§ 278. — Gorgas Memorial Laboratory; location; acceptance of funds from Latin American countries or other sources.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 22USC278]
TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 7--INTERNATIONAL BUREAUS, CONGRESSES, ETC.
SUBCHAPTER V--GORGAS MEMORIAL LABORATORY
Sec. 278. Gorgas Memorial Laboratory; location; acceptance of
funds from Latin American countries or other sources
There is hereby authorized to be permanently appropriated for each
year, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the
sum of not to exceed $2,000,000 to be paid to the Gorgas Memorial
Institute of Tropical and Preventive Medicine, Incorporated (hereinafter
referred to as the Gorgas Memorial Institute), for the maintenance and
operation by its, of a laboratory to be known as the Gorgas Memorial
Laboratory, upon condition (1) that the necessary building or quarters
for said laboratory shall be constructed within the five years next
ensuing after this subchapter shall become a law, either upon the site
offered by the Republic of Panama therefor, at, or adjacent to, the city
of Panama, or upon a site in the Canal Zone to be provided by the United
States; and (2) that the said Gorgas Memorial Institute be, and it is,
authorized within its discretion, henceforth to accept from any of the
Latin American Governments, or from any other sources, any funds which
may be offered or given for the use of the Gorgas Memorial Institute for
the maintenance and operation of the Gorgas Memorial Laboratory, and for
carrying on the work of said Laboratory wherever deemed by the said
Institute to be necessary or desirable.
(May 7, 1928, ch. 505, Sec. 1, 45 Stat. 491; July 1, 1948, ch. 787, 62
Stat. 1213; Apr. 19, 1954, ch. 160, 68 Stat. 57; Pub. L. 86-296, Sec. 1,
Sept. 21, 1959, 73 Stat. 572; Pub. L. 89-181, Sept. 11, 1965, 79 Stat.
679; Pub. L. 93-559, Sec. 47, Dec. 30, 1974, 88 Stat. 1816.)
References in Text
For definition of Canal Zone, referred to in text, see section
3602(b) of this title.
Amendments
1974--Pub. L. 93-559 substituted ``$2,000,000'' for ``$500,000''.
1965--Pub. L. 89-181 substituted ``not to exceed $500,000'' for
``$250,000''.
1959--Pub. L. 86-296 substituted ``$250,000'' for ``$150,000''.
1954--Act Apr. 19, 1954, provided that donations for maintenance of
the Laboratory may be accepted from Latin American countries and from
other sources, in lieu of provisions which required that such countries
be invited to contribute, and struck out provisions that such countries
be represented on the board or council directing the administration of
such Laboratory in proportion to the amount of their contributions.
1948--Act July 1, 1948, substituted ``$150,000'' for ``$50,000''.
Effective Date of 1965 Amendment
Pub. L. 89-181 provided that the amendment made by Pub. L. 89-181 is
effective for fiscal years ending after June 30, 1963.
Effective Date of 1959 Amendment
Section 1 of Pub. L. 86-296 provided that the amendment made by that
section is effective for fiscal years ending after June 30, 1960.
Additional Appropriation for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1970
Section 505 of Pub. L. 90-574, title V, Oct. 15, 1968, 82 Stat.
1013, provided that the annual appropriation for the maintenance and
operation of the Gorgas Memorial Laboratory for the fiscal year ending
June 30, 1970 would be increased by $500,000.
Annual Appropriations
An annual appropriation was contained in the following appropriation
acts:
Aug. 5, 1953, ch. 328, title I, 67 Stat. 368.
July 10, 1952, ch. 651, title I, 66 Stat. 550.
Oct. 22, 1951, ch. 533, title I, 65 Stat. 577.
Sept. 6, 1950, ch. 896, ch. III, title I, 64 Stat. 610.
July 20, 1949, ch. 354, title I, 63 Stat. 449.
June 3, 1948, ch. 400, title I, 62 Stat. 308.
July 9, 1947, ch. 211, title I, 61 Stat. 282.
July 5, 1946, ch. 541, title I, 60 Stat. 453.
May 21, 1945, ch. 129, title I, 59 Stat. 175.
June 28, 1944, ch. 294, title I, 58 Stat. 402.
July 1, 1943, ch. 182, title I, 57 Stat. 278.
July 2, 1942, ch. 472, title I, 56 Stat. 474.
June 28, 1941, ch. 258, title I, 55 Stat. 271.
May 14, 1940, ch. 189, title I, 54 Stat. 187.
June 29, 1939, ch. 248, title I, 53 Stat. 891.
Apr. 27, 1938, ch. 180, title I, 52 Stat. 253.
June 16, 1937, ch. 359, title I, 50 Stat. 267.
May 15, 1936, ch. 405, title I, 49 Stat. 1315.
Mar. 22, 1935, ch. 39, title I, 49 Stat. 73.
Apr. 7, 1934, ch. 104, title I, 48 Stat. 534.
Mar. 1, 1933, ch. 144, title I, 47 Stat. 1376.
July 1, 1932, ch. 361, title I, 47 Stat. 485.
Feb. 23, 1931, ch. 280, title I, 46 Stat. 1309.
Apr. 18, 1930, ch. 184, title I, 46 Stat. 173.
Jan. 25, 1929, ch. 102, title I, 45 Stat. 1094.
Appropriation for Construction of Facilities
Section 4 of act May 7, 1928, as added by section 2 of Pub. L. 86-
296, and amended Pub. L. 86-617, July 12, 1960, 74 Stat. 396, provided
that a sum not to exceed $500,000 be appropriated for construction and
equipment of facilities for Gorgas Memorial Laboratory, including
preparation of plans and specifications, remodeling of buildings, and
site improvement, but excluding the cost of acquisition of land.
