91 STAT. 600 



PUBLIC L.W 95-91— AUG. 4, 1977 



FACILITIES CONSTRUCTION 



42 use 7258. Sec. 648. (a) As necessary and when not otherwise available, the 



Secretary is authorized to provide for, construct, or maintain the 

 following for employees and their dependents stationed at remote 

 locations : 



(1) Emergency medical services and supplies; 



(2) Food and other subsistence supplies; 



(3) Messing facilities; 



(4) Audio-visual equipment, accessories, and supplies for rec- 

 reation and training ; 



Reimbursement. (5) Reimbursement for food, clothing, medicine, and other 



supplies furnished by such employees in emergencies for the 

 temporary relief of distressed persons; 



(6) Living and working quarters and facilities; and 

 Educational (7) Transportation of schoolage dependents of employees to 



transportation. the nearest appropriate educational facilities. 



Reasonable (b) The furnishing of medical treatment under paragraph (1) of 



prices. subsection (a) and tiie furnishing of services and supplies under para- 



graphs (2) and (3) of subsection (a) shall be at prices reflecting 

 reasonable value as determined by the Secretary. 

 Reimbursement (c) Proceeds from reimbursements under this section shall be 



proceeds, use. deposited in the Treasury and may be withdrawn by the Secretary to 

 pay directly the cost of such work or services, to repay or make 

 advances to appropriations of funds which will initially bear all or a 

 part of such cost, or to refund excess sums when necessary. Such 

 payments may be credited to a working capital fund otherwise estab- 

 lished by law, including the fund established pursuant to section 653 

 of this Act, and used under the law governing such fund, if the fund 

 is available for u-se by the Department for performing the work or 

 services for which payment is received. 



U.S. and foreign 



government 



facilities. 



42 use 7259. 



40 use 472. 

 Reimbursement 

 proceeds, use. 



USE OF FACILITIES 



Sec. 649. (a) With tlieir consent, the Secretary and the Federal 

 Energy Regulatory Commission may, with or without reimbursement, 

 use the research, equipment, and facilities of any agency or instru- 

 mentality of tlie United States or of any State, tlie District of Colum- 

 bia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any territory or possession 

 of the United States, or of any political subdivision thereof, or of 

 any foreign government, in carrying out any function now or hereafter 

 vested in the Secretary or the Connnission. 



(b) In carrying out his functions, the Secretary, under such terms, 

 at such rates, and for such periods not e.xceeding five years, as he ma}' 

 deem to bo in tlie public interest, is authorized to permit the use by 

 public and private agencies, corporations, associations, or other 

 organizations or by individuals of any real property, or any facility, 

 structure, or otlier improvement thereon, under the custody of the 

 Secretary for Department purposes. The Secretary may require per- 

 mittees under this section to recondition and maintain, at their own 

 expense, flie real pr()perty, facilities, structures, and improvements 

 in\olved to a satisfactory standard. This section shall not apply to 

 excess property as defined in 3(e) of the Federal Property and 

 Administrative Services Act of li)49. 



(c) Pi'oceed< from reiniburseiiieiits under this section sliall be 

 deposited in tlie Treasury and may be withdrawn hy the Sx-ietarv 

 or the head of the agency or instrumentality of the United States 



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