under this part and who on such date was engaged in a service for which cancellation of all or part of such loans (including accrued interest) was authorized under this section (as so in effect), this section (as so in effect) shall continue to apply to such person for purposes of providing such loan cancellation until he terminates such service.

Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to prevent any person from entering into an agreement for loan cancellation under this subsection. (As amended Nov. 18, 1971, Pub. L. 92-158, § 6(a), (b) (1), (e), 85 Stat. 475, 476, 478.)

REFERENCES IN TEXT

The amendment made by section 6(b) of the Nurse Training Act of 1971 to this section, referred to in subsec. (h) (4) (1), which amended subsec. (b) (3) of this section and added subsec. (h) of this section, is contained in section 6(b)(1) of Pub. L. 92–158, Nov. 18, 1971, 85 Stat. 476.

The date of enactment of the Nurse Training Act of 1971, referred to in subsec. (h) (4) (1) (A), is Nov. 18, 1971. AMENDMENTS

1971-Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 92-158, § 6(a), substituted "$2,500" for "$1,500" and "$10,000" for "$60,000".

Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 92-158, § 6(e), substituted "full-time or half-time course of study" for "full-time course of study".

Subsec. (b) (2). Pub. L. 92-158, § 6(e), in material preceding clause (A), substituted "full-time or half-time course of study" for "full-time course of study".

Subsec. (b) (3). Pub. L. 92–158, § 6(b)(1) (A), substituted provisions cancelling up to 85% of loan, for provisions cancelling up to 50% of loan, where borrower holds full-time employment as a professional nurse, added to areas of possible employment under this par. by inserting reference to any public or nonprofit organization including neighborhood health centers, substituted, with regard to the rate of cancellation of loan, the rate of 15% of the amount unpaid on the first day of service, continuing at such rate with each of the first, second and third complete years of such service and 20% of such amount with each complete fourth and fifth year of service for the rate of 10% of the amount unpaid on the first day of service and to continue with each complete year of service, and struck out reference to 15% rate of cancellation per complete year of service plus, for the purpose of such higher rate, the cancellation of an additional 50% of such loan where such service is in a public or nonprofit hospital in any area which is determined, in accordance with the regulations of the Secretary, to be in an area having a substantial shortage of such nurses at such hospitals.

Subsec. (h). Pub. L. 92-158, § 6(b)(1) (B), added subsec. (h).

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1971 AMENDMENT

Section 6(a)(1) of Pub. L. 92-158 provided in part that the amendment to subsec. (a) of this section by section 6(a)(1) of Pub. L. 92-158 shall be effective with respect to academic years (or their equivalent as determined under regulations of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare under this section) beginning after June 30, 1971.

§ 297c. Authorization of appropriations for loans.

There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare for Federal capital contributions to student loan funds pursuant to section 297a (b)(2) (A) of this title $3,100,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1965, $8,900,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1966, $16,800,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1967, $25,300,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1968, $30,900,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1969, 70,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1970, 1,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1971,

and $35,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, and such sums for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and each of the two succeeding fiscal years as may be necessary to enable students who have received a loan for any academic year ending before July 1, 1974, to continue or complete their education. Sums appropriated pursuant to this section for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1967, or any subsequent fiscal year shall be available to the Secretary (1) for payments into the fund established by section 297f(d) of this title, and (2) in accordance with agreements under this part, for Federal capital contributions to schools with which such agreements have been made, to be used, together with deposits in such funds pursuant to section 297a(b) (2) (B) of this title, for establishment and maintenance of student loan funds, and (3) for transfers pursuant to section 297h of this title. (As amended July 9, 1971, Pub. L. 92-52, § 3(a), 85 Stat. 144; Nov. 18, 1971, Pub. L. 92-158, § 6(c), 85 Stat. 477.)

