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lease or otherwise, through the Administrator of Gen- 
eral Services, buildings or parts of buildings in the 
District of Columbia for the use of the Agency for a 
period not to exceed ten years without regard to section 
34 of title 40, United States Code; to lease to others 
such real and personal property; to sell and otherwise 
dispose of real and personal property (including patents 
and rights thereunder) in accordance with the pro- 
visions of the Federal Property and Administrative 
Services Act of 1949; and to provide by contract or 
otherwise for cafeterias and other necessary facilities 
and services for the welfare of employees of the Agency 
at its installations and purchase and maintain equipment 
therefor; 
“(4) without regard to section 529 of title 31, 
United States Code, to enter into and perform such con- 
tracts, leases, cooperative agreements, or other trans- 
actions as may be necessary in the conduct of the work 
of the Agency and on such terms as he may deem ap- 
propriate, with any agency or instrumentality of the 
United States, or with any State, territory, or possession, 
or any political subdivision therof, or with any public 
or private person, firm, association, corporation, or 
educational institution ; 
“(5) to accept, hold, administer, and utilize gifts 
