Title 22Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73

§290n–1 Duties

Title 22 › Chapter CHAPTER 7— - INTERNATIONAL BUREAUS, CONGRESSES, ETC. › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER XXIX— - UNITED STATES-MEXICO BORDER HEALTH COMMISSION › § 290n–1

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Must carry out a full study of health needs in the United States‑Mexico Border Area to find, check, prevent, and fix health problems that affect the people who live there. Must put the study’s recommendations into action by helping public and private groups work together to prevent and solve those health problems, and by helping them teach the local population about those health issues in ways that respect local cultures.

Full Legal Text

Title 22, §290n–1

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It should be the duty of the Commission—
(1)to conduct a comprehensive needs assessment in the United States-Mexico Border Area for the purposes of identifying, evaluating, preventing, and resolving health problems and potential health problems that affect the general population of the area; and
(2)to implement the actions recommended by the needs assessment through—
(A)assisting in the coordination and implementation of the efforts of public and private entities to prevent and resolve such health problems, and
(B)assisting in the coordination and implementation of efforts of public and private entities to educate such population, in a culturally competent manner, concerning such health problems.

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Amendments

1999—Par. (1). Pub. L. 106–113, § 1000(a)(4) [title V, § 516(2)(A)], substituted “; and” for semicolon at end. Par. (2)(B). Pub. L. 106–113, § 1000(a)(4) [title V, § 516(2)(B)], substituted period for “; and” at end. Par. (3). Pub. L. 106–113, § 1000(a)(4) [title V, § 516(2)(C)], struck out par. (3) which read as follows: “to formulate recommendations to the Governments of the United States and Mexico concerning a fair and reasonable method by which the government of one country could reimburse a public or private entity in the other country for the cost of a health care service that the entity furnishes to a citizen of the first country who is unable, through insurance or otherwise, to pay for the service.”

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Citation

22 U.S.C. § 290n–1

Title 22Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73