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[CITE: 21USC379b]

 
                        TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
 
             CHAPTER 9--FEDERAL FOOD, DRUG, AND COSMETIC ACT
 
                    SUBCHAPTER VII--GENERAL AUTHORITY
 
                Part A--General Administrative Provisions
 
Sec. 379b. Consolidated administrative and laboratory facility


(a) Authority

    The Secretary, in consultation with the Administrator of the General 
Services Administration, shall enter into contracts for the design, 
construction, and operation of a consolidated Food and Drug 
Administration administrative and laboratory facility.

(b) Awarding of contract

    The Secretary shall solicit contract proposals under subsection (a) 
of this section from interested parties. In awarding contracts under 
such subsection, the Secretary shall review such proposals and give 
priority to those alternatives that are the most cost effective for the 
Federal Government and that allow for the use of donated land, federally 
owned property, or lease-purchase arrangements. A contract under this 
subsection shall not be entered into unless such contract results in a 
net cost savings to the Federal Government over the duration of the 
contract, as compared to the Government purchase price including 
borrowing by the Secretary of the Treasury.

(c) Donations

    In carrying out this section, the Secretary shall have the power, in 
connection with real property, buildings, and facilities, to accept on 
behalf of the Food and Drug Administration gifts or donations of 
services or property, real or personal, as the Secretary determines to 
be necessary.

(d) Authorization of appropriations

    There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$100,000,000 for fiscal year 1991, and such sums as may be necessary for 
each of the subsequent fiscal years, to remain available until expended.

(June 25, 1938, ch. 675, Sec. 710, as added Pub. L. 101-635, title I, 
Sec. 101, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 4583.)
