Chapter 354. To authorize the consolidation and coordination of Government purchase, to enlarge the functions of the General Supply Committee, to authorize the erection of a public warehouse for the storage of Government supplies, and for other purposes
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Chap. 354: To authorize the consolidation and coordination of Government purchase, to enlarge the functions of the General Supply Committee, to authorize the erection of a public warehouse for the storage of Government supplies, and for other purposes. Chapter 354 45 Stat. 1341 1929-02-27 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
Digitization Vendor 2025-01-24 70 2 public Chapter 354.— An Act To authorize the consolidation and coordination of Government purchase, to enlarge the functions of the General Supply Committee, to authorize the erection of a public warehouse for the storage of Government supplies, and for other purposes. February 27, 1929.[[H. R. 5769](/us/bill/70/hr/5769).][[Public, No. 833](/us/pl/70/833).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the Secretary General Supply Committee.Supplies for executive departments, establishments, and District of Columbia, to be purchased and distributed through.of the Treasury, through the General Supply Committee established under the provisions of section 4 of the Act approved June 17, 1910, entitled “An Act making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1911, and for other purposes,” is hereby authorized and directed to purchase or procure and distribute supplies to meet the 1342consolidated requirements of the executive departments and independent establishments of the Federal Government in Washington, District *Proviso.*For field services may be included.of Columbia, and of the municipal government of the District of Columbia: *Provided,* That the requirements of the field services of any department or establishment, when request is made by the head thereof, shall be included in such purchase or procurement and Designation by Secretary of the Treasury.distribution of supplies.
The supplies to be purchased in this manner shall be designated by the Secretary of the Treasury from those for which he is authorized under existing law to make term contracts or to include in the general schedule of supplies issued annually by the General Supply Committee. Estimates of requirements by departments for inclusion in proposed purchases. Sec. 2. That each executive department and independent establishment shall furnish from time to time, when called on to do so, estimates of its requirements for inclusion in purchases which it is proposed to have made by the Secretary of the Treasury, and there Reimbursement to general supply fund.Charge of proportionate cost to department.shall be reserved from proper appropriations sufficient amounts in each case to reimburse the general supply fund hereinafter created.
The General Supply Committee shall charge the proportionate cost of supplies, including breakage, shrinkage, transportation, cost of handling by the Treasury Department, and inspection, and bill the same to each requisitioning department; and each requisitioning department and independent establishment shall reimburse said general supply fund out of its appropriation upon proper voucher’s. General supply fund created for payments for supplies to be purchased. Sec. 3. That there is hereby authorized to be set aside as a special fund in the Treasury Department, to be known as the general supply fund, such sum as may be appropriated by Congress for the making of payments for supplies to be purchased under the provisions of this Act, including the cost thereof and transportation charges, and Deposit by requisitioning office with the Treasurer from appropriations applicable for reimbursement.reimbursement therefor upon presentation of proper vouchers, shall be made by each requisitioning office, out of any appropriations which may be applicable, by depositing the proper amounts directly to the credit of the Treasurer of the United States for the credit of the general supply fund herein authorized, and duplicate certificates of deposits issued therefor shall be promptly forwarded to the General *Provisos.*Amounts credited to supply fund, and reappropriated thereto.Annual statement of assets and liabilities of fund, etc.Supply Committee: *Provided,* That all such reimbursements shall be placed to the credit of the general supply fund, and the same are hereby reappropriated for the same purpose as the original fund: *Provided further,* That there shall be included in each annual report of the Treasury Department a statement of the assets and liabilities of the said general supply fund as of June 30, including as assets any supplies purchased therefrom and on hand, for which Audit by Comptroller General.reimbursement has not been received: *Provided further,* That the Comptroller General of the United States shall make an annual audit of the general supply fund as of June 30, and there shall be Surplus to be covered into the Treasury.covered into the United States Treasury as miscellaneous receipts any surplus found therein, all assets and liabilities considered, above the amount appropriated to establish the said fund: *Provided, however,* Payments for field service supplies may be direct to vendors.That payments for supplies procured for a field service may, in the discretion of the head of the department or establishment controlling such field service, and with the concurrence of the Secretary of the Treasury, be made direct to the vendors by the department or establishment.
Regulations to be prescribed. Sec. 4. That the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to prescribe suitable regulations to give full force and effect to the purposes of sections 1, 2, and 3 of this Act. Warehouse.Acquiring sites and construction of building for, authorized. Sec. 5. That the Director of Public Buildings and Public Parks of the National Capital be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to acquire by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, such sites and additions to sites, in the vicinity of United States Reservations 17B, 134317C, 17D, or 113, as may be necessary, and is authorized and directed to construct, on the sites so acquired or on other land in said District belonging to the United States not needed for other purposes, the location to be subject to the approval of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, a building or buildings of fireproof warehouse type, with approximately four hundred thousand square feet Storage space, facilities, etc., for use of General Supply Committee, departments, etc.of floor space, to provide storage space and facilities and the necessary offices connected therewith, for use of the General Supply Committee of the Treasury Department, of other departments or Independent Establishments of the United States Government, and of the municipal government of the District of Columbia.
Sec. 6. That the control of assignment of space in said building Assignment of space vested in Public Buildings Commission.Vol. 44, p. 1269.Rental for space used by the District.or buildings shall be vested in the Public Buildings Commission, established by section 10 of the Act approved March 1, 1919. Compensation for such occupancy, space, and facilities as are utilized by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia shall be on a rental basis on terms to be fixed by a board consisting of the director of Public Buildings and Public Parks of the National Capital, the engineer commissioner of the District of Columbia, and the Supervising Architect of the Treasury.
Sec. 7. That the plans for such building or buildings shall be prepared Preparation of plans for buildings.by the Director of Public Buildings and Public Parks of the National Capital in consultation with the Commission of Fine Arts; and he shall be charged with the custody, protection, maintenance, repair, and operation of said building or buildings. Sec. 8. Authority is hereby given for closing and vacating such Closing of streets, etc., authorized.portions of streets as lie between such sites and such alleys as intersect such sites, and the portions of such streets and alleys so closed and vacated shall thereupon become parts of such site.
Sec. 9. Not more than $10,000 of any funds hereafter appropriated Allowance for special technical services.for the purposes of this Act may be expended by the Director of Public Buildings and Public Parks for obtaining, by contract or otherwise, such special technical personal services as may be necessary, at rates of pay as may be fixed by the director not exceeding those usual for similar services, without reference to civil-service rules and the Classification Act of 1923.
Sec. 10. Appropriations of the amount necessary to carry out the Limitation on amounts authorized.provisions of sections 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 of this Act, not exceeding $1,750,000, are hereby authorized. Approved, February 27, 1929.
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To authorize the consolidation and coordination of Government purchase, to enlarge the functions of the General Supply Committee, to authorize the erection of a public warehouse for the storage of Government supplies, and for other purposes
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