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24 U.S.C. § 322 — Reception of eligible persons at ports of entry or debarkation
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**(a) Arrangements for care, treatment, and assistance** Upon request of the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Health and Human Services is authorized (directly or through arrangements under this subsection) to receive any eligible person at any port of entry or debarkation upon arrival from a foreign country and, to the extent he finds it necessary, to temporarily care for and treat at suitable facilities (including a hospital), and otherwise render assistance to, such person pending his transfer or hospitalization pursuant to other sections of this chapter. For the purpose of providing such care and treatment and assistance, the Secretary is authorized to enter into suitable arrangements with appropriate State or other public or nonprofit agencies. Such arrangements shall be made without regard to [section 6101 of title 41](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title41-section6101&num=0&edition=prelim), and may provide for payment by the Secretary either in advance or by way of reimbursement.
**(b) Payment or reimbursement for care, treatment, or assistance** The Secretary may, to the extent deemed appropriate, equitable, and practicable by him, (1) require any person receiving care and treatment or assistance pursuant to subsection (a) to pay, in advance or by way of reimbursement, for the cost thereof or (2) obtain reimbursement for such cost from any State or political subdivision responsible for the cost of his subsequent hospitalization.
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**(a) Arrangements for care, treatment, and assistance** Upon request of the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Health and Human Services is authorized (directly or through arrangements under this subsection) to receive any eligible person at any port of entry or debarkation upon arrival from a foreign country and, to the extent he finds it necessary, to temporarily care for and treat at suitable facilities (including a hospital), and otherwise render assistance to, such person pending his transfer or hospitalization pursuant to other sections of this chapter. For the purpose of providing such care and treatment and assistance, the Secretary is authorized to enter into suitable arrangements with appropriate State or other public or nonprofit agencies. Such arrangements shall be made without regard to [section 6101 of title 41](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title41-section6101&num=0&edition=prelim), and may provide for payment by the Secretary either in advance or by way of reimbursement.
**(b) Payment or reimbursement for care, treatment, or assistance** The Secretary may, to the extent deemed appropriate, equitable, and practicable by him, (1) require any person receiving care and treatment or assistance pursuant to subsection (a) to pay, in advance or by way of reimbursement, for the cost thereof or (2) obtain reimbursement for such cost from any State or political subdivision responsible for the cost of his subsequent hospitalization.
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**(a) Definitions.—** In this section—
(1) **Appropriation.—** — The term “appropriation” includes amounts made available by legislation under [section 9104 of title 31](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title31-section9104&num=0&edition=prelim).
(2) **Federal government.—** — The term “Federal Government” includes the government of the District of Columbia.
**(b) Purchases.—**
(1) **In general.—** — Unless otherwise provided in the appropriation concerned or other law, purchases and contracts for supplies or services for the Federal Government may be made or entered into only after advertising for proposals for a sufficient time.
(2) **Limitations on applicability.—** — Paragraph (1) does not apply when—
(A) the amount involved in any one case does not exceed $25,000;
(B) public exigencies require the immediate delivery of articles or performance of services;
(C) only one source of supply is available and the Federal Government purchasing or contracting officer so certifies; or
(D) services are required to be performed by a contractor in person and are—
(i) of a technical and professional nature; or
(ii) under Federal Government supervision and paid for on a time basis.
**(c) Sales.—** Except when otherwise authorized by law or when the reasonable value involved in any one case does not exceed $500, sales and contracts of sale by the Federal Government are governed by the requirements of this section for advertising.
**(d) Application to Wholly Owned Government Corporations.—** For wholly owned Government corporations, this section applies only to administrative transactions.
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**(a) Place of hospitalization** Until the transfer and release of an eligible person pursuant to [section 323 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title24-section323&num=0&edition=prelim), the Secretary is authorized to provide care and treatment for such person at any Federal hospital within or (pursuant to agreement) outside of the Department, or (under contract or other arrangements made without regard to [section 6101 of title 41](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title41-section6101&num=0&edition=prelim)) at any other public or private hospital in any State and, for such purposes, to transfer such person to any such hospital from a place of temporary care provided pursuant to [section 322 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title24-section322&num=0&edition=prelim). In determining the place of such hospitalization, the Secretary shall give due weight to the best interests of the patient.
**(b) Ineligible persons** The authority of the Secretary to provide hospitalization for any person under this section shall not apply to any person for whose medical care and treatment any agency of the United States is responsible.
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TITLE 24—HOSPITALS AND ASYLUMS
§ 322
CHAPTER 7A—PRIVATE AND COMMERCIAL
CEMETERIES
§ 298. Repealed. Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 654, § 1(47), 65
Stat. 703
Section, act June 20, 1939, ch. 220, 53 Stat. 843, related
to disposal, by Secretary of War, of government lots in
commercial cemeteries.
CHAPTER 8—GORGAS HOSPITAL
Sec.
301.
Ancon Hospital to be known as Gorgas Hos-
pital.
302.
Change of name as affecting various rights;
records, maps, and public documents.
§ 301. Ancon Hospital to be known as Gorgas
Hospital
In recognition of his distinguished services to
humanity and as a fitting perpetuation of the
name and memory of Major General William
Crawford Gorgas, the Government hospital with-
in the Canal Zone, near the City of Panama,
known prior to March 24, 1928, as the Ancon Hos-
pital, shall after such date be known and des-
ignated on the public records as the Gorgas Hos-
pital.
(Mar. 24, 1928, ch. 240, § 1, 45 Stat. 365.)
Editorial Notes
REFERENCES IN TEXT
For definition of Canal Zone, referred to in text, see
section 3602(b) of Title 22, Foreign Relations and Inter-
course.
§ 302. Change of name as affecting various rights;
records, maps, and public documents
The change in the name of said hospital shall
in no wise affect the rights of the Federal Gov-
ernment, or any municipality, corporation, as-
sociation, or person; and all records, maps, and
public documents of the United States in which
said hospital is mentioned or referred to under
the name of the Ancon Hospital or otherwise
shall be held to refer to the said hospital under
and by the name of the Gorgas Hospital.
(Mar. 24, 1928, ch. 240, § 2, 45 Stat. 366.)
CHAPTER
9—HOSPITALIZATION
OF
MEN-
TALLY ILL NATIONALS RETURNED FROM
FOREIGN COUNTRIES
Sec.
321.
Definitions.
322.
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