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 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 248-MAY 3, 1946 [CHAPTER 248] AN ACT May 3, 1946 [S. 1757] To amend the Surplus Property Act of 1944 with reference to veterans' preference, [Public Law 375] and for other purposes. 58 Stat. 773. 50 U. S. C., Supp. V, app. 1 1625. Priority. Infra; post, p. 169. Availability of quantities and types. Selection. Information. Time for disposal. 58 Stat. 770. 50 U. S. C., Supp. V, app. §1621 (a). Interagency trans- fers. Priority of disposals. Supra. 58 Stat. 770. 50 U. S. C., Supp. V, app. 1 1621 (c). Transfers at fair value. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 16 of the Surplus Property Act of 1944 is amended to read as follows: "cDISPOSITIONS TO VETERANS "SEO. 16. (a) The Administrator shall prescribe regulations to effectuate the objectives of this Act to aid veterans in the acquisition of surplus property, in appropriate quantities and types, to enable them to establish and maintain their own small business, professional, or agricultural enterprises. Disposals of surplus property (except real property) to veterans under this subsection shall be given priority over all other disposals of property provided for in this Act except transfers to Government agencies under section 12. "(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 12 of this Act, the Administrator may cause to be set aside or otherwise to be made avail- able quantities and types of any surplus property, except real prop- erty, which he determines to be appropriate for exclusive disposal to veterans for their own personal use, and to enable them to establish and maintain their own small business, professional, or agricultural enterprises. The Administrator shall prescribe regulations designed to achieve the equitable distribution of such surplus property among veterans. In selecting any types or quantities of surplus property for disposal in accordance with the provisions of this subsection, the Administrator shall give due consideration to the availability of ade- quate facilities for and the costs of the distribution of such property. The Administrator shall from time to time cause to be compiled and widely publicized information as to the types and quantities of such surplus property which has or will become available within a given period of time for exclusive disposal to veterans in accordance with the provisions of this subsection. "(c) The Administrator shall prescribe a reasonable time of not less than 15 days after public notice during which property offered to veterans under this section shall be held for disposal to them." SEC. 2. Section 12 (a) of the Surplus Property Act of 1944 is amended to read as follows: "(a) It shall be the duty of the Administrator to facilitate the trans- fer of surplus property from one Government agency to other Govern- ment agencies for their own use and not for transfer or disposition; and the transfer of surplus property under this section shall be given priority over all other disposals provided for in this Act, except dis- posals to veterans of property reserved exclusively for veterans under subsection (b) of section 16 of this Act. The Administrator shall prescribe a reasonable time within which Government agencies shall exercise the priority provided by this subsection, but the time so fixed shall not exceed twenty days from the time public notice is given of the availability of the surplus property for disposal to Government agencies." SEC. 3. Section 12 (c) of the Surplus Property Act of 1944 is amended to read as follows: "(c) The disposal agency responsible for any such property shall transfer it to the Government agency acquiring it at the fair value [60 STAT.

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