Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949

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United States federal statute procurement law

The Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 is a U.S. federal law that reorganized government procurement and property management, leading to the creation of the General Services Administration to centralize these functions.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Federal Property Act of 1949	1
Federal Property and Administrative Services Act	1

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States federal statute ⓘ procurement law ⓘ
appliesTo	executive agencies of the United States federal government ⓘ
authorizes	acquisition of property for federal agencies ⓘ disposal of surplus federal property ⓘ management of federal records ⓘ utilization of excess federal property ⓘ
branch	executive branch of the United States ⓘ surface form: executive branch of the United States government
codifiedIn	Title 40 of the United States Code ⓘ Title 41 of the United States Code ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
createdAgency	U.S. General Services Administration ⓘ surface form: General Services Administration
creates	U.S. General Services Administration ⓘ surface form: General Services Administration
enables	government-wide contracting ⓘ use of federal supply schedules by agencies ⓘ
enactedBy	United States Congress ⓘ
establishes	statutory authority for the General Services Administration ⓘ
hasLongTitle	An Act to simplify the procurement, utilization, and disposal of Government property, to reorganize certain agencies of the Government, and for other purposes ⓘ
legalStatus	in force, as amended ⓘ
policyGoal	promote economy in government ⓘ promote efficiency in government operations ⓘ
predecessorTo	modern federal procurement system ⓘ
purpose	centralize federal supply and procurement functions ⓘ provide an economical and efficient system for procurement and supply ⓘ provide an economical and efficient system for utilization and disposal of federal property ⓘ reorganize federal procurement ⓘ reorganize federal property management ⓘ
regulates	federal government procurement of goods and services ⓘ management of federal personal property ⓘ management of federal real property ⓘ
relatedTo	Federal Acquisition Regulation ⓘ federal supply schedule program ⓘ
reorganized	federal procurement functions ⓘ federal property management functions ⓘ
shortName	Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Federal Property Act of 1949
signedBy	President Harry S. Truman ⓘ surface form: Harry S. Truman
subject	federal property disposal ⓘ federal records management ⓘ federal supply schedules ⓘ public buildings management ⓘ surplus property disposal ⓘ
typeOfLaw	administrative law ⓘ
yearEnacted	1949 ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Multiple Award Schedules Program → legalBasis → Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 ⓘ

U.S. General Services Administration → legalBasis → Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 ⓘ

Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 → shortName → Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Federal Property Act of 1949

Office of Real Property Utilization and Disposal → usesLegalFramework → Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Federal Property and Administrative Services Act