AMENDMENTS

1971-Pub. L. 92-158 substituted authorized appropriations of $21,000,000, $25,000,000, $30,000,000 and $35,000,000 for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1971, 1972, 1973, and 1974, respectively, plus such sums for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and each of the two succeeding fiscal years as may be necessary to enable students receiving a loan for any academic year ending before July 1, 1974 to continue or complete their education, for an authorized appropriation of $21,000,000 each for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1971 and 1972, plus such sums for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and each of the two succeeding fiscal years as may be necessary to enable students receiving a loan for any academic year ending before July 1, 1972, to continue or complete their education.

Pub. L. 92-52 substituted "each for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1971, and the next fiscal year" for "for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1971", "1973" for "1972" and "July 1, 1972" for "July 1, 1971".

§ 297e. Distribution of assets from loan funds.

(a) After June 30, 1977, and not later than September 30, 1977, there shall be a capital distribution of the balance of the loan fund established under an agreement pursuant to section 297a of this title by each school as follows:

(1) The Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare shall first be paid an amount which bears the same ratio to such balance in such fund at the close of June 30, 1977, as the total amount of the Federal capital contributions to such fund by the Secretary pursuant to section 297a (b) (2) (A) of this title bears to the total amount in such fund derived from such Federal capital contributions and from funds deposited therein pursuant to section 297a(b) (2) (A) of this title.

(2) The remainder of such balance shall be paid to the school.

(b) After September 30, 1977, each school with which the Secretary has made an agreement under this part shall pay to the Secretary, not less often than quarterly, the same proportionate share of amounts received by the school after June 30, 1977, in payment of principal or interest on loans made from the loan fund established pursuant to such agreement (other than so much of such fund as relates to payments from the revolving fund established by section 297f (d) of this title) as was determined for the Secretary under subsection (a) of this

section. (As amended July 9, 1971, Pub. L. 92-52, § 3(b), 85 Stat. 145; Nov. 18, 1971, Pub. L. 92-158, § 6(d) (1), 85 Stat. 478.)

AMENDMENTS

1971-Pub. L. 92-158 substituted "1977" for "1975" wherever appearing.

Pub. L. 92-52 substituted "1975" for "1974" in five places.

§ 297f. Loans to schools of nursing to capitalize student loan funds.

(a) Fiscal years available; terms, conditions, and limitations; institutional contributions; interest.

(1) During the fiscal years ending June 30, 1967, and June 30, 1968, and each of the next six fiscal years, the Secretary may make loans, from the revolving fund established by subsection (d) of this section, to any public or nonprofit private school of nursing which is located in a State, to provide all or part of the capital needed by any such school for making loans to students under this section (other than capital needed to make the institutional contributions required of schools by section 297a (b) (2) (B) of this title). Loans to students from such borrowed sums shall be subject to the terms, conditions, and limitations set forth in section 297b of this title. The requirement in section 297a (b) (2) (B) of this title with respect to institutional contributions by schools to student loan funds shall not apply to loans made to schools under this section.

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(a) 1 Upon application by a person who received, and is under an obligation to repay, any loan made to such person as a nursing student, the Secretary may undertake to repay (without liability to the applicant) all or any part of such loan. and any interest or portion thereof outstanding thereon, upon his determination, pursuant to regulations establishing criteria therefor, that the applicant

(1) failed to complete the nursing studies with respect to which such loan was made;

(2) is in exceptionally needy circumstances; (3) is from a low-income or disadvantaged family as those terms may be defined by such regulations; and

(4) has not resumed, or cannot reasonably be expected to resume, such nursing studies within two years following the date upon which the applicant terminated the studies with respect to which such loan was made.

(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title VIII, § 830, as added Nov. 18, 1971, Pub. L. 92-158, § 6(b) (2), 85 Stat. 477.)

PART C.-GENERAL

§ 298. National Advisory Council on Nurse Training. (a) (1) There is hereby established a National Advisory Council on Nurse Training, consisting of

1 So in original. There is no subsec. (b).

the Secretary (or his delegate), who shall be Chairman, and the Commissioner of Education, both of whom shall be ex officio members, and nineteen members appointed by the Secretary without regard to the civil service laws. Three of the appointed members shall be selected from full-time students enrolled in schools of nursing, four of the appointed members shall be selected from the general public and twelve shall be selected from among leading authorities in the various fields of nursing, higher, and secondary education, and from representatives of hospitals and other institutions and organizations which provide nursing services. The student members of the Council shall be appointed for terms of one year and shall be eligible for reappointment to the Council.

