§379b Consolidated Administrative and Laboratory Facility

Summary

Have the Secretary, with the head of the General Services Administration, set up contracts to design, build, and run one combined FDA office and laboratory complex. The Secretary must ask for proposals, prefer the most cost‑effective options and those using donated land, federal property, or lease‑purchase deals, and may only sign a contract if it saves the Federal Government money over the contract period compared to buying the facility (including Treasury borrowing). The Secretary may accept gifts or donations of property or services for buildings and land. Congress authorized $100,000,000 for fiscal year 1991 and whatever sums are needed in later years, available until spent.