SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in section 289b of this title. § 289b. Establishment of national advisory councils or committees; composition; qualifications; appointment and tenure; expansion of functions of already established councils or committees. (a) The Surgeon General is also authorized with the approval of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to establish additional national advisory councils or committees to advise, consult with, and make recommendations to the Surgeon General on matters relating to the activities of any institute established under subsection (b) of section 289a of this title, or relating to the conduct and support of research and training in such disease or group of diseases (except a disease or group of diseases for which an institute is established under any provision of this subchapter other than section 289a (b) of this title) as he may designate. Any such council, and each of the two councils or committees established under section 289a (a) of this title, shall consist of the Surgeon General, who shall be chairman, the chief medical officer of the Veterans' Administration or his representative and a medical officer designated by the Secretary of Defense, who shall be ex officio members, and of twelve members appointed without regard to the civil-service laws by the Surgeon General with the approval of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare. The twelve appointed members shall be leaders in the field of fundamental sciences, medical sciences, education, or public affairs, and six of such twelve shall be selected from leading medical or scientific authorities who are outstanding in the study, diagnosis, or treatment of the disease or diseases to which the activities of the institute are directed. Each appointed member of the council shall hold office for a term of four years except that 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 and except that, of the members first appointed, three shall hold office for a term of three years, three shall hold office for a term of two years, and three shall hold office for a term of one year, as designated by the Surgeon General at the time of appointment. None of such twelve members shall be eligible for reappointment until a year has elapsed since the end of his preceding term. (b) In lieu of appointment of an additional advisory council or committee upon the establishment pursuant to subsection (b) of section 289a of this title of an additional institute or upon expansion pursuant to such subsection of the functions of an institute, the Surgeon General may expand the functions of an advisory council or committee established under section 289a (a) of this title or any other provision of this chapter so as to include functions with respect to the particular disease or diseases to which the activities of the additional institute or the expanded activities of the existing institute are directed. In the case of any such expansion of an existing council or committee, the membership thereof representing persons outstanding in activities with which the council or committee is concerned may be changed or increased so as to include some persons outstanding in the new activities. Any new council or committee established under subsection (a) of this section or any expansion of an existing council or committee under this subsection may be terminated by the Surgeon General at, before, or after the termination of the new institute or expansion of the existing institute which occasioned such new council or committee or expansion of an existing council or committee. In the case of any such expansion of an existing council or committee the Surgeon General may change the title thereof so as to reflect its new functions. July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title IV, § 432, as added Aug. 15, 1950, ch. 714, § 2 (b), 64 Stat. 444, and amended 1953 Reorg. Plan No. 1, §§ 5, 8, eff. Apr. 11, 1953, 18 F.R. 2053, 67 Stat. 631; Oct. 30, 1970, Pub. L. 91-515, title VI, § 601(a) (1), (2), 84 Stat. 1310.) REFERENCES IN TEXT The civil-service laws, referred to in subsec. (a), are classified generally to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. AMENDMENTS 1970 Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 91-515, § 601(a)(1), added "or committees" following "councils" wherever appearing therein. Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 91-515, § 601 (a) (2), added "or committee" following "council" wherever appearing therein. CHANGE OF NAME Name of National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Blindness changed to National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke, see section 1 of Pub. L. 90-489, Aug. 16, 1968, 82 Stat. 772, set out as a note under section 289a of this title. TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS Reference to the Federal Security Administrator was changed to the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare pursuant to 1953 Reorg. Plan No. 1, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, which transferred all functions of the Federal Security Administrator to the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare. All agencies of the Federal Security Agency were transferred to the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare by section 5 of 1953 