42 USC § 296c - Matching requirement

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identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s296c"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "42 USC § 296c - Matching requirement"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "296c"
section_name: "Matching requirement"
chapter_number: 6
chapter_name: "PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE"
subchapter_number: "VI"
subchapter_name: "NURSING WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT"
part_number: "A"
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 VIII, § 804, as added Pub. L. 105–392, title I, § 123(4), Nov. 13, 1998, 112 Stat. 3565.)"
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# § 296c. Matching requirement

The Secretary may require that an entity that applies for a grant or contract under this subchapter provide non-Federal matching funds, as appropriate, to ensure the institutional commitment of the entity to the projects funded under the grant. Such non-Federal matching funds may be provided directly or through donations from public or private entities and may be in cash or in-kind, fairly evaluated, including plant, equipment, or services.

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**Source Credit**: (July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title VIII, § 804, as added Pub. L. 105–392, title I, § 123(4), Nov. 13, 1998, 112 Stat. 3565.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 296c, , as added , , ; amended , , §§ 2(d)(3), 13, , 480; , , , which related to recovery of payments of funds by United States for construction of facilities, was renumbered section 858 of act , by  and transferred to .