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[CITE: 16USC1051]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
           CHAPTER 20--NATIONAL FISHERIES CENTER AND AQUARIUM
 
Sec. 1051. Authorization of Administrator of General Services


(a) Planning, construction, and maintenance of Center and Aquarium

    The Administrator of General Services (hereinafter referred to as 
the ``Administrator'') is authorized to plan, construct, and maintain a 
National Fisheries Center and Aquarium in the District of Columbia or 
its vicinity for research in fisheries and for the display of fresh 
water and marine fishes and other aquatic resources for educational, 
recreational, cultural, and scientific purposes.

(b) Use, purchase, lease, etc. of Federal lands

    The Administrator is further authorized to use Federal land and 
property for purposes of this chapter with the consent of the particular 
agency having administrative jurisdiction thereover, and, if said 
property is unavailable for purposes hereof, he may purchase, lease, or 
otherwise acquire such lands, waters, and interests therein, as he may 
deem necessary to carry out the provisions of subsection (a) of this 
section.

(Pub. L. 87-758, Sec. 1, Oct. 9, 1962, 76 Stat. 752.)
