78TH CONG., 2D SESS.- CH. 479-OCT. 3, 1944 (t) except as otherwise provided, to obtain for the Govern- ment, as nearly as possible, the fair value of surplus property upon its disposition. DEFINITIONS SEC. 3. As used in this Act- (a) The term "Government agency" means any executive depart- ment, board, bureau, commission, or other agency in the executive branch of the Federal Government, or any corporation wholly owned (either directly or through one or more corporations) by the United States. (b) The term "owning agency", in the case of any property, means the executive department, the independent agency in the executive branch of the Federal Government, or the corporation (if a Govern- ment agency), having control of such property otherwise than solely as a disposal agency. (c) The term "disposal agency" means any Government agency designated under section 10 to dispose of one or more classes of surplus property. (d) The term "property" means any interest, owned by the United States or any Government agency, in real or personal property, of any kind, wherever located, but does not include (1) the public domain, or such lands withdrawn or reserved from the public domain as the Surplus Property Board (created by section 5) determines are suitable for return to the public domain for disposition under the general land laws, or (2) naval vessels of the following categories: Battleships, cruisers, aircraft carriers, destroyers, and submarines. (e) The term "surplus property" means any property which has been determined to be surplus to the needs and responsibilities of the owning agency in accordance with section 11. (f) The term "contractor inventory" means (1) any property related to a terminated contract of any type with a Government agency or to a subcontract thereunder; and (2) any property acquired under a contract pursuant to the terms of which title is vested in the Government, and in excess of the amounts neelded to complete per- formance thereunder; and (3) any property which the Government is obligated to take over under any type of contract as a result of any change in the specifications or plans thereunder. (g) The term "care and handling' includes completing, repairing, converting, rehabilitating, operating, maintaining, preserving, pro- tecting, insuring, storing, packing, handling, and transporting, and, in the case of property which is dangerous to public health or safety, destroying, or rendering innocuous, such property. (h) The term "person" means any individual, corporation, partner- ship, firm, association, trust, estate, or other entity. (i) The term "State" includes the several States, Territories, and possessions of the United States, and the District of Columbia. (j) The term "tax-supported institution" means any scientific, lit- erary, educational, public-health, or public-welfare institution which is supported in whole or in part through the use of funds derived from taxation by the United States, or by any State or political subdivision thereof. (k) The term "veteran" means any person in the active military or naval service of the United States during the present war, or any person who served in the active military or naval service of the United States on or after September 16, 1940, and prior to the ter- "Government agen- cy." "Owning agency." "Disposal agency." Post, p . 769. "Property." Post, p. 768. "Surplus property." Post, p. 769. "Contractor inven- tory. " "Care dling." and ban- "Person." "State." "Tax-supported in- stitution." "Veteran." 58 STAT.] 767
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