§298a. Acceptance of gifts of real, personal, or other property

The Administrator of General Services, together with the United States Postal Service where that office is concerned, is authorized to accept on behalf of the United States unconditional gifts of real, personal, or other property in aid of any project or function within their respective jurisdictions.

(June 16, 1949, ch. 218, title IV, §404, 63 Stat. 199 ; June 30, 1949, ch. 288, title I, §103(a), 63 Stat. 380 ; Pub. L. 91–375, §4(a), Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 773 .)

Transfer of Functions

Functions of Federal Works Agency and of all agencies thereof, together with functions of Federal Works Administrator transferred to Administrator of General Services by section 103(a) of act June 30, 1949, which is classified to section 753(a) of this title. Federal Works Agency and office of Federal Works Administrator abolished by section 103(b) of act June 30, 1949.

"United States Postal Service" and "that office" substituted for "Postmaster General" and "his office", respectively, in text pursuant to Pub. L. 91–375 which abolished office of Postmaster General of Post Office Department and transferred its functions to United States Postal Service.

Effective Date of Transfer of Functions

Transfer of functions by act June 30, 1949, effective July 1, 1949, see section 605 of act June 30, 1949, set out as an Effective Date note under section 471 of this title.

Repeal of Inconsistent Acts

Section 413 [formerly section 411] of act June 16, 1949, 63 Stat. 200, as redesignated by acts July 22, 1954, ch. 560, §101, 68 Stat. 518 , and July 12, 1955, ch. 331, 69 Stat. 297 , provided that: "All Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent or in conflict with the foregoing provisions [enacting this section and sections 37a, 297, 297a, 298, 298b to 298d, and 352 to 356a of this title and amending section 345 of this title] are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency or conflict."