§ 123. — Delegation of authority by Administrator of General Services.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 41USC123]
TITLE 41--PUBLIC CONTRACTS
CHAPTER 2--TERMINATION OF WAR CONTRACTS
Sec. 123. Delegation of authority by Administrator of General
Services
(a) Officers and agencies of General Service Administration and other
governmental agencies
The Administrator of General Services may delegate any authority and
discretion conferred upon him by this chapter to such officers and
agencies of the General Services Administration as he may designate, and
may delegate such authority and discretion, upon such terms and
conditions as he may prescribe, to the head of any Government agency to
the extent necessary to the handling and solution of problems peculiar
to that agency.
(b) Authority delegated to other governmental agencies
The head of any Government agency may delegate any authority and
discretion conferred upon him or his agency by or pursuant to this
chapter to any officer, agent, or employee of such agency or to any
other Government agency, and may authorize successive redelegations of
such authority and discretion.
(c) Joint exercise of delegated authority
Any two or more Government agencies may exercise jointly any
authority and discretion conferred upon each of them individually by or
pursuant to this chapter.
(d) Application to other laws
Nothing in this chapter shall prevent the Administrator of General
Services from exercising any authority conferred upon him by any other
statute.
(July 1, 1944, ch. 358, Sec. 23, 58 Stat. 670; Ex. Ord. No. 9809,
Sec. 8, eff. Dec. 12, 1946, 11 F.R. 14281; 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
In subsec. (a), the phrase ``such officers and agencies of the
General Services Administration as he may designate'' substituted for
``any Deputy Director'' on authority of 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former Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works, and was repealed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.
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.
