Title 22, Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73not60

§290n–2 Other Authorized Functions

Title 22 › Chapter 7— INTERNATIONAL BUREAUS, CONGRESSES, ETC. › Subchapter XXIX— UNITED STATES-MEXICO BORDER HEALTH COMMISSION › § 290n–2

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

Allows the Commission to investigate and continuously monitor health problems that affect people in the United States-Mexico Border Area. It also lets the Commission help build a joint U.S.-Mexico system with government and private partners that uses advanced technology to collect and track health data, and to give money, technical, or administrative support to nonprofit groups that prevent, solve, or educate about those health problems.

Full Legal Text

Title 22, §290n–2

Foreign Relations and Intercourse, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

In addition to the duties described in section 290n–1 of this title, the Commission should be authorized to perform the following functions as the Commission determines to be appropriate—

(1)to conduct or support investigations, research, or studies designed to identify, study, and monitor, on an on-going basis, health problems that affect the general population in the United States-Mexico Border Area;

(2)to conduct or support a binational, public-private effort to establish a comprehensive and coordinated system, which uses advanced technologies to the maximum extent possible, for gathering health-related data and monitoring health problems in the United States-Mexico Border Area; and

(3)to provide financial, technical, or administrative assistance to public or private nonprofit entities who act to prevent or resolve such problems or who educate the population concerning such health problems.

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Citation

22 U.S.C. § 290n–2

Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60