Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949

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Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949

Long title	An Act to simplify the procurement, utilization, and disposal of Government property, to reorganize certain agencies of the Government, and for other purposes.
Acronyms (colloquial)	FPASA
Enacted by	the 81st United States Congress
Effective	July 1, 1949
Citations
Public law	81-152
Statutes at Large	63 Stat. 377
Codification
Titles amended	40 U.S.C.: Public Buildings, Properties, and Public Works
U.S.C. sections created	40 U.S.C. ch. 1 § 101 et seq.
Legislative history
Introduced in the House as H.R. 4754 by Chester E. Holifield (D-CA) on May 18, 1949 Passed the House on June 8, 1949 (Passed) Passed the Senate on June 21, 1949 (Passed) Signed into law by President Harry S. Truman on June 30, 1949

The Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 is the United States federal law which established the General Services Administration (GSA).^[1] The act also provides for various Federal Standards to be published by the GSA. Among these is Federal Standard 1037C, a comprehensive source of definitions of terms used in telecommunications.