42 USC § 1320 - Approval of certain projects

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title: "42 USC § 1320 - Approval of certain projects"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "1320"
section_name: "Approval of certain projects"
chapter_number: 7
chapter_name: "SOCIAL SECURITY"
subchapter_number: "XI"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL PROVISIONS, PEER REVIEW, AND ADMINISTRATIVE SIMPLIFICATION"
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source_credit: "(Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title XI, § 1120, as added Pub. L. 90–248, title II, § 249, Jan. 2, 1968, 81 Stat. 919; amended Pub. L. 93–608, § 2(5), Jan. 2, 1975, 88 Stat. 1971; Pub. L. 97–375, title I, § 107(a), Dec. 21, 1982, 96 Stat. 1820; Pub. L. 98–369, div. B, title VI, § 2663(j)(2)(D)(v), July 18, 1984, 98 Stat. 1170; Pub. L. 101–509, title V, § 529 [title I, § 112(c)], Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1427, 1454.)"
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# § 1320. Approval of certain projects

No payment shall be made under this chapter with respect to any experimental, pilot, demonstration, or other project all or any part of which is wholly financed with Federal funds made available under this chapter (without any State, local, or other non-Federal financial participation) unless such project shall have been personally approved by the Secretary or Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title XI, § 1120, as added Pub. L. 90–248, title II, § 249, Jan. 2, 1968, 81 Stat. 919; amended Pub. L. 93–608, § 2(5), Jan. 2, 1975, 88 Stat. 1971; Pub. L. 97–375, title I, § 107(a), Dec. 21, 1982, 96 Stat. 1820; Pub. L. 98–369, div. B, title VI, § 2663(j)(2)(D)(v), July 18, 1984, 98 Stat. 1170; Pub. L. 101–509, title V, § 529 [title I, § 112(c)], Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1427, 1454.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1990— substituted “Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services” for “Under Secretary of Health and Human Services”.

1984— substituted “Health and Human Services” for “Health, Education, and Welfare”.

1982— struck out subsec. (b) which directed the Secretary to submit an annual report to Congress describing each project approved under former subsec. (a) of this section during the preceding year, including the purpose, probable cost, and expected duration of each project, and struck out “(a)” before “No payment”.

1975—Subsec. (b).  substituted provisions relating to an annual submission of the required report to the Congress by the Secretary for each approved project, for provisions relating to submission of the report as soon as possible after approval.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1990 Amendment; Continued Service by Incumbents

Amendment by  effective on the first day of the first pay period that begins on or after , with continued service by incumbent Under Secretary of Health and Human Services, see section 529 [title I, § 112(e)] of , set out as a note under , Education.

### Effective Date of 1984 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , but not to be construed as changing or affecting any right, liability, status, or interpretation which existed (under the provisions of law involved) before that date, see , set out as a note under .