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 78TH OONG., 2D SESS.- CH. 479-OCT. 3, 1944 conferred upon him or his agency by or pursuant to this Act to any officer, agent, or employee of such agency or, with the approval of the Board, to any other Government agency. REGULATIONS SEC. 9. (a) The Board shall prescribe regulations to effectuate the provisions of this Act. In formulating such regulations, the Board shall be guided by the objectives of this Act. (b) Regulations issued pursuant to subsection (a) may, except as otherwise provided in this Act, contain provisions prescribing the extent to which, the times at which, the areas in which, the agencies by which, the prices at which, and the terms and conditions under which, surplus property may be disposed of, and the extent to which and the conditions under which surplus property shall be subject to care and handling. (c) Each Government agency shall carry out regulations of the Board expeditiously and shall issue such further regulations, not inconsistent with the regulations of the Board, as it deems necessary or desirable to carry out the provisions of this Act. (d) Regulations prescribed under this Act shall be published in the Federal Register. DESIGNATION OF DISPOSAL AGENCIES SEC. 10. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, the Board shall designate one or more Government agencies to act as disposal agencies under this Act. In exercising its authority to desig- nate disposal agencies, the Board shall assign surplus property for disposal by the fewest number of Government agencies practicable and, so far as it deems feasible, shall centralize in one disposal agency responsibility for the disposal of all property of the same type or class. (b) The United States Maritime Commission shall be the sole dis- posal agency for surplus vessels which the Commission determines to be merchant vessels or capable of conversion to merchant use, and such vessels shall be disposed of only in accordance with the provi- sions of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended, and other laws authorizing the sale of such vessels. DECLARATION AND DISPOSITION OF SURPLUS PROPERTY SEc. 11. (a) Each owning agency shall have the duty and respon- sibility continuously to survey the property in its control and to determine which of such property is surplus to its needs and respon- sibilities. (b) Each owning agency shall promptly report to the Board and the appropriate disposal agency all surplus property in its control which the owning agency does not dispose of under section 14. (c) Whenever in the course of the performance of its duties under this Act, the Board has reason to believe that any owning agency has property in its control which is surplus to its needs and responsibili- ties and which it has not reported as such, the Board shall promptly report that fact to the Senate and House of Representatives. Each owning agency and each disposal agency shall submit to the Board (1) such information and reports with respect to surplus property in the control of the agency, in such form, and at such reasonable times, as the Board may direct; (2) such information and reports with respect to other property in the control of the agency, to such 769 Scope. Execution. U. S. Maritime Commission. 49 Stat. 1985. 46U. S. C. §1101- 1279; Supp. Ill. § 1127 et seq. Ante, p. 21& Determlnation by owning agency. Reports. Pott, p. 772. Additional informa- tion and reports. 9360--45-P. -- 49 58 STAT.]

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