42 USC 280e-11 - Establishment and duties of Foundation

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§ 280e–11.

Establishment and duties of Foundation

(a)

In general

(b)

Purpose of Foundation

(c)

Endowment fund

(1)

In general

(2)

Authorized expenditures of fund

(d)

Certain activities of Foundation

In carrying out subsection (b), the Foundation may provide for the following with respect to the purpose described in such subsection:

(1)

Programs of fellowships for State and local public health officials to work and study in association with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

(2)

Programs of international arrangements to provide opportunities for public health officials of other countries to serve in public health capacities in the United States in association with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or elsewhere, or opportunities for employees of such Centers (or other public health officials in the United States) to serve in such capacities in other countries, or both.

(3)

Studies, projects, and research (which may include applied research on the effectiveness of prevention activities, demonstration projects, and programs and projects involving international, Federal, State, and local governments).

(4)

Forums for government officials and appropriate private entities to exchange information. Participants in such forums may include institutions of higher education and appropriate international organizations.

(5)

Meetings, conferences, courses, and training workshops.

(6)

Programs to improve the collection and analysis of data on the health status of various populations.

(7)

Programs for writing, editing, printing, and publishing of books and other materials.

(8)

Other activities to carry out the purpose described in subsection (b).

(e)

General structure of Foundation; nonprofit status

(1)

Board of directors

(2)

Executive director

(3)

Nonprofit status

In carrying out subsection (b), the Board shall establish such policies and bylaws under paragraph (1), and the Director shall carry out such activities under paragraph (2), as may be necessary to ensure that the Foundation maintains status as an organization that—

(A)

is described in subsection (c)(3) of section 501 of title 26; and

(B)

is, under subsection (a) of such section, exempt from taxation.

(f)

Board of directors

(1)

Certain bylaws

(A)

In establishing bylaws under subsection (e)(1), the Board shall ensure that the bylaws of the Foundation include bylaws for the following:

(i)

Policies for the selection of the officers, employees, agents, and contractors of the Foundation.

(ii)

Policies, including ethical standards, for the acceptance and disposition of donations to the Foundation and for the disposition of the assets of the Foundation.

(iii)

Policies for the conduct of the general operations of the Foundation.

(iv)

Policies for writing, editing, printing, and publishing of books and other materials, and the acquisition of patents and licenses for devices and procedures developed by the Foundation.

(B)

In establishing bylaws under subsection (e)(1), the Board shall ensure that the bylaws of the Foundation (and activities carried out under the bylaws) do not—

(i)

reflect unfavorably upon the ability of the Foundation, or the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to carry out its responsibilities or official duties in a fair and objective manner; or

(ii)

compromise, or appear to compromise, the integrity of any governmental program or any officer or employee involved in such program.

(2)

Composition

(A)

Subject to subparagraph (B), the Board shall be composed of 7 individuals, appointed in accordance with paragraph (4), who collectively possess education or experience appropriate for representing the general field of public health, the general field of international health, and the general public. Each such individual shall be a voting member of the Board.

(B)

The Board may, through amendments to the bylaws of the Foundation, provide that the number of members of the Board shall be a greater number than the number specified in subparagraph (A).

(3)

Chair

(4)

Appointments, vacancies, and terms

Subject to subsection (j) (regarding the initial membership of the Board), the following shall apply to the Board:

(A)

Any vacancy in the membership of the Board shall be filled by appointment by the Board, after consideration of suggestions made by the Chair and the Director regarding the appointments. Any such vacancy shall be filled not later than the expiration of the 180-day period beginning on the date on which the vacancy occurs.

(B)

The term of office of each member of the Board appointed under subparagraph (A) shall be 5 years. A member of the Board may continue to serve after the expiration of the term of the member until the expiration of the 180-day period beginning on the date on which the term of the member expires.

(C)

A vacancy in the membership of the Board shall not affect the power of the Board to carry out the duties of the Board. If a member of the Board does not serve the full term applicable under subparagraph (B), the individual appointed to fill the resulting vacancy shall be appointed for the remainder of the term of the predecessor of the individual.

(5)

Compensation

(g)

Certain responsibilities of executive director

In carrying out subsection (e)(2), the Director shall carry out the following functions:

(1)

Hire, promote, compensate, and discharge officers and employees of the Foundation, and define the duties of the officers and employees.

(2)

Accept and administer donations to the Foundation, and administer the assets of the Foundation.

(3)

Establish a process for the selection of candidates for holding endowed positions under subsection (c).

