(5) Seamen on vessels of the Mississippi River Commission and, upon application of their commanding officers, officers and crews of vessels of the Fish and Wildlife Service; (6) Enrollees in the United States Maritime Service on active duty and members of the Merchant Marine Cadet Corps; (7) Employees and noncommissioned officers in the field service of the Public Health Service when injured or taken sick in line of duty; and (8) Persons who own vessels registered, enrolled, or licensed under the maritime laws of the United States, who are engaged in commercial fishing operations, and who accompany such vessels on such fishing operations, and a substantial part of whose services in connection with such fishing operations are comparable to services performed by seamen employed on such vessel or on vessels engaged in similar operations. (b) When suitable accommodations are available, seamen on foreign-flag vessels may be given medical, surgical, and dental treatment and hospitalization on application of the master, owner, or agent of the vessel at hospitals and other stations of the Service at rates fixed by regulations. All expenses connected with such treatment, including burial in the event of death, shall be paid by such master, owner, or agent. No such vessel shall be granted clearance. until such expenses are paid or their payment appropriately guaranteed to the Collector of Customs. (c) Any person when detained in accordance with quarantine laws, or, at the request of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, any person detained by that Service, may be treated and cared for by the Public Health Service. (d) Persons not entitled to treatment and care at institutions, hospitals, and stations of the Service may, in accordance with regulations of the Surgeon General, be admitted thereto for temporary treatment and care in the case of emergency. (e) Persons entitled to care and treatment under subsection (a) of this section and persons whose care and treatment is authorized by subsection (c) of this section may, in accordance with regulations, receive such care and treatment at the expense of the Service from public or private medical or hospital facilities other than those of the Service, when authorized by the officer in charge of the station at which the application is made. (July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title III, § 322, 58 Stat. 696; June 25, 1948, ch. 654, § 3, 62 Stat. 1018; Aug. 13, 1964, Pub. L. 88-424, 78 Stat. 398.) § 251. Medical examination and treatment of Federal employees. The Surgeon General is authorized to provide at institutions, hospitals, and stations of the Service medical, surgical, and hospital services and supplies for persons entitled to treatment under the United States Employees' Compensation Act and extensions thereof. The Surgeon General may also provide for making medical examinations of (a) employees of the Alaska Railroad and employees of the Federal Government for retirement purposes; (b) employees in the Federal classified service, and applicants for appointment, as requested by the Civil Service Commission for the purpose of promoting health and efficiency; (c) seamen for purposes of qualifying for certificates of service; and (d) employees eligible for benefits under the longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, as amended, as requested by any deputy commissioner thereunder. (July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title III, § 324, 58 Stat. 697.) § 253. Medical services to Coast Guard, Coast and Geodetic Survey, and Public Health Service; examination of personnel of Service assigned to Coast Guard or Coast and Geodetic Survey. (a) Subject to regulations of the President (1) commissioned officers, chief warrant officers, warrant officers, cadets, and enlisted personnel of the Regular Coast Guard on active duty, including those on shore duty and those on detached duty; and Regular, and temporary members of the United States Coast Guard Reserve when on active duty; (2) commissioned officers, ships' officers, and members of the crews of vessels of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey on active duty, including those on shore duty and those on detached duty; and (3) commissioned officers of the Regular or Reserve Corps of the Public Health Service on active duty; shall be entitled to medical, surgical, and dental treatment and hospitalization by the Service. The Surgeon General may detail commissioned officers for duty aboard vessels of the Coast Guard or the Coast and Geodetic Survey. (b) Repealed. Pub. L. 88-71, § 2(a), July 19, 1963, 77 Stat. 83. (c) The Service shall provide all services referred to in subsection (a) of this section required by the Coast Guard or Coast and Geodetic Survey and shall perform all duties prescribed by statute in connection with the examinations to determine physical or mental condition for purposes of appointment, enlistment, and reenlistment, promotion and retirement, and officers of the Service assigned to duty on Coast Guard or Coast and Geodetic Survey vessels may extend aid to the crews of American vessels engaged in deep-sea fishing. (July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title III, § 326, 58 Stat. 697; June 7, 1956, ch. 374, § 306(3), 70 Stat. 254; Apr. 8, 1960, Pub. L. 86-415, § 5(d), 74 Stat. 34; July 19, 1963, Pub. L. 88-71, § 2, 77 Stat. 83.) AMENDMENTS 1963-Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 88-71, § 2(a), repealed subsec. (b), which provided for treatment of dependents of personnel, and is now covered by section 253a (b) of this title. Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 88-71, § 2(b), inserted "or Coast and Geodetic Survey" following "Coast Guard" in two instances. 1960 Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 86-415 eliminated provisions which authorized medical, surgical, and dental care and hospitalization for retired personnel of the Coast Guard, Coast and Geodetic Survey, and the Public Health Service. 1956 Subsec. (b). Act June 7, 1956, repealed subsec. (b) except insofar as it related to dependent members of families of ships' officers and members of crews of vessels of the Coast and Geodetic Survey. EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1956 AMENDMENT Partial repeal of subsec. (b) of this section by act June 7, 1956, was made effective six months after June 7, 1956, by section 307 of act June 7, 1956. OFFICE OF EDUCATION The Cooperative Research Act, 20 U.S.C. 331 et seq. Sec. 3. Authorization of Appropriations. 233 Sec. 4. Construction of Regional Facilities for Research and Related Sec. 201. Authorization of Appropriations. 235 Sec. 202. Grants to States for Practical Nurse Training- 235 236 237 238 238 238 239 239 239 240 Sec. 204. Method of Making and Computing Payments_ Sec. 206. Advisory Committees. Sec. 207. Effect on Other Laws.. Sec. 208. Reports.--. Sec. 209. Appropriations for Administration_. Sec. 210. Definitions... Sec. 302. Allotments to States Cooperative Research Act-Enacted on July 26, 1954, as P.L. 531, 83d Congress, 62 Stat. 533; 20 U.S.C. 331. Amended on April 11, 1965, by P.L. 89-10, 79 Stat. 27 AN ACT To authorize cooperative research in education Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, PURPOSE SEC. 1. The purpose of this Act is to enable the Office 20 USC 331 of Education more effectively to accomplish the purposes and to perform the duties for which it was originally established. EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH AND RESEARCH TRAINING SEC. 2. (a) (1) The Commissioner of Education (here- 20 USC 331a inafter in this Act referred to as the "Commissioner") is authorized to make grants to universities and colleges and other public or private agencies, institutions, and organizations and to individuals, for research, surveys, and demonstrations in the field of education (including programs described in section 503(a)(4) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965), and for the dissemination of information derived from educational research (including but not limited to information concerning promising educational practices developed under programs carried out under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965) and, without regard to sections 3648 and 3709 of the Revised Statutes (31 U.S.C. 529; 41 U.S.C. 5), to provide by contracts or jointly financed cooperative arrangements with them for the conduct of such activities; except that no such grant may be made to a private agency, organization, or institution other than a nonprofit one. (2) No grant shall be made or contract or jointly financed cooperative arrangement entered into under this subsection until the Commissioner has obtained the advice and recommendations of a panel of specialists who are not employees of the Federal Government and who are competent to evaluate the proposals as to the soundness of their design, the possibilities of securing productive results, the adequacy of resources to conduct the proposed research, surveys, or demonstrations, and their relationship to other similar educational research or dissemination programs already completed or in progress. (b) The Commissioner is authorized to make grants to public and other nonprofit universities and colleges and to other public or nonprofit agencies, institutions, and organizations to assist them in providing training in research in the field of education (including such research described in section 503 (a) (4) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965), including the development and strengthening of training staff and curricular capability for such training. Grants under this subsection may, when so authorized by the Commissioner, also be used by such grantees (1) in establishing and maintaining research traineeships, internships, personnel exchanges, and pre- and post-doctoral fellowships, and for stipends and allowances (including traveling and subsistence expenses) for fellows and others undergoing training and their dependents not in excess of such maximum amounts as may be prescribed by the Commissioner, or (2), where the grantee is a State educational agency, in providing for such traineeships, internships, personnel exchanges, and fellowships either directly or through arrangements with public or other nonprofit institutions or organizations. No grant shall be made under this subsection for training in sectarian instruction or, for work to be done in an institution, or a department or branch of an institution, whose program is specifically for the education of students to prepare them to become ministers of religion or to enter upon some other religious vocation or to prepare them to teach theological subjects. |