29 U.S.C. § 3210: General provisions

Summary

The Secretary may share data under section 3204 of title 39 with federal agencies, private groups, and the public in whatever formats the Secretary thinks fit. Under section 3207(b), the Secretary may collect or settle debts owed to or held by the office and use legal rights to get payments until those debts are sent to the Attorney General for suit or collection. The Secretary may spend funds for this part to pay for printing and binding under applicable law. The Secretary may also, without regard to other laws, pay for rent and for repairing, changing, or improving rented buildings or space, but only if (i) it is necessary to obtain something required to run this part and it cannot be obtained otherwise in the needed amount, quality, time, form, or conditions, and (ii) the Secretary first gives written notice to the Administrator of General Services (when the spending would affect an activity normally under GSA), explaining the intent and reasons.

Title 29, §3210

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The Secretary is authorized to—

(1)disseminate, with regard to the provisions of section 3204 of title 39, data and information in such forms as the Secretary shall determine to be appropriate, to public agencies, private organizations, and the general public;

(2)subject to section 3207(b) of this title, collect or compromise all obligations to or held by the Secretary and exercise all legal or equitable rights accruing to the Secretary in connection with the payment of obligations until such time as such obligations may be referred to the Attorney General for suit or collection; and

(3)expend funds made available for purposes of this part—

(A)for printing and binding, in accordance with applicable law (including regulation); and

(B)without regard to any other law (including regulation), for rent of buildings and space in buildings and for repair, alteration, and improvement of buildings and space in buildings rented by the Secretary, except that the Secretary shall not expend funds under the authority of this subparagraph—

(i)except when necessary to obtain an item, service, or facility, that is required in the proper administration of this part, and that otherwise could not be obtained, or could not be obtained in the quantity or quality needed, or at the time, in the form, or under the conditions in which the item, service, or facility is needed; and

(ii)prior to having given written notification to the Administrator of General Services (if the expenditure would affect an activity that otherwise would be under the jurisdiction of the General Services Administration) of the intention of the Secretary to make the expenditure, and the reasons and justifications for the expenditure.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section effective on the first day of the first full program year after

July 22, 2014 (

July 1, 2015), see section 506 of Pub. L. 113–128, set out as a note under section 3101 of this title.

§3210 General Provisions

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Title 29, §3210

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