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Title 48 — Territories and Insular Possessions

Chapter 13 — Eastern Samoa

§ 1666. Extension of scientific, technical, and other assistance; grant-in-aid program restriction; limitations on expenditures

Statutory text

Upon request of the Secretary of the Interior—

(a)

the head of any Federal department, agency, or corporation may, notwithstanding any other provision of law, extend to American Samoa, without reimbursement, such scientific, technical, and other assistance under any program which it administers as, in the judgment of the Secretary of the Interior, will promote the welfare of American Samoa. The provisions of the preceding sentence shall not apply to financial assistance under any grant-in-aid program. The Secretary of the Interior shall not request assistance pursuant to this subsection which will involve nonreimbursable costs as estimated for him in advance by the heads of the departments, agencies, and corporations concerned in excess of an aggregate of $150,000 in any one fiscal year;

(b)

the Secretary of Agriculture may extend to American Samoa the benefits of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act, as amended [42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.]; and

(c)

the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare may extend to American Samoa the benefits of the Vocational Education Act of 1946, the Hospital Survey and Construction Act [42 U.S.C. 291 et seq.], and section 246 of title 42, all as amended.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Pub. L. 87–688 § 1 · 76 Stat. 586

    Enacted · 48 U.S.C. § 1666

    Pub. L. 87–688, § 1, Sept. 25, 1962, 76 Stat. 586

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 87–688, § 1, Sept. 25, 1962, 76 Stat. 586

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (1) in section 314 strike out subsection (1) and insert in lieu 70 Stat. 910. 42 USC 246. thereof the following: “(l) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection the provisions of this section shall be applicable to Guam and American Samoa in the same manner in which they apply to the States. Amounts paid to Guam or American Samoa from its allotment under subsection (a), (b), (c), or (e) of this section, together with matching funds of Guam or American Samoa, respectively, may, with the approval of the Surgeon General, be expended in carrying out the purposes specified in any such subsection or subsections other than the one under which the allotment was made.”;

  2. Amber Hagerman Child Protection Act of 1996

    Pub. L. 104–208 div. A title I § 101(e)(tVII)(s709)(a)(7) · 110 Stat. 3009

    Struck · 48 U.S.C. § 1666(c)

    Pub. L. 104–208 struck out “the Library Services Act,” after “the Vocational Education Act of 1946,”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 104–208 struck out “the Library Services Act,” after “the Vocational Education Act of 1946,”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 101. (a) For programs, projects or activities in the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997, provided as follows, to be effective as if it had been enacted into law as the regular appropriations Act:

  3. Pub. L. 106–78 title VII § 752(b)(18) · 113 Stat. 1135

    Substituted · 48 U.S.C. § 1666(b)

    Pub. L. 106–78 substituted “Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act” for “National School Lunch Act”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 106–78 substituted “Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act” for “National School Lunch Act”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (18) Subsection (b) of the first section of Public Law 87–688 (48 U.S.C. 1666(b)).

3 of 3 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

References in Text

The Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act, as amended, referred to in subsec. (b), is act June 4, 1946, ch. 281, 60 Stat. 230, which is classified generally to chapter 13 (§ 1751 et seq.) of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 1751 of Title 42 and Tables.

The Vocational Education Act of 1946, referred to in subsec. (c), is act June 8, 1936, ch. 541, 49 Stat. 1488, which was classified to sections 15h to 15q, 15aa to 15jj, and 15aaa to 15ggg of Title 20, Education, and was repealed by section 103 of Pub. L. 90–576, title I, , 82 Stat. 1091. See section 2301 et seq. of Title 20.

The Hospital Survey and Construction Act, referred to in subsec. (c), is act Aug. 13, 1946, ch. 958, 60 Stat. 1041, which added a title VI to the Public Health Service Act, and was classified to subchapter IV (§ 291 et seq.) of chapter 6A of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. Such title VI was amended generally by Pub. L. 88–443, § 3(a) , 78 Stat. 447. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.

Amendments1996–1999 · 2 rounds

1999

Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 106–78 substituted “Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act” for “National School Lunch Act”.

1996

Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 104–208 struck out “the Library Services Act,” after “the Vocational Education Act of 1946,”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Transfer of Functions

For transfer of functions and offices (relating to education) of Secretary and Department of Health, Education, and Welfare to Secretary and Department of Education, and termination of certain offices and positions and redesignation of Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare as Secretary of Health and Human Services, see sections 3441, 3503, and 3508 of Title 20, Education.

Credits

1962–1999 · 3 acts
  1. 1962Pub. L. 87–688, § 1, , 76 Stat. 586
  2. 1996Pub. L. 104–208, div. A, title I, § 101(e) [title VII, § 709(a)(7)], , 110 Stat. 3009–233, 3009–312
  3. 1999Pub. L. 106–78, title VII, § 752(b)(18), , 113 Stat. 1170.
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(Pub. L. 87–688, § 1, , 76 Stat. 586; Pub. L. 104–208, div. A, title I, § 101(e) [title VII, § 709(a)(7)], , 110 Stat. 3009–233, 3009–312; Pub. L. 106–78, title VII, § 752(b)(18), , 113 Stat. 1170.)

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