Reorg. Plan No. 1. The Federal Security Agency and the office of Administrator were abolished by section 8 of 1953 Reorg. Plan No. 1. ABOLITION OF OFFICE OF SURGEON GENERAL The Office of the Surgeon General was abolished by section 3 of 1966 Reorg. Plan No. 3 eff. June 25, 1966, 31 F.R. 8855, 80 Stat. 1610, and all functions thereof were transferred to the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare by section 1 of 1966 Reorg. Plan No. 3, set out as a note under section 202 of this title. SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in sections 289f, 2891 of this title. § 289c. Same; functions. (a) Where an institute has been established under this part, the Surgeon General shall carry out the purposes of section 241 of this title with respect to the conduct and support of research relating to the disease or diseases to which the activities of the institute are directed, through such institute and in cooperation with the national advisory council or committee established or expanded by reason of the establishment of such institute. In addition, the Surgeon General is authorized to provide training and instruction and establish and maintain traineeships and fellowships, in such institute and elsewhere, in matters relating to the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of such disease or diseases with such stipends and allowances (including travel and subsistence expenses) for trainees and fellows as he may deem necessary, and, in addition, provide for such training, instruction, and traineeships and for such fellowships through grants to public and other nonprofit institutions. The provisions of this subsection shall also be applicable to any institute established by any other provision of this chapter to the extent that such institute does not already have the authority conferred by this subsection. (b) Upon the appointment of a national advisory council or committee for an institute established under this part of the expansion of an existing institute pursuant to said sections, such council or committee shall assume the duties, functions, and powers of the National Advisory Health Council with respect to grants-in-aid for research and training projects relating to the disease or diseases to which the activities of the institute are directed. (July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title IV, § 433, as added Aug. 15, 1950, ch. 714, § 2(b), 64 Stat. 444, and amended Oct. 5, 1961, Pub. L. 87-395, § 7, 75 Stat. 826; Oct. 30, 1970, Pub. L. 91–515, title VI, § 601 (a) (2), 84 Stat. 1310.) AMENDMENTS 1970-Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 91-515 added "or committee" following "council". Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 91-515 added "or committee" following "council" wherever appearing therein. 1961-Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 87-395 repealed the phrase "(including grants-in-aid for drawing plans, erection of buildings, and acquisition of land therefor)" which followed "activities of the institute are directed." CHANGE OF NAME Name of National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Blindness changed to National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke, see section 1 of Pub. L. 90-489, Aug. 16, 1968, 82 Stat. 772, set out as a note under section 2898 of this title. EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1961 AMENDMENT Section 7 of Pub. L. 87-395 provided in part that the repeal of the parenthetical phrase in subsec. (a) of this section shall be effective July 1, 1962. ABOLITION OF OFFICE OF SURGEON GENERAL The Office of the Surgeon General was abolished by section 3 of 1966 Reorg. Plan No. 3 eff. June 25, 1966, 31 F.R. 8855, 80 Stat. 1610, and all functions thereof were transferred to the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare by section 1 of 1966 Reorg. Plan No. 3, set out as a note under section 202 of this title. SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in section 242a of this title. PART E.-INSTITUTES OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT and of GENERAL MEDICAL SCIENCES § 289d. Establishment of institute of child health and human development. The Surgeon General is authorized, with the approval of the Secretary, to establish in the Public Health Service an institute for the conduct and support of research and training relating to maternal health, child health, and human development, including research and training in the special health problems and requirements of mothers and children and in the basic sciences relating to the processes of human growth and development, including prenatal development. (July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title IV, § 441, as added Oct. 17, 1962, Pub. L. 87-838, § 1, 76 Stat. 1072.) TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS All functions of Public Health Service, of the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service, and of all other officers and employees of the Public Health Service, and all functions of all agencies of or in the Public Health Service transferred to Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare by 1966 Reorg. Plan No. 3, 31 F.R. 8855, 80 Stat. 1610, effective June 25, 1966, set out as a note under section 202 of this title. SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in sections 2891, 