There is hereby authorized to be permanently appropriated for each year, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of not to exceed $2,000,000 to be paid to the Gorgas Memorial Institute of Tropical and Preventive Medicine, Incorporated (hereinafter referred to as the Gorgas Memorial Institute), for the maintenance and operation by its, of a laboratory to be known as the Gorgas Memorial Laboratory, upon condition (1) that the necessary building or quarters for said laboratory shall be constructed within the five years next ensuing after this subchapter shall become a law, either upon the site offered by the Republic of Panama therefor, at, or adjacent to, the city of Panama, or upon a site in the Canal Zone to be provided by the United States; and (2) that the said Gorgas Memorial Institute be, and it is, authorized within its discretion, henceforth to accept from any of the Latin American Governments, or from any other sources, any funds which may be offered or given for the use of the Gorgas Memorial Institute for the maintenance and operation of the Gorgas Memorial Laboratory, and for carrying on the work of said Laboratory wherever deemed by the said Institute to be necessary or desirable.
May 7, 1928, ch. 505, § 145 Stat. 491July 1, 1948, ch. 78762 Stat. 1213Apr. 19, 1954, ch. 16068 Stat. 57Pub. L. 86–296, § 173 Stat. 572Pub. L. 89–18179 Stat. 679Pub. L. 93–559, § 4788 Stat. 1816(, ; , ; , ; , , ; , , ; , , .)
Editorial Notes
References in Text
section 3602(b) of this titleFor definition of Canal Zone, referred to in text, see .
Amendments
Pub. L. 93–5591974— substituted “$2,000,000” for “$500,000”.
Pub. L. 89–1811965— substituted “not to exceed $500,000” for “$250,000”.
Pub. L. 86–2961959— substituted “$250,000” for “$150,000”.
1954—Act , provided that donations for maintenance of the Laboratory may be accepted from Latin American countries and from other sources, in lieu of provisions which required that such countries be invited to contribute, and struck out provisions that such countries be represented on the board or council directing the administration of such Laboratory in proportion to the amount of their contributions.
1948—Act , substituted “$150,000” for “$50,000”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 1965 Amendment
Pub. L. 89–181Pub. L. 89–181 provided that the amendment made by is effective for fiscal years ending after .
Effective Date of 1959 Amendment
Pub. L. 86–296, § 173 Stat. 572, , , provided that the amendment made by that section is effective for fiscal years ending after .
Additional Appropriation for the Fiscal Year Ending
Pub. L. 90–574, title V, § 50582 Stat. 1013, , , provided that the annual appropriation for the maintenance and operation of the Gorgas Memorial Laboratory for the fiscal year ending would be increased by $500,000.
Annual Appropriations
An annual appropriation was contained in the following appropriation acts:
Aug. 5, 1953, ch. 32867 Stat. 368, title I, .
July 10, 1952, ch. 65166 Stat. 550, title I, .
Oct. 22, 1951, ch. 53365 Stat. 577, title I, .
Sept. 6, 1950, ch. 89664 Stat. 610, ch. III, title I, .
July 20, 1949, ch. 35463 Stat. 449, title I, .
June 3, 1948, ch. 40062 Stat. 308, title I, .
July 9, 1947, ch. 21161 Stat. 282, title I, .
July 5, 1946, ch. 54160 Stat. 453, title I, .
May 21, 1945, ch. 12959 Stat. 175, title I, .
June 28, 1944, ch. 29458 Stat. 402, title I, .
July 1, 1943, ch. 18257 Stat. 278, title I, .
July 2, 1942, ch. 47256 Stat. 474, title I, .
June 28, 1941, ch. 25855 Stat. 271, title I, .
May 14, 1940, ch. 18954 Stat. 187, title I, .
June 29, 1939, ch. 24853 Stat. 891, title I, .
Apr. 27, 1938, ch. 18052 Stat. 253, title I, .
June 16, 1937, ch. 35950 Stat. 267, title I, .
May 15, 1936, ch. 40549 Stat. 1315, title I, .
Mar. 22, 1935, ch. 3949 Stat. 73, title I, .
Apr. 7, 1934, ch. 10448 Stat. 534, title I, .
Mar. 1, 1933, ch. 14447 Stat. 1376, title I, .
July 1, 1932, ch. 36147 Stat. 485, title I, .
Feb. 23, 1931, ch. 28046 Stat. 1309, title I, .
Apr. 18, 1930, ch. 18446 Stat. 173, title I, .
Jan. 25, 1929, ch. 10245 Stat. 1094, title I, .
Appropriation for Construction of Facilities
Act May 7, 1928, ch. 505, § 4Pub. L. 86–296, § 273 Stat. 573Pub. L. 86–61774 Stat. 396, as added by , , , and amended , , , provided that a sum not to exceed $500,000 be appropriated for construction and equipment of facilities for Gorgas Memorial Laboratory, including preparation of plans and specifications, remodeling of buildings, and site improvement, but excluding the cost of acquisition of land.