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42 U.S.C. 242c: Appointment and authority of the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Created in 2022 by the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (Public Law 117-328). Not changed since. No bill we track in this Congress changes it.

1 other section of the Code cite this one, including 42 U.S.C. 242c–1.

This Congress

No bill we track in the 119th Congress changes this section.

    How it got here

    Unchanged since the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023, Public Law 117-328 (Dec 29, 2022).

    Text, outline and history from the official U.S. Code (2024 edition) on GovInfo, published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel. Changes made after that edition appear under This Congress.