[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 41, Volume 3]
[Revised as of July 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 41CFR102-36.40]

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           TITLE 41--PUBLIC CONTRACTS AND PROPERTY MANAGEMENT
 
               CHAPTER 102--FEDERAL MANAGEMENT REGULATION
 
PART 102-36_DISPOSITION OF EXCESS PERSONAL PROPERTY--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart A_General Provisions
 
Sec. 102-36.40  What definitions apply to this part?

    The following definitions apply to this part:
    Commerce Control List Items (CCLIs) are dual use (commercial/
military) items that are subject to export control by the Bureau of 
Export Administration, Department of Commerce. These items have been 
identified in the U.S. Export Administration Regulations (15 CFR part 
774) as export controlled for reasons of national security, crime 
control, technology transfer and scarcity of materials.
    Cooperative means the organization or entity that has a cooperative 
agreement with a Federal agency.
    Cooperative agreement means a legal instrument reflecting a 
relationship between a Federal agency and a non-Federal recipient, made 
in accordance with the Federal Grant and Cooperative Agreement Act of 
1977 (31 U.S.C. 6301-6308), under any or all of the following 
circumstances:
    (1) The purpose of the relationship is the transfer, between a 
Federal agency and a non-Federal entity, of money, property, services, 
or anything of value to accomplish a public purpose authorized by law, 
rather than by purchase, lease, or barter, for the direct benefit or use 
of the Federal Government.
    (2) Substantial involvement is anticipated between the Federal 
agency and the cooperative during the performance of the agreed upon 
activity.
    (3) The cooperative is a State or local government entity or any 
person or organization authorized to receive Federal assistance or 
procurement contracts.
    Demilitarization means, as defined by the Department of Defense, the 
act of destroying the military capabilities inherent in certain types of 
equipment or material. Such destruction may include deep sea dumping, 
mutilation, cutting, crushing, scrapping, melting, burning, or 
alteration so as to prevent the further use of the item for its 
originally intended purpose.

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    Excess personal property means any personal property under the 
control of any Federal agency that is no longer required for that 
agency's needs, as determined by the agency head or designee.
    Exchange/sale property means property not excess to the needs of the 
holding agency but eligible for replacement, which is exchanged or sold 
under the provisions of part 101-46 of this title in order to apply the 
exchange allowance or proceeds of sale in whole or part payment for 
replacement with a similar item.
    Executive agency means any executive department or independent 
establishment in the executive branch of the Government, including any 
wholly owned Government corporation.
    Fair market value means the best estimate of the gross sales 
proceeds if the property were to be sold in a public sale.
    Federal agency means any executive agency or any establishment in 
the legislative or judicial branch of the Government (except the Senate, 
the House of Representatives, and the Architect of the Capitol and any 
activities under his/her direction).
    Federal Disposal System (FEDS) is GSA's automated excess personal 
property system. For additional information on using FEDS, access http:/
/pub.fss.gsa.gov/property/.
    Flight Safety Critical Aircraft Part (FSCAP) is any aircraft part, 
assembly, or installation containing a critical characteristic whose 
failure, malfunction, or absence could cause a catastrophic failure 
resulting in engine shut-down or loss or serious damage to the aircraft 
resulting in an unsafe condition.
    Foreign excess personal property is any U.S. owned excess personal 
property located outside the United States (U.S.), the U.S. Virgin 
Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the 
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
    Grant means a type of assistance award and a legal instrument which 
permits a Federal agency to transfer money, property, services or other 
things of value to a grantee when no substantial involvement is 
anticipated between the agency and the recipient during the performance 
of the contemplated activity.
    Hazardous personal property means property that is deemed a 
hazardous material, chemical substance or mixture, or hazardous waste 
under the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act (HMTA) (49 U.S.C. 
5101), the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) (42 U.S.C. 
6901-6981), or the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) (15 U.S.C. 2601-
2609).
    Holding agency means the Federal agency having accountability for, 
and generally possession of, the property involved.
    Intangible personal property means personal property in which the 
existence and value of the property is generally represented by a 
descriptive document rather than the property itself. Some examples are 
patents, patent rights, processes, techniques, inventions, copyrights, 
negotiable instruments, money orders, bonds, and shares of stock.
    Life-limited aircraft part is an aircraft part that has a finite 
service life expressed in either total operating hours, total cycles, 
and/or calendar time.
    Line item means a single line entry, on a reporting form or transfer 
order, for items of property of the same type having the same 
description, condition code, and unit cost.
    Munitions List Items (MLIs) are commodities (usually defense 
articles/defense services) listed in the International Traffic in Arms 
Regulation (22 CFR part 121), published by the U.S. Department of State.
    Nonappropriated fund activity means an activity or entity that is 
not funded by money appropriated from the general fund of the U.S. 
Treasury, such as post exchanges, ship stores, military officers' clubs, 
veterans' canteens, and similar activities. Such property is not Federal 
property.
    Personal property means any property, except real property. For 
purposes of this part, the term excludes records of the Federal 
Government, and naval vessels of the following categories: battleships, 
cruisers, aircraft carriers, destroyers, and submarines.
    Project grant means a grant made for a specific purpose and with a 
specific termination date.

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    Property Act means the Federal Property and Administrative Services 
Act of 1949 (63 Stat. 386), as amended.
    Public agency means any State, political subdivision thereof, 
including any unit of local government or economic development district; 
any department, agency, or instrumentality thereof, including 
instrumentalities created by compact or other agreement between States 
or political subdivisions; multijurisdictional substate districts 
established by or pursuant to State law; or any Indian tribe, band, 
group, pueblo, or community located on a State reservation.
    Related personal property means any personal property that is an 
integral part of real property. It is:
    (1) Related to, designed for, or specifically adapted to the 
functional capacity of the real property and removal of this personal 
property would significantly diminish the economic value of the real 
property; or
    (2) Determined by the Administrator of General Services to be 
related to the real property.
    Salvage means property that has value greater than its basic 
material content but for which repair or rehabilitation is clearly 
impractical and/or uneconomical.
    Scrap means property that has no value except for its basic material 
content.
    Screening period means the period in which excess and surplus 
personal property are made available for excess transfer or surplus 
donation to eligible recipients.
    Shelf-life item is any item that deteriorates over time or has 
unstable characteristics such that a storage period must be assigned to 
assure the item is issued within that period to provide satisfactory 
performance. Management of such items is governed by part 101-27, 
subpart 27.2, of this title and by DOD instructions, for executive 
agencies and DOD respectively.
    Surplus personal property (surplus) means excess personal property 
no longer required by the Federal agencies as determined by GSA.
    Surplus release date means the date when Federal screening has been 
completed and the excess property becomes surplus.
    Transfer with reimbursement means a transfer of excess personal 
property between Federal agencies where the recipient is required to 
pay, i.e. reimburse the holding agency, for the property.
    Unit cost means the original acquisition cost of a single item of 
property.
    United States means all the 50 States and the District of Columbia.
    Vessels means ships, boats and craft designed for navigation in and 
on the water, propelled by oars or paddles, sail, or power.

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