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Legacy ID
1081
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Significant Regulatory Guidance
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Statutory and Implementing Authority

Statutory Authority

The statutory authority for the Public Benefit Conveyance Program is the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended by the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994 (Public Law 103-160, Section 2927). Disposal of property owned by an...

Program History

The following pieces of congressional legislation combine to form, fund, and regulate activities related to port conveyance and certain activities managed by the Maritime Administration's Port Conveyance Program:

Statutory Authority

The Surplus Property Act of 1944. This act authorized...

Port Conveyance

What is Port Conveyance?

Agencies and departments of the Federal government may find that they own property that they no longer require due to programmatic changes, relocation of resources, or other operational changes. The Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended...

Technology and Demonstrations

Click on links below to access program data or reports.

E-Seal Report: Container Seal Technologies and Processes – Final Report (July 11, 2003)Environmental Study: A Modal Comparison of Domestic Freight Transportation Effects on the General Public (Dec. 2007) – Executive...