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applications Sec. 303. (a) (1) Section 721(b)(1) is amended by inserting “under section 720(a)(1)” after “for a grant”. (2) Section 721(b)(2) is amended by inserting “for a grant under section 720(a)(1)” after “an application” the first time it appears. (3) Sections 721(b)(3) and 721(e) are each amended by striking out “grant under this part” and inserting in lieu thereof “grant under section 720(a)(1)”. (4) Section 721(d) is amended by inserting “under section 720(a)(1) ” after “for grants”. (5) Section 721(e) is amended by inserting “for a grant under section 720(a)(1)” after “of applications”. (b) Section 721 is amended by adding after subsection (f) (added by section 301) the following new subsection: “(g) (1) A grant under section 720(a)(2) may be made only if the application therefor is approved by the Secretary upon his determination that— “(A) the application contains or is supported by reasonable assurances that (i) the facility is intended to be used for purposes for which the application has been made, (ii) sufficient funds will be available to meet the non-Federal share of the cost of constructing the facility, and (iii) sufficient funds will be available, when construction is completed, for effective use of the facility for the training for which it is being constructed; “(B) the plans and specifications are in accordance with regulations relating to minimum standards of construction and equipment; and “(C) the application contains or is supported by adequate assurance that any laborer or mechanic employed by a contractor or subcontractors in the performance of work on the construction of the facility will be paid wages at rates not less than those prevailing on similar construction in the locality as determined by the Secretary of Labor in accordance with the Act of If arch 3, 1931 (40 U.S.C. 276a–276a–5, known as the Davis-Bacon Act). The Secretary of Labor shall have with respect to the labor standards specified in subparagraph (C) the authority and functions set forth90 STAT. 2255 in Reorganization Plan Numbered 14 of 1950 (15 F.R. 3176; 5 U.S.C. Appendix) and section 2 of the Act of June 13, 1934 (40 U.S.C. 276c). “(2) In making grants to entities under section 720(a)(2) the Secretary shall give special consideration to entities which have been awarded grants or received contracts under section 781, 784, or 786 (relating to area health education centers, general internal medicine and general pediatrics, and family medicine and the general practice of dentistry).”. (c) Subsection (e) of section 721 is amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: “In considering applications submitted for a grant under section 720(a)(1) for the cost of construction of teaching facilities for the training of physicians, the Secretary shall give special consideration to projects in States which have no such facilities.”.