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Title 40 of the United States Code

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Title 40 of the United States Code outlines the role of Public Buildings, Properties, and Public Works in the United States Code.

Outline of title 40

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Title 40

Subtitle I — Federal Property and Administrative Services

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Subtitle I

Subtitle II — Public Buildings and Works

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Subtitle II

  • Part A — General
  • 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

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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

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Subtitle IV

Subtitle V — Regional Economic and Infrastructure Development

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Subtitle V

Subtitle VI — Miscellaneous

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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

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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

References

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  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)
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