assure proper disbursement of and accounting for such Federal funds; (3) the applicant will make such reports, in such form and containing such information as the Secretary may from time to time reasonably require, and will keep such records and afford such access thereto as the Secretary may find necessary to assure the correctness and verification of such reports; and (4) any laborer or mechanic employed by any contractor or subcontractor in the performance of work on any construction aided by payments pursuant to any grant under this section will be paid wages at rates not less than those prevailing on similar construction in the locality as determined by the Secretary of Labor in accordance with the Davis-Bacon Act, as amended (40 U.S.C. 276a-276a-5); and the Secretary of Labor shall have, with respect to the labor standards specified in this paragraph, the authority and functions set forth in Reorganization Plan Numbered 14 of 1950 (15 FR 3176; 5 U.S.C. 133z-15) and section 2 of the Act of June 13, 1934, as amended (40) U.S.C. 276c). NATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL ON REGIONAL MEDICAL PROGRAMS SEC. 905. [299e(a)] (a) The Secretary may appoint, without regard to the civil service laws, a National Advisory Council on Regional Medical Programs. The Council shall consist of the Assistant Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare for Health and Scientific Affairs, who shall be the Chairman, the Chief Medical Director of the Veterans' Administration who shall be an ex officio member, and twenty members, not otherwise in the regular fulltime employ of the United States, who are leaders in the fields of the fundamental sciences, the medical sciences, health care administration, or public affairs. At least two of the appointed members shall be practicing physicians, one shall be outstanding in the study or health care of persons suffering from heart disease, one shall be outstanding in the study or health care of persons suffering from cancer, one shall be outstanding in the study or health care of persons suffering from stroke, one shall be outstanding in the study or health care of persons suffering from kidney disease, two shall be outstanding in the field of prevention of heart disease, cancer, stroke, or kidney disease, and four shall be members of the public. (b) Each appointed member of the Council shall hold office for a term of four years, except that any member appointed to fill a vacancy prior to the expiration of the term for which his predecessor was appointed shall be appointed for the remainder of such term, and except that the terms of office of the members first taking office shall expire, as designated by the Secretary at the time of appointment, four at the end of the first year, four at the end of the second year, four at the end of the third year, and four at the end of the fourth year after the date of appointment. An appointed member shall not be eligible to serve continuously for more than two terms. (c) The Council shall advise and assist the Secretary in the preparation of regulations for, and as to policy matters, arising with respect to, the administration of this title. The Council shall consider all applications for grants under this title and shall make recommendations to the Secretary with respect to approval of applications for and the amounts of grants under this title. REGULATIONS SEC. 906. [299f] The Secretary, after consultation with the Council shall prescribe general regulations covering the terms and conditions for approving applications for grants under this title and the coordination of programs assisted under this title with programs for training, research, and demonstrations relating to the same diseases assisted or authorized under titles of this Act or other Acts of Congress. INFORMATION ON SPECIAL TREATMENT AND TRAINING CENTERS SEC. 907. [299g] The Secretary shall establish, and maintain on a current basis, a list or lists of facilities in the United States equipped and staffed to provide the most advanced methods and techniques in the diagnosis and treatment of heart disease, cancer, stroke, or kidney disease, together with such related information, including the availability of advanced specialty training in such facilities, as he deems useful, and shall make such list or lists and related information readily available to licensed practitioners and other persons requiring such information. To the end of making such list or lists and other information most useful, the Secretary shall from time to time consult with interested national professional organizations. REPORT SEC. 908. [299h] On or before June 30, 1967, the Surgeon General, after consultation with the Council, shall submit to the Secretary for transmission to the President and then to the Congress, a report of the activities under this title together with (1) a statement of the relationship between Federal financing and financing from other sources of the activities undertaken pursuant to this title, (2) an appraisal of the activities assisted under this title in the light of their effectiveness in carrying out the purposes of this title, and (3) recommendations with respect to extension or modification of this title in the light thereof. RECORDS AND AUDIT SEC. 909. [299i(a)] (a) Each recipient of a grant or contract under this title shall keep such records as the Secretary may prescribe, including records which fully disclose the amount and disposition by such recipient of the proceeds of such grant or contract, the total cost of the project or undertaking in connection with which such grant or contract is made or used, and the amount of that portion of the cost of the project or undertaking supplied by other sources, and such records as will facilitate an effective audit. (b) The Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare and the Comptroller General of the United States, or any of their duly authorized representatives, shall have access for the purpose of audit and examination to any books, documents, papers, and records of the recipient of any grant under this title which are pertinent to any such grant. MULTIPROGRAM SERVICES SEC. 910. [299j] (a) To facilitate interregional cooperation and develop improved national capability for delivery of health services, the Secretary is authorized to utilize funds appropriated under this title to make grants to public or nonprofit private agencies and institutions or combinations thereof and to contract for (1) programs, services, and activities of substantial use to two or more regional medical programs; (2) development, trial, or demonstration of methods for control of heart disease, cancer, stroke, kidney disease, or other related diseases; (3) the collection and study of epidemiologic data related to any of the diseases referred to in