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# 40 U.S.C. § 551 - Donations to American Red Cross

## Text

The Administrator of General Services, in the Administrator’s discretion and under regulations that the Administrator may prescribe, may donate to the American National Red Cross for charitable purposes property that the American National Red Cross processed, produced, or donated and that has been determined to be surplus property.

(Pub. L. 107–217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1099.)

## Notes

Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 55140:484(l).June 30, 1949, ch. 288, title II, § 203(l), as added Aug. 1, 1955, ch. 442, 69 Stat. 430.