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The Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 is the
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which established the
General Services Administration The General Services Administration (GSA) is an independent agency of the United States government established in 1949 to help manage and support the basic functioning of federal agencies. GSA supplies products and communications for U.S. gover ...
(GSA). The act also provides for various Federal Standards to be published by the GSA. Among these is
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, a comprehensive source of definitions of terms used in
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.


Titles

The Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 is divided into seven titles: * I—Organization * II—Property Management * III—Procurement Procedure * IV—Foreign Excess Property * VI—General Provisions * VIII—Urban Land Utilitization * IX—Selection of Architects and Engineers


Title I

Title I designates the establishment of the agency known as the General Services Administration, and its leadership in a general context, and abolishes the
Federal Works Agency The Federal Works Agency (FWA) was an independent agency of the federal government of the United States which administered a number of public construction, building maintenance, and public works relief functions and laws from 1939 to 1949. Along wi ...
and the Bureau of Federal Supply (part of the
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), transferring their duties to the GSA. Title I also outlines guidelines for establishment of the General Supply Fund and the Information Technology Fund. Additionally, it authorizes the establishment of a nationwide network of Federal Information Centers.


Title II

Title II outlines responsibility for procurements subject to the
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. This includes assets and or services such as storage, property identification, and transportation as well as policy for utilization, disposal, transfer or disposition, regulation, standardization, and cataloging of those assets and services. Also listed are applicability of antitrust regulation, employment of personnel, penalties for nonconformity, operation of buildings and activities, and a requirement to report to Congress (section 210).


Title III Procurement Procedure

Title III (sections 301-310) outlines policies for the application of federal procurement and methods for acquisition procedures, electronic commerce capability, competition, solicitation of services, evaluation, and validation of proprietary data. Additionally, regulation of interaction between contracting agencies and the GSA is detailed here. Section 302(b) states the "declared policy" of the United States, that "a fair proportion of the total purchases and contracts for supplies and services hould be placedwith small business concerns". 41 U.S. Code § 3104 now reads


Title V

Title V of this act superseded and repealed the Federal Records Act of 1950.


Title VI

Title VI outlines policy for application of existing procedures and repeals many acts as listed in the text. Also noted are regulations for separation and guidelines against sexual discrimination in the GSA.


Title VII

Repealed Public Law 91-466, 84 Stat. 990 as of January 1, 1971.


Title VIII

Title VIII establishes guidelines for the use and disposal of urban lands including acquisition, and change of use. Also of note is the Waiver During National Emergency (Sect 805 0 U.S.C. 534 which allows the temporary suspension of these guidelines during a period of national emergency as declared by the President of the United States of America.


Title IX

Title IX covers policy and guidelines for the selection and acquisition of engineering and
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services.


Amendments

*Public Law 90-461 - An Act to amend section 508(f) of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 to extend for a period of five years the authorization to make appropriations for allocations and grants for the collection and publication of documentary sources significant to the history of the United States, approved August 8, 1968. *Public Law 90-626 - An Act to amend the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended, to authorize the rendering of direct assistance to and performance of special services for the Inaugural Committee, approved October 22, 1968.Government Publishing Office
Public Law 90-626
accessed 31 January 2019


References

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