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42 U.S.C. § 1592o — Powers of Surgeon General of Public Health Service
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Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter, all functions, powers, and duties under this subchapter and [section 1591b of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section1591b&num=0&edition=prelim) with respect to health, refuse disposal, sewage treatment, and water purification shall be exercised by and vested in the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service: Provided, That the Surgeon General shall have power to delegate to any other Federal agency functions, powers, and duties with respect to construction.
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Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter, all functions, powers, and duties under this subchapter and [section 1591b of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section1591b&num=0&edition=prelim) with respect to health, refuse disposal, sewage treatment, and water purification shall be exercised by and vested in the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service: Provided, That the Surgeon General shall have power to delegate to any other Federal agency functions, powers, and duties with respect to construction.
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In order to assure that community facilities or services required in connection with national defense activities shall, wherever possible, be provided by the appropriate local agencies with local funds, in any area which the President, pursuant to the authority contained in [section 1591 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section1591&num=0&edition=prelim), has declared to be a critical defense housing area—
**(a) Certification of necessity for loan** no loan shall be made pursuant to subchapter IX of this chapter for the provision of community facilities or equipment therefor required in connection with national defense activities in such area unless the chief executive officer of the appropriate political subdivision certifies, and the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development finds, that such facilities or equipment could not otherwise be provided when needed;
**(b) Certification of necessity for grants or other payments** no grant or other payment shall be made pursuant to subchapter IX of this chapter for the provision, or for the operation and maintenance, of community facilities or equipment therefor, or for the provision of community services, required in connection with national defense activities in such area unless the chief executive officer of the appropriate political subdivision certifies, and the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development finds, that such community facilities or services cannot otherwise be provided when needed, or operated and maintained, as the case may be, without the imposition of an increased excessive tax burden or an unusual or excessive increase in the debt limit of the appropriate local agency; and
**(c) Maintenance and operation of facilities** no community facilities or servi
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When used in this chapter—
**(a)** The term “Service” means the Public Health Service;
**(b)** The term “Surgeon General” means the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service;
**(c)** Unless the context otherwise requires, the term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
**(d)** The term “regulations”, except when otherwise specified, means rules and regulations made by the Surgeon General with the approval of the Secretary;
**(e)** The term “executive department” means any executive department, agency, or independent establishment of the United States or any corporation wholly owned by the United States;
**(f)** Except as provided in sections 246(g)(4)(B),11 See References in Text note below. 247c(c)(1),1 254d(h)(3),1 263c(5),1 264(d), 292a(9),1 300a(c), 300f(13), and 300n(1) 1 of this title, the term “State” includes, in addition to the several States, only the District of Columbia, Guam, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau.
**(g)** The term “possession” includes, among other possessions, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands;
**(h)** Repealed. Pub. L. 97–35, title IX, § 986(a), Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 603.
**(i)** The term “vessel” includes every description of watercraft or other artificial contrivance used, or capable of being used, as a means of transportation on water, exclusive of aircraft and amphibious contrivances;
**(j)** The term “habit-forming narcotic drug” or “narcotic” means opium and coca leaves and the several alkaloids derived therefrom, the best known of these alkaloids being morphia, heroin, and codeine, obtained from opium, and cocaine derived from the coca
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TITLE 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
§ 1592n
the Administrator of any function conferred upon him
by the Act.
12. As used in this order the term ‘‘functions’’ em-
braces duties, powers, responsibilities, authority, or
discretion, and the term ‘‘perform’’ may be construed
to mean ‘‘exercise’’.
§ 1592n. Definitions
As used in this subchapter, the following
terms shall have the meanings respectively as-
cribed to them below, and, unless the context
clearly indicates otherwise, shall include the
plural as well as the singular number:
(a) ‘‘State’’ shall mean the several States, the
District of Columbia, and Territories, and pos-
sessions of the United States.
(b) ‘‘Federal agency’’ shall mean any executive
department or officer (including the President),
independent establishment, commission, board,
bureau, division, or office in the executive
branch of the United States Government, or
other agency of the United States, including
corporations in which the United States owns
all or a majority of the stock, directly or indi-
rectly.
(c) ‘‘Community facility’’ shall mean water-
works, sewers, sewage, garbage and refuse dis-
posal facilities, police and fire protection facili-
ties, public sanitary facilities, works for treat-
ment and purification of water, libraries, hos-
pitals and other places for the care of the sick,
recreational facilities, streets and roads, and
day-care centers.
(d) ‘‘Community service’’ shall mean the
maintenance and operation of facilities for
health, refuse disposal, sewage treatment, recre-
ation, water purification, and day-care centers,
and the provision of fire-protection.
(e) ‘‘National defense’’ shall mean (1) the oper-
ations and activities of the armed forces, the
Atomic Energy Commission, or any othe
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