42 U.S.C. § 280e–11 — Establishment and duties of Foundation

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This law creates the National Foundation for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It's a private nonprofit, not a federal agency, that supports disease prevention and public health. A Board of Directors and an Executive Director run it under bylaws. It can raise private donations, including an endowment fund, and it may receive limited federal grants.

(a) In general This section sets up a private nonprofit corporation called the National Foundation for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, called "the Foundation" in this part. The Foundation is not part of the federal government. Its officers, employees, and board members are not federal employees. (b) Purpose of Foundation The Foundation exists to support and carry out work that prevents and controls diseases, disorders, injuries, and disabilities, and that promotes public health. (c) Endowment fund The Foundation must set up a fund that pays for endowed positions connected to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The fund is filled with donations from non-federal sources and with other non-federal Foundation money the Foundation chooses to move into it. Money from this fund can only be spent on: paying the people who hold these endowed positions, paying their staff, equipment, offices, and travel, and recruiting people to fill the positions. It cannot be spent on anything else. (d) Certain activities of Foundation To carry out its purpose, the Foundation may run: fellowships letting state and local public health officials work with the CDC; international exchange programs sending CDC-linked officials abroad or bringing foreign officials to work with the CDC; studies, projects, and research, including testing how well prevention programs work; forums where government officials and private groups — including universities and international organizations — can trade information; meetings, conferences, courses, and training; programs to improve how health data is collected and analyzed; writing, editing, printing, and publishing books and materials; and any other activity that serves the Foundation's purpose. (e) General structure of Foundation; nonprofit status The Foundation has a Board of Directors, which sets its general policies and bylaws. The Foundation also has an Executive Director, hired and paid by the Board, who runs day-to-day operations following the Board's policies. The Board and Director must keep the Foundation qualified as a tax-exempt charity under section 501(c)(3) of the tax code. (f) Board of directors The Board's bylaws must cover: how officers, employees, agents, and contractors are chosen; ethical rules for accepting donations and handling the Foundation's assets; how daily operations are run; and rules for publishing materials and getting patents or licenses for things the Foundation develops. The bylaws and anything done under them cannot make the Foundation or the CDC look unable to do its job fairly, and cannot compromise — or appear to compromise — the integrity of any government program or employee. The Board normally has 7 voting members, chosen for their knowledge of public health, international health, or the general public's interests; the Board can vote to make itself bigger. The Board picks one of its own members to be Chair. Vacancies are filled by the Board, considering suggestions from the Chair and Director, within 180 days. A member's term is 5 years, though a member may keep serving up to 180 days past the end of the term. A person filling a vacancy early serves only the rest of the departing member's term. Board members are not paid, but they can be reimbursed for travel and other costs of doing the job. (g) Certain responsibilities of executive director The Executive Director hires, promotes, pays, and fires Foundation staff and sets their duties; accepts and manages donations and other Foundation assets; sets up a process for choosing people for the endowed positions; signs financial agreements for the Foundation; works to get patents and licenses for things the Foundation or its staff develop; adopts and uses a corporate seal; sues and can be sued in the Foundation's name; and handles any other appropriate functions. (h) General provisions The CDC Director may accept gifts of money or property from the Foundation, whether general-purpose or for a specific use, to help the CDC's work. The CDC Director may also accept volunteer help from the Foundation, but for any one person, only until that person's private Foundation funding ends. No Foundation officer, employee, or Board member may manage or control any federal employee. Anyone who is not a federal employee but works with the CDC using Foundation money must sign an agreement making them follow the same ethics and research rules as CDC employees, including this chapter, the federal conduct rules in chapter 131 of title 5, and the Technology Transfer Act, plus conflict-of-interest rules chosen by the CDC Director from chapter 11 of title 18 — except they can never be held to the specific rule in 18 U.S.C. § 209. Foundation officers, employees, and Board members cannot take part in any Foundation decision that affects their own money, or the money of a business they work for or have a financial stake in. The Foundation must get its finances audited every two years, and must give the audits and all its records to the Secretary and the Comptroller General on request. By February 1 each year, the Foundation must publish a report on the past fiscal year covering its operations, activities, finances, and accomplishments, including how it spent the federal grant money described in subsection (i). The report must list every gift of property or money the Foundation received, where each came from, and any limits on how a gift can be used. Copies must be available to the public — for no more than the cost of copying — and sent to the right congressional committees. The CDC Director acts as the CDC's liaison to the Board and the Foundation. (i) Federal funding The Secretary, through the CDC Director, must make a grant: for 1993, to the entity forming the founding committee described in subsection (j)(9); for 1994, to that committee, or to the Foundation if it already exists; and for 1995 and every year after, to the Foundation. Each grant can only be spent on the specific duties tied to that recipient, and none of it can go into the endowment fund in subsection (c). Unspent 1993 or 1994 money passes forward to the next recipient in line. Congress is authorized to appropriate $1,250,000 a year for these grants, and the Secretary may also set aside between $500,000 and $1,250,000 from other HHS program money for the same purpose, whether or not Congress appropriated the first amount. If the Foundation passes federal money between federal agencies, it can only keep up to 10% of the direct costs as indirect costs, and grant money under this subsection cannot be used for that role. The CDC Director may give the Foundation facilities, utilities, and support services if that helps the CDC's programs. (j) Committee for establishment of Foundation Before the Foundation existed, a Committee was set up to create it. The Committee's jobs were to: incorporate the Foundation under state law, making sure its founding documents require it to follow this law; make sure the Foundation qualifies for and keeps its tax-exempt status; write the Foundation's first policies and bylaws; set up its first offices, equipment, and staff; and appoint the first 7 Board members, with staggered terms — 2 members for 3 years, 2 for 4 years, and 3 for 5 years. The Committee had to finish this work by September 30, 1994, and it would dissolve 30 days after the Secretary confirmed the work was done; the Board's first meeting had to happen by November 1, 1994. The Committee itself had 5 voting members: at least 2 with public health experience and at least 2 with nonprofit experience. The Committee chose its own chair. Members served only as long as the Committee existed, and anyone filling a vacancy served just the rest of the term. Members were unpaid but could be reimbursed for expenses. The CDC Director could give the Committee staff and money from CDC's general budget. For 1993, the Secretary had to give a grant, within 180 days of October 27, 1992, to a private nonprofit experienced in public health to set up the Committee — but only if that group agreed to build the Committee correctly and to only pick members who agreed to follow these rules, and only if it applied for the grant promising to spend it solely on that task.

