Public Health Service

Public Health Service preamble For necessary expenses in carrying out the Public Health Service Act, as amended (42 U.S.C., ch. GA)(hereinafter referred to as the Act), and other Acts, including expenses for active commissioned officers in the Reserve Corps and for not to exceed two thousand eight 79 Stat. 597hundred commissioned officers in the Regular Corps; expenses incident to the dissemination of health information in foreign countries through exhibits and other appropriate means; expenses of primary and secondary schooling of dependents, in foreign countries, of Public Health Service commissioned officers stationed in foreign countries, in amounts not to exceed an average of $455 per student, when it is determined by the Secretary that the schools 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; rental or lease of living quarters (for periods not exceeding 5 years), and provision of heat, fuel, and light, and maintenance, improvement, and repair of such quarters, and advance payments therefor, for civilian officers and employees of the Public Health Service who are United States citizens and who have a permanent station in a foreign country; not to exceed $1,000 for entertainment of visiting scientists when specifically approved by the Surgeon General; purchase, erection, and maintenance of temporary or portable structures; 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, or the Secretary where such action is required by statute, not to exceed $24,500 per annum; as follows: buildings and facilities For construction, major repair, improvement, extension, and equipment of Public Health Service facilities, not otherwise provided, including plans and specifications and acquisition of sites, $8,977,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That the unobligated balances of appropriations heretofore made available to the National Cancer Institute and the National Heart Institute for plans and specifications for research facilities, shall be merged with this appropriation as of June 30, 1965. injury control To carry out section 301 of the Act, and for expenses necessary for demonstrations and training personnel for State and local health work pursuant to section 314(c) of the Act, with respect to injury control, $4,350,000. chronic diseases and health of the aged To carry out sections 301, 311, 314(e), 316, 402(g), and 403(a)(1) of the Act, and for expenses necessary for demonstrations and training personnel for State and local health work under section 314(c) of the Act, with respect to chronic diseases and health problems of the aged, for allotments and payments to States under section 314(c) of the Act for establishing and maintaining adequate public health services for the chronically ill and the aged, and for cooperating with State health agencies, and other public and private nonprofit institutions, in the prevention, control, and eradication of cancer, neurological and sensory diseases, and blindness by providing for consultative services, training, demonstrations, and other control activities, directly and through grants-in-aid $67,453,000, of which $12,300,000 shall be available only for such allotments and payments to States under section 314(c) of the Act. 79 Stat. 598 communicable disease activities To carry out, except as otherwise provided for, those provisions of sections 301, 311, 314 (c), 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 of not to exceed four passenger motor vehicles, of which one shall be for replacement only; hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft; $31,497,000. community health practice and research To carry out, to the extent not otherwise provided, sections 301, 306, 309, 311, 314(c), title VII and title VIII of the Act, Executive Order 11074 of January 8, 1963, $55,482,000. Loans, grants, and payments for the next succeeding fiscal year: For making, after March 31 of the current, fiscal year, loans, grants, and payments under section 306, part C of title VII, and part B of title VIII of the Act for the first quarter of the next succeeding fiscal year, such sums as may be. necessary, and the obligations incurred and expenditures made hereunder shall be charged to the appropriation for that purpose for such fiscal year: Provided, That such payments pursuant to this paragraph may not exceed 50 per centum of the amounts authorized in such section for this purpose for the next succeeding fiscal year. control of tuberculosis To carry out the purposes of section 314(b) of the Act, $15,666,000, of which $9,700,000 shall be available for grants of money, services, supplies and equipment to States, and with the approval of the respective State health authority, to counties, health districts and other political subdivisions of the States for the control of tuberculosis in such amounts and upon such terms and conditions as the Surgeon General may determine, and of which $3,000,000 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 sanatoriums. 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 the States, for venereal disease control activities, in such amounts and upon such terms and conditions as the Surgeon General may determine; $10,392,000. dental services and resources To carry out sections 301, 311 and 314(c) of the Act, and for training grants under section 422 of the Act, with respect to dental health activities, except as otherwise provided for the National Institute of Dental Research, $8,383,000. 