42 USC § 2005a - Amount of assistance; determination of costs

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title: "42 USC § 2005a - Amount of assistance; determination of costs"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "2005a"
section_name: "Amount of assistance; determination of costs"
chapter_number: 22
chapter_name: "INDIAN HOSPITALS AND HEALTH FACILITIES"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "CONSTRUCTION OF HEALTH FACILITIES AND COMMUNITY HOSPITALS"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 85–151, § 2, Aug. 16, 1957, 71 Stat. 371.)"
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# § 2005a. Amount of assistance; determination of costs

*Provided*August 16, 1957

The amount of such financial assistance shall not exceed that portion of the reasonable cost of the construction project which is attributable to the Indian health needs, as determined by the Surgeon General: , That in determining, for the purposes of this subchapter, the portion of the cost of the construction project attributable to Indian health needs, the Surgeon General shall take into account only those categories of Indians for which hospital and medical care, including outpatient care and field health services, is being provided by or at the expense of the Public Health Service on .

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 85–151, § 2, Aug. 16, 1957, 71 Stat. 371.)

## Executive Documents

### Transfer of Functions

Office of Surgeon General abolished by section 3 of Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1966, eff. , 31 F.R. 8855, , and functions thereof transferred to Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare by section 1 of Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1966, set out as a note under . Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare redesignated Secretary of Health and Human Services by , which is classified to , Education. Office of Surgeon General reestablished within the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, see Notice of Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, , 52 F.R. 11754.