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(a) In general

There shall be established in accordance with this section a nonprofit private corporation to be known as the National Foundation for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (in this part referred to as the “Foundation”). The Foundation shall not be an agency or instrumentality of the Federal Government, and officers, employees, and members of the board of the Foundation shall not be officers or employees of the Federal Government.

(b) Purpose of Foundation

The purpose of the Foundation shall be to support and carry out activities for the prevention and control of diseases, disorders, injuries, and disabilities, and for promotion of public health.

(1) In general

In carrying out subsection (b), the Foundation shall establish a fund for providing endowments for positions that are associated with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and dedicated to the purpose described in such subsection. Subject to subsection (f)(1)(B), the fund shall consist of such donations as may be provided by non-Federal entities and such non-Federal assets of the Foundation (including earnings of the Foundation and the fund) as the Foundation may elect to transfer to the fund.

(2) Authorized expenditures of fund

The provision of endowments under paragraph (1) shall be the exclusive function of the fund established under such paragraph. Such endowments may be expended only for the compensation of individuals holding the positions, for staff, equipment, quarters, travel, and other expenditures that are appropriate in supporting the positions, and for recruiting individuals to hold the positions endowed by the fund.

(d) Certain activities of Foundation

In carrying out subsection (b), the Foundation may provide for the following with respect to the purpose described in such subsection:

(1)

Programs of fellowships for State and local public health officials to work and study in association with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

(2)

Programs of international arrangements to provide opportunities for public health officials of other countries to serve in public health capacities in the United States in association with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or elsewhere, or opportunities for employees of such Centers (or other public health officials in the United States) to serve in such capacities in other countries, or both.

