Title 40 of the United States Code

Title 40 of the United States Code outlines the role of Public Buildings, Properties, and Public Works in the United States Code.

Subtitle I—Federal Property and Administrative Services
Subtitle II—Public Buildings and Works
Subtitle III—Information Technology Management
Subtitle IV—Appalachian Regional Development
Subtitle V—Miscellaneous

Outline of title 40[edit]

Title 40

Subtitle I — Federal Property and Administrative Services[edit]

Subtitle I

Chapter 1 — General
Chapter 3 — Organization of General Services Administration
Chapter 5 — Property management
Chapter 7 — Foreign excess property
Chapter 9 — Urban land use
Chapter 11 — Selection of architects and engineers
Chapter 13 — Public property

Subtitle II — Public Buildings and Works[edit]

Subtitle II

Part A — General
- Chapter 31 — General
- Chapter 33 — Acquisition, construction, and alteration
- Chapter 35 — Non-federal public works
- Chapter 37 — Contract work hours and safety standards
Part B — United States Capitol
- Chapter 51 — United States Capitol Buildings and Grounds
Part C — Federal building complexes
- Chapter 61 — United States Supreme Court Building and Grounds
- Chapter 63 — Smithsonian Institution, National Gallery of Art, and John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
- Chapter 65 — Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building
- Chapter 67 — Pennsylvania Avenue development
- Chapter 69 — Union Station redevelopment
Part D — Public buildings, grounds, and parks in the District of Columbia
- Chapter 81 — Administrative
- Chapter 83 — Washington Metropolitan Region Development
- Chapter 85 — National Capital Service Area and Director
- Chapter 87 — Physical Development of National Capital Region
- Chapter 89 — National Capital Memorials and Commemorative Works
- Chapter 91 — Commission of Fine Arts
- Chapter 93 — Theodore Roosevelt Island
- Chapter 95 — Washington Aqueduct and other public works in the District of Columbia

Subtitle III — Information Technology Management[edit]

Subtitle III

Chapter 111 — General
Chapter 113 — Responsibility for acquisitions of information technology
Chapter 115 — Information technology acquisition pilot program
Chapter 117 — Additional information resources management matters

Subtitle IV — Appalachian Regional Development[edit]

Subtitle IV

Chapter 141 — General provisions
Chapter 143 — Appalachian regional commission
Chapter 145 — Special Appalachian programs
Chapter 147 — Miscellaneous

Subtitle V — Regional Economic and Infrastructure Development[edit]

Subtitle V

Chapter 151 — General provisions
Chapter 153 — Regional commissions
Chapter 155 — Financial assistance
Chapter 157 — Administrative provisions

Subtitle VI — Miscellaneous[edit]

Subtitle VI

Chapter 171 — Safety standards for motor vehicles
Chapter 173 — Government losses in shipment
Chapter 175 — Federal motor vehicle expenditure control
Chapter 177 — Alaska communications disposal
Chapter 179 — Alaska federal-civilian energy efficiency swap
Chapter 181 — Telecommunications accessibility for hearing-impaired and speech-impaired individuals
Chapter 183 — National Capital Area interest arbitration standards

Former chapters[edit]

In the 1946 Edition of the Code there are nine chapters:^[1]

Chapter 1: Public Buildings, Grounds, Parks and Wharves in the District of Columbia
Chapter 2: Capitol Building and Grounds
Chapter 2A: National Archives
Chapter 3: Public Buildings and Works Generally^[2]
- Section 264 codified the proviso to the last paragraph of section 5 (at 37 Stat 879)^[3] of the Act of 4 March 1913, chapter 147, public Act number 432, HR 28766, passed in the third session of the 62nd Congress,^[4] sometimes called the Public Buildings Act of 1913,^[5] the Public Building Act of 1913,^[6] or the Public Building(s) Appropriation Act of 1913.^[7]^[8]
Chapter 4: The Public Property
Chapter 5: Hours of Labor on Public Works
Chapter 6: Acquisition of Sites for and Construction of Public Buildings
Chapter 7: Acquisition of Land in District of Columbia for Use of United States by Condemnation Proceedings
Chapter 8: Emergency Public Works and Construction Projects

References[edit]

^ Volume 3, p 4401
^ The United States Code, 1946 Ed, vol 3, p 4432
^ United States Code, 1946 Ed, vol 3, p 4437. Public Buildings Act of 1959, Report, p 16. Compiled Statutes of the United States, 1913, vol 3, s 6918 at p 3101.
^ 37 Stat 866
^ Preliminary Inventory of the Records of the Public Buildings Service, 1958, p 4
^ Burnette, Beneath the Footnote, 1969, p 15; Gutheim and Washburn, The Federal City, 1976, p 43; Viola, The National Archives of the United States, 1984, p 45; Iowa Engineer, January 1924, p 24; Cashman, America in the Age of the Titans, 1988, p 358
^ The Official Record, 20 January 1926, p 3. United States Code Annotated
^ As to the Act of 4 March 1913, see further 8 Fed Stat Ann (2nd Ed) 1123; "Shadows and Straws" (1917) 5 Journal of the American Institute of Architects 5 (No 1, January 1917)

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[1] Volume 3, p 4401

[2] The United States Code, 1946 Ed, vol 3, p 4432

[3] United States Code, 1946 Ed, vol 3, p 4437. Public Buildings Act of 1959, Report, p 16. Compiled Statutes of the United States, 1913, vol 3, s 6918 at p 3101.

[4] 37 Stat 866

[5] Preliminary Inventory of the Records of the Public Buildings Service, 1958, p 4

[6] Burnette, Beneath the Footnote, 1969, p 15; Gutheim and Washburn, The Federal City, 1976, p 43; Viola, The National Archives of the United States, 1984, p 45; Iowa Engineer, January 1924, p 24; Cashman, America in the Age of the Titans, 1988, p 358

[7] The Official Record, 20 January 1926, p 3. United States Code Annotated

[8] As to the Act of 4 March 1913, see further 8 Fed Stat Ann (2nd Ed) 1123; "Shadows and Straws" (1917) 5 Journal of the American Institute of Architects 5 (No 1, January 1917)

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