22 1 (11 U.S.C. 663) is amended by adding at the end thereof 2 the following: "Nothing contained in this chapter shall be 3 deemed to affect or apply to the creditors of any corporation 4 under a mortgage insured pursuant to title X of the National 5 Housing Act." DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE, Hon. A. WILLIS ROBERTSON, Chairman, Committee on Banking and Currency, April 20, 1966. DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: This letter is in response to your request of April 14, 1966, for a report on S. 3215, a bill to amend the National Housing Act to provide mortgage insurance, and authorize direct loans by the Housing and Home Finance Administrator, to help finance the cost of constructing and equipping facilities for the group practice of medicine or dentistry. The bill would provide for the availability of credit on reasonable terms to units or organizations engaged in the group practice of medicine or dentistry, particularly those in smaller communities and those sponsored by cooperative or other nonprofit organizations, to assist in financing the construction and equipment of group practice facilities. The bill would carry out the President's recommendations for a program to assist the construction and equipping of group practice facilities. Title I of the bill would authorize the Federal Housing Commissioner to insure mortgages for the purpose of financing the construction costs of group practice facilities. Title II of the bill would authorize the Housing and Home Finance Administrator to make direct loans to group practice organizations to assist in the financing of construction costs of group practice facilities, where the Administrator finds that the applicant is responsible and able to repay the loan, but is unable to secure the amount thereof from other sources based upon terms and conditions as fav. orable as the terms and conditions applicable to the loans secured by mortgages insured under title I of the bill. There is an increasing recognition of the value of physicians working together as a group in bringing more comprehensive services to the patient. Experience has demonstrated the advantages accruing to both patient and professional personnel, where general practitioner and specialists pool their skills and equipment. The sharing of common facilities, equipment, and records provides greater opportunity to combine special and general skills in the treatment of the total patient rather than any one category of patient health needs. The specialist's judgment, therefore, is based on a full understanding of the patient's medical history including specific knowledge of earlier illnesses and the judgment of the cognizant physician involved. 7 1 as if made by the Secretary of Defense, and, in event the 2 Secretaries of Defense and Housing and Urban Develop ment so elect, the fund established pursuant to section 4 4 of this Act shall be available to the Secretary of Housing 5 and Urban Development to carry out the purposes thereof. 6 SEC. 8. Section 223 (a) of the National Housing Act, 7 as amended, is amended by inserting in lieu of paragraph 8 (8) thereof, a new paragraph as follows: 9 10 11 12 "(8) executed in connection with the sale by the Government of any housing acquired pursuant to Public SEC. 9. No funds may be appropriated for the acquisi13 tion of any property under authority of this Act unless 14 such funds have been specifically authorized for such pur15 pose in an annual military construction authorization Act, 16 and no moneys in the fund created pursuant to section 4 17 of this Act may be expended for any such purpose unless 18 specifically authorized in an annual military construction 19 authorization Act. 20 SEC. 10. Section 108 of the "Housing and Urban De21 velopment Act of 1965" (79 Stat. 460) is hereby repealed. 89TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION S. 3417 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES MAY 26, 1966 Mr. DODD introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency A BILL To amend section 101 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965 to permit occupants of public housing to qualify for tenancy in housing assisted under the rent supplement program. 1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 3 That (a) section 101 (c) (2) of the Housing and Urban 4 Development Act of 1965 is amended— (1) by striking out "or" in clause (D), (2) by redesignating clause (E) as clause (F), (3) by adding after clause (D) the following: "(E) occupying low-rent housing assisted un 1 2 3 4 5 6 2 der the provisions of the United States Housing Act of 1937; or". (b) Section 101 (e) (1) (B) of such Act is amended by striking out "or housing" and inserting in lieu thereof (c) The heading of section 101 of such Act is amended 7 by striking out "OR OCCUPANTS OF SUBSTANDARD HOUS 8 ING" and inserting in lieu thereof "OCCUPANTS OF SUB 9 STANDARD 10 HOUSING". HOUSING, OR OCCUPANTS OF LOW-RENT |