 
                   CHAPTER 48--DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
 
                SUBCHAPTER IV--ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
 
                Part B--General Administrative Provisions
 
Sec. 3477. Acquisition and maintenance of property


(a) Authorized properties; establishment of necessary facilities

    The Secretary is authorized--
        (1) to acquire (by purchase, lease, condemnation, or otherwise), 
    construct, improve, repair, operate, and maintain--
            (A) schools and related facilities (but only to the extent 
        that operation of schools and related facilities by the 
        Department is authorized by this chapter);
            (B) laboratories;
            (C) research and testing sites and facilities;
            (D) quarters and related accommodations for employees and 
        dependents of employees of the Department; and
            (E) personal property (including patents), or any interest 
        therein,

    as may be necessary; and
        (2) to provide by contract or otherwise for the establishment of 
    eating facilities and other necessary facilities for the health and 
    welfare of employees of the Department at its installations, and 
    purchase and maintain equipment therefor.

(b) Day care center facilities

    The authority available to the Secretary of Health, Education, and 
Welfare under section 2564 of this title, shall also be available to the 
Secretary.

(c) Special purpose facilities

    The authority granted by subsection (a) of this section shall be 
available only with respect to facilities of a special purpose nature 
that cannot readily be reassigned from similar Federal activities and 
are not otherwise available for assignment to the Department by the 
Administrator of General Services.

(Pub. L. 96-88, title IV, Sec. 417, Oct. 17, 1979, 93 Stat. 685.)