(4)

Enter into such financial agreements as are appropriate in carrying out the activities of the Foundation.

(5)

Take such action as may be necessary to acquire patents and licenses for devices and procedures developed by the Foundation and the employees of the Foundation.

(6)

Adopt, alter, and use a corporate seal, which shall be judicially noticed.

(7)

Commence and respond to judicial proceedings in the name of the Foundation.

(8)

Other functions that are appropriate in the determination of the Director.

(h)

General provisions

(1)

Authority for accepting funds

(2)

Authority for acceptance of voluntary services

(A)

The Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention may accept, on behalf of the Federal Government, any voluntary services provided to such Centers by the Foundation for the purpose of aiding or facilitating the work of such Centers. In the case of an individual, such Director may accept the services provided under the preceding sentence by the individual until such time as the private funding for such individual ends.

(B)

The limitation established in subparagraph (A) regarding the period of time in which services may be accepted applies to each individual who is not an employee of the Federal Government and who serves in association with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention pursuant to financial support from the Foundation.

(3)

Administrative control

(4)

Applicability of certain standards to non-Federal employees

In the case of any individual who is not an employee of the Federal Government and who serves in association with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention pursuant to financial support from the Foundation, the Foundation shall negotiate a memorandum of understanding with the individual and the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention specifying that the individual—

(A)

shall be subject to the ethical and procedural standards regulating Federal employment, scientific investigation, and research findings (including publications and patents) that are required of individuals employed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, including standards under this chapter, chapter 131 of title 5, and the Technology Transfer Act; 1

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and

(B)

shall be subject to such ethical and procedural standards under chapter 11 of title 18 (relating to conflicts of interest), as the Director of such Centers determines is appropriate, except such memorandum may not provide that the individual shall be subject to the standards of section 209 of title 18.

(5)

Financial conflicts of interest

Any individual who is an officer, employee, or member of the Board of the Foundation may not directly or indirectly participate in the consideration or determination by the Foundation of any question affecting—

(A)

any direct or indirect financial interest of the individual; or

(B)

any direct or indirect financial interest of any business organization or other entity of which the individual is an officer or employee or in which the individual has a direct or indirect financial interest.

(6)

Audits; availability of records

The Foundation shall—

(A)

provide for biennial audits of the financial condition of the Foundation; and

(B)

make such audits, and all other records, documents, and other papers of the Foundation, available to the Secretary and the Comptroller General of the United States for examination or audit.

(7)

Reports

(A)

Not later than February 1 of each fiscal year, the Foundation shall publish a report describing the activities of the Foundation during the preceding fiscal year. Each such report shall include for the fiscal year involved a comprehensive statement of the operations, activities, financial condition, and accomplishments of the Foundation, including an accounting of the use of amounts provided for under subsection (i).

(B)

With respect to the financial condition of the Foundation, each report under subparagraph (A) shall include the source, and a description of, all gifts to the Foundation of real or personal property, and the source and amount of all gifts to the Foundation of money. Each such report shall include a specification of any restrictions on the purposes for which gifts to the Foundation may be used.

(C)

The Foundation shall make copies of each report submitted under subparagraph (A) available—

(i)

for public inspection, and shall upon request provide a copy of the report to any individual for a charge not to exceed the cost of providing the copy; and

(ii)

to the appropriate committees of Congress.

(8)

Liaison from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

(i)

Federal funding

(1)

Authority for annual grants

(A)

The Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shall—

(i)

for fiscal year 1993, make a grant to an entity described in subsection (j)(9) (relating to the establishment of a committee to establish the Foundation);

(ii)

for fiscal year 1994, make a grant to the committee established under such subsection, or if the Foundation has been established, to the Foundation; and

(iii)

for fiscal year 1995 and each subsequent fiscal year, make a grant to the Foundation.

(B)

A grant under subparagraph (A) may be expended—

(i)

in the case of an entity receiving the grant under subparagraph (A)(i), only for the purpose of carrying out the duties established in subsection (j)(9) for the entity;

(ii)

in the case of the committee established under such subsection, only for the purpose of carrying out the duties established in subsection (j) for the committee; and

(iii)

in the case of the Foundation, only for the purpose of the administrative expenses of the Foundation.

(C)

A grant under subparagraph (A) may not be expended to provide amounts for the fund established under subsection (c).

