---
kind: "section"
citation: "6 U.S.C. § 232"
title: "6"
title_heading: "Domestic Security"
number: "232"
heading: "Functions of Administrator of General Services"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/6/232"
units:
  - "Chapter 1 — Homeland Security Organization"
  - "Subchapter IV — Border, Maritime, and Transportation Security"
  - "Part C — Miscellaneous Provisions"
---

# §232. Functions of Administrator of General Services

- (a) **Operation, maintenance, and protection of Federal buildings and grounds—** Nothing in this chapter may be construed to affect the [functions](/usc/6/101.md?p=9) or authorities of the [Administrator](/usc/6/701.md?p=1) of General Services with respect to the operation, maintenance, and protection of buildings and grounds owned or occupied by the Federal Government and under the jurisdiction, custody, or control of the [Administrator](/usc/6/701.md?p=1). Except for the law enforcement and related security [functions](/usc/6/101.md?p=9) transferred under [section 203(3) of this title](/usc/6/203.md?p=3), the [Administrator](/usc/6/701.md?p=1) shall retain all powers, [functions](/usc/6/101.md?p=9), and authorities vested in the [Administrator](/usc/6/701.md?p=1) under [chapter 1](/usc/6/chch1.md), except [section 121(e)(2)(A)](/usc/6/121.md), and chapters [5](/usc/40/chstI/ch5.md) to [11](/usc/40/chstI/ch11.md) of title 40 and other provisions of law that are necessary for the operation, maintenance, and protection of such buildings and grounds.
- (b) **Collection of rents and fees; Federal Buildings Fund—**
  - (1) **Statutory construction—** Nothing in this chapter may be construed—
    - (A) to direct the transfer of, or affect, the authority of the [Administrator](/usc/6/701.md?p=1) of General Services to collect rents and fees, including fees collected for protective services; or
    - (B) to authorize the [Secretary](/usc/6/101.md?p=16) or any other official in the [Department](/usc/6/101.md?p=5) to obligate amounts in the Federal Buildings [Fund](/usc/6/677a.md?p=5) established by [section 592 of title 40](/usc/40/592.md).
  - (2) **Use of transferred amounts—** Any amounts transferred by the [Administrator](/usc/6/701.md?p=1) of General Services to the [Secretary](/usc/6/101.md?p=16) out of rents and fees collected by the [Administrator](/usc/6/701.md?p=1) shall be used by the [Secretary](/usc/6/101.md?p=16) solely for the protection of buildings or grounds owned or occupied by the Federal Government.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 107–296, title IV, § 422, Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2184.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

This chapter, referred to in subsecs. (a) and (b)(1), was in the original “this Act”, meaning Pub. L. 107–296, Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2135, known as the Homeland Security Act of 2002, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 101 of this title and Tables.

### Codification

“Chapter 1, except section 121(e)(2)(A), and chapters 5 to 11 of title 40” substituted in subsec. (a) for “chapter 10 of title 40” and “section 592 of title 40” substituted in subsec. (b)(1)(B) for “section 490(f) of title 40” on authority of Pub. L. 107–217, § 5(c), Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1303, the first section of which enacted Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works.