Space Rental for HEW Employee Day Care Centers

An opinion was requested as to whether the Department of Health, Education and Welfare (HEW) may use appropriated funds to lease space for day care centers for children of HEW employees when there is no suitable space for such centers in buildings in which HEW components are located. The Secretary of HEW may lease space for day care facilities since the authorization for use of funds to provide appropriate donated space for this purpose does not require that the space be in HEW-controlled areas.