---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 U.S.C. § 530"
title: "40"
title_heading: "Public Buildings, Property, and Works"
number: "530"
heading: "Internal guidance on excess personal property"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/40/530"
units:
  - "Subtitle I — Federal Property and Administrative Services"
  - "Chapter 5 — Property Management"
  - "Subchapter II — Use of Property"
---

# §530. Internal guidance on excess personal property

- (a) **Initial Report.—** Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this section, each [executive agency](/usc/40/102.md?p=4) shall submit to the Administrator of General Services and make publicly available on the website of the [executive agency](/usc/40/102.md?p=4) the internal guidance of the [executive agency](/usc/40/102.md?p=4) on considering using excess personal [property](/usc/40/102.md?p=9) to meet the needs of the [executive agency](/usc/40/102.md?p=4), which shall include—
  - (1) a requirement to consider excess personal [property](/usc/40/102.md?p=9) before buying new;
  - (2) when it is practicable to check for and obtain excess personal [property](/usc/40/102.md?p=9);
  - (3) how to evaluate the suitability of excess personal [property](/usc/40/102.md?p=9) for use; and
  - (4) defined roles and responsibilities relevant to considering the use of excess personal [property](/usc/40/102.md?p=9), including the designation of an employee as responsible for searching through available excess personal [property](/usc/40/102.md?p=9) for items that meet the needs of the [executive agency](/usc/40/102.md?p=4).
- (b) **Updates.—** Each [executive agency](/usc/40/102.md?p=4) shall submit to the Administrator of General Services and update on the website of the [executive agency](/usc/40/102.md?p=4) any changes to the internal guidance submitted and made available under [subsection (a)](#a).

## Source credit

(Added and amended Pub. L. 118–99, § 2(a)(2), (e)(2), Oct. 1, 2024, 138 Stat. 1578, 1579.)

## Notes

### Repeal of Section

Pub. L. 118–99, § 2(e)(2), Oct. 1, 2024, 138 Stat. 1579, provided that, effective on the date that is 5 years after Oct. 1, 2024, this section is repealed.

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The date of enactment of this section, referred to in subsec. (a), is the date of enactment of Pub. L. 118–99, which was approved Oct. 1, 2024.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of Repeal

Pub. L. 118–99, § 2(e), Oct. 1, 2024, 138 Stat. 1579, provided that the repeal of this section by section 2(e)(2) is effective on the date that is 5 years after Oct. 1, 2024.