Title 40 of the United States Code explained

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

Title 40

Subtitle I — Federal Property and Administrative Services

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

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

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

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

Subtitle V

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

Subtitle VI — Miscellaneous

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

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

External links

• U.S. Code Title 40, via United States Government Printing Office
• U.S. Code Title 40, via Cornell University

Notes and References

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)