; (B) perform evaluations of private and public sector programs designed to assist the development of disadvantaged business; and (C) conduct research, studies, and surveys of economic conditions generally and how such conditions particularly affect the development of disadvantaged business. (2) The Administration is hereby authorized to provide financial assistance by contract, grant, or cooperative agreement to public and private organizations to assist the Administration in carrying out the provisions of paragraph (1). (3) The Administration is hereby authorized to establish and maintain an information clearinghouse for the collection and dissemination of demographic, economic, financial, managerial, and technical data pertinent to disadvantaged business and, to this end, to take such steps as the Administration may deem necessary and desirable to search for, collect, classify, coordinate, integrate, record, and catalog such information. V ADMINISTRATIVE AND OTHER POWERS OF THE ADMINISTRATION; MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 501. Administrative powers In performing the duties under this Act, the Administration is authorized to— (1) adopt and use a seal for the Minority Business Development Administration which shall be judicially noticed; (2) hold hearings, sit and act, and take testimony as the Administration may deem advisable; (3) acquire in any lawful manner any property as the Administration may deem necessary or appropriate to conduct the activities authorized in this Act; (4) make advance payments under grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements; (5) donate without cost (except for costs of care and handling) for use in any Federal, State, or local government or in any recipient nonprofit organization for purposes of the development of disadvantaged business any real or tangible personal property acquired by the Administration under this Act. The Administration may impose reasonable terms, conditions, reservations, and restrictions upon the use of any property donated under this section