(D)

For the purposes described in subparagraph (B)—

(i)

any portion of the grant made under subparagraph (A)(i) for fiscal year 1993 that remains unobligated after the entity receiving the grant completes the duties established in subsection (j)(9) for the entity shall be available to the committee established under such subsection; and

(ii)

any portion of a grant under subparagraph (A) made for fiscal year 1993 or 1994 that remains unobligated after such committee completes the duties established in such subsection for the committee shall be available to the Foundation.

(2)

Funding for grants

(A)

For the purpose of grants under paragraph (1), there is authorized to be appropriated $1,250,000 for each fiscal year.

(B)

For the purpose of grants under paragraph (1), the Secretary may for each fiscal year make available not less than $500,000, and not more than $1,250,000 from the amounts appropriated for the fiscal year for the programs of the Department of Health and Human Services. Such amounts may be made available without regard to whether amounts have been appropriated under subparagraph (A).

(3)

Certain restriction

(4)

Support services

(j)

Committee for establishment of Foundation

(1)

In general

(2)

Functions

The functions referred to in paragraph (1) for the Committee are as follows:

(A)

To carry out such activities as may be necessary to incorporate the Foundation under the laws of the State involved, including serving as incorporators for the Foundation. Such activities shall include ensuring that the articles of incorporation for the Foundation require that the Foundation be established and operated in accordance with the applicable provisions of this part (or any successor to this part), including such provisions as may be in effect pursuant to amendments enacted after October 27, 1992.

(B)

To ensure that the Foundation qualifies for and maintains the status described in subsection (e)(3) (regarding taxation).

(C)

To establish the general policies and initial bylaws of the Foundation, which bylaws shall include the bylaws described in subsections (e)(3) and (f)(1).

(D)

To provide for the initial operation of the Foundation, including providing for quarters, equipment, and staff.

(E)

To appoint the initial members of the Board in accordance with the requirements established in subsection (f)(2)(A) for the composition of the Board, and in accordance with such other qualifications as the Committee may determine to be appropriate regarding such composition. Of the members so appointed—

(i)

2 shall be appointed to serve for a term of 3 years;

(ii)

2 shall be appointed to serve for a term of 4 years; and

(iii)

3 shall be appointed to serve for a term of 5 years.

(3)

Completion of functions of Committee; initial meeting of Board

(A)

The Committee shall complete the functions required in paragraph (1) not later than September 30, 1994. The Committee shall terminate upon the expiration of the 30-day period beginning on the date on which the Secretary determines that the functions have been completed.

(B)

The initial meeting of the Board shall be held not later than November 1, 1994.

(4)

Composition

The Committee shall be composed of 5 members, each of whom shall be a voting member. Of the members of the Committee—

(A)

no fewer than 2 shall have broad, general experience in public health; and

(B)

no fewer than 2 shall have broad, general experience in nonprofit private organizations (without regard to whether the individuals have experience in public health).

(5)

Chair

(6)

Terms; vacancies

(7)

Compensation

(8)

Committee support

(9)

Grant for establishment of Committee

(A)

With respect to a grant under paragraph (1)(A)(i) of subsection (i) for fiscal year 1993, an entity described in this paragraph is a private nonprofit entity with significant experience in domestic and international issues of public health. Not later than 180 days after October 27, 1992, the Secretary shall make the grant to such an entity (subject to the availability of funds under paragraph (2) of such subsection).

(B)

The grant referred to in subparagraph (A) may be made to an entity only if the entity agrees that—

(i)

the entity will establish a committee that is composed in accordance with paragraph (4); and

(ii)

the entity will not select an individual for membership on the Committee unless the individual agrees that the Committee will operate in accordance with each of the provisions of this subsection that relate to the operation of the Committee.

(C)

The Secretary may make a grant referred to in subparagraph (A) only if the applicant for the grant makes an agreement that the grant will not be expended for any purpose other than carrying out subparagraph (B). Such a grant may be made only if an application for the grant is submitted to the Secretary containing such agreement, and the application is in such form, is made in such manner, and contains such other agreements and such assurances and

information as the Secretary determines to be necessary to carry out this paragraph.

(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title III, § 399G, formerly § 399F, as added Pub. L. 102–531, title II, § 201, Oct. 27, 1992, 106 Stat. 3474; renumbered § 399G, Pub. L. 106–310, div. A, title V, § 502(3), Oct. 17, 2000, 114 Stat. 1115; amended Pub. L. 109–245, § 1, July 26, 2006, 120 Stat. 575; Pub. L. 117–286, § 4(c)(38), Dec. 27, 2022, 136 Stat. 4358.)

cite as: 42 USC 280e-11