---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 280e–2"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "280e–2"
heading: "Technical assistance in operations of statewide cancer registries"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/280e-2"
units:
  - "Chapter 6A — Public Health Service"
  - "Subchapter II — General Powers and Duties"
  - "Part M — National Program of Cancer Registries"
---

# §280e–2. Technical assistance in operations of statewide cancer registries


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, directly or through grants and contracts, or both, provide technical assistance to the [States](/usc/42/201.md?p=f) in the establishment and operation of statewide registries, including assistance in the development of model legislation for statewide cancer registries and assistance in establishing a computerized reporting and data processing system.


## Source credit

(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title III, § 399D, formerly § 399J, as added Pub. L. 102–515, § 3, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 3376; renumbered § 399D, Pub. L. 106–310, div. A, title V, § 502(2)(A), Oct. 17, 2000, 114 Stat. 1115.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 399D of act July 1, 1944, was renumbered section 519, and is classified to section 290bb–25 of this title.

### 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.