Title 20 — EducationRelease 119-73

§3477 Acquisition and maintenance of property

Title 20 › Chapter CHAPTER 48— - DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER IV— - ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS › Part Part B— - General Administrative Provisions › § 3477

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary may buy, lease, take by legal action, build, fix, run, and keep certain facilities and property for the Department. That includes schools when the chapter allows, laboratories, research and testing sites, employee housing, and personal property such as patents. The Secretary can also set up or contract for employee dining and other welfare facilities and buy equipment. The authority in section 2564 also applies, but only for special-purpose facilities that cannot be reassigned and are not available from the Administrator of General Services.

Full Legal Text

Title 20, §3477

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(a)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,

(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)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)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.

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Citation

20 U.S.C. § 3477

Title 20 — Education

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73