42 U.S.C. § 300u
General authority of Secretary
United States · Title 42 — THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE · Status: effective
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- 42 U.S.C. § 300u, General authority of Secretary, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/476338
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The Secretary shall—
undertake and support necessary activities and programs to—
establish in the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health an Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, which shall—
For the purpose of carrying out this section and sections 300u–1 through 300u–4 of this title, there are authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000 for fiscal year 1992, and such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 1993 through 2002.
No grant may be made or contract entered into under this subchapter unless an application therefor has been submitted to and approved by the Secretary. Such an application shall be submitted in such form and manner and contain such information as the Secretary may prescribe. Contracts may be entered into under this subchapter without regard to section 3324(a) and (b) of title 31 and section 6101 of title 41.
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.
- An Act to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide authority for health information and health promotion programs, to revise and extend the authority for disease prevention and control programs, and to revise and extend the authority for venereal disease programs, and to amend the Lead-Based Paint Poisoning Prevention Act to revise and extend that Act.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- A joint resolution to amend the Public Health Services Act and related health laws to correct printing and other technical errors.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Nurse Training Amendments of 1979House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Amendments of 1983House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Health Omnibus Extension of 1988House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Health Information, Health Promotion, and Vaccine Injury Compensation Amendments of 1991House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Preventive Health Amendments of 1992House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Health Professions Education Partnerships Act of 1998House: 303–102Senate: no recorded tally