such library to carry out its proper functions as a regional library.

(c) (1) Grants under this section shall be made only to medical libraries which agree (A) to modify and increase their library resources, and to supplement the resources of cooperating libraries in the region, so as to be able to provide adequate supportive services to all libraries in the region as well as to individual users of library services, (B) to provide free loan services to qualified users, and make available photoduplicated or facsimile copies of biomedical materials which qualified requesters may retain.

(2) The Secretary, in awarding grants under this section, shall give priority to medical libraries having the greatest potential of fulfilling the needs for regional medical libraries. In determining the priority to be assigned to any medical library, he shall consider

(A) the adequacy of the library (in terms of collections, personnel, equipment, and other facilities) as a basis for a regional medical library; and

(B) the size and nature of the population to be served in the region in which the library is located. (d) Grants under this section for construction, renovation, rehabilitation, or expansion of physical plant shall be made in the same manner and subject to the same conditions as are provided for grants made under section 393, except that the eligibility for any such grant would be determined on the basis of the construction requirements of the library so as to be able to serve as a regional medical library. Grants under this section for basic resource materials to a library may not exceed 50 per centum of the library's annual operating expense (exclusive of Federal financial assistance under this part) for the preceding year; or in case of the first year in which the library receives a grant under this section for basic resource materials, 50 per centum of its average annual operating expenses over the past three years (or if it had been in operation for less than three years, its annual operating expenses determined by the Secretary in accordance with regulations prescribed by him).

(e) Payment pursuant to grants made under this section may be made in advance or by way of reimbursement and in such installment as the Secretary shall prescribe by regulations after consultation with the Board.

(f) The Secretary may also carry out the purposes of this section through contracts, and such contracts shall be subject to the same limitations as are provided in this section for grants.

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42 U.S.C. 280b-11

FINANCIAL SUPPORT OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENTIFIC

PUBLICATIONS

SEC. 398. (a) In order to enable the Secretary to carry out the purposes of section 390 (b) (7), there are hereby authorized to be appropriated for each fiscal year, beginning with the fiscal year ending June 30, 1966, and ending with the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973, such sums, not to exceed $1,000,000 for any fiscal year, as may be necessary. Sums made available under this section shall be utilized by the Secretary, with the advice of the Board, in making grants to, and entering into appropriate contracts with, public or private nonprofit institutions of higher education and individual scientists for the purpose of supporting biomedical scientific publications of a nonprofit nature and to procure the compilation, writing, editing, and publication of reviews, abstracts, indices, handbooks, bibliographies, and related matter pertaining to scientific works and scientific developments.

(b) Grants under this section in support of any single periodical publication may not be made for more than three years, except in those cases in which the Secretary determines that further support is necessary to carry out the purposes of this section.

(c) Payment pursuant to grants made under this section may be made in advance or by way of reimbursement and in such installments as the Secretary shall prescribe by regulations after consultation with the Board.

CONTINUING AVAILABILITY OF APPROPRIATED FUNDS

SEC. 399. Funds appropriated to carry out any of the purposes of this part for any fiscal year shall remain available for such purposes for the fiscal year immediately following the fiscal year for which they were appropriated.

RECORDS AND AUDIT

SEC. 399a. (a) Each recipient of a grant under this part shall keep such records as the Secretary shall prescribe, including records which fully disclose the amount and disposition by such recipient of the proceeds of such grant, the total cost of the project or undertaking in connection with which such grant is given or used, and the amount of that portion of the cost of the project or undertaking supplied by other sources, and such other records as will facilitate an effective audit.

(b) The Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare and the Comptroller General of the United States, or any of their duly authorized representatives, shall have access for the purpose of audit and examination to any books,

documents, papers, and records of such recipients that are pertinent to any grant received under the provisions. of this part.

