---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 291m"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "291m"
heading: "State control of operations"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/291m"
units:
  - "Chapter 6A — Public Health Service"
  - "Subchapter IV — Construction and Modernization of Hospitals and Other Medical Facilities"
  - "Part D — General Provisions"
---

# §291m. State control of operations


Except as otherwise specifically provided, nothing in this subchapter shall be construed as conferring on any Federal officer or [employee](/usc/42/300gg–91.md?p=d-5) the right to exercise any supervision or control over the administration, personnel, maintenance, or operation of any facility with respect to which any funds have been or may be expended under this subchapter.


## Source credit

(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title VI, § 643, formerly § 623, as added Pub. L. 88–443, § 3(a), Aug. 18, 1964, 78 Stat. 458, and renumbered § 643, Pub. L. 91–296, title II, § 201, June 30, 1970, 84 Stat. 344.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 291m, act July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title VI, § 635, as added Aug. 13, 1946, ch. 958, § 2, 60 Stat. 1041; amended July 12, 1954, ch. 471, § 4(h), 68 Stat. 467, contained provisions similar to this section, prior to the general amendment of this subchapter by Pub. L. 88–443.