PUBLIC LAW 97-449—JAN. 12, 1983
96 STAT. 2427
(B) make special studies on other matters related to duties and powers of the Secretary; (C) prepare, from records of the Department of Transportation, special statistical compilations; and (D) provide transcripts of studies, tables, and other records of the Department. (2) The person or governmental authority requesting information under paragraph (1) of this subsection must pay the actual cost of preparing the information. Payments shall be deposited in the Treasury in an account that the Secretary shall administer. The Secretary may use amounts in the account for the ordinary expenses incidental to getting and providing the information. (d) To assist in carrying out duties and powers under the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 (49 U.S.C. 1301 et seq.), the Secretary of Transportation shall maintain separate cooperative agreements with the Secretary of Defense and the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for the timely exchange of information on their programs, policies, and requirements directly related to carrying out that Act. § 330. Research contracts (a) The Secretary of Transportation may make contracts with educational institutions, public and private agencies and organizations, and persons for scientific or technological research into a problem related to programs carried out by the Secretary. Before making a contract, the Secretary must require the institution, agency, organization, or person to show that it is able to carry out the contract. (b) In carrying out this section, the Secretary shall— (1) give advice and assistance the Secretary believes will best carry out the duties and powers of the Secretary; (2) participate in coordinating all research started under this section; (3) indicate the lines of inquiry most important to the Secretary; and (4) encourage and assist in establishing and maintaining cooperation by and between contractors and between them and other research organizations, the Department of Transportation, and other departments, agencies, and instrumentalities of the United States Government. (c) The Secretary may distribute publications containing information the Secretary considers relevant to research carried out under this section.
49 USC 330.
§ 331. Service, supplies, and facilities at remote places (a) When necessary and not otherwise available, the Secretary of Transportation may provide for, construct, or maintain the following for officers and employees of the Department of Transportation and their dependents stationed in remote places: (1) emergency medical services and supplies. (2) food and other subsistence supplies. (3) messing facilities. (4) motion picture equipment and film for recreation and training. (5) living and working quarters and facilities.
49 USC 331.
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