(3)

Studies, projects, and research (which may include applied research on the effectiveness of prevention activities, demonstration projects, and programs and projects involving international, Federal, State, and local governments).

(4)

Forums for government officials and appropriate private entities to exchange information. Participants in such forums may include institutions of higher education and appropriate international organizations.

(5)

Meetings, conferences, courses, and training workshops.

(6)

Programs to improve the collection and analysis of data on the health status of various populations.

(7)

Programs for writing, editing, printing, and publishing of books and other materials.

(8)

Other activities to carry out the purpose described in subsection (b).

(e) General structure of Foundation; nonprofit status

(1) Board of directors

The Foundation shall have a board of directors (in this part referred to as the “Board”), which shall be established and conducted in accordance with subsection (f). The Board shall establish the general policies of the Foundation for carrying out subsection (b), including the establishment of the bylaws of the Foundation.

(2) Executive director

The Foundation shall have an executive director (in this part referred to as the “Director”), who shall be appointed by the Board, who shall serve at the pleasure of the Board, and for whom the Board shall establish the rate of compensation. Subject to compliance with the policies and bylaws established by the Board pursuant to paragraph (1), the Director shall be responsible for the daily operations of the Foundation in carrying out subsection (b).

(3) Nonprofit status

In carrying out subsection (b), the Board shall establish such policies and bylaws under paragraph (1), and the Director shall carry out such activities under paragraph (2), as may be necessary to ensure that the Foundation maintains status as an organization that—

(A)

is described in subsection (c)(3) of section 501 of title 26; and

(B)

is, under subsection (a) of such section, exempt from taxation.

(f) Board of directors

(1) Certain bylaws

(A)

In establishing bylaws under subsection (e)(1), the Board shall ensure that the bylaws of the Foundation include bylaws for the following:

(i)

Policies for the selection of the officers, employees, agents, and contractors of the Foundation.

(ii)

Policies, including ethical standards, for the acceptance and disposition of donations to the Foundation and for the disposition of the assets of the Foundation.

(iii)

Policies for the conduct of the general operations of the Foundation.

(iv)

Policies for writing, editing, printing, and publishing of books and other materials, and the acquisition of patents and licenses for devices and procedures developed by the Foundation.

(B)

In establishing bylaws under subsection (e)(1), the Board shall ensure that the bylaws of the Foundation (and activities carried out under the bylaws) do not—

(i)

reflect unfavorably upon the ability of the Foundation, or the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to carry out its responsibilities or official duties in a fair and objective manner; or

(ii)

compromise, or appear to compromise, the integrity of any governmental program or any officer or employee involved in such program.

(2) Composition

(A)

Subject to subparagraph (B), the Board shall be composed of 7 individuals, appointed in accordance with paragraph (4), who collectively possess education or experience appropriate for representing the general field of public health, the general field of international health, and the general public. Each such individual shall be a voting member of the Board.

(B)

The Board may, through amendments to the bylaws of the Foundation, provide that the number of members of the Board shall be a greater number than the number specified in subparagraph (A).

(3) Chair

The Board shall, from among the members of the Board, designate an individual to serve as the chair of the Board (in this subsection referred to as the “Chair”).

(4) Appointments, vacancies, and terms

Subject to subsection (j) (regarding the initial membership of the Board), the following shall apply to the Board:

(A)

Any vacancy in the membership of the Board shall be filled by appointment by the Board, after consideration of suggestions made by the Chair and the Director regarding the appointments. Any such vacancy shall be filled not later than the expiration of the 180-day period beginning on the date on which the vacancy occurs.

(B)

The term of office of each member of the Board appointed under subparagraph (A) shall be 5 years. A member of the Board may continue to serve after the expiration of the term of the member until the expiration of the 180-day period beginning on the date on which the term of the member expires.

