Title 20, EducationRelease 119-102
§127 Transfer of Facilities by University or Cessation of Operation as Teaching Hospital Facilities; Recovery of Value by United States
Title 20 › CHAPTER 8 — HOWARD UNIVERSITY › SUBCHAPTER I — GENERAL PROVISIONS › § 127
Summary
If, within 20 years after the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare says the new hospital construction is finished, Howard University transfers those hospital facilities to anyone other than the United States or stops using them as teaching hospitals, the United States can recover their current value from the new owner or the university. The value must be agreed by the parties or decided by the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.
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Title 20, §127
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If, within twenty years after the completion of construction (as determined by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare) of the new hospital facilities authorized by section 126 of this title, any of such facilities, or of the facilities transferred pursuant to section 124 of this title and combined with such new facilities, are transferred by Howard University to any other person or entity (except a transfer to the United States) or cease to be operated by the university as teaching hospital facilities, the United States shall be entitled to recover from the transferee or the university, in the case of a transfer, or from the university, if there is no transfer, an amount equal to the then value of such facilities (or so much thereof as is involved in the transfer, as the case may be), such value to be determined by agreement of the parties or by action brought in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.
Legislative History
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Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Transfer of Functions
Functions of Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare under laws relating to relationship between Howard University and Department of Health, Education, and Welfare transferred to Secretary of Education by section 3441(a)(2)(M) of this title.
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Citation
20 U.S.C. § 127
Title 20, Education
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102