---
kind: "section"
citation: "2 U.S.C. § 1982"
title: "2"
title_heading: "The Congress"
number: "1982"
heading: "Acceptance of surplus or obsolete property"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/2/1982"
units:
  - "Chapter 29 — Capitol Police"
  - "Subchapter II — Powers and Duties"
---

# §1982. Acceptance of surplus or obsolete property


Upon notifying the Committees of Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Senate, the United States Capitol Police may accept surplus or obsolete property offered by another Federal department, agency, or office.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 115–31, div. I, title I, § 1001(b), May 5, 2017, 131 Stat. 578.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section is from the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2017, which is div. I of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section applicable with respect to fiscal year 2017 and each succeeding fiscal year, see section 1001(c) of Pub. L. 115–31, set out as an Effective Date of 2017 Amendment note under section 1906 of this title.