(C)

A vacancy in the membership of the Board shall not affect the power of the Board to carry out the duties of the Board. If a member of the Board does not serve the full term applicable under subparagraph (B), the individual appointed to fill the resulting vacancy shall be appointed for the remainder of the term of the predecessor of the individual.

(5) Compensation

Members of the Board may not receive compensation for service on the Board. The members may be reimbursed for travel, subsistence, and other necessary expenses incurred in carrying out the duties of the Board.

(g) Certain responsibilities of executive director

In carrying out subsection (e)(2), the Director shall carry out the following functions:

(1)

Hire, promote, compensate, and discharge officers and employees of the Foundation, and define the duties of the officers and employees.

(2)

Accept and administer donations to the Foundation, and administer the assets of the Foundation.

(3)

Establish a process for the selection of candidates for holding endowed positions under subsection (c).

(4)

Enter into such financial agreements as are appropriate in carrying out the activities of the Foundation.

(5)

Take such action as may be necessary to acquire patents and licenses for devices and procedures developed by the Foundation and the employees of the Foundation.

(6)

Adopt, alter, and use a corporate seal, which shall be judicially noticed.

(7)

Commence and respond to judicial proceedings in the name of the Foundation.

(8)

Other functions that are appropriate in the determination of the Director.

(h) General provisions

(1) Authority for accepting funds

The Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention may accept and utilize, on behalf of the Federal Government, any gift, donation, bequest, or devise of real or personal property from the Foundation for the purpose of aiding or facilitating the work of such Centers. Funds may be accepted and utilized by such Director under the preceding sentence without regard to whether the funds are designated as general-purpose funds or special-purpose funds.

(2) Authority for acceptance of voluntary services

(A)

The Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention may accept, on behalf of the Federal Government, any voluntary services provided to such Centers by the Foundation for the purpose of aiding or facilitating the work of such Centers. In the case of an individual, such Director may accept the services provided under the preceding sentence by the individual until such time as the private funding for such individual ends.

(B)

The limitation established in subparagraph (A) regarding the period of time in which services may be accepted applies to each individual who is not an employee of the Federal Government and who serves in association with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention pursuant to financial support from the Foundation.

(3) Administrative control

No officer, employee, or member of the Board of the Foundation may exercise any administrative or managerial control over any Federal employee.

(4) Applicability of certain standards to non-Federal employees

In the case of any individual who is not an employee of the Federal Government and who serves in association with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention pursuant to financial support from the Foundation, the Foundation shall negotiate a memorandum of understanding with the individual and the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention specifying that the individual—

(A)

shall be subject to the ethical and procedural standards regulating Federal employment, scientific investigation, and research findings (including publications and patents) that are required of individuals employed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, including standards under this chapter, chapter 131 of title 5, and the Technology Transfer Act; 1 and

(B)

shall be subject to such ethical and procedural standards under chapter 11 of title 18 (relating to conflicts of interest), as the Director of such Centers determines is appropriate, except such memorandum may not provide that the individual shall be subject to the standards of section 209 of title 18.

(5) Financial conflicts of interest

Any individual who is an officer, employee, or member of the Board of the Foundation may not directly or indirectly participate in the consideration or determination by the Foundation of any question affecting—

(A)

any direct or indirect financial interest of the individual; or

(B)

any direct or indirect financial interest of any business organization or other entity of which the individual is an officer or employee or in which the individual has a direct or indirect financial interest.

(6) Audits; availability of records

The Foundation shall—

(A)

provide for biennial audits of the financial condition of the Foundation; and

(B)

make such audits, and all other records, documents, and other papers of the Foundation, available to the Secretary and the Comptroller General of the United States for examination or audit.

(7) Reports

(A)

Not later than February 1 of each fiscal year, the Foundation shall publish a report describing the activities of the Foundation during the preceding fiscal year. Each such report shall include for the fiscal year involved a comprehensive statement of the operations, activities, financial condition, and accomplishments of the Foundation, including an accounting of the use of amounts provided for under subsection (i).

