§42. Rooms and accommodations for Office of Personnel Management

It shall be the duty of the Administrator of General Services to cause suitable and convenient rooms and accommodations to be assigned or provided, and to be furnished, heated, and lighted, at the city of Washington, for carrying on the work of the Office of Personnel Management and the examinations provided for in sections 3304 and 3305 of title 5, and to cause the necessary stationery and other articles to be supplied and the necessary printing to be done for the said Office.

(Jan. 16, 1883, ch. 27, §4, 22 Stat. 405 ; May 29, 1920, ch. 214, 41 Stat. 642 ; 1950 Reorg. Plan No. 18, §§1, 2, eff. July 1, 1950, 15 F.R. 3177, 64 Stat. 1270; 1978 Reorg. Plan No. 2, §102, eff. Jan. 1, 1979, 43 F.R. 36037, 92 Stat. 3783.)

Codification

The words "the examinations provided for in sections 3304 and 3305 of title 5" were substituted for "said examinations", meaning the examinations provided for in section 3 of act Jan. 16, 1883, to reflect the enactment of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, by Pub. L. 89–554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 378 .

Amendments

1920-Act May 29, 1920, transferred the duty under this section, as enacted originally, from the Secretary of the Interior to the Civil Service Commission.

Transfer of Functions

"Office of Personnel Management" and "said Office" substituted in text for "Civil Service Commission" and "said commission", respectively, pursuant to Reorg. Plan No. 2 of 1978, §102, 43 F.R. 36037, 92 Stat. 3783, set out under section 1101 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, which transferred functions vested by statute in Civil Service Commission to Director of Office of Personnel Management (except as otherwise specified), effective Jan. 1, 1979, as provided by section 1–102 of Ex. Ord. No. 12107, Dec. 28, 1978, 44 F.R. 1055, set out under section 1101 of Title 5.

Functions with respect to acquiring space in buildings by lease, functions with respect to assigning and reassigning space in buildings for use by agencies (including both space acquired by lease and space in Government-owned buildings), and functions with respect to operation, maintenance, and custody of office buildings owned by Government and of office buildings or parts thereof acquired by lease, including those post-office buildings which, as determined by Director of Bureau of the Budget, are not used predominantly for post-office purposes, with certain exceptions, transferred from respective agencies in which theretofore vested to Administrator of General Services by sections 1 and 2 of Reorg. Plan No. 18 of 1950, eff. July 1, 1950, 15 F.R. 3177, 64 Stat. 1270, set out as a note under section 490 of this title. For delegation of those transferred functions to other personnel of General Services Administration, or to heads and personnel of other agencies, and for transfer of personnel, property, records, and funds, see sections 3 and 4 of that Plan.