Public Law 75–17

That the President is hereby

Health and sanitation, flood-stricken areas.

authorized to allocate funds to the United States Public Health Service for health and sanitation activities in the areas recently

Funds authorized for designated activities in.

stricken by floods from the appropriation made in the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1936, as supplemented by the appropriation

49 Stat. 1608; Ante, p. 10.

for relief and work relief in the First Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1937, for the following purposes: (1) Grants

Grants to States.

to States for the purpose of aiding such States, or any county, health district, or other political subdivision thereof, in establishing and maintaining adequate public health services in the prevention and control of diseases in the areas recently stricken by floods, under regulations prescribed by the Surgeon General of the United States Public Health Service