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[CITE: 42USC300n-4]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                    CHAPTER 6A--PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE
 
 SUBCHAPTER XIII--PREVENTIVE HEALTH MEASURES WITH RESPECT TO BREAST AND 
                            CERVICAL CANCERS
 
Sec. 300n-4. Evaluations and reports


(a) Evaluations

    The Secretary shall, directly or through contracts with public or 
private entities, provide for annual evaluations of programs carried out 
pursuant to section 300k of this title. Such evaluations shall include 
evaluations of the extent to which States carrying out such programs are 
in compliance with section 300k(a)(2) of this title and with section 
300n(c) of this title.

(b) Report to Congress

    The Secretary shall, not later than 1 year after the date on which 
amounts are first appropriated pursuant to section 300n-5(a) \1\ of this 
title, and annually thereafter, submit to the Committee on Energy and 
Commerce of the House of Representatives, and to the Committee on Labor 
and Human Resources of the Senate, a report summarizing evaluations 
carried out pursuant to subsection (a) of this section during the 
preceding fiscal year and making such recommendations for administrative 
and legislative initiatives with respect to this subchapter as the 
Secretary determines to be appropriate, including recommendations 
regarding compliance by the States with section 300k(a)(2) of this title 
and with section 300n(c) of this title.
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(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XV, Sec. 1508, as added Pub. L. 101-354, 
Sec. 2, Aug. 10, 1990, 104 Stat. 415; amended Pub. L. 103-183, title I, 
Sec. 101(e), Dec. 14, 1993, 107 Stat. 2228.)

                       References in Text

    Section 300n-5(a) of this title, referred to in subsec. (b), was in 
the original a reference to section 1509(a), meaning section 1509(a) of 
act July 1, 1944. Section 1509 was renumbered section 1510 by Pub. L. 
103-183, title I, Sec. 102(a)(1), Dec. 14, 1993, 107 Stat. 2229.


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 300n-4, act July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XV, 
Sec. 1535, as added Jan. 4, 1975, Pub. L. 93-641, Sec. 3, 88 Stat. 2256, 
provided for review by Secretary of operations of designated health 
systems agencies and State agencies, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 99-660, 
title VII, Sec. 701(a), Nov. 14, 1986, 100 Stat. 3799, effective Jan. 1, 
1987.


                               Amendments

    1993--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 103-183, Sec. 101(e)(1), inserted at end 
``Such evaluations shall include evaluations of the extent to which 
States carrying out such programs are in compliance with section 
300k(a)(2) of this title and with section 300n(c) of this title.''
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 103-183, Sec. 101(e)(2), inserted before period 
at end ``, including recommendations regarding compliance by the States 
with section 300k(a)(2) of this title and with section 300n(c) of this 
title''.

                         Change of Name

    Committee on Energy and Commerce of House of Representatives treated 
as referring to Committee on Commerce of House of Representatives by 
section 1(a) of Pub. L. 104-14, set out as a note preceding section 21 
of Title 2, The Congress.
