 
                   CHAPTER 48--DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
 
                SUBCHAPTER IV--ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
 
                Part B--General Administrative Provisions
 
Sec. 3481. Gifts and bequests

    The Secretary is authorized to accept, hold, administer, and utilize 
gifts, bequests and devises of property, both real and personal, and to 
accept donations of services, for the purpose of aiding or facilitating 
the work of the Department. Gifts, bequests, and devises of money and 
proceeds from sales of other property received as gifts, bequests, or 
devises shall be deposited in the Treasury and shall be available for 
disbursement upon the order of the Secretary.

(Pub. L. 96-88, title IV, Sec. 421, Oct. 17, 1979, 93 Stat. 687; Pub. L. 
103-382, title II, Sec. 271(d)(2), Oct. 20, 1994, 108 Stat. 3930.)


                               Amendments

    1994--Pub. L. 103-382 inserted ``and to accept donations of 
services,'' after ``personal,''.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 3475 of this title.
