42 U.S.C. § 286b–6
Grants and contracts for establishment of regional medical libraries
United States · Title 42 — THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE · Status: effective
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The Secretary, with the advice of the Board, shall make grants to and enter into contracts with existing public or private nonprofit medical libraries so as to enable each of them to serve as the regional medical library for the geographical area in which it is located.
The uses for which grants and contracts under this section may be employed include the—
Grants and contracts under this section shall only be made to or entered into with medical libraries which agree—
The Secretary, in awarding grants and contracts under this section, shall give priority to medical libraries having the greatest potential of fulfilling the needs for regional medical libraries. In determining the priority to be assigned to any medical library, the Secretary shall consider—
Grants and contracts under this section for basic resource materials to a library may not exceed—
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