289g of this title. § 289e. Establishment of institute of general medical sciences. The Surgeon General is authorized, with the approval of the Secretary, to establish in the Public Health Service an institute for the conduct and support of research and training in the general or basic medical sciences and related natural or behavioral sciences which have significance for two or more other institutes, or are outside the general area of responsibility of any other institute, established under or by this chapter. (July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title IV, § 442, as added Oct. 17, 1962, Pub. L. 87-839 § 1, 76 Stat. 1072, and amended Oct. 30, 1970, Pub. L. 91-515, title VI, § 602, 84 Stat. 1311.) AMENDMENTS 1970-Pub. L. 91-515 struck out "research" preceding "training". TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS All functions of Public Health Service, of the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service, and of all other officers and employees of the Public Health Service, and all functions of all agencies of or in the Public Health Service transferred to Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare by 1966 Reorg. Plan No. 3, 31 F.R. 8855, 80 Stat. 1610, effective June 25, 1966, set out as a note under section 202 of this title. SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in section 289f of this title. § 289f. Establishment of advisory councils or committees. (a) Authority of Surgeon General. The Surgeon General is authorized, with the approval of the Secretary, to establish an advisory council or committee to advise, consult with, and make recommendations to the Surgeon General on matters relating to the activities of the institute established under section 289d of this title. He may also, with such approval, establish such a council or committee with respect to the activities of the institute established under section 289e of this title. (b) Composition; terms of office; reappointment of members; qualifications. The provisions relating to the composition, terms of office of members, and reappointment of members of advisory councils or committees under section 289b(a) of this title shall be applicable to any council or committee established under this section, except that, in lieu of the requirement in such sections that six of the members be outstanding in the study, diagnosis, or treatment of a disease or diseases, six of such members shall be selected from leading medical or scientific authorities who are outstanding in the field of research or training with respect to which the council or committee is being established, and except that the Surgeon General, with the approval of the Secretary, may include on any such council or committee established under this section such additional ex officio members as he deems necessary in the light of the functions of the institute with respect to which it is established. (c) Duties, functions, and powers. Upon appointment of any such council or committee, it shall assume all or such part as the Surgeon General may, with the approval of the Secretary, specify of the duties, functions, and powers of the National Advisory Health Council relating to the research or training projects with which such council or committee established under this part is concerned and such portion as the Surgeon General may specify (with such approval) of the duties, functions, and powers of any other advisory council or committee established under this chapter relating to such projects. (July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title IV, § 443, as added Oct. 17, 1962, Pub. L. 87-838, 1, 76 Stat. 1072, and amended Oct. 30, 1970, Pub. L. 91-515, title VI, § 601(a)(1), (2), 84 Stat. 1310.) AMENDMENTS 1970 Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 91-515, § 601(a)(2), added "or committee" following "council" wherever appearing therein. Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 91-515, § 601(a)(1), (2), added "or committees" following "councils" and "or committee" following "council" wherever appearing therein. Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 91-515, § 601(a)(2), added "or committee" following "council" wherever appearing therein. ABOLITION OF OFFICE OF SURGEON GENERAL The Office of the Surgeon General was abolished by section 3 of 1966 Reorg. Plan No. 3 eff. June 25, 1966, 31 F.R. 8855, 80 Stat. 1610, and all functions thereof were transferred to the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare by section 1 of 1966 Reorg. Plan No. 3, set out as a note under section 202 of this title. § 289g. Research; training and instruction. The Surgeon General shall, through an institute established under this part, carry out the purposes of section 241 of this title with respect to the conduct and support of research which is a function of such institute, except that the Surgeon General shall, with the approval of the Secretary, determine the areas in which and the extent to which he will carry out such purposes of section 241 of this title through such institute or an institute established by or under other provisions of this chapter, or both of them, when both such institutes have functions with respect to the same subject matter. The Surgeon General is also authorized to provide training and instruction and establish and maintain traineeships and fellowships, in