(2) The Council shall advise the Secretary (or his delegate) in the preparation of general regulations and with respect to policy matters arising in the administration of this subchapter, and in the review of applications for construction projects under part A of this subchapter and of applications under section 296d of this title.

(b) Omitted.

(As amended Nov. 18, 1971, Pub. L. 92-158, §§ 9, 13, 85 Stat. 479, 480.)

AMENDMENTS

1971-Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 92-158, §§ 9, 13, substituted "nineteen members" for "sixteen members", and "Three of the appointed members shall be selected from full-time students enrolled in schools of nursing, four" for "Four", added "The student-members of the Council shall be appointed for terms of one year and shall be eligible for reappointment to the Council." and substituted "Secretary (or his delegate)" for "Surgeon General".

Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 92-158, § 13, substituted "Secretary (or his delegate)" for "Surgeon General". § 298b. Definitions.

For the purposes of this subchapter

(i) The terms "construction" and "cost of construction" include (1) the construction of new buildings, and the acquisition, expansion, remodeling, replacement, and alteration of existing buildings, including architects' fees, but not including the cost of acquisition of land (except in the case of acquisition of an existing building), off-site improvements, living quarters, or patient-care facilities, and (2) equipping new buildings and existing buildings, whether or not acquired, expanded, remodeled, or altered. For the purposes of this paragraph, the term "buildings" includes interim facilities.

(j) The term "interim facilities" means teaching facilities designed to provide teaching space on a short-term (less than ten years) basis while facilities of a more permanent nature are being planned and constructed. (As amended Nov. 18, 1971, Pub. L. 92-158, § 2(d) (1), (2), 85 Stat. 467, 468.)

AMENDMENTS

1971-Subsec. (i). Pub. L. 92-158, § 2(d)(1), defined the term "buildings" as including interim facilities. Subsec. (j). Pub. L. 92-158, § 2(d) (2), added subsec. (j).

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in section 298c-7 of this title; title 20 section 1132e-1.

§ 298b-1. Advance funding.

Any appropriation Act which appropriates funds for any fiscal year for grants, contracts, or other payments under this subchapter may also appropriate for the next fiscal year the funds that are authorized to be appropriated for such payments for such next fiscal year; but no funds may be made available therefrom for obligation for such payments before the fiscal year for which such funds are authorized to be appropriated. (July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title VIII, § 844, as added Nov. 18, 1971, Pub. L. 92-158, § 10, 85 Stat. 479.)

§ 298b-2. Prohibition against discrimination by schools on the basis of sex.

The Secretary may not make a grant, loan guarantee, or interest subsidy payment under this subchapter to, or for the benefit of, any school of nursing unless the application for the grant, loan guarantee, or interest subsidy payment contains assurances satisfactory to the Secretary that the school will not discriminate on the basis of sex in the admission of individuals to its training programs. The Secretary may not enter into a contract under this subchapter with any school unless the school furnishes assurances satisfactory to the Secretary that it will not discriminate on the basis of sex in the admission of individuals to its training programs. (July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title VII, § 845, as added Nov. 18, 1971, Pub. L. 92-158, § 11, 85 Stat. 479.)

PART D.-SCHOLARSHIP GRANTS TO SCHOOLS OF NURSING

§ 298c. Scholarship grants.

(b) Amount of grants.

The amount of the grant under subsection (a) of this section for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1972, and for each of the next two fiscal years to each such school shall be equal to $3,000 multiplied by onetenth of the number of full-time students of such school. For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and for each of the two succeeding fiscal years, the grant under subsection (a) of this section shall be such amount as may be necessary to enable such school to continue making payments under scholarship awards to students who initially received such awards out of grants made to the school for fiscal years ending before July 1, 1974.

(c) Recipients of scholarships; uses of funds; limitation on amount of scholarship.

