dental degree who are not receiving expenses of tuition or other scholarship or fellowship aid or other educational assistance from other Federal sources (other than a monetary allowance under a Reserve officer's training program);

"(2) provides that of the stipend paid to any scholarship recipient not more than one-half of the amount of such stipend nor more than $1,250 for any academic year will be paid from funds appropriated pursuant to section 802;

"(3) provides that no scholarship will be awarded for a period of time in excess of the time which would normally be required to permit the recipient to complete the course of study leading to a medical or dental degree which he is pursuing or intends to pursue, and in no case for a period of time in excess of four academic years;

"(4) provides that each resident of the State who has been accepted for enrollment, or is enrolled, in any medical or dental school will be eligible to compete for a scholarship awarded by the State commission if he makes application in accordance with such reasonable rules as the State commismission may establish;

"(5) provides that scholarships will be awarded solely on the basis of (A) ability to pursue successfully a course of study leading to a medical or dental degree as determined by objective tests and other measures of aptitude and ability which are described in detail, and (B) need for financial assistance to pursue such a course of study, as determined on the basis of criteria which are set forth in detail;

"(6) provides that, insofar as possible, of the sums paid to the State by the Surgeon General under this title seventy-five per centum will be paid as stipends to recipients of scholarships who are pursuing a course of study leading to a medical degree and twenty-five percentum will be paid as stipends to recipients of scholarships who are pursuing a course of study leading to a dental degree;

"(7) provides for a review, at least once during each academic year, of each outstanding scholarship awarded by the State commission and for the termination of such a scholarship if the recipient (A) ceases, for a reason other than his own physical incapacity, during any academic year to be a full-time student in the course of study for which the scholarship was awarded, or (B) fails to maintain satisfactory proficiency in the course of study for which the scholarship was awarded;

"(8) provides that the State commission will be the sole agency for administering the plan;

"(9) provides that the State commission will make such reports to the Surgeon General, in such form and containing such information, as may be reasonably necessary to enable the Surgeon General to perform his duties under this title; and

"(10) provides for such fiscal control and fund accounting procedures as may be necessary to assure proper disbursement of and accounting for Federal funds paid to the State commission under this title.

"(b) The Surgeon General shall approve any State plan which complies with the conditions specified in subsection (a).

"DISAPPROVAL OF, AND FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH, STATE PLANS

"SEC. 806. (a) The Surgeon General shall not finally disapprove any State plan submitted under section 805(a), or any modification thereof, without first affording the State commission administering the plan reasonable notice and opportunity for a hearing.

"(b) Whenever the Surgeon General, after reasonable notice and opportunity for hearing to the State commission administering a State plan approved under section 805 (b), finds that—

"(1) the State plan has been so changed that it no longer complies with the provisions of section 805 (a) governing its original approval, or

"(2) in the administration of the plan there is a failure to comply substantially with any such provision,

the Surgeon General shall suspend approval of the State plan, and notify the State commission of the suspension. When approval of a State plan has been suspended by the Surgeon General such approval shall remain suspended until he is satisfied that there is no longer any such failure to comply.

"(c) While approval of a State plan submitted under section 805 (a) is suspended by the Surgeon General he shall make no further payments under this title to the State which submitted such State plan.

"JUDICIAL REVIEW

"SEC. 807. (a) If any State is dissatisfied with the Surgeon General's final action with respect to the approval of its State plan submitted under section 805 (a), or with respect to his final action under section 806 (b), such State may, within sixty days after notice of such action, file in the United States district court for the district in which the capital of the State is located, a petition to review such action. The petition for review shall (1) contain a concise statement of the facts upon which the appeal is based and (2) designate that part of the Surgeon General's decision sought to be reviewed.

"(b) Notification of the filing of the petition for review shall be given by the clerk of the court by mailing a copy of the petition to the Surgeon General. "(c) No costs or docket fees shall be charged or imposed with respect to any judicial review proceedings, or appeal therefrom, taken under this title.

"(d) Upon receipt of the petition for review the Surgeon General shall, within twenty days thereafter, certify and file in the court the record on review, consisting of the complete transcript of the proceedings before the Surgeon General. No party to such review shall be required, by rule of court or otherwise, to print the contents of such record filed in the court.

"(e) The court after review may dismiss the petition or deny the relief prayed for, or may suspend, modify, or set aside, in whole or in part, the action of the Surgeon General, or may compel action unlawfully withheld. The judgment of the court shall be subject to review as provided in sections 1291 and 1254 of title 28 of the United States Code.

"ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON MEDICAL AND DENTAL SCHOLARSHIPS

"SEC. 808. (a) There is hereby established an Advisory Committee on Medical and Dental Scholarships (hereafter in this title referred to as the 'Advisory Committee') consisting of the Surgeon General and nine members appointed by him with the approval of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare. The Surgeon General shall be chairman of the Advisory Committee. The Advisory Committee shall advise and consult with the Surgeon General with respect to the administration of this title. Of the members of the Advisory Committee appointed by the Surgeon General, three shall be persons recognized as authorities in the field of professional education, three shall be teachers or practitioners of medicine, osteopathy, or dentistry, and three shall be representative of the public generally. The term of office of each member of the Advisory Committee appointed by the Surgeon General shall be four years; except that (1) the terms of office of such members first taking office shall expire, as designated by the Surgeon General at the time of appointment, four at the end of two years, and five at the end of four years; (2) any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the term for which his predecessor was appointed shall be appointed for the remainder of such term; (3) upon the expiration of his term of office a member shall continue to serve until his successor is appointed; and (4) the terms of office of all members of the Advisory Committee holding office on June 30, 1970, shall expire at the end of such day.