the institute established under section 289d of this title and elsewhere in matters relating to diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of a disease or diseases or in other aspects of maternal health, child health, and human development, with such stipends and allowances (including travel and subsistence expenses) for trainees and fellows as he deems necessary, and, in addition, provide for such training, instruction, and traineeships and for such fellowships through grants to public or other nonprofit institutions. (July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title IV, § 444, as added Oct. 17, 1962, Pub. L. 87-838, § 1, 76 Stat. 1073.) ABOLITION OF OFFICE OF SURGEON GENERAL The Office of the Surgeon General was abolished by section 3 of 1966 Reorg. Plan No. 3 eff. June 25, 1966, 31 F.R. 8855, 80 Stat. 1610, and all functions thereof were transferred to the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare by section 1 of 1966 Reorg. Plan No. 3, set out as a note under section 202 of this title. § 289h. Preservation of existing authority. Nothing in this part shall be construed as affecting the authority of the Secretary under section 192 of this title, or title V of the Social Security Act, or as affecting the authority of the Surgeon General to utilize institutes established under other provisions of this chapter for research or training activities relating to maternal health, child health, and human development or to the general medical sciences and related sciences. (July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title IV, § 445, as added Oct. 17, 1962, Pub. L. 87-838, § 1, 76 Stat. 1073.) REFERENCES IN TEXT Title V of the Social Security Act, referred to in text, is title V of act, Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, 49 Stat. 629, which was classified to section 701 et seq. of this title. ABOLITION OF OFFICE OF SURGEON GENERAL The Office of the Surgeon General was abolished by section 3 of 1966 Reorg. Plan No. 3 eff. June 25, 1966, 31 F.R. 8855, 80 Stat. 1610, and all functions thereof were transferred to the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare by section 1 of 1966 Reorg. Plan No. 3, set out as a note under section 202 of this title. PART F.-NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE AMENDMENTS 1968-Pub. L. 90-489, § 1, Aug. 16, 1968, 82 Stat. 771, added heading of Part F. § 2891. Establishment of National Eye Institute. The Secretary is authorized to establish in the Public Health Service an institute for the conduct and support of research for new treatment and cures and training relating to blinding eye diseases and visual disorders, including research and training in the special health problems and requirements of the blind and in the basic and clinical sciences relating to the mechanism of the visual function and preservation of sight. The Secretary is also authorized to plan for research and training, especially against the main causes of blindness and loss of visual function. (July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title IV, § 451, as added Aug. 16, 1968, Pub. L. 90-489, § 1, 82 Stat. 771.) § 289j. Establishment of advisory council or committee. the Secretary may include on such council or committee established under this section such additional ex officio members as he deems necessary. (e) Duties, functions, and powers. Upon appointment of such council or committee, it shall assume all or such part as the Secretary may specify of the duties, functions, and powers of the National Advisory Health Council relating to the research or training projects with which such council or committee established under this part is concerned and such portion as the Secretary may specify of the duties, functions, and powers of any other advisory council or committee established under this chapter relating to such projects. (July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title IV, § 452, as added Aug. 16, 1968, Pub. L. 90-489, § 1, 82 Stat. 772, and amended Oct. 30, 1970, Pub. L. 91-515, title VI, § 601(a)(2), 84 Stat. 1310.) AMENDMENTS 1970-Pub. L. 91-515 added "or committee" following "council" wherever appearing therein. § 289k. Research; training and instruction. The Secretary shall, through the National Eye Institute established under this part, carry out the purposes of section 241 of this title with respect to the conduct and support of research with respect to blinding eye diseases and visual disorders associated with general health and well-being, including the special health problems and requirements of the blind and the mechanism of sight and visual function, except that the Secretary shall determine the areas in which and the extent to which he will carry out such purposes of section 241 of this title through such Institute or an institute established by or under other provisions of this chapter, or both of them, when both such institutes have functions with respect to the same subject matter. The Secretary is also authorized to provide training and instruction and establish and maintain traineeships and fellowships, in the National Eye Institute and elsewhere in matters relating to diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of blinding eye diseases and visual disorders with such stipends and allowances (including travel and subsistence expenses) for trainees and fellows as he deems necessary and, in addition, provide for such training, instruction, and traineeships and for such fellowships through grants to public or other nonprofit institutions. (July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title IV, § 453, as added Aug. 16, 1968, Pub. L. 90-489, § 1, 82 Stat. 772.) PART G.-MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS § 290. National Institutes of Health Management Fund; establishment; advancements; availability; final adjustments of advances. For the purpose of facilitating the economical and efficient conduct of operations in the National Institutes of Health which are financed by two or more appropriations where the costs of operation are not readily susceptible of distribution as charges to such appropriations, there is established the National Institutes of Health Management Fund. Such amounts as the Director of the National Institutes of Health may determine to represent a reasonable distribution of estimated costs among the various appropriations involved may be advanced each year to this fund and shall be available for expenditure for such costs under such regulations as may be prescribed by said Director, including the operation of facilities for the sale of meals to employees and others at rates to be determined by said Director to be sufficient to cover the reasonable value of the meals served and the proceeds thereof shall be deposited to the credit of this fund: Provided, That funds advanced to this fund shall be available only in the fiscal year in which they are advanced: Provided further, That final adjustments of advances in accordance with actual costs shall be effected wherever practicable with the appropriations from which such funds are advanced. (Pub. L. 85-67, title II. § 201, June 29, 1957, 71 Stat. 220; Pub. L. 87-290. title II, § 201, Sept. 22, 1961, 75 Stat. 603.) CODIFICATION Section was enacted as a part of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare Appropriation Act, 1958, and not as a part of the Public Health Service Act which comprises this chapter. AMENDMENTS 1961-Pub. L. 87-290 substituted "reasonable value of the meals served" for "cost of such operation." SUBCHAPTER IV.-CONSTRUCTION AND MODERNIZATION OF HOSPITALS AND OTHER MEDICAL FACILITIES SUBCHAPTER REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This subchapter is referred to in sections 211a, 293a, 2005b, 2005d of this title. § 291. Congressional declaration of purpose. The purpose of this subchapter is (a) to assist the several States in the carrying out of their programs for the construction and modernization of such public or other nonprofit community hospitals and other medical facilities as may be necessary, in conjunction with existing facilities, to furnish adequate hospital, clinic, or similar services to all their people; (b) to stimulate the development of new or improved types of physical facilities for medical, diagnostic, preventive, treatment, or rehabilitative services; and (c) to promote research, experiments, and demonstrations relating to the effective development and utilization of hospital, clinic, or similar services, facilities, and resources, and to promote the coordination of such research, experiments, and demonstrations and the useful application of their results. (July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title VI, § 600, as added Aug. 18, 1964, Pub. L. 88-443, § 3 (a), 78 Stat. 447.) CODIFICATION Provisions similar to those comprising this section were contained in a prior section 291, act July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title VI, § 601, as added Aug. 13, 1946, ch. 958, § 2, 60 Stat. 1041, and amended Oct. 25, 1949, ch. 722, § 6, 63 Stat. 900; July 12, 1954, ch. 471, § 4(a), 68 Stat. 464, prior to the general amendment of this subchapter by Pub. L. 88-44" EFFECTIVE DATE Section 3(b) of Pub. L. 88-443, as amended by Pub. L. 91-296, title I, § 120, June 30, 1970, 84 Stat. 343, provided that: "The amendment made by subsection (a) [adding section 247c of this title, and amending this subchapter generally] shall become effective upon the date of enactment of this Act [Aug. 18, 1964], except that "(1) all applications approved by the Surgeon General under title VI of the Public Health Service Act [this subchapter] prior to such date, and allotments of sums appropriated prior to such date, shall be governed by the provisions of such title VI in effect prior to such date; "(2) allotment percentages promulgated by the Surgeon General under such title VI during 1962 shall continue to be effective for purposes of such title as amended by this Act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1965; "(3) the terms of members of the Federal Hospital Council who are serving on such Council prior to such date shall expire on the date they would have expired had this Act not been enacted; "(4) the provisions of the fourth sentence of section 636(a) of the Public Health Service Act [former section 291n of this title], as in effect prior to the enactment of this Act, shall apply in lieu of the fourth sentence of section 624 (a) of the Public Health Service Act, as amended by this Act [section 291n (a) of this title], in the case of any project for construction of a facility or for acquisition of equipment with respect to which a grant for any part