Title 22, Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-102
§290n–2 Other Authorized Functions
Title 22 › CHAPTER 7 — INTERNATIONAL BUREAUS, CONGRESSES, ETC. › SUBCHAPTER XXIX — UNITED STATES-MEXICO BORDER HEALTH COMMISSION › § 290n–2
Summary
To protect health in the United States‑Mexico Border Area, the Commission may (1) run or fund studies to monitor health problems; (2) support a binational public‑private effort to build a tech‑based health data system; and (3) give money, technical, administrative help to public or nonprofit groups addressing or teaching about these problems.
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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
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102