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title: "40 U.S.C. § 546"
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# 40 U.S.C. § 546 - Contractor inventories

## Text

Subject to regulations of the Administrator of General Services, an executive agency may authorize a contractor or subcontractor with the agency to retain or dispose of contractor inventory.

(Pub. L. 107–217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1089.)

## Notes

Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 54640:484(f).June 30, 1949, ch. 288, title II, § 203(f), 63 Stat. 386.