---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 300u–1"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "300u–1"
heading: "Grants and contracts for research programs; authority of Secretary; review of applications; additional functions; periodic public survey"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/300u-1"
units:
  - "Chapter 6A — Public Health Service"
  - "Subchapter XV — Health Information and Health Promotion"
---

# §300u–1. Grants and contracts for research programs; authority of Secretary; review of applications; additional functions; periodic public survey

- (a) The [Secretary](/usc/42/201.md?p=c) is authorized to conduct and support by grant or contract (and encourage others to support) research in health information and health promotion, preventive health [services](/usc/42/201.md?p=a), and education in the appropriate use of health care. Applications for grants and contracts under this section shall be subject to appropriate peer review. The [Secretary](/usc/42/201.md?p=c) shall also—
  - (1) provide consultation and technical assistance to persons who need help in preparing research proposals or in actually conducting research;
  - (2) determine the best methods of disseminating information concerning personal health behavior, preventive health [services](/usc/42/201.md?p=a) and the appropriate use of health care and of affecting behavior so that such information is applied to maintain and improve health, and prevent disease, reduce its risk, or modify its course or severity;
  - (3) determine and study environmental, occupational, social, and behavioral factors which affect and determine health and ascertain those [programs](/usc/42/274l–1.md?p=4) and areas for which educational and preventive measures could be implemented to improve health as it is affected by such factors;
  - (4) develop (A) methods by which the cost and effectiveness of activities respecting health information and health promotion, preventive health [services](/usc/42/201.md?p=a), and education in the appropriate use of health care, can be measured, including methods for evaluating the effectiveness of various settings for such activities and the various types of persons engaged in such activities, (B) methods for reimbursement or payment for such activities, and (C) models and standards for the conduct of such activities, including models and standards for the education, by [providers](/usc/42/299b–21.md?p=8) of institutional health [services](/usc/42/201.md?p=a), of individuals receiving such [services](/usc/42/201.md?p=a) respecting the nature of the institutional health [services](/usc/42/201.md?p=a) provided the individuals and the symptoms, signs, or diagnoses which led to provision of such [services](/usc/42/201.md?p=a);
  - (5) develop a method for assessing the cost and effectiveness of specific medical [services](/usc/42/201.md?p=a) and procedures under various conditions of use, including the assessment of the sensitivity and specificity of screening and diagnostic procedures; and
  - (6) enumerate and assess, using methods developed under [paragraph (5)](#a-5), preventive health measures and [services](/usc/42/201.md?p=a) with respect to their cost and effectiveness under various conditions of use (which measures and [services](/usc/42/201.md?p=a) may include blood pressure screening, cholesterol screening and control, smoking cessation [programs](/usc/42/274l–1.md?p=4), substance abuse [programs](/usc/42/274l–1.md?p=4), cancer screening, dietary and nutritional counseling, diabetes screening and education, intraocular pressure screening, and stress management).
- (b) The [Secretary](/usc/42/201.md?p=c) shall make a periodic survey of the needs, interest, attitudes, knowledge, and behavior of the American public regarding health and health care. The [Secretary](/usc/42/201.md?p=c) shall take into consideration the findings of such surveys and the findings of similar surveys conducted by national and community health education organizations, and other organizations and [agencies](/usc/42/8262.md?p=1) for formulating policy respecting health information and health promotion, preventive health [services](/usc/42/201.md?p=a), and education in the appropriate use of health care.

## Source credit

(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XVII, § 1702, as added Pub. L. 94–317, title I, § 102, June 23, 1976, 90 Stat. 696; amended Pub. L. 102–531, title III, § 311(b)(2), Oct. 27, 1992, 106 Stat. 3504.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1992—Subsec. (a)(6). Pub. L. 102–531 inserted before period “(which measures and services may include blood pressure screening, cholesterol screening and control, smoking cessation programs, substance abuse programs, cancer screening, dietary and nutritional counseling, diabetes screening and education, intraocular pressure screening, and stress management)”.