(1) Scholarships may be awarded by schools from grants under subsection (a) of this section

(A) only to individuals who have been accepted by them for enrollment, and individuals enrolled and in good standing, as full-time or half-time students, in the case of awards from such grants for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1972, and the next two fiscal years; and

(B) only to individuals enrolled and in good standing as full-time or half-time students who initially received scholarship awards out of such grants for a fiscal year ending prior to July 1, 1975, in the case of awards from such grants for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and each of the two succeeding fiscal years.

(2) Scholarships from grants under subsection (a) of this section for any school year shall be awarded only to students of exceptional financial need who need such financial assistance to pursue a course of study at the school for such year. Any such scholarship awarded for a school year shall cover such portion of the student's tuition, fees, books, equipment, and living expenses at the school making the award, but not to exceed $2,000 for any year in the case of any student, as such school may determine the student needs for such year on the basis of his requirements and financial resources.

(As amended July 9, 1971, Pub. L. 92–52, § 4, 85 Stat. 145; Nov. 18, 1971, Pub. L. 92-158, § 7, 85 Stat. 478.) AMENDMENTS

1971-Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 92-158, § 7(1), substituted "1972" for "1970", added "for each of" preceding "the next two fiscal years", substituted "$3,000" for "$2,000", "1975" for "1973", "two succeeding fiscal years" for "three succeeding fiscal years" and "ending before July 1, 1974" for "ending prior to July 1, 1972".

Pub. L. 92-52, § 4(a), substituted "the next two fiscal years" for "the next fiscal year", "1973" for "1972" and "1972" for "1971".

Subsec. (c) (1). Pub. L. 92–158, § 7 (2), (4), in clause (A), substituted "1972, and the next two fiscal years" for "1970, and the next two fiscal years" and added “or half-time" preceding "students", in clause (B), added "or half-time" preceding "students", and substituted "1974" for "1972" and "1975, and each of the two" for "1973, and each of the three".

Subsec. (c)(1)(A). Pub. L. 92-52, § 4(b)(1), substituted "the next two fiscal years" for "the next fiscal year". Subsec. (c) (1) (B). Pub. L. 92–52, § 4(b) (2), substituted "1972" for "1971" and "1973" for "1972". Subsec. (c) (2). Pub. L. 92-158, §7(3), substituted "$2,000" for "$1,500".

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1971 AMENDMENT

Section 7 of Pub. L. 92-158 provided in part that the amendments to subsecs. (b) and (c) of this section by section 7 (1)-(4) of Pub. L. 92-158 shall be effective with respect to scholarship grants made under subsec. (a) of this section for the fiscal years beginning after June 30, 1971.

§ 298c-7. Grants and contracts to encourage full utilization of educational talent for the nursing profession.

(a) To assist in meeting the need for additional professional personnel in the nursing professions, the Secretary is authorized to make grants to public or nonprofit health or educational entities or enter into contracts with such entities not to exceed $100,000 per year per contract (without regard to section 5 of Title 41) for the purpose of

(1) identifying individuals with a potential for education or training in the nursing profession (including veterans of the Armed Forces of the United States with training or experience in the health field, and individuals who due to socioeconomic factors are financially or otherwise disadvantaged) and encouraging and assisting them (A) to enroll in a school of nursing which is accredited as defined in subsection (f) of section 298b of this title; or (B) if they are not qualified to enroll in such a school to undertake such postsecondary education or training as may be required to qualify them to enroll in such a school;

(2) publicizing especially to licensed vocational nurses existing sources of financial aid available

to persons enrolled in any such school or who are undertaking training necessary to qualify them to enroll in any such school; or

(3) establishing such programs as the Secretary determines will enhance and facilitate the enrollment, pursuit, and completion of study by individuals referred to in clause (1) in such schools. (b) For the purposes of carrying out the provisions of this section, there is authorized to be appropriated $3,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1972; $5,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973; and $6,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974. (As amended Nov. 18, 1971, Pub. L. 92-158, § 8, 85 Stat. 478.)

