predecessor was appointed shall be appointed for the remainder of such term, and (B) the terms of the members first taking office after the date of enactment of this part shall expire as follows: three at the end of four years after such date, three at the end of three years after such date, two at the end of two years after such date, and two at the end of one year after such date, as designated by the Secretary at the time of appointment. None of the appointed members shall be eligible for reappointment within one year after the end of his preceding term.

GIFTS TO LIBRARY

SEC. 384. [278] The provisions of section 501 shall be applicable to the acceptance and administration of gifts made for the benefit of the Library or for carrying out any of its functions, and the Board shall make recommendations to the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare relating to establishment within the Library of suitable memorials to the donors.

DEFINITIONS

SEC. 385. [279] For purposes of this part the terms "medicine" and "medical" shall, except when used in section 383, be understood to include preventive and therapeutic medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, hospitalization, nursing, public health, and the fundamental sciences related thereto, and other related fields of study, research, or activity.

LIBRARY FACILITIES

SEC. 386. [280] There are hereby authorized to be appropriated sums sufficient for the erection and equipment of suitable and adequate buildings and facilities for use of the Library in carrying out the provisions of this part. The Administrator of General Services is authorized to acquire, by purchase, condemnation, donation, or otherwise, a suitable site or sites, selected by the Secretary in accordance with the direction of the Board, for such buildings and facilities and to erect thereon, furnish, and equip such buildings and facilities. The sums herein authorized to be appropriated shall include the cost of preparation of drawings and specifications, supervision of construction, and other administrative expenses incident to the work. The Administrator of General Services shall prepare the plans and specifications, make all necessary contracts, and supervise construction.

TRANSFER OF ARMED FORCES MEDICAL LIBRARY

SEC. 387. [280a] All civilian personnel, equipment, library collections, other personal property, records, and unexpended balances of appropriations, allocations, and other funds (available or to be made available), which the Director of the Bureau of the Budget shall determine to relate primarily to the functions of the Armed Forces Medical Library, are hereby transferred to the Service for use in the administration and operation of this part. Such transfer of property, funds, and personnel, and the other provisions of this part, shall become effective on the first day, occurring not

less than thirty days after the date of enactment of this part, which the Director of the Bureau of the Budget determines to be practicable.

REGIONAL BRANCHES OF THE NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE

SEC. 388. [280a-1] (a) Whenever the Secretary, with the advice of the Board, determines that

(1) in any geographic area of the United States, there is no regional medical library adequate to serve such area;

(2) under the criteria prescribed in section 397, there is a need for a regional medical library to serve such area; and

(3) because there is located in such area no medical library which, under the provisions of section 397 can feasibly be developed into a regional medical library adequate to serve such

area,

he is authorized to establish, as a branch of the National Library of Medicine, a regional medical library to serve the needs of such

area.

(b) For the purpose of establishing branches of the National Library of Medicine under this section, there are hereby authorized to be appropriated for each fiscal year, beginning with the fiscal year ending June 30, 1966, and ending with the fiscal year ending June 30, 1970, such sums, not to exceed $2,000,000 for any fiscal year, as may be necessary. Sums appropriated pursuant to this section for any fiscal year shall remain available until expended.

PART J-ASSISTANCE TO MEDICAL LIBRARIES

DECLARATION OF POLICY, STATEMENT OF PURPOSE, AND AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS

SEC. 390. [280b] (a) The Congress hereby finds and declares that (1) the unprecedented expansion of knowledge in the health sciences within the past two decades has brought about a massive growth in the quantity, and major changes in the nature of, biomedical information, materials, and publications; (2) there has not been a corresponding growth in the facilities and techniques necessary adequately to coordinate and disseminate among health scientists and practitioners the ever-increasing volume of knowledge and information which has been developed in the health science field; (3) much of the value of the ever-increasing volume of knowledge and information which has been, and continues to be, developed in the health science field will be lost unless proper measures are taken in the immediate future to develop facilities and techniques necessary to collect, preserve, store, process, retrieve, and facilitate the dissemination and utilization, of such knowledge and information.

(b) It is therefore the policy of this part to

(1) assist in the training of medical librarians and other information specialists in the health sciences;

(2) assist, through grants to physicians and other practitioners in the sciences related to health, to scientists, and to public or nonprofit private institutions on behalf of such physicians, other practitioners, and scientists, in the compilation of exist

ing, and the creation of additional, written matter which will facilitate the distribution and utilization of knowledge and information relating to scientific, social, and cultural advancements in sciences related to health;

(3) assist in the conduct of research, investigations, and demonstrations in the field of medical library science and related activities, and in the development of new techniques, systems, and equipment for processing, storing, retrieving, and distributing information in the sciences related to health;

(4) assist in establishing, expanding, and improving the basic resources of medical libraries and related facilities;

(5) assist in the development of a national system of regional medical libraries each of which would have facilities of sufficient depth and scope to supplement the services of other medical libraries within the region served by it, and

(6) provide financial support to biomedical scientific publications.

(c) For the purpose of grants and contracts under sections 393, 394, 395, 396, and 397, there are authorized to be appropriated $17,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, $20,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976, $14,600,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1978, $15,000,000 for the fiscal year_ending September 30, 1979, $16,500,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1980, and $18,500,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1981.

DEFINITIONS

SEC. 391. [280b-1] As used in this part

(1) the term "sciences related to health" includes medicine, osteopathy, dentistry, and public health, and fundamental and applied sciences when related thereto;

(2) the terms "National Medical Libraries Assistance Advisory Board" and "Board" mean the Board of Regents of the National Library of Medicine established under section 383(a) of this Act; and

(3) the term "medical library" means a library related to the sciences related to health.

