[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 41, Volume 3]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 41CFR102-37.25]

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           TITLE 41--PUBLIC CONTRACTS AND PROPERTY MANAGEMENT
 
               CHAPTER 102--FEDERAL MANAGEMENT REGULATION
 
PART 102-37--DONATION OF SURPLUS PERSONAL PROPERTY--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart A--General Provisions
 
Sec. 102-37.25  What definitions apply to this part?

    The following definitions apply to this part:
    Cannibalization means to remove serviceable parts from one item of 
equipment in order to install them on another item of equipment.
    Donee means any of the following entities that receive Federal 
surplus personal property through a SASP:
    (1) A service educational activity (SEA).
    (2) A public agency (as defined in appendix C of this part) which 
uses surplus personal property to carry out or promote one or more 
public purposes. (Public airports are an exception and are only 
considered donees when they elect to receive surplus property through a 
SASP, but not when they elect to receive surplus property through the 
Federal Aviation Administration as discussed in subpart F of this part.)
    (3) An eligible nonprofit tax-exempt educational or public health 
institution (including a provider of assistance to homeless or 
impoverished families or individuals).
    (4) A State or local government agency, or a nonprofit organization 
or institution, that receives funds appropriated for a program for older 
individuals.
    Holding agency means the executive agency having accountability for, 
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generally possession of, the property involved.
    Period of restriction means the period of time for keeping donated 
property in use for the purpose for which it was donated.
    Property Act means the Federal Property and Administrative Services 
Act of 1949 (63 Stat. 377), as amended (codified as amended in scattered 
sections of titles 40 and 41 of the United States Code), the law that 
centralized Federal property management and disposal functions under the 
GSA.
    Screening means the process of physically inspecting property or 
reviewing lists or reports of property to determine whether property is 
usable or needed for donation purposes.
    Service educational activity (SEA) means any educational activity 
designated by the Secretary of Defense as being of special interest to 
the armed forces; e.g., maritime academies or military, naval, Air 
Force, or Coast Guard preparatory schools.
    Standard Form (SF) 123, Transfer Order Surplus Personal Property 
means the document used to request and document the transfer of Federal 
surplus personal property for donation purposes.
    State means one of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, the U.S. 
Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, 
and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
    State agency for surplus property (SASP) means the agency designated 
under State law to receive Federal surplus personal property for 
distribution to eligible donees within the State as provided for in 
subsection 203(j) of the Property Act (40 U.S.C. 484(j)).
    Surplus personal property (surplus property) means excess personal 
property (as defined in Sec. 102-36.40 of this chapter) not required for 
the needs of any Federal agency, as determined by GSA.
    Surplus release date means the date on which Federal utilization 
screening of excess personal property has been completed, and the 
property is available for donation.
    Transferee means a public airport receiving surplus property from a 
holding agency through the Federal Aviation Administration, or a SASP.
    You, when used in subparts D and E of this part, means SASP, unless 
otherwise specified.

                            Donation Overview