---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 280e–1"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "280e–1"
heading: "Planning grants regarding registries"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/280e-1"
units:
  - "Chapter 6A — Public Health Service"
  - "Subchapter II — General Powers and Duties"
  - "Part M — National Program of Cancer Registries"
---

# §280e–1. Planning grants regarding registries

- (a) **In general—**
  - (1) **States—** The [Secretary](/usc/42/201.md?p=c), acting through the [Director](/usc/42/11851.md?p=5) of the Centers for Disease Control, may make grants to [States](/usc/42/201.md?p=f) for the purpose of developing plans that meet the assurances required by the [Secretary](/usc/42/201.md?p=c) under [section 280e(c)(2) of this title](/usc/42/280e.md?p=c-2).
  - (2) **Other entities—** For the purpose described in [paragraph (1)](#a-1), the [Secretary](/usc/42/201.md?p=c) may make grants to public entities other than [States](/usc/42/201.md?p=f) and to [nonprofit](/usc/42/300s–3.md?p=3) private entities. Such a grant may be made to an entity only if the [State](/usc/42/201.md?p=f) in which the purpose is to be carried out has certified that the [State](/usc/42/201.md?p=f) approves the entity as qualified to carry out the purpose.
- (b) **Application—** The [Secretary](/usc/42/201.md?p=c) may make a grant under [subsection (a)](#a) only if an application for the grant is submitted to the [Secretary](/usc/42/201.md?p=c), the application contains the certification required in [subsection (a)(2)](#a-2) (if the application is for a grant under such subsection), and the application is in such form, is made in such manner, and contains such agreements, assurances, and information as the [Secretary](/usc/42/201.md?p=c) determines to be necessary to carry out this section.

## Source credit

(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title III, § 399C, formerly § 399I, as added Pub. L. 102–515, § 3, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 3375; renumbered § 399C, Pub. L. 106–310, div. A, title V, § 502(2)(A), Oct. 17, 2000, 114 Stat. 1115.)

## Notes

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Change of Name

Centers for Disease Control changed to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention by Pub. L. 102–531, title III, § 312, Oct. 27, 1992, 106 Stat. 3504.