The Secretary is authorized to acquire any of the following described rights if the property acquired thereby is for use by or for, or useful to, the Department:
copyrights, patents, and applications for patents, designs, processes, and manufacturing data;
licenses under copyrights, patents, and applications for patents; and
releases, before suit is brought, for past infringement of patents or copyrights.
Pub. L. 95–91, title VI, § 65191 Stat. 601 (, , .)