79 Stat. 599 nursing services and resources To curry out sections 301 and 311 of the Act with respect to nursing services and resources, and to the extent not otherwise provided, title VIII of the Act, $19,575,000. Grants and payments for the next succeeding fiscal year: For making, after March 31 of the current fiscal year, grants and payments under part B of title VIII of the Act for the first quarter or the next succeeding fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary, and the obligations incurred and expenditures made hereunder shall be charged to the appropriation for that purpose for such fiscal year: Provided, That such payments pursuant to this paragraph may not exceed 50 per centum of the amounts authorized in such part B for these purposes for the next succeeding fiscal year. hospital construction activities To carry out the provisions of section 318 and title VI of the Act. as amended, and parts B and C of the Mental Retardation Facilities Construction Art. (42 U.S.C. 2661–2677), and, except as otherwise provided, the Community Mental Health Centers Act (42 U.S.C. 2681–2687), $303,304,000, of which $160,000,000 shall be for grants or loans for hospitals and related facilities pursuant to section 601(b) of the Public Health Service Act, $100,000,000 shall be for grants or loans for facilities pursuant to section 601(a) of the Public Health Service Act, and of which $1,500,000 shall be available until expended, without regard to any other requirements, for payment of not. to exceed 66% per centum of the cost of construction of a multiservice facility for the physically and mentally handicapped, $5,000,000 shall be for special project grants pursuant to section 318 of the Public Health Service Act, $12,568,000 (including not to exceed $6,900,000 for experimental hospital construction) shall be for the purposes authorized in section 624 of the Public Health Service Act, $10,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for grants for facilities pursuant to part B of the Mental Retardation Facilities Construction Act, and $12,500,000 shall be for grants for facilities pursuant to part C of the Mental Eetardation Facilities Construction Act: Provided, That there may be transferred to this appropriation from “Construction of community mental health centers” an amount not to exceed the sum of the allotment adjustments made by the Secretary pursuant to section 202(c) of the Community Mental Health Centers Act: Provided further, That funds made available for the purposes authorized in section 624 of the Act shall not be used to pay in excess of two-thirds of the cost of any experimental or demonstration construction or equipment project to which section 3(b)(4) of the Hospital and Medical Facilities Amendments of 1964 applies. construction of health educational facilities To carry out part B of title VII and part A of title VIII of the Act. $90,599,000, of which $45,000,000 is for grants to assist in construction of new teaching facilities pursuant to paragraph (1) of section 720 of the Act, $15,000,000 is for grants to assist in construction of new reaching facilities for dentists pursuant to paragraph (2) of section 720, $15,000,000 is for grants for replacement or rehabilitation of existing teaching facilities pursuant to paragraph (3) of section 720, $5,000,000 is for grants to assist in construction of new or replacement or rehabilitation of existing facilities for collegiate schools of nursing pursuant to section 801: and $10,000,000 is for grants to assist in con-79 Stat. 600struction of new or replacement or rehabilitation of existing facilities for associate degree and diploma schools of nursing pursuant to section 801: Provided, That amounts appropriated herein for grants shall remain available until expended. environmental health sciences To carry out, except as otherwise provided for, sections 301, 311, and 314(c) of the Act with respect to environmental health and arctic health activities, $15,983,000. air pollution To carry out the Clean Air Act, including purchase of not to exceed three passenger motor vehicles, and hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft, $26,037,000. environmental engineering and sanitation To carry out sections 301, 311, and 361 of the Act, and for expenses necessary for demonstrations and training personnel for State and local health work under section 314(c) of the Act, with respect to milk, food, and community sanitation, and interstate quarantine activities, $9,842,000. occupational health To carry out sections 301 and 311 of the Act, and for expenses necessary for demonstrations and training personnel for State and local health work under section 314(c) of the Act, with respect to occupational health, $5,857,000. radiological health To carry out sections 301, 311, and 314(c) of the Act, with respect to radiological health, including grants for training of radiological health specialists; purchase of not to exceed one passenger motor vehicle; and hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft; $21,044,000, of which $2,500,000 shall be available only for allotments and payments to States pursuant to such section 314(c) for the establishment and maintenance of adequate radiological public health services. water supply and water pollution control To carry out sections 301, 311, and 361 of the Act with respect to water supply and water pollution control, and to carry out the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended (33 U.S.C. 466–466d, 466f–466k), $44,514,000, including $4,700,000 for grants to States and $300,000 for grants to interstate agencies under section 5 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended. grants for waste treatment works construction For payments under section 6 of the Water Pollution Control Act, as amended (33 U.S.C. 466e), $91,000,000: Provided, That allotments under such section 6 for the current, fiscal year shall be made on the basis of $100,000,000: Provided further, That none of the sums allotted to a State shall remain available for obligation after December 31, 1966. 