AP: Lab slated for Kansas still needs fed. permission
AP:
WASHINGTON - Kansas state officials have agreed to give the Homeland Security Department land for a national lab to research deadly germs, but the Justice Department noted Thursday that the agency still needs permission and money from Congress to build the facility.
The Homeland Security Department has said it hopes to award a contract in September for the massive lab where foot-and-mouth and other diseases will be studied. The Kansas Board of Regents approved an agreement last week to give up to 48.4 acres to the department. The agreement says the land would be given under a deed that requires it be returned if not used for the lab.
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