---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 U.S.C. § 526"
title: "40"
title_heading: "Public Buildings, Property, and Works"
number: "526"
heading: "Temporary assignment of excess real property"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/40/526"
units:
  - "Subtitle I — Federal Property and Administrative Services"
  - "Chapter 5 — Property Management"
  - "Subchapter II — Use of Property"
---

# §526. Temporary assignment of excess real property

- (a) **Assignment of Space.—** The Administrator of General Services may temporarily assign or reassign space in excess real [property](/usc/40/102.md?p=9) to a [federal agency](/usc/40/102.md?p=5), for use as office or storage space or for a related purpose, if the Administrator determines that assignment or reassignment is more advantageous than permanent transfer. The Administrator shall determine the duration of the assignment or reassignment.
- (b) **Reimbursement for Maintenance.—** If there is no appropriation available to the Administrator for the expense of maintaining the space, the Administrator may obtain appropriate reimbursement from the [federal agency](/usc/40/102.md?p=5).

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 107–217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1085.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 526 | 40:483(g). | June 30, 1949, ch. 288, title II, § 202(g), 63 Stat. 385. |

In subsection (a), the words “for use as office or storage space or for a related purpose” are substituted for “for office, storage, or related facilities” for clarity.