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An Act to amend the Surplus Property Act of 1944 to designate the Department of State as the disposal agency for surplus property outside the continental United States, its Territories and possessions, and for other purposes. Nicknames: Surplus Property Act Amendment of 1946: Enacted by: the 79th United States Congress: Effective: August 1 ...
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".
The Surplus Property Board (SPB) was briefly responsible for disposing of $90 billion of surplus war property held by the United States government in the final year of World War II. [1] Created by the Surplus Property Act of 1944 , [ 2 ] the Board functioned for less than nine months, before being replaced by a more streamlined agency.
Aug. 17—Frederick County will use a property proposed as the possible location for a library in the city of Frederick to house part of the county's Division of Public Works. The Frederick County ...
The War Assets Administration (WAA) was created to dispose of United States government-owned surplus material and property from World War II. The WAA was established in the Office for Emergency Management, effective March 25, 1946, by Executive Order 9689, January 31, 1946. It was headed by Robert McGowan Littlejohn.
The 1944 Surplus Property Act provided for the disposal of surplus government property. To deal with these disposals, numerous short-lived agencies were formed, such as the Surplus War Property Administration in the Office of War Mobilization (February – October 1944); the Surplus Property Board in the Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion (October 1944 – September 1945); and the ...
The encouragement of surplus-property disposal. Greater levels of assistance to small businesses. Improvements in federal aid to war veterans. A major expansion of public works, conserving and building up natural resources. The encouragement of post-war reconstruction and settling the obligations of the Lend-Lease Act.
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