42 U.S.C. § 286b–5
Grants for establishing, expanding, and improving basic resources of medical libraries and related instrumentalities
United States · Title 42 — THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE · Status: effective
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- 42 U.S.C. § 286b–5, Grants for establishing, expanding, and improving basic resources of medical libraries and related instrumentalities, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/475693
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The Secretary shall make grants of money, materials, or both, to public or private nonprofit medical libraries and related scientific communication instrumentalities for the purpose of establishing, expanding, and improving their basic medical library or related resources. A grant under this subsection may be used for—
The amount of any grant under this section to any medical library or related instrumentality shall be determined by the Secretary on the basis of the scope of library or related services provided by such library or instrumentality in relation to the population and purposes served by it. In making a determination of the scope of services served by any medical library or related instrumentality, the Secretary shall take into account—
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.
- Health Research Extension Act of 1985House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Health Omnibus Extension of 1988House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- National Institutes of Health Revitalization Act of 1993