Public Health Service

Public Health Service For necessary expenses in carrying out the Public Health Service Act, as amended (42 U. S. C., ch. 6A) (hereinafter referred to as the Act), and other Acts, including expenses for active commissioned officers in the Reserve Corps and for not to exceed one thousand nine hundred commissioned officers in the Regular Corps; and except as otherwise authorized by the Act of September 30, 1950 (20 U. S. C. 236–244), for expenses of primary and secondary schooling of dependents of Public Health Service personnel stationed in foreign countries, in amounts not to exceed an average of $250 per student, when it is determined by the Secretary that the schools, it any, available in the locality are unable to provide adequately for the education of such dependents, and for the transportation of such dependents between such schools and their places of residence when the schools are not accessible to such dependents by regular means of transportation; and for the payment of compensation to consultants or individual scientists appointed for limited periods of time pursuant to section 207 (f) or section 207 (g) of the Act at rates established by the Surgeon General not to exceed $15,000 per annum; as follows: assistance to states, general To carry out the purposes not otherwise specifically provided for, of section 314 (c) of the Act; to provide consultative services to States pursuant to section 311 of the Act; to make field investigations and demonstrations pursuant to section 301 of the Act; to provide for collecting and compiling mortality, morbidity, and vital statistics; to provide traineeships pursuant to section 306 of the Act; and not to exceed $1,000 for entertainment of officials of other countries when specifically authorized by the Surgeon General; $22,889,000. grants and special studies, territory of alaska To enable the Surgeon General to conduct, in the Service, and to cooperate with and assist the Territory of Alaska in the conduct of, activities necessary in the investigation, prevention, treatment, and control of diseases, and the establishment and maintenance of health and sanitation services pursuant to and for the purposes specified in sections 301, 311, 314 (without regard to the provisions of subsections (d), (f), (h), and (j) and the limitation set forth in subsection (c) of such section), 361, 363, and 371 of the Act, including the hire, operation, and maintenance of aircraft, and the purchase, erection, and maintenance of portable buildings, $2,165,000. construction, mental health facilities, territory of alaska For payments for construction of hospital and other facilities pursuant to section 372 of the Public Health Service Act, as amended (42 U. S. C. 274), including expenses incurred in fiscal year 1958 by the Territory of Alaska incident to planning such facilities, $6,500,000, to remain available until June 30, 1960. control of venereal diseases To carry out the purposes of sections 314 (a) and 363 of the Act with respect to venereal diseases and for grants of money, services, supplies, equipment, and use of facilities to States, as defined in the Act, and with the approval of the respective State health authorities, to counties, health districts, and other political subdivisions of the72 Stat. 466 States, for venereal disease control activities, in such amounts and upon such terms and conditions as the Surgeon General may determine; $5,400,000. control of tuberculosis To carry out the purposes of section 314 (b) of the Act, $6,386,000, of which not less than $4,000,000 shall be available only for grants to States, to be matched by an equal amount of State and local funds expended for the same purpose, for direct expenses of prevention and case-finding projects including salaries, fees, and travel of personnel directly engaged in prevention and case-finding and the necessary equipment and supplies used directly in prevention and case finding operations, but excluding the purchase of care in hospitals and sanatoria. communicable disease activities To carry out, except as otherwise provided for, those provisions of sections 301, 311, and 361 of the Act relating to the prevention and suppression of communicable and preventable diseases, and the interstate transmission and spread thereof, including the purchase, erection, and maintenance of portable buildings; purchase of not to exceed nine passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; and hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft; $6,600,000. equipment, communicable disease center For purchase and installation of equipment, not otherwise provided, for the Communicable Disease Center Building, Atlanta, Georgia, $1,700,000, to remain available until June 30, 1960. sanitary engineering activities For expenses, not otherwise provided, necessary to carry out those provisions of sections 301, 311, 314 (c), and 361 of the Act relating to sanitation and other aspects of environmental health, including enforcement of applicable quarantine laws and interstate quarantine regulations, and for carrying out the purposes of the Acts of July 14, 1955 (42 U. S. C. 1857–1857f), and July 9, 1956 (33 U. S. C. 466–466d, 466f–466k), including $2,700,000 for grants to States and $300,000 for grants to interstate agencies; purchase of not to exceed nine passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; and the hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft; $12,815,000 to remain available only until June 30, 1959. grants for waste treatment works construction For payments under section 6 of the Water Pollution Control Act, as amended (33 U. S. C. 466e), $45,000,000, to remain available only until June 30, 1960: Provided, That allotments under such section 6 for the current fiscal year shall be made on the basis of $50,000,000. grants for hospital construction For payments under parts C and G, title VI, of the