§ 121. — Administrator of General Services; additional duties.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 41USC121]
TITLE 41--PUBLIC CONTRACTS
CHAPTER 2--TERMINATION OF WAR CONTRACTS
Sec. 121. Administrator of General Services; additional duties
In addition to his other functions under this chapter, the
Administrator of General Services shall--
(a) promote the training of personnel for termination settlement
and interim financing by contracting agencies, war contractors, and
financing institutions;
(b) Omitted
(c) promote decentralization of the administration of
termination settlements and interim financing by fostering
delegation of authority within contracting agencies and to war
contractors, to the extent he deems necessary and feasible; and
(d) consult with war contractors through advisory committees or
such other methods as he deems appropriate.
(July 1, 1944, ch. 358, Sec. 21, 58 Stat. 669; Ex. Ord. No. 9809,
Sec. 8, eff. Dec. 12, 1946, 11 F.R. 14281; June 30, 1947, ch. 166, title
II, Sec. 207, 61 Stat. 209; 1947 Reorg. Plan No. 1, Sec. 201, eff. July
1, 1947, 12 F.R. 4534, 61 Stat. 951; June 30, 1949, ch. 288, title I,
Sec. 102(b), 63 Stat. 380.)
Codification
Subsec. (b), providing for Administrators' collaboration with
Smaller War Plants Corporation in protecting interests of smaller war
contractors, was omitted on authority of section 207 of act June 30,
1947, which provided: ``The liquidation of the affairs of the Smaller
War Plants Corporation administered by the Reconstruction Finance
Corporation pursuant to Executive Order 9665 shall be carried out by the
Reconstruction Finance Corporation, notwithstanding the provisions of
the last paragraph of section 5 of the First War Powers Act, 1941
[section 605 of Title 50, Appendix, War and National Defense]. The
Smaller War Plants Corporation is hereby abolished.''
Transfer of Functions
Functions of Secretary of the Treasury transferred to Administrator
of General Services by section 102(b) of act June 30, 1949, ch. 288, 63
Stat. 380, which was classified to section 752(b) of former Title 40,
Public Buildings, Property, and Works, and was repealed by Pub. L. 107-
217, Sec. 6(b), Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1304.
``Secretary'' substituted for ``Director'' by section 8 of Ex. Ord.
No. 9809 and section 201 of Reorg. Plan No. 1 of 1947, set out in the
Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
Effective Date of Transfer of Functions
Transfer of functions by act June 30, 1949, effective July 1, 1949,
see section 605, formerly section 505, of act June 30, 1949, ch. 288, 63
Stat. 403; renumbered by act Sept. 5, 1950, ch. 849, Sec. 6(a), (b), 64
Stat. 583.
Termination of Advisory Committees
Advisory committees in existence on Jan. 5, 1973, to terminate not
later than the expiration of the 2-year period following Jan. 5, 1973,
unless, in the case of a committee established by the President or an
officer of the Federal Government, such committee is renewed by
appropriate action prior to the expiration of such 2-year period, or in
the case of a committee established by the Congress, its duration is
otherwise provided by law. Advisory committees established after Jan. 5,
1973, to terminate not later than the expiration of the 2-year period
beginning on the date of their establishment, unless, in the case of a
committee established by the President or an officer of the Federal
Government, such committee is renewed by appropriate action prior to the
expiration of such 2-year period, or in the case of a committee
established by the Congress, its duration is otherwise provided by law.
See section 14 of Pub. L. 92-463, Oct. 6, 1972, 86 Stat. 776, set out in
the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
