---
kind: "section"
citation: "15 U.S.C. § 278c"
title: "15"
title_heading: "Commerce and Trade"
number: "278c"
heading: "Acquisition of land for field sites"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/15/278c"
units:
  - "Chapter 7 — National Institute of Standards and Technology"
---

# §278c. Acquisition of land for field sites


To the extent that funds are specifically appropriated therefor, the [Secretary](/usc/15/278g–3a.md?p=7) of Commerce is authorized to acquire land for such field sites as are necessary for the proper and efficient conduct of the activities authorized herein.


## Source credit

(Mar. 3, 1901, ch. 872, § 13, as added Pub. L. 85–890, § 1, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1711.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

“Herein”, referred to in text, refers to act Mar. 3, 1901, ch. 872, which is classified generally to this chapter.

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 13 of act Mar. 3, 1901, ch. 872, as added July 22, 1950, ch. 486, § 2, 64 Stat. 373, related to acceptance of gifts and bequests, prior to repeal by act Aug. 3, 1956. See sections 1522 and 1523 of this title.