AMENDMENTS

1971-Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 92-158 substituted "To assist in meeting the need for additional professional personnel in the nursing professions" for "To assist in achieving the purposes of this part" and substituted provisions authorizing the Secretary to make grants to, as well as enter into contracts with, "public or nonprofit health or educational entities" for provisions authorizing the Secretary to enter into contracts with "State and local educational agencies and other public and nonprofit organizations and institutions".

Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 92–158 substituted purposes of ald as to identify individuals with a potential for nurse training (including veterans of the Armed Services with training or experience in the health field, and individuals who are financially or educationally disadvantaged) and encourage such individuals to undertake professional nurse training or become qualified to undertake professional nurse training for purposes of aid as to identify qualified youths of financial need and encourage them to complete secondary school and undertake professional nurse training.

Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 92-158 substituted purposes of aid as to publicize sources of financial aid for nursing students or for potential nursing students (especially licensed vocational nurses) for purposes of aid as to publicize existing forms of financial aid for nursing students, including aid furnished under this part.

Subsec. (a) (3). Pub. L. 92-158 added subsec. (a) (3). Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 92-158 substituted appropriations of $3,500,000, $5,000,000 and $6,500,000 for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1972, 1973, and 1974, respectively, to carry out the provisions of this section for a general authorization to appropriate such sums as may be necessary to carry out this section.

§ 299a. Authorization of appropriations.

(a) There are authorized to be appropriated $50,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1966, $90,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1967, $200,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1968, $65,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1969, $120,000,000 for the next fiscal year, $125,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1971, $150,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1972, $250,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973, and $159,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, for grants to assist public or nonprofit private universities, medical schools, research institutions, and other public or nonprofit private institutions and agencies in planning, in conducting feasibility studies, and in

operating pilot projects for the establishment, of regional medical programs of research, training, and demonstration activities for carrying out the purposes of this subchapter and for contracts to carry out the purposes of this subchapter. Of the sums appropriated under this section for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1971, not more than $15,000,000 shall be available for activities in the field of kidney disease. Of the sums appropriated under this section for any fiscal year ending after June 30, 1970, not more than $5,000,000 may be made available in any such year for grants for new construction.

(c) Authorization of appropriations.

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, and $111,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974. (As amended Sept. 30, 1972, Pub. L. 92-449, title III, § 301, 86 Stat. 754; June 18, 1973, Pub. L. 93-45, title I, § 111(a), 87 Stat. 93.)

AMENDMENTS

1973-Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 93-45 authorized appropriations of $111,500,000 for fiscal year ending June 30, 1974. 1972 Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 92-449 increased appropriations authorization for fiscal year ending June 30, 1973, to $111,500,000 from $90,000,000.

§ 300a-1. Training grants and contracts; authorization of appropriations.

(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 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974. (As amended June 18, 1973, Pub. L. 93-45, title I, § 111 (b), 87 Stat. 93.)

AMENDMENTS

1973-Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 93-45 authorized appropriations of $3,000,000 for fiscal year ending June 30, 1974. § 300a-2. Research grants and contracts; authorization of appropriations.

(b) For the purpose of making payments pursuant to grants and contracts under this section, there are authorized to be appropriated $30,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1971; $50,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1972; $65,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973; and $2,615,000 for

the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974. (As amended June 18, 1973, Pub. L. 93-45, title I, § 111 (c), 87 Stat. 93.)

AMENDMENTS

1973-Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 93-45 authorized appropriations of $2,615,000 for fiscal year ending June 30, 1974. § 300a-3. Informational and educational materials development grants and contracts; authorization of appropriations.

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(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 year ending June 30, 1973; and $909,000 for the fiscal year neding June 30, 1974. (As amended June 18, 1973, Pub. L. 93-45, title I, § 111(d), 87 Stat. 93.)

AMENDMENTS

1973 Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 93-45 authorized appropriations of $909,000 for fiscal year ending June 30, 1974.

§ 300a-7. Sterilization or abortion.

(a) Prohibition of public officials and public authorities from imposition of certain requirements contrary to religious beliefs or moral convictions.