"(b) Members of the Advisory Committee appointed by the Surgeon General, while attending conferences or meetings of the committee, shall be entitled to receive compensation at a rate to be fixed by the Surgeon General, but not exceeding $50 per diem, and while away from their homes or regular places of business they may be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by law for persons in the Government service employed intermittently."

SEC. 3. (a) The Act of July 1, 1944 (58 Stat. 682), as amended, is hereby further amended by renumbering title VIII (as in effect prior to the enactment of this Act) as title IX and by renumbering sections 801 through 814 (as in effect prior to the enactment of this Act), and references thereto, as sections 901 through 914, respectively.

(b) Section 1 of the Public Health Service Act is amended to read as follows: "SHORT TITLE

"SECTION 1. Titles I through VIII, inclusive, of this Act may be cited as the 'Public Health Service Act'."

[H.R. 10341, 86th Cong., 2d sess.]

A BILL To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize grants-in-aid to universities, hospitals, laboratories, and other public or nonprofit institutions to strengthen their programs of research and research training in sciences related to health

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 301 (d) of the Public Health Service Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 241(d)), is amended by adding after the semicolon at the end thereof "and make, upon recommendation of the National Advisory Health Council, grants-in-aid to public or nonprofit universities, hospitals, laboratories, and other institutions for the general support of their research and research training programs: Provided, That such uniform percentage, not to exceed 15 per centum, as the Surgeon General may determine, of the amounts provided for grants for research projects for any fiscal year through the appropriations for the National Institutes of Health may be transferred from such appropriations to a separate account to be available for such research and research training program grants-in-aid for such fiscal year;".

[H.R. 11651, 86th Cong., 2d sess.]

A BILL To authorize a ten-year program of scholarships for medical and dental education, and for other purposes

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Public Health Service Act, as amended, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new title:

"TITLE VIII-ASSISTANCE IN THE FIELDS OF MEDICAL AND DENTAL EDUCATION AND INTERNE TRAINING

SEC. 801. As used in this title

(1) The term "medical school" means a school within any State of the United States and the District of Columbia (A) which provides training leading to a degree of doctor of medicine or osteopathy, and (B) which is approved or accredited by a recognized body or bodies approved by the Surgeon General.

(2) The term "dental school" means a school within any State of the United States and the District of Columbia (A) which provides training leading to a degree of doctor of dental surgery or an equivalent degree, and (B) which is approved by a recognized body or bodies approved by the Surgeon General.

(3) The term "hospital" includes diagnostic or treatment centers and general hospitals, and related facilities such as laboratories and outpatient departments, but does not include any hospital furnishing primarily domiciliary care, within any State of the United States and the District of Columbia and which is approved by a registered body or bodies approved by the Surgeon General: "Diagnostic or treatment center" means a facility for the diagnosis or diagnosis and treatment of ambulatory patients

(a) which is operated in connection with a hospital, or

(b) in which patient care is under the professional supervision of persons licensed to practice medicine or surgery in the State or the District of Columbia, or, in the case of dental diagnosis or treatment, under the professional supervision of persons licensed to practice dentistry in the State or the District of Columbia.

(4) The term "medical student" means a student enrolled full time or an approved applicant for full-time study in a medical school as defined in subsection (1) of this section.

(5) The term "dental student" means a student enrolled full time or an approved applicant for full-time study in a dental school as defined in subsection (2) of this section.

(6) The term "Interne" means a person who has graduated from a medical school as defined in subsection (1) of this section and who is employed and receiving training or is an approved applicant for employment and training under an internship program in a hospital as defined in subsection (3) of this section.

EXPERT ADVISORY COMMITTEE

SEC. 802. (a) The Surgeon General shall appoint an expert advisory committee, consisting of thirteen persons (not otherwise in the full-time employment of the United States), without regard to the civil service laws and with the approval of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare. Four of such members shall be selected from the field of medical education, three from the field of dental education, one from the field of medicine, one from the field of dentistry, one from the field of hospital administration, one from the field of public health, and two from the general public. Members of such committee, while attending meetings of the committee or otherwise serving at the request of the Surgeon General, shall be entitled to receive compensation at a rate to be fixed by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, but not exceeding $50 per diem, including travel time, and while away from their homes or regular places of business they may be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 73b-2) for persons in the Government service employed intermittently.

(b) The advisory committee shall advise, consult with, and make recommendations to the Surgeon General in connection with the administration of this title, including the development of program standards and policies and the payments out of appropriations authorized by this title.

