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
editSubtitle I — Federal Property and Administrative Services
edit- 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- 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- 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- 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- Chapter 151 — General provisions
- Chapter 153 — Regional commissions
- Chapter 155 — Financial assistance
- Chapter 157 — Administrative provisions
Subtitle VI — Miscellaneous
edit- 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
editIn 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)