thereof or for planning such construction or equipment was made prior to the enactment of this Act; "(5) no application with respect to a project for modernization of any facility in any State may be approved by the Surgeon General, for purposes of receiving funds from an allotment under section 602 (a) (2) of the Public Health Service Act, as amended by this Act [section 291b (a) (2) of this title], before July 1, 1965, or before such State has had a State plan approved by the Surgeon General as meeting the requirements of section 604 (a) (4) (E) [section 291d (a) (4) (E) of this title] as well as the other requirements of section 604 of such Act as so amended [section 291d of this title]; "(6) the provisions of clause (b) of section 609 of the Public Health Service Act, as amended by this Act [section 2911 of this title], shall apply with respect to any project whether it was approved, and whether the event specified in such clause occurred, before, on, or after the date of enactment of this Act [June 30, 1970], except that it shall not apply in the case of any project with respect to which recovery under title VI of such Act [this subchapter] has been made prior to the enactment of this paragraph." SHORT TITLE Section 1 of Pub. L. 88-443 provided that Pub. L. 88-443, which added section 247c of this title, and amended this subchapter generally, may be cited as the "Hospital and Medical Facilities Amendments of 1964." PRIOR PROVISIONS Provisions similar to those comprising this section were contained in former section 2910, act July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title VI, § 641, as added July 12, 1954, ch. 471, § 2, 68 Stat. 461, prior to the general amendment of this subchapter by Pub. L. 88-443. SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in section 291a of this title. PART A.-GRANTS AND LOANS FOR CONSTRUCTION AND PART REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS § 291a. Authorization of appropriations. In order to assist the States in carrying out the purposes of section 291 of this title, there are authorized to be appropriated (a) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1965, and each of the next eight fiscal years (1) $85,000,000 for grants for the construction of public or other nonprofit facilities for longterm care; (2) $70,000,000 for grants for the construction of public or other nonprofit outpatient facilities; (3) $15,000,000 for grants for the construction of public or other nonprofit rehabilitation facilities; (b) for grants for the construction of public or other nonprofit hospitals and public health centers, $150,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1965, $160,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1966, $170,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1967, $180,000,000 each for the next two fiscal years, $195,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1970, $147,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1971, $152,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1972, and $157,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973; and (c) for grants for modernization of the facilities referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b), $65,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1971, $80,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1972, and $90,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973. (July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title VI, § 601, as added Aug. 18, 1964, Pub. L. 88-443, § 3(a), 78 Stat. 448, and amended Oct. 15, 1968, Pub. L. 90-574, title IV, § 402 (a), 82 Stat. 1011; June 30, 1970, Pub. L. 91-296, title I, §§ 101(a), 102, 116(a), 84 Stat. 337, 341.) CODIFICATION A prior section 291a, act July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title VI, § 611, as added Aug. 13, 1946, ch. 958, § 2, 60 Stat. 1041, authorized appropriations for surveys and planning. AMENDMENTS 1970 Par. (a). Pub. L. 91-296, §§ 101(a)(1), (2), 116 (a), substituted "outpatient facilities" for "diagnostic or treatment centers" in the enumeration of facilities eligible for construction grants, extended through the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973, the authority to appropriate funds for construction grants, increased from $70,000,000 to $85,000,000 the annual authority to make grants for public or other nonprofit facilities for longterm care, from $20,000,000 to $70,000,000 the authority for public or other nonprofit outpatient facilities, and from $10,000,000 to $15,000,000 the authority for public or other nonprofit rehabilitation facilities. Par. (b). Pub. L. 91-296, §§ 101 (a) (3), 102(a) (1), struck out provisions authorizing grants for modernization of facilities and added provisions authorizing the appropriation of $147,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1971, $152,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1972, and $157,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973, for grants for the construction of public or other nonprofit hospitals and public health centers Par. (c). Pub. L. 91-296, § 102 (a) (2), added par. (c). 1968-Par. (a). Pub. L. 90–574, § 402(a)(1), substituted "next five" for "next four". Par. (b). Pub. L. 90-574, § 402 (a) (2), authorized appropriation of $195,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1970. 1 |