SCHOLARSHIPS FOR MEDICAL AND DENTAL EDUCATION

SEC. 803. (a) There are hereby authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1960, and for each of the nine succeeding fiscal years, the sum of $10,000,000 to make the payments provided under this section. The sums appropriated pursuant to this section shall be used by the Surgeon General, upon recommendation of the expert advisory committee, to pay for the scholarships provided in this section.

(b) An individual shall be eligible for a scholarship under this section only if such individual is an approved applicant, or is enrolled, in a medical school or a dental school as defined in section 801.

(c) The selection of medical students and dental students to be awarded scholarships under this section shall be made by the Surgeon General after consultation with the expert advisory committee, upon the basis of ability and the extent to which financial assistance is necessary in order to enable a qualified individual to complete the course of study leading to a degree of doctor of medicine or osteopathy, or doctor of dental surgery or an equivalent degree, and in no case for a period of time in excess of four academic years (both the ability and the need of financial assistance to be attested by the school).

(d) Any student to whom a scholarship shall have been awarded shall be entitled to continue to receive the benefit of the amounts thereby provided only so long as his work shall continue to be satisfactory, according to the regularly prescribed standards and practices of the school which he is attending.

(e) Any student to whom a scholarship shall have been awarded under this section shall be entitled to continue to receive the benefit of the amounts thereby provided until the completion of his regularly prescribed course of medicine or dentistry at the school which he is attending, subject to subsection (d), but in no case for a period of time in excess of four academic years.

(f) No scholarship shall be awarded to any individual for any period during which he is receiving education and training as a veteran or under any other law of the United States providing financial assistance to students.

(g) Any scholarship awarded under this section to any individual shall be contingent upon acceptance and recommendation by a medical school or a dental school as defined in section 801, of his choice.

(h) Scholarships under this section shall be awarded by the Surgeon General through grants, to medical schools and dental schools as defined in section 801, providing the education. Payments to medical schools and dental schools under this section may be made in advance or by way of reimbursement, and at such intervals and on such conditions and under such regulations as the Surgeon

General finds necessary. Such payments shall be in the amount of not more than $2,500 per student per school year. Each such scholarship shall be for a period of time not in excess of that customarily required for completion of the course of medicine or dentistry at the school which the recipient is attending, but in no case for a period of time in excess of four academic years.

LOANS FOR INTERNE PROGRAMS

SEC. 804. (a) There are hereby authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1960, and for each of the nine succeeding fiscal years, the sum of $2,000,000 to make the loans provided under this section, and such loans for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1970, and each of the two succeeding fiscal years as may be necessary to enable internes who have received a loan for any training year ending prior to July 1, 1970, to continue or complete their training, The sums appropriated pursuant to this section shall be used by the Surgeon General, upon recommendation of the expert advisory committee, to pay for the loans provided in this section.

(b) An individual shall be eligible for a loan under this section only if such individual is an approved applicant, or is employed in an interne training program in a hospital as defined in section 801.

(c) The selection of internes to be awarded loans under this section shall be made by the Surgeon General after consultation with the expert advisory committee, upon the basis of ability and the extent to which financial assistance is necessary in order to enable a qualified individual to complete an interne training course, and in no case for a period of time in excess of three years (both the ability and the need of financial assistance to be attested by the hospital).

(d) The Surgeon General shall enter into agreements with hospitals as defined in section 801 for grants to such hospitals under this section, which agreements shall—

(1) provide for the establishment of an interne loan fund by such hospital;

(2) provide for deposits in such fund of the Federal grant, collections of principal and interest on interne loans made from such fund, and any other earnings of the fund;

(3) provide that such interne loan fund shall be used only for loans to internes in accordance with such agreement, and for costs of litigation arising in connection with the collection of any loan from the fund or interest on such loan; and

(4) include such other provisions as may be necessary to protect the financial interest of the United States and promote the purposes of this section and as are agreed to by the Surgeon General and the hospital.

(e) Loans for any year of interne training made by hospitals from loan funds established pursuant to agreements under this section may not exceed $2,500 to any interne, and the total for all years to any interne from such funds may not exceed $7,000.

(f) Loans from any such loan fund to any interne by any hospital shall be made on such terms and conditions as the hospital may determine; subject, however, to such conditions, limitations, and requirements as the Surgeon General may prescribe (by regulation or in the argreement with the hospital) with a view to preventing impairment of the capital of the interne loan fund to the maximum extent practicable in the light of the objective of enabling the interne to complete his course of training; and except that

(1) such a loan shall be evidenced by a note or other written agreement which provides for repayment of the principal amount, together with interest thereon, in equal annual installments, or, if the borrower so requests, in graduated periodic instaliments (determined in accordance with such schedules as may be approved by the Surgeon General), over a period beginning one year after the date on which the borrower ceases to pursue a full-time interne training program at a hospital and ending eleven years after such date, except that (A) interest shall not accrue on any such loan, and periodic installments need not be paid, during any period (i) during which the borrower is employed in an interne training program at a hospital, or (ii) not in excess of three years, during which the borrower is a member of the Armed Forces of the United States, (B) any such period shall not be included in determining the tenyear period during which the repayment must be completed, (C) such ten