(B)

With respect to the financial condition of the Foundation, each report under subparagraph (A) shall include the source, and a description of, all gifts to the Foundation of real or personal property, and the source and amount of all gifts to the Foundation of money. Each such report shall include a specification of any restrictions on the purposes for which gifts to the Foundation may be used.

(C)

The Foundation shall make copies of each report submitted under subparagraph (A) available—

(i)

for public inspection, and shall upon request provide a copy of the report to any individual for a charge not to exceed the cost of providing the copy; and

(ii)

to the appropriate committees of Congress.

(8) Liaison from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

The Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shall serve as the liaison representative of such Centers to the Board and the Foundation.

(i) Federal funding

(1) Authority for annual grants

(A)

The Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shall—

(i)

for fiscal year 1993, make a grant to an entity described in subsection (j)(9) (relating to the establishment of a committee to establish the Foundation);

(ii)

for fiscal year 1994, make a grant to the committee established under such subsection, or if the Foundation has been established, to the Foundation; and

(iii)

for fiscal year 1995 and each subsequent fiscal year, make a grant to the Foundation.

(B)

A grant under subparagraph (A) may be expended—

(i)

in the case of an entity receiving the grant under subparagraph (A)(i), only for the purpose of carrying out the duties established in subsection (j)(9) for the entity;

(ii)

in the case of the committee established under such subsection, only for the purpose of carrying out the duties established in subsection (j) for the committee; and

(iii)

in the case of the Foundation, only for the purpose of the administrative expenses of the Foundation.

(C)

A grant under subparagraph (A) may not be expended to provide amounts for the fund established under subsection (c).

(D)

For the purposes described in subparagraph (B)—

(i)

any portion of the grant made under subparagraph (A)(i) for fiscal year 1993 that remains unobligated after the entity receiving the grant completes the duties established in subsection (j)(9) for the entity shall be available to the committee established under such subsection; and

(ii)

any portion of a grant under subparagraph (A) made for fiscal year 1993 or 1994 that remains unobligated after such committee completes the duties established in such subsection for the committee shall be available to the Foundation.

(2) Funding for grants

(A)

For the purpose of grants under paragraph (1), there is authorized to be appropriated $1,250,000 for each fiscal year.

(B)

For the purpose of grants under paragraph (1), the Secretary may for each fiscal year make available not less than $500,000, and not more than $1,250,000 from the amounts appropriated for the fiscal year for the programs of the Department of Health and Human Services. Such amounts may be made available without regard to whether amounts have been appropriated under subparagraph (A).

(3) Certain restriction

If the Foundation receives Federal funds for the purpose of serving as a fiscal intermediary between Federal agencies, the Foundation may not receive such funds for the indirect costs of carrying out such purpose in an amount exceeding 10 percent of the direct costs of carrying out such purpose. The preceding sentence may not be construed as authorizing the expenditure of any grant under paragraph (1) for such purpose.

(4) Support services

The Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention may provide facilities, utilities, and support services to the Foundation if it is determined by the Director to be advantageous to the programs of such Centers.

(j) Committee for establishment of Foundation

(1) In general

There shall be established in accordance with this subsection a committee to carry out the functions described in paragraph (2) (which committee is referred to in this subsection as the “Committee”).

(2) Functions

The functions referred to in paragraph (1) for the Committee are as follows:

(A)

To carry out such activities as may be necessary to incorporate the Foundation under the laws of the State involved, including serving as incorporators for the Foundation. Such activities shall include ensuring that the articles of incorporation for the Foundation require that the Foundation be established and operated in accordance with the applicable provisions of this part (or any successor to this part), including such provisions as may be in effect pursuant to amendments enacted after October 27, 1992.

(B)

To ensure that the Foundation qualifies for and maintains the status described in subsection (e)(3) (regarding taxation).

(C)

To establish the general policies and initial bylaws of the Foundation, which bylaws shall include the bylaws described in subsections (e)(3) and (f)(1).

