§ 127. — Transfer of facilities by University or cessation of operation as teaching hospital facilities; recovery of value by United States.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 20USC127]
TITLE 20--EDUCATION
CHAPTER 8--HOWARD UNIVERSITY
SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 127. Transfer of facilities by University or cessation of
operation as teaching hospital facilities; recovery of value by
United States
If, within twenty years after the completion of construction (as
determined by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare) of the
new hospital facilities authorized by section 126 of this title, any of
such facilities, or of the facilities transferred pursuant to section
124 of this title and combined with such new facilities, are transferred
by Howard University to any other person or entity (except a transfer to
the United States) or cease to be operated by the university as teaching
hospital facilities, the United States shall be entitled to recover from
the transferee or the university, in the case of a transfer, or from the
university, if there is no transfer, an amount equal to the then value
of such facilities (or so much thereof as is involved in the transfer,
as the case may be), such value to be determined by agreement of the
parties or by action brought in the United States District Court for the
District of Columbia.
(Pub. L. 87-262, Sec. 4, Sept. 21, 1961, 75 Stat. 543.)
Transfer of Functions
Functions of Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare under laws
relating to relationship between Howard University and Department of
Health, Education, and Welfare transferred to Secretary of Education by
section 3441(a)(2)(M) of this title.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 128 of this title.