TRANSFERABILITY OF FUNDS

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SEC. 399b. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 4U.C. of this part, whenever there is appropriated any amount for any fiscal year (beginning with the fiscal year ending June 30, 1971) to carry out any particular program or activity authorized by this part, the Secretary shall have the authority to transfer sums from such amount, for the purpose of carrying out one or more of the other programs or activities authorized by this part; except that

(1) the aggregate of the sums so transferred from any such amount shall not exceed 10 per centum thereof,

(2) the aggregate of the sums so transferred to carry out any such program or activity for any fiscal year shall not exceed 20 per centum of the amount appropriated to carry out such program or activity for such year, and

(3) sums may not be transferred for any fiscal year to carry out any such program or activity if such transfer would result in there being available (from appropriated funds plus the sums so transferred) to carry out such program or activity for such year amounts in excess of the amounts authorized to be appropriated for such year to carry out such program or activity.

(b) Any sums transferred under subsection (a) for any fiscal year for the purpose of carrying out any program or activity shall remain available for such purpose to the same extent as are funds which are specifically appropriated for such purpose for such year.

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42 U.S.C. 282

TITLE IV-NATIONAL RESEARCH

INSTITUTES

PART A-NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE

TO BE A DIVISION IN NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH

SEC. 401. The National Cancer Institute shall be a division in the National Institutes of Health.

CANCER RESEARCH, AND SO FORTH

SEC. 402. (a) In carrying out the purposes of section 301 with respect to cancer, the Surgeon General, through the National Cancer Institute and in cooperation with the National Cancer Advisory Board, shall

(1) conduct, assist, and foster researches, investigations, experiments, and studies relating to the cause, prevention, and methods of diagnosis and treatment of cancer;

(2) promote the coordination of researches conducted by the Institute and similar researches conducted by other agencies, organizations, and individuals;

(3) provide training and instruction in technical matters relating to the diagnosis and treatment of cancer;

(4) provide fellowships in the Institute from funds appropriated or donated for such purpose;

(5) secure for the Institute consultation services and advice of cancer experts from the United States and abroad;

(6) cooperate with State health agencies in the prevention, control, and eradication of cancer;

(7) procure, use, and lend radium as provided in section 403.

(b) Under procedures approved by the Director of the National Institutes of Health, the Director of the National Cancer Institute may approve grants under this Act for cancer research or training

(1) in amounts not to exceed $35,000 after appropriate review for scientific merit but without the review and recommendation by the National Cancer Advisory Board prescribed by section 403 (c), and (2) in amounts exceeding $35,000 after appropri

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ate review for scientific merit and recommendation for approval by such Board as prescribed by sec

tion 403 (c).

ADMINISTRATION

SEC. 403. (a) In carrying out the provisions of section 42 U.S.C. 283 402 all appropriate provisions of section 301 shall be applicable to the authority of the Surgeon General, and he is authorized

(1) to purchase radium, from time to time without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes, to make such radium available for the purposes of this part, both to the Service and by loan to other agencies and institutions for such consideration and subject to such conditions as he may prescribe;

(2) to provide the necessary facilities where training and instruction may be given in all technical matters relating to diagnosis and treatment of cancer to persons found by the Surgeon General to have proper technical qualifications, and designated by him for such training or instruction, and to fix and pay them a per diem allowance during such training or instruction of not to exceed $10. (b) The Surgeon General shall recommend acceptance of conditional gifts pursuant to section 501 of this Act, for study, investigation, or research into the cause, prevention, and methods of diagnosis and treatment of cancer, or for the acquisition of grounds or for the erection, equipment, or maintenance of premises, buildings, or equipment of the Institute, only after consultation with the National Cancer Advisory Board. Donations of $50,000 or over in aid of research under this part may be acknowledged by the establishment within the Institute of suitable memorials to the donors. (c) Except as provided in section 402 (b), in carrying out the purposes of section 402 grants-in-aid for cancer projects shall be made only after review and recommendation of the National Cancer Advisory Board made pursuant to section 404.

FUNCTIONS OF BOARD

SEC. 404. The National Cancer Advisory Board is 42 U.S.C. 284 authorized

(a) to review research projects or programs submitted to or initiated by it relating to the study of the cause, prevention, or methods of diagnosis and treatment of cancer, and certify approval to the Surgeon General, for prosecution under section 402, of any such projects which it believes show promise of making valuable contributions to human knowledge with respect to the cause, prevention, or methods of diagnosis and treatment of cancer;