---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 U.S.C. § 1302"
title: "40"
title_heading: "Public Buildings, Property, and Works"
number: "1302"
heading: "Lease of buildings"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/40/1302"
units:
  - "Subtitle I — Federal Property and Administrative Services"
  - "Chapter 13 — Public Property"
---

# §1302. Lease of buildings


Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, the leasing of buildings and [property](/usc/40/102.md?p=9) of the Federal Government shall be for a money consideration only. The lease may not include any provision for the alteration, repair, or improvement of the buildings or [property](/usc/40/102.md?p=9) as a part of the consideration for the rent to be paid for the use and occupation of the buildings or [property](/usc/40/102.md?p=9). Money derived from the rent shall be deposited in the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 107–217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1131.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 1302 | 40:303b. | June 30, 1932, ch. 314, § 321, 47 Stat. 412. |

The words “On and after June 30, 1932” are omitted as obsolete.