42 USC § 289f - Gifts and donations; memorials

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identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s289f"
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title: "42 USC § 289f - Gifts and donations; memorials"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "289f"
section_name: "Gifts and donations; memorials"
chapter_number: 6
chapter_name: "PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE"
subchapter_number: "III"
subchapter_name: "NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTES"
part_number: "H"
part_name: "General Provisions"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title IV, § 497, as added Pub. L. 99–158, § 2, Nov. 20, 1985, 99 Stat. 877; amended Pub. L. 99–660, title III, § 311(b)(1), Nov. 14, 1986, 100 Stat. 3779; Pub. L. 100–607, title II, § 204(3), Nov. 4, 1988, 102 Stat. 3079; Pub. L. 100–690, title II, § 2620(b)(2), Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4244; Pub. L. 101–381, title I, § 102(5), Aug. 18, 1990, 104 Stat. 586; Pub. L. 103–43, title XX, § 2010(b)(6), June 10, 1993, 107 Stat. 214.)"
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# § 289f. Gifts and donations; memorials

section 238 of this title

The Secretary may, in accordance with , accept conditional gifts for the National Institutes of Health or a national research institute or for the acquisition of grounds or for the erection, equipment, or maintenance of facilities for the National Institutes of Health or a national research institute. Donations of $50,000 or over for the National Institutes of Health or a national research institute for carrying out the purposes of this subchapter may be acknowledged by the establishment within the National Institutes of Health or a national research institute of suitable memorials to the donors.

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**Source Credit**: (July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title IV, § 497, as added Pub. L. 99–158, § 2, Nov. 20, 1985, 99 Stat. 877; amended Pub. L. 99–660, title III, § 311(b)(1), Nov. 14, 1986, 100 Stat. 3779; Pub. L. 100–607, title II, § 204(3), Nov. 4, 1988, 102 Stat. 3079; Pub. L. 100–690, title II, § 2620(b)(2), Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4244; Pub. L. 101–381, title I, § 102(5), Aug. 18, 1990, 104 Stat. 586; Pub. L. 103–43, title XX, § 2010(b)(6), June 10, 1993, 107 Stat. 214.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1993— substituted “section 238” for “section 300aaa”.

1990— made technical amendment to reference to  to reflect renumbering of corresponding section of original act.

1988— made technical amendment to reference to  to reflect renumbering of corresponding section of original act.

substituted “300aaa” for “300cc”.

1986— substituted “” for “”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1988 Amendment

Amendment by  effective immediately after enactment of , which was approved , see , set out as a note under .

### Effective Date of 1986 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , see , as amended, set out as an Effective Date note under .