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# 2 U.S.C. § 1386 - Disposition of surplus or obsolete personal property

## Text

The Executive Director may, within the limits of available appropriations, dispose of surplus or obsolete personal property by interagency transfer, donation, or discarding.

(Pub. L. 104–1, title III, § 306, as added Pub. L. 111–68, div. A, title I, § 1101(a), Oct. 1, 2009, 123 Stat. 2031.)

## Notes

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective DatePub. L. 111–68, div. A, title I, § 1101(c), Oct. 1, 2009, 123 Stat. 2031, provided that: “The amendments made by this section [enacting this section] shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2010, and each fiscal year thereafter.”