79 Stat. 601 hospitals and medical care For carrying out the functions of the Public Health Service, not otherwise provided for, under the Act of August 8, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 150), and under sections 301 (with respect to research conducted at facilities financed by this appropriation), 321, 322, 324, 326, 331, 332, 341, 342, 343, 344, 502, and 504 of the Act, section 810 of the Act of July 1, 1944, as amended (33 U.S.C. 763c), the Act of July 19, 1963 (Public Law 88–71), 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; and purchase of firearms and ammunition; $58,210,000, of which $1,200,000 shall be available only for payments to the State of Hawaii for care and treatment of persons afflicted with leprosy: 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 by way of reimbursement or 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, $7,311,006. 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; and grants of therapeutic and chemical substances for demonstrations and research: $60,469,000: 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 eleven passenger motor vehicles, of which ten shall be for replacement only; and not to exceed $2,500 for entertainment of visiting scientists when specifically approved by the Surgeon General: Provided further, That all appropriations made to the Public Health Service in this Act, and available for research or training projects, may be expended pursuant to contracts made on a cost or other basis for supplies and services, 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. national institute of general medical sciences For expenses not otherwise provided for, necessary to carry out the purposes of the Act with respect to general medical sciences, $122,638,000. biologics standards To carry out sections 351 and 352 of the Act pertaining to regulation and preparation of biological products, and conduct of research related thereto, $6,806,000. 79 Stat. 602 national institute of child health and human development For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary to carry out the purposes of the Act with respect to child health and human development, $55,024,000. 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; and to otherwise carry out the provisions of title IV, part A, of the Act; $158,618,000. national institute of mental health 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, and, to the extent not otherwise provided, of the Community Mental Health Centers Act (42 U.S.C. 2681–2687), $212,469,000. construction of community mental health centers For grants pursuant to the Community Mental Health Centers Act, $50,000,000: Provided, That there may be transferred to this appropriation from “Hospital construction activities” an amount not to exceed the sum of the allotment adjustments made by the Secretary pursuant to section 132(c) of the Mental Retardation Facilities Construction Act. national heart institute For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary to carry out the purposes of the National Heart Act, $136,412,000. national institute of dental research 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, $23,677,000. national institute of arthritis and metabolic diseases For expenses necessary to carry out the purposes of the Act relating to arthritis, rheumatism, and metabolic diseases, $123,203,000. national institute of allergy and infectious diseases For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary to carry out the purposes of the Act relating to allergy and infectious diseases, $77,987,000, of which $350,000 shall be available for payment to the Gorges Memorial Institute for maintenance and operation of the Gorges Memorial Laboratory. national institute of neurological diseases and blindness For expenses necessary to carry out the purposes of the Act relating to neurology and blindness, $95,653,000. general research support grants For general research support grants, as authorized in section 301 (d) of the Act, there shall be available from appropriations available to the National Institutes of Health for operating expenses the 79 Stat. 603sum of $45,200,000: Provided, That none of these funds shall be used to pay a recipient of such a grant any amount for indirect expenses in connection with such project. grants for construction of health research facilities For grants pursuant to parts A and D of title VII of the Act, $56,000,000. scientific activities overseas (special foreign currency program) For payments in foreign currencies which the Treasury Department determines to be excess to the normal requirements of the United States, for necessary expenses of the Public Health Service, as authorized by law, $5,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That this appropriation shall be available, in addition to other appropriations to the Public Health Service, for payments in the foregoing currencies. national health statistics For expenses of the National Center for Health Statistics in carrying out the provisions of sections 301, 305, 312(a), 313, 314(c), and 315 of the Act, $7,230,000. national library of medicine To carry out section 301 of the Act and for expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary to carry out the National Library of Medicine Act (42 U.S.C. 275), $5,510,000. retired pay of commissioned officers For retired pay of commissioned officers, as authorized by law, and for payments under the Retired Serviceman’s Family Protection Plan and payments for medical care of dependents and retired personnel under the Dependents’ Medical Care Act (10 U.S.C., ch. 55), such amount as may be required during the current fiscal year. office of the surgeon general, 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, $6,648,000.