Act, as amended, $186,200,000, of which $150,000,000 shall be for payments for hospitals and related facilities pursuant to part C, $1,200,000 shall be for the purposes authorized in section 636 of the Act, and $35,000,000 shall be for payments for facilities pursuant to part G, as follows: $7,500,000 for diagnostic or treatment centers, $7,500,000 for hospitals for the chronically ill and impaired, $10,000,000 for rehabilitation facilities, and $10,000,000 for nursing homes: Provided, That al-72 Stat. 467lotments under such parts C and G to the several States for the current fiscal year shall be made on the basis of amounts equal to the limitations specified herein. salaries and expenses, hospital construction services For salaries and expenses incident to carrying out title VI of the Act, as amended, $1,600,000. hospitals and medical care For carrying out the functions of the Public Health Service under the Act of August 8, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 150), including $1,866,000 to be available only for payments for medical care of dependents and retired personnel under the Dependents’ Medical Care Act (37 U. S. C., chap. 7), and under sections 307, 321, 322, 324, 326, 331, 332, 341, 343, 344, 502, 504, and 810 of the Public Health Service Act, Private Law 419 of the Eighty-third Congress, as amended, and Executive Order 9079 of February 26, 1942, including purchase and exchange of farm products and livestock; conducting research on technical nursing standards and furnishing consultative nursing services; purchase of not to exceed eleven passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; and purchase of firearms and ammunition; $48,454,000, of which $1,000,000 shall be available only for payments to the Territory of Hawaii for care and treatment of persons afflicted with leprosy and $330,000 shall be available for construction of buildings at Carville, Louisiana: Provided, That when the Public Health Service establishes or operates a health service program for any department or agency, payment for the estimated cost shall be made in advance for deposit to the credit of this appropriation. foreign quarantine activities For carrying out the purposes of sections 361 to 369 of the Act, relating to preventing the introduction of communicable diseases from foreign countries, the medical examination of aliens in accordance with section 325 of the Act, and the care and treatment of quarantine detainees pursuant to section 322 (e) of the Act in private or other public hospitals when facilities of the Public Health Service are not available, including insurance of official motor vehicles in foreign countries when required by law of such countries, $4,108,000: Provided, That appropriations under this head for fiscal year 1958 are hereby made available for payment of overtime for the period July 1, 1957 to May 2, 1958 computed in accordance with administrative instructions issued November 4, 1957 by the Public Health Service, Division of Foreign Quarantine. Section 364 (c) of the Public Health Service Act, as amended, is amended to read as follows: “(c) The Surgeon General shall fix a reasonable rate of extra compensation for overtime services of employees of the United States Public Health Service, Foreign Quarantine Division, performing overtime duties including the operation of vessels, in connection with the inspection or quarantine treatment of persons (passengers and crews), conveyances, or goods arriving by land, water, or air in the United States or any place subject to the jurisdiction thereof, hereinafter referred to as ‘employees of the Public Health Service’, when required to be on duty between the hours of 6 o’clock postmeridian and 6 o’clock antemeridian (or between the hours of 7 o’clock postmeridian and 7 o’clock antemeridian at stations which have a declared workday of72 Stat. 468 from 7 o’clock antemeridian to 7 o’clock postmeridian), or on Sundays or holidays, such rate, in lieu of compensation under any other provision of law, to be fixed at two times the basic hourly rate for each hour that the overtime extends beyond 6 o’clock (or 7 o’clock as the case may be) postmeridian, and two times the basic hourly rate for each overtime hour worked on Sundays or holidays. As used in this subsection, the term ‘basic hourly rate’ shall mean the regular basic rate of pay which is applicable to such employees for work performed within their regular scheduled tour of duty.” indian health activities For expenses necessary to enable the Surgeon General to carry out the purposes of the Act of August 5, 1954 (42 U. S. C. 2001) (including not to exceed $10,000 for temporary services at rates not to exceed $100 per diem for individuals, when authorized by the Surgeon General); purchase of not to exceed twenty-five passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; hire of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; purchase of reprints; payment for telephone service in private residences in the field, when authorized under regulations approved by the Secretary; and the purposes set forth in sections 321, 322 (d), 324 and 509 of the Public Health Service Act; $40,473,000. construction of indian health facilities For construction, major repair, improvement, and equipment of health and related auxiliary facilities, including quarters for personnel; preparation of plans, specifications, and drawings; acquisition of sites; purchase and erection of portable buildings; and purchase of trailers; $4,124,000, of which $1,150,000 shall be available for the purposes of Public Law 151, 85th Congress, to remain available until June 30, 1960: Provided, That such expenditures may be made through the Department of the Interior at the option of the Secretary of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. general research and services, national institutes of health For the activities of the National Institutes