---
kind: "unit"
title: "40"
title_heading: "Public Buildings, Property, and Works"
key: "stVI/ch173"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 173"
heading: "Government Losses in Shipment"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/40/stVI-ch173"
sections_count: 9
---

# Chapter 173 — Government Losses in Shipment

Title 40 — Public Buildings, Property, and Works › Subtitle VI — Miscellaneous

## Sections

- [§17301. Definitions](/usc/40/17301.md)
- [§17302. Compliance](/usc/40/17302.md)
- [§17303. Fund for the payment of Government losses in shipment](/usc/40/17303.md)
- [§17304. Claim for replacement](/usc/40/17304.md)
- [§17305. Replacing lost, destroyed, or damaged stamps, securities, obligations, or money](/usc/40/17305.md)
- [§17306. Agreements of indemnity](/usc/40/17306.md)
- [§17307. Purchase of insurance](/usc/40/17307.md)
- [§17308. Presumption of lawful conduct](/usc/40/17308.md)
- [§17309. Rules and regulations](/usc/40/17309.md)