NATIONAL MEDICAL LIBRARIES ASSISTANCE BOARD

SEC. 392. [280b-2] (a) The Board of Regents of the National Library of Medicine established pursuant to section 383(a) shall, in addition to its functions prescribed under section 383, constitute and serve as the National Medical Libraries Assistance Advisory Board (hereinafter in this part referred to as the "Board").

(b) The Board shall advise and assist the Secretary in the preparation of general regulations and with respect to policy matters arising in the administration of this part.

(c) The Secretary is authorized to use the services of any member or members of the Board, in connection with matters related to the administration of this part for such periods, in addition to conference periods, as he may determine.

(d) Appointed members of the Board who are not otherwise in the employ of the United States, while attending conferences of the

Board or otherwise serving at the request of the Secretary in connection with the administration of this part, shall be entitled to receive compensation, per diem in lieu of subsistence, and travel expenses in the same manner and under the same conditions as that prescribed under section 383(d) when attending conferences, traveling, or serving at the request of the Secretary in connection with the administration of part I.

GRANTS FOR TRAINING IN MEDICAL LIBRARY SCIENCES

SEC. 393. [280b-4] (a) To carry out the purposes of section 390(b)(1), the Secretary shall make grants

(1) to individuals to enable them to accept traineeships and fellowships leading to postbaccalaureate academic degrees in the field of medical library science, in related fields pertaining to sciences related to health, or in the field of the communication of information;

(2) to individuals who are librarians or specialists in information on sciences relating to health, to enable them to undergo intensive training or retraining so as to attain greater competence in their occupations (including competence in the fields of automatic data processing and retrieval);

(3) to assist appropriate public and private nonprofit institutions in developing, expanding, and improving, training programs in library science and the field of communications of information pertaining to sciences relating to health; and

(4) to assist in the establishment of internship programs in established medical libraries meeting standards which the Secretary shall prescribe.

(b) Payment pursuant to grants made under this section may be made in advance or by way of reimbursement and in such installments as the Secretary shall prescribe by regulations after consultation with the Board.

ASSISTANCE FOR SPECIAL SCIENTIFIC PROJECTS, AND FOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN MEDICAL LIBRARY SCIENCE AND RELATED FIELDS

SEC. 394. [280b-5] (a) To carry out the purposes of section 390(b)(2), the Secretary shall make grants to physicians and other practitioners in the sciences related to health, to scientists, and to public or nonprofit private institutions on behalf of such physicians, or other practitioners, and scientists for the compilation of existing, or writing of original, contributions relating to scientific, social, or cultural, advancements in sciences related to health. In making such grants, the Secretary shall make appropriate arrangements whereby the facilities of the National Library of Medicine and the facilities of libraries of public and private nonprofit institutions of higher learning may be made available in connection with the projects for which such grants are made.

(b) To carry out the purposes of section 390(b)(3) the Secretary shall make grants to appropriate public or private nonprofit institutions and enter into contracts with appropriate persons, for purposes of carrying out projects of research, investigations, and demonstrations in the field of medical library science and related activities and for the development of new techniques, systems and

equipment, for processing, storing, retrieving, and distributing information pertaining to sciences related to health.

(c) Payment pursuant to grants made under this section may be in advance or by way of reimbursement and in such installments as the Secretary shall prescribe by regulations after consultation with the Board.

GRANTS FOR ESTABLISHING, EXPANDING, AND IMPROVING THE BASIC RESOURCES OF MEDICAL LIBRARIES AND RELATED INSTRUMENTALITIES

SEC. 395. [280b-7] (a) To carry out the purposes of section 390(b)(4), the Secretary shall make grants of money, materials, or both, to public or private nonprofit medical libraries and related scientific communication instrumentalities for the purpose of establishing, expanding, and improving their basic medical library or related resources. The uses for which grants so made may be employed include, but are not limited to, the following: (1) acquisition of books, journals, photographs, motion picture and other films, and other similar materials, (2) cataloging, binding, and other services and procedures for processing library resource materials for use by those who are served by the library or related instrumentality, and (3) acquisition of duplication devices, facsimile equipment, film projectors, recording equipment and other equipment to facilitate the use of the resources of the library or related instrumentality by those who are served by it, and (4) introduction of new technologies in medical librarianship.

(b)(1) The amount of any grant under this section to any medical library or related instrumentality shall be determined by the Secretary on the basis of the scope of library or related services provided by such library or instrumentality in relation to the population and purposes served by it. In making a determination of the scope of services served by any medical library or related instrumentality, the Secretary shall take into account the following factors

(A) the number of graduate and undergraduate students making use of the resources of such library or instrumentality; (B) the number of physicians and other practitioners in the sciences related to health utilizing the resources of such library or instrumentality;

(C) the type of supportive staffs, if any, available to such library or instrumentality;

(D) the type, size, and qualifications of the faculty of any school with which such library or instrumentality is affiliated; (E) the staff of any hospital or hospitals or of any clinic or clinics with which such library or instrumentality is affiliated; and

(F) the geographic area served by such library or instrumentality and the availability, within such area, of medical library or related services provided by other libraries or related instrumentalities.

(2) In no case shall any grant under this section to a medical library or related instrumentality for any fiscal year exceed $200,000; and grants to such medical libraries or related instrumentalities shall be in such amounts as the Secretary may by regulation prescribe with a view to assuring adequate continuing finan