Surplus Property Act
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| 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. |
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| Nicknames | Surplus Property Act of 1944 |
| Enacted by | the 78th United States Congress |
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| Public law | Pub. L. 78–457 |
| Statutes at Large | 58 Stat. 765, Chap. 479 |
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| Titles amended | 50a U.S.C.: War and National Defense[1] |
| U.S.C. sections created | 50 Appendix U.S.C. §§ 1611-1646[2] |
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| Fulbright Act of 1946 | |
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 Many of its provisions were repealed on July 1, 1949.[4]
See also
References
- ^ "Title 50, Appendix - War and National Defense". United States Code ~ Title 50a Omitted or Repealed. U.S. Government Publishing Office.
- ^ "United States Code: Surplus Property Act of 1944, 50a U.S.C. §§ 1611-1646" (PDF). Law Library of Congress. Title 50: War, Appendix. United States Library of Congress. 1946. pp. 5886–5867.
- ^ "Surplus Property Act of 1944 ~ House Bill H.R. 1525" [Disposal of Surplus Government Property and Plants]. 78th Congressional Record of United States House of Representatives. U.S. Congress.gov. June 23, 1944. p. 6680.
- ^ Harry S. Truman (1948-03-05). "Special Message to the Congress on the Need for a Modern System for the Management of Government Property".
Further reading
- David L. Podell (Summer–Autumn 1945). "Financing the Acquisition of Surplus Plants and Goods". Law and Contemporary Problems. 11 (2). Duke University School of Law: 320–333. doi:10.2307/1190144. JSTOR 1190144.
- Dobney, Fredrick J. (May 1974). "The Evolution of a Reconversion Policy: World War II and Surplus War Property Disposal". The Historian. 36 (3). Taylor & Francis, Ltd.: 498–519. JSTOR 24443749.
- Cain, Louis; Neumann, George (March 1981). "Planning for Peace: The Surplus Property Act of 1944". The Journal of Economic History. 41 (1). Cambridge University Press: 129–135. JSTOR 2120907.