42 USC § 296d - Preference

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identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s296d"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "42 USC § 296d - Preference"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "296d"
section_name: "Preference"
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, § 805, as added Pub. L. 105–392, title I, § 123(4), Nov. 13, 1998, 112 Stat. 3565.)"
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# § 296d. Preference

In awarding grants or contracts under this subchapter, the Secretary shall give preference to applicants with projects that will substantially benefit rural or underserved populations, or help meet public health nursing needs in State or local health departments.

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**Source Credit**: (July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title VIII, § 805, as added Pub. L. 105–392, title I, § 123(4), Nov. 13, 1998, 112 Stat. 3565.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 296d, , formerly § 809, as added , , ; renumbered § 805 and amended , , §§ 902(d), 910(b)(1)(A), (B)(i), (2), (c), 911(b), 941(d), , 356, 364; , , , related to applications, amounts, etc., for loan guarantees and interest subsidies for construction of training facilities by nonprofit nursing schools, prior to repeal by , §§ 9(a)(1), 10(a), , , 402, effective .

Another prior section 296d, , as added , , ; amended , , §§ 211, 215, , 783; , , , relating to special project grants and contracts for nurse training programs, was repealed by , , , eff. .