Title 20 — EducationRelease 119-73
§129 Financial policy; report to Congress
Title 20 › Chapter CHAPTER 8— - HOWARD UNIVERSITY › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - GENERAL PROVISIONS › § 129
Summary
Howard University Hospital must become more self-supporting over time, as long as that does not harm good medical teaching. The President must study the hospital’s finances and send Congress a report with recommendations on how quickly federal funding should be reduced. The report is due by the end of the second calendar year after the year construction of the new hospital is finished.
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Title 20, §129
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It is declared to be the policy of the Congress that, to the extent consistent with good medical teaching practice, the Howard University Hospital facilities shall become progressively more self-supporting. In order to further this policy, the President shall submit to the Congress a report, based on a study of the financing of the operation of the hospital, containing his recommendations on the rate at which, consistent with the above policy, Federal financial participation in such cost of operation shall be reduced. Such report shall be submitted not later than the end of the second calendar year following the year in which the construction of the new hospital facilities, authorized by section 126 of this title, is completed.
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20 U.S.C. § 129
Title 20 — Education
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73