(D)

To provide for the initial operation of the Foundation, including providing for quarters, equipment, and staff.

(E)

To appoint the initial members of the Board in accordance with the requirements established in subsection (f)(2)(A) for the composition of the Board, and in accordance with such other qualifications as the Committee may determine to be appropriate regarding such composition. Of the members so appointed—

(i)

2 shall be appointed to serve for a term of 3 years;

(ii)

2 shall be appointed to serve for a term of 4 years; and

(iii)

3 shall be appointed to serve for a term of 5 years.

(3) Completion of functions of Committee; initial meeting of Board

(A)

The Committee shall complete the functions required in paragraph (1) not later than September 30, 1994. The Committee shall terminate upon the expiration of the 30-day period beginning on the date on which the Secretary determines that the functions have been completed.

(B)

The initial meeting of the Board shall be held not later than November 1, 1994.

(4) Composition

The Committee shall be composed of 5 members, each of whom shall be a voting member. Of the members of the Committee—

(A)

no fewer than 2 shall have broad, general experience in public health; and

(B)

no fewer than 2 shall have broad, general experience in nonprofit private organizations (without regard to whether the individuals have experience in public health).

(5) Chair

The Committee shall, from among the members of the Committee, designate an individual to serve as the chair of the Committee.

(6) Terms; vacancies

The term of members of the Committee shall be for the duration of the Committee. A vacancy in the membership of the Committee shall not affect the power of the Committee to carry out the duties of the Committee. If a member of the Committee does not serve the full term, the individual appointed to fill the resulting vacancy shall be appointed for the remainder of the term of the predecessor of the individual.

(7) Compensation

Members of the Committee may not receive compensation for service on the Committee. Members of the Committee may be reimbursed for travel, subsistence, and other necessary expenses incurred in carrying out the duties of the Committee.

(8) Committee support

The Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention may, from amounts available to the Director for the general administration of such Centers, provide staff and financial support to assist the Committee with carrying out the functions described in paragraph (2). In providing such staff and support, the Director may both detail employees and contract for assistance.

(9) Grant for establishment of Committee

(A)

With respect to a grant under paragraph (1)(A)(i) of subsection (i) for fiscal year 1993, an entity described in this paragraph is a private nonprofit entity with significant experience in domestic and international issues of public health. Not later than 180 days after October 27, 1992, the Secretary shall make the grant to such an entity (subject to the availability of funds under paragraph (2) of such subsection).

(B)

The grant referred to in subparagraph (A) may be made to an entity only if the entity agrees that—

(i)

the entity will establish a committee that is composed in accordance with paragraph (4); and

(ii)

the entity will not select an individual for membership on the Committee unless the individual agrees that the Committee will operate in accordance with each of the provisions of this subsection that relate to the operation of the Committee.

(C)

The Secretary may make a grant referred to in subparagraph (A) only if the applicant for the grant makes an agreement that the grant will not be expended for any purpose other than carrying out subparagraph (B). Such a grant may be made only if an application for the grant is submitted to the Secretary containing such agreement, and the application is in such form, is made in such manner, and contains such other agreements and such assurances and information as the Secretary determines to be necessary to carry out this paragraph.

Source credit: (July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title III, § 399G, formerly § 399F, as added Pub. L. 102–531, title II, § 201, Oct. 27, 1992, 106 Stat. 3474; renumbered § 399G, Pub. L. 106–310, div. A, title V, § 502(3), Oct. 17, 2000, 114 Stat. 1115; amended Pub. L. 109–245, § 1, July 26, 2006, 120 Stat. 575; Pub. L. 117–286, § 4(c)(38), Dec. 27, 2022, 136 Stat. 4358.)

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1944Enacted · Pub. L. 102-531 · 106 Stat. 3474
2000Amended · Pub. L. 106-310 · 114 Stat. 1115
2006Amended · Pub. L. 109-245 · 120 Stat. 575
2022Amended · Pub. L. 117-286 · 136 Stat. 4358

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