paragraph (2); (4) development of training specifically related to the prevention, diagnosis, or treatment of any of the diseases referred to in paragraph (2), or to the rehabilitation of persons suffering from any of such diseases; and for continuing programs of such training where shortage of trained personnel would otherwise limit application of knowledge and skills important to the control of any of such diseases; and (5) the conduct of cooperative clinical field trials. (b) The Secretary is authorized to assist in meeting the costs of special projects for improving or developing new means for the delivery of health services concerned with the diseases with which this title is concerned. (c) The Secretary is authorized to support research, studies, investigations, training, and demonstrations designed to maximize the utilization of manpower in the delivery of health services. TITLE X-POPULATION RESEARCH AND VOLUNTARY PROJECT GRANTS AND CONTRACTS FOR FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES SEC. 1001. [300] (a) The Secretary is authorized to make grants to and enter into contracts with public or nonprofit private entities to assist in the establishment and operation of voluntary family planning projects which shall offer a broad range of acceptable and effective family planning methods and services (including natural family planning methods, infertility services, and services for adolescents). (b) In making grants and contracts under this section the Secretary shall take into account the number of patients to be served, the extent to which family planning services are needed locally, the relative need of the applicant, and its capacity to make rapid and effective use of such assistance. Local and regional entities shall be assured the right to apply for direct grants and contracts under this section, and the Secretary shall by regulation fully provide for and protect such right. (c) For the purpose of making grants and contracts under this section, there are authorized to be appropriated $30,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1971; $60,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1972; $111,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973; $111,500,000 each for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1974, and June 30, 1975; $115,000,000 for fiscal year 1976; $115,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1977; $136,400,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1978; $200,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1979; $230,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1980; and $264,500,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1981. FORMULA GRANTS TO STATES FOR FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES SEC. 1002. [300a] (a) The Secretary is authorized to make grants, from allotments made under subsection (b), to State health authorities to assist in planning, establishing, maintaining, coordinating, and evaluating family planning services. No grant may be made to a State health authority under this section unless such authority has submitted, and had approved by the Secretary, a State plan for a coordinated and comprehensive program of family planning services. (b) The sums appropriated to carry out the provisions of this section shall be allotted to the States by the Secretary on the basis of the population and the financial need of the respective States. (c) For the purposes of this section, the term "State" includes the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, the District of Columbia, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. (d) For the purpose of making grants under this section, there are authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1971; $15,000,000 for the fiscal year_ending June 30, 1972; and $20,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973. TRAINING GRANTS AND CONTRACTS SEC. 1003. [300a-1] (a) The Secretary is authorized to make grants to public or nonprofit private entities and to enter into contracts with public or private entities and individuals to provide the training for personnel to carry out family planning service programs described in section 1001 or 1002. (b) For the purpose of making payments pursuant to grants and contracts under this section, there are authorized to be appropriated $2,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1971; $3,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1972; $4,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973; and $3,000,000 each for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1974, and June 30, 1975; $4,000,000 for fiscal year 1976; $5,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1977; $3,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1978; $3,100,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1979; $3,600,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1980; and $4,100,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1981. RESEARCH SEC. 1004. [300a-2] (a) The Secretary may (1) conduct, and (2) make grants to public or nonprofit private entities and enter into contracts with public or private entities and individuals for projects for, research in the biomedical, contraceptive development, behavioral, and program implementation fields related to family planning and population. (b)(1) To carry out subsection (a) there are authorized to be appropriated $55,000,000 for fiscal year 1976, $60,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1977, $68,500,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1978, $105,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1979; $3,600,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1980;]1 1980, and $138,900,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1981. (2) No funds appropriated under any provision of this Act (other than this subsection) may be used to conduct or support the research described in subsection (a) or for the administration of this section. INFORMATIONAL AND EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS SEC. 1005. [300a-3] (a) The Secretary is authorized to make grants to public or nonprofit private entities and to enter into contracts with public or private entities and individuals to assist in developing and making available family planning and population growth information (including educational materials) to all persons desiring such information (or materials). (b) For the purpose of making payments pursuant to grants and contracts under this section, there are authorized to be appropriated $750,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1971; $1,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1972; $1,250,000 for the fiscal 1 Error in law. Bracketed material should read ", $120,800,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30,". |