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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.
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 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.
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 ...
Transferring the Office of Surplus Property of the Procurement Division of the Department of the Treasury to the Department of Commerce April 19, 1945 5 9542: Authorizing the Secretary of the Navy To Take Possession of and To Operate the Plants and Facilities of the United Engineering Company, Ltd., Located at San Francisco, California
Title II outlines responsibility for procurements subject to the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act. 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.
The same year, GSA began providing government-wide policy oversight and guidance for federal real property management as a result of an executive order signed by President Ronald Reagan. [ 9 ] In 1986, GSA headquarters, U.S. General Services Administration Building , located at Eighteenth and F Streets, NW, was listed on the National Register ...