(a) The receipt of any grant, contract, loan, or loan guarantee under the Public Health Service Act, the Community Mental Health Centers Act, or the Developmental Disabilities Services and Facilities Construction Act by any individual or entity does not authorize any court or any public official or other public authority to require—

(1) such individual to perform or assist in the performance of any sterilization procedure or abortion if his performance or assistance in the performance of such procedure or abortion would be contrary to his religious beliefs or moral convictions; or

(2) such entity to

(A) make its facilities available for the performance of any sterilization procedure or abortion if the performance of such procedure or abortion in such facilities is prohibited by the entity on the basis of religious beliefs or moral convictions, or

(B) provide any personnel for the performance or assistance in the performance of any sterilization procedure or abortion if the performance or assistance in the performance of such procedures or abortion by such personnel would be contrary to the religious beliefs or moral convictions of such personnel.

(b) Discrimination prohibition.

No entity which receives a grant, contract, loan, or loan guarantee under the Public Health Service Act, the Community Mental Health Centers Act, or the Developmental Disabilities Services and Facilities Construction Act after June 18, 1973, may

(1) discriminate in the employment, promotion, or termination of employment of any physician or other health care personnel, or

(2) discriminate in the extension of staff or other privileges to any physician or other health care personnel,

because he performed or assisted in the performance of a lawful sterilization procedure or abortion, because he refused to perform or assist in the performance of such a procedure or abortion on the grounds that his performance or assistance in the performance of the procedure or abortion would be contrary to his religious beliefs or moral convictions, or because of his religious beliefs or moral convictions respecting sterilization procedures or abortions. (Pub. L. 93-45, title IV, § 401 (b), (c), June 18, 1973, 87 Stat. 95.)

REFERENCES IN TEXT

Public Health Service Act, referred to in introductory text of subsecs. (a) and (b), is classified to this chapter. Community Mental Health Centers Act, referred to in introductory text of subsecs. (a) and (b), is classified to section 2681 et seq. of this title.

Developmental Disabilities Services and Facilities Construction Act, referred to in introductory text of subsecs. (a) and (b), is classified to sections 295 to 295e-5 and 2661 et seq. of this title.

CODIFICATION

Section was enacted as part of Health Programs Extension Act of 1973, and not as part of Public Health Services Act, which is classified to this chapter.

Provisions, which is the original constituted subsecs. (b) and (c) of section 401 of Pub. L. 93-45, were redesignated (a) and (b) for purposes of the Code.

SUBCHAPTER IX.-GENETIC BLOOD

DISORDERS [NEW]

PART A. SICKLE CELL ANEMIA PROGRAMS
AMENDMENTS

1972-Pub. L. 92-414, § 4(1), Aug. 29, 1972, 86 Stat. 652, substituted "Genetic Blood Disorders" for "Sickle Cell Anemia Program" as subchapter heading and designated former subchapter heading as Part A, substituting "Programs" for "Program".

§ 300b. Sickle cell anemia screening and counseling programs and information and education pro

grams.

(a) (1) The Secretary may make grants to public and nonprofit private entities, and may enter into contracts with public and private entities, for projects for the establishment and operation of voluntary sickle cell anemia screening and counseling programs, primarily through other existing health programs.

(2) The Secretary shall carry out a program to develop information and educational materials relating to sickle cell anemia and to disseminate such information and materials to persons providing health care and to the public generally. The Secretary may carry out such program through grants to public and nonprofit private entities or contracts with public and private entities and individuals.

(b) For the purpose of making payments pursuant to grants and contracts under this section, there are authorized to be appropriated $20,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973, $30,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, and $35,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975. (July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XI, § 1101, as added May 16, 1972, Pub. L. 92-294, § 3(c), 86 Stat. 137, and amended Aug. 29, 1972, Pub. L. 92-414, § 4(2), 86 Stat. 652.)

AMENDMENTS

1972 Subsec. (a) (3). Pub. L. 92-414 struck out par. (3) requirements, in making grants or contracts, that