of Health, not otherwise provided for, including research fellowships and grants for research projects and training grants pursuant to section 301 of the Act; regulation and preparation of biologic products, and conduct of research related thereto; and grants of therapeutic and chemical substances for demonstrations and research; $28,974,000: Provided, That funds advanced to the National Institutes of Health management fund from appropriations included in this Act shall be available for purchase of not to exceed nineteen passenger motor vehicles, of which fourteen shall be for replacement only; not to exceed $2,500 for entertainment of visiting scientists when specifically approved by the Surgeon General; and erection of temporary structures: Provided further, That all funds herein appropriated which are expended under any provision of the Act in connection with any research or training project may be expended pursuant to contracts made on a cost or other basis for supplies and services by negotiation, without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes, including indemnification of contractors to the extent and subject to the limitations provided in title 10, United States Code, section 2354, except that approval and certification required thereby shall be by the Surgeon General. 72 Stat. 469 national cancer institute To enable the Surgeon General, upon the recommendations of the National Advisory Cancer Council, to make grants-in-aid for research and training projects relating to cancer; to cooperate with State health agencies, and other public and private nonprofit institutions, in the prevention, control, and eradication of cancer by providing consultative services, demonstrations, and grants-in-aid; and to contract on a cost or other basis for supplies and services by negotiation, without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes, in connection with the chemotherapy program, including indemnification of contractors to the extent and subject to the limitations provided in title 10, United States Code, section 2354, except that approval and certification required thereby shall be by the Surgeon General; and to otherwise carry out the provisions of title IV, part A, of the Act; $75,268,000. mental health activities For expenses necessary for carrying out the provisions of sections 301, 302, 303, 311, 312, and 314 (c) of the Act with respect to mental diseases, $52,419,000. national heart institute For expenses necessary to carry out the purposes of the National Heart Act, $45,613,000. dental health activities For expenses not otherwise provided for, necessary to enable the Surgeon General to carry out the purposes of the Act with respect to dental diseases and conditions, $7,420,000. arthritis and metabolic disease activities For expenses necessary to carry out the purposes of the Act relating to arthritis, rheumatism, and metabolic diseases, $31,215,000. allergy and infectious disease activities For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary to carry out the purposes of the Act relating to allergy and infectious diseases, $24,071,000, of which $150,000 shall be available for payment to the Gorgas Memorial Institute for maintenance and operation of the Gorgas Memorial Laboratory. neurology and blindness activities For expenses necessary to carry out the purposes of the Act relating to neurology and blindness, $29,403,000. construction of dental research building For construction and equipment of a dental research building as authorized by Public Law 755, Eightieth Congress, as amended, $3,700,000, to remain available until June 30, 1960. 72 Stat. 470 general office building For construction of a general office building at the National Institutes of Health, including related parking facilities $9,625,000, which shall be consolidated with funds appropriated under this head in the Second Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1957 (70 Stat. 769), to be disbursed and accounted for as one fund: Provided, That the Surgeon General is authorized to convey by quitclaim deed to the appropriate body corporate of the State of Maryland upon such terms and conditions as he may prescribe such portion of land presently included in the site of the National Institutes of Health as may lie necessary to permit improvement of the street currently designated as Cedar Lane for the distance that such street runs contiguous to such site: Provided further, That such terms and conditions may include an agreement by the Surgeon General to pay on behalf of the United States fifty per centum of the cost of the improvement, but not to exceed $100,000. grants for construction of health research facilities For grants pursuant to the Health Research Facilities Act of 1956, $30,000,000. operations, national library of medicine For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary to carry out the National Library of Medicine Act (42 U. S. C. 275), $1,415,000. construction of library facilities For construction and equipment of the National Library of Medicine, including furniture, architectural and engineering services, and moving, $6,950,000, which shall be consolidated with funds appropriated under this head in the Second Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1957 (70 Stat. 769), to be disbursed and accounted for as one fund. retired pay of commissioned officers For retired pay of commissioned officers, as authorized by law, and payments under the Uniformed Services Contingency Option Act of 1953, such amount as may be required during the current fiscal year. salaries and expenses For the divisions and offices of the Office of the Surgeon General and for miscellaneous expenses of the Public Health Service not appropriated for elsewhere, including preparing information, articles, and publications related to public health; and conducting studies and demonstrations in public health methods, $5,260,000.