[PUBLIC-No. 540-75TH CONGRESS] [CHAPTER 267-3D SESSION] [S. 3290] AN ACT To impose additional duties upon the United States Public Health Service in connection with the investigation and control of the venereal diseases. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act approved July 9, 1918, is hereby amended by adding, after section 4 of chapter XV (40 Stat. 886; U. S. C., title 42, sec. 25), sections 4a, 4b, 4c, 4d, and 4e to read as follows: "SEC. 4a. For the purpose of assisting States, counties, health districts, and other political subdivisions of the States in establishing and maintaining adequate measures for the prevention, treatment, and control of the venereal diseases; for the purpose of making studies, investigations, and demonstrations to develop more effective measures of prevention, treatment, and control of the venereal diseases, including the training of personnel; for the pay, allowances, and traveling expenses of commissioned officers and other personnel assigned to duties in carrying out the purposes of sections 4a to 4e, inclusive, of this Act in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; and for the printing of reports, documents, and other material relating thereto, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1939, not exceeding the sum of $3,000,000; for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1940, not exceeding the sum of $5,000,000; for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1941, not exceeding the sum of $7,000,000; and for each fiscal year thereafter, such sum as may be deemed necessary to carry out the purposes of sections 4a to 4e, inclusive, of this Act. "SEC. 4b. Prior to the beginning of each fiscal year the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service shall determine, out of the appropriations made pursuant to section 4a, the sum to be allotted to the several States, including the District of Columbia, Alaska, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, and Hawaii. The Surgeon General shall then allot such sum to the several States upon the basis of (1) the population, (2) the extent of the venereal-disease problem, and (3) the financial needs of the respective States. Upon making such allotments he shall certify the amounts thereof to the Secretary of the Treasury. The amount of an allotment to any State for any fiscal year remaining unpaid at the end of such fiscal year shall be available for allotment to the States for the succeeding fiscal year in addition to the amount appropriated and available for such fiscal year. "SEC. 4c. Prior to the beginning of each quarter of the fiscal year the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service shall determine the amount to be paid to each State for such quarter from the allotment to such State, and shall certify the amount so determined to the Secretary of the Treasury. Upon receipt of such certification, the Secretary of the Treasury shall, through the Division of Dis bursement of the Treasury Department and prior to audit or settlement by the General Accounting Office, pay in accordance with such certification. The moneys so paid to any State shall be expended in carrying out the purposes specified in section 4a, and in accordance with plans presented by the health authority of such State and approved by the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service. "SEO. 4d. With the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury and after consultation with a conference of State and Territorial health officers, the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service is authorized to prescribe the rules and regulations necessary to carry out the purposes of sections 4a to 4e, inclusive, of this Act. "SEO. 48. Sections 4a to 4e, inclusive, of this Act shall not be construed as superseding or limiting the functions, under any other Act, of the Public Health Service relating to the prevention, treatment, and control of venereal diseases, or the expenditure of money therefor." Approved, May 24, 1938. [PUBLIC-No. 626-75TH CONGRESS] [CHAPTER 399-3D SESSION] AN ACT To permit sales of surplus scrap materials of the Navy to certain institutions of learning. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 2 of the Act entitled "An Act making appropriations for the naval service for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1883, and for other purposes", approved August 5, 1882 (22 Stat. 296), is hereby amended by inserting before the period at the end of the fourth sentence thereof the following: ": Provided, That the Secretary of the Navy is authorized, in his discretion, to sell, at the prices established for issue to naval activities, surplus scrap metals of the Navy, to schools, colleges, and universities for use in courses of instruction in vocational training: Provided further, That any costs incident to the transportation or delivery of such scrap metals shall be charged to the purchaser”. Approved, June 15, 1938. [PUBLIC-No. 686-75TH CONGRESS] (CHAPTER 536-3D SESSION] AN ACT To create the office of the Librarian Emeritus of the Library of Congress. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That upon separation from the service, by resignation or otherwise, on or after July 1, after the approval of this Act, Herbert Putnam, the present Librarian of Congress, who has served in that office for thirty-nine years, shall become Librarian Emeritus, with such duties as the President of the United States may prescribe, and the President of the United States shall thereupon appoint his successor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The said Herbert Putnam shall receive as Librarian Emeritus compensation at the rate of $5,000 per annum. Such salary shall be paid in equal monthly installments by the disbursing officer of the Library of Congress, and such sums as may be necessary to make such payments are hereby authorized to be appropriated. Approved, June 20, 1938. [PUBLIC-No. 710-75тH CONGRESS] [CHAPTER 644-3D SESSION] [S. 4044] AN ACT To authorize the President to permit citizens of the American republics to receive instruction at professional educational institutions and schools maintained and administered by the Government of the United States or by departments or agencies thereof. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President be, and he hereby is, authorized, in his discretion and under such regulations as he may prescribe by Executive order, to permit citizens of the American republics to receive instruction, with or without charge therefor, at professional educational institutions and schools maintained and administered by the Government of the United States or by departments or agencies thereof: Provided, That such citizens. shall agree to comply with all regulations for the government of the institutions and schools at which they may be under instruction and to exert every effort to accomplish successfully the courses of instruction prescribed: And provided further, That the regulations prescribed by the President under the authority of this Act shall contain provisions limiting the admission of citizens of the American republics to primary schools maintained and administered by the Government of the United States so that there will under no circumstances be any curtailment of the admission of citizens of the United States eligible to receive instruction therein and not more than one citizen of any American republic shall receive instruction at the same time in the United States Military Academy and not more than one in the United States Naval Academy. Approved, June 24, 1938. (88) [PUBLIC-No. 750-75тH CONGRESS] [CHAPTER 708-3D SESSION] [H. R. 5471) AN ACT To amend the laws relating to the distribution of public documents to depository libraries. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 4 of the Act (34 Stat. 1014) approved March 1, 1907 (U. S. C., title 44, sec. 85), be, and is hereby, amended to read as follows: "85. DISTRIBUTION OF COPIES OF PUBLICATIONS TO DESIGNATED DEPOSITORIES AND LIBRARIES; LAND-GRANT COLLEGES AS DEPOSITORIES.-Upon request of the Superintendent of Documents, the Public Printer is hereby authorized and directed to either increase or diminish the number of copies of publications furnished for distribution, to designated depositories and State and Territorial libraries so that the number of copies delivered shall be equal to the number of libraries on the list: Provided, That the number thus delivered shall at no time exceed the number authorized under existing statute: Provided further, That the Public Printer shall furnish the necessary number of copies as above provided, of the Journals of the Senate and House of Representatives, of all publications, not confidential in character, printed upon the requisition of any Congressional committee, of all Senate and House public bills and resolutions, and of all reports on private bills, concurrent or simple resolutions. The allotment of copies furnished for distribution to libraries shall be increased or reduced, from time to time, as the redistricting of States or the rearrangement of depository lists under provisions of law shall demand, to such numbers as may be necessary to comply with the law. All land-grant colleges shall be constituted as depositories for public documents, subject to the provisons and limitations of the depository laws. "Any provision contained in sections 54, 55, or 57 of the Printing Act of 1895 (28 Stat. 608, 609; U. S. C., title 44, secs. 131, 147, and 189, or any other Act), which may be inconsistent herewith, is hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency only." Approved, June 25, 1938. (87) 65-511 O-66-7 |