many of its provisions were repealed on July 1, 1949.^[4]

Long titleAn Act to aid the reconversion from a war to a peace economy through the distribution of Government surplus property and to establish a Surplus Property Board to effectuate the same, and for other purposes.

NicknamesSurplus Property Act of 1944

Enactedbythe 78th United States Congress

Public lawPub. L. 78–457

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Surplus Property Act

Long title	An Act to aid the reconversion from a war to a peace economy through the distribution of Government surplus property and to establish a Surplus Property Board to effectuate the same, and for other purposes.
Nicknames	Surplus Property Act of 1944
Enacted by	the 78th United States Congress
Citations
Public law	Pub. L. 78–457
Statutes at Large	58 Stat. 765, Chap. 479
Codification
Titles amended	50a U.S.C.: War and National Defense[1]
U.S.C. sections created	50 Appendix U.S.C. §§ 1611-1646[2]
Legislative history
Introduced in the House as H.R. 5125 by William M. Colmer (D–MS) on June 23, 1944[3] Signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on October 3, 1944
Major amendments
Fulbright Act of 1946

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