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[CITE: 42USC242l]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                    CHAPTER 6A--PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE
 
                SUBCHAPTER II--GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES
 
                   Part A--Research and Investigations
 
Sec. 242l. International cooperation


(a) Cooperative endeavors; statement of purpose

    For the purpose of advancing the status of the health sciences in 
the United States (and thereby the health of the American people), the 
Secretary may participate with other countries in cooperative endeavors 
in biomedical research, health care technology, and the health services 
research and statistical activities authorized by section 242k of this 
title and by subchapter VII of this chapter.

(b) Authority of Secretary; building construction prohibition

    In connection with the cooperative endeavors authorized by 
subsection (a) of this section, the Secretary may--
        (1) make such use of resources offered by participating foreign 
    countries as he may find necessary and appropriate;
        (2) establish and maintain fellowships in the United States and 
    in participating foreign countries;
        (3) make grants to public institutions or agencies and to 
    nonprofit private institutions or agencies in the United States and 
    in participating foreign countries for the purpose of establishing 
    and maintaining the fellowships authorized by paragraph (2);
        (4) make grants or loans of equipment and materials, for use by 
    public or nonprofit institutions or agencies, or by individuals, in 
    participating foreign countries;
        (5) participate and otherwise cooperate in any international 
    meetings, conferences, or other activities concerned with biomedical 
    research, health services research, health statistics, or health 
    care technology;
        (6) facilitate the interchange between the United States and 
    participating foreign countries, and among participating foreign 
    countries, of research scientists and experts who are engaged in 
    experiments or programs of biomedical research, health services 
    research, health statistical activities, or health care technology 
    activities, and in carrying out such purpose may pay per diem 
    compensation, subsistence, and travel for such scientists and 
    experts when away from their places of residence at rates not to 
    exceed those provided in section 5703(b) \1\ of title 5 for persons 
    in the Government service employed intermittently;
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        (7) procure, in accordance with section 3109 of title 5, the 
    temporary or intermittent services of experts or consultants; and
        (8) enter into contracts with individuals for the provision of 
    services (as defined in section 104 of part 37 of title 48, Code of 
    Federal Regulations (48 CFR 37.104)) in participating foreign 
    countries, which individuals may not be deemed employees of the 
    United States for any purpose.

The Secretary may not, in the exercise of his authority under this 
section, provide financial assistance for the construction of any 
facility in any foreign country.

(c) Benefits for overseas assignees

    The Secretary may provide to personnel appointed or assigned by the 
Secretary to serve abroad, allowances and benefits similar to those 
provided under chapter 9 of title I of the Foreign Service Act of 1990 
(22 U.S.C. 4081 et seq.). Leaves of absence for personnel under this 
subsection shall be on the same basis as that provided under subchapter 
I of chapter 63 of title 5 to individuals serving in the Foreign 
Service.

(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title III, Sec. 307, formerly Sec. 308, as added 
Pub. L. 86-610, Sec. 3, July 12, 1960, 74 Stat. 364; renumbered Sec. 307 
and amended Pub. L. 93-353, title I, Sec. 106, July 23, 1974, 88 Stat. 
367; Pub. L. 97-35, title IX, Sec. 921, Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 566; 
Pub. L. 101-239, title VI, Sec. 6103(e)(3), Dec. 19, 1989, 103 Stat. 
2206; Pub. L. 102-531, title III, Sec. 310, Oct. 27, 1992, 106 Stat. 
3503; Pub. L. 103-183, title VII, Sec. 702, Dec. 14, 1993, 107 Stat. 
2239.)

                       References in Text

    Section 5703 of title 5, referred to in subsec. (b)(6), was amended 
generally by Pub. L. 94-22, Sec. 4, May 19, 1975, 89 Stat. 85, and, as 
so amended, does not contain a subsec. (b).
    The Foreign Service Act of 1990, referred to in subsec. (c), 
probably means the Foreign Service Act of 1980, which is Pub. L. 96-465, 
Oct. 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 2071. Chapter 9 of title I of the Act is 
classified generally to subchapter IX (Sec. 4081 et seq.) of chapter 52 
of Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse. For complete 
classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out 
under section 3901 of Title 22 and Tables.

                          Codification

    Section was formerly classified to section 242f of this title.


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 307 of act July 1, 1944, was classified to section 
242e of this title, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 93-353, title I, 
Sec. 102(a), July 23, 1974, 88 Stat. 362.


                               Amendments

    1993--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 103-183 added subsec. (c).
    1992--Subsec. (b)(8). Pub. L. 102-531, which directed amendment of 
subsec. (b) by adding par. (8) at the end thereof, was executed by 
adding par. (8) after par. (7) to reflect the probable intent of 
Congress.
    1989--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 101-239 substituted ``section 242k of 
this title and by subchapter VII of this chapter'' for ``sections 242b, 
242c, 242k, and 242n of this title''.
    1981--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 97-35, Sec. 921(a), inserted reference to 
health care technology and section 242n of this title.
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 97-35, Sec. 921(b), in par. (5) inserted 
reference to health care technology, and in par. (6) inserted reference 
to health care technology activities.
    1974--Pub. L. 93-353 amended section generally.


                       International Health Study

    Pub. L. 95-83, title III, Sec. 315, Aug. 1, 1977, 91 Stat. 398, 
provided that the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare arrange 
through the National Academy of Sciences or other nonprofit private 
groups or associations, for a study to determine opportunities for 
broadened Federal program activities in areas of international health, 
which study was to consider biomedical and behavioral research, health 
services research, health professions education, immunization and public 
health activities, and other areas that might improve our and other 
nations' capacities to prevent, diagnose, control, or cure disease, and 
to organize and deliver effective and efficient health services, with an 
interim report on such study completed no later than Oct. 1, 1977 and a 
final report completed no later than Jan. 1, 1978 and both reports 
submitted to the Secretary, the Committee on Human Resources of the 
Senate, and the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce of the 
House of Representatives.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 242m, 300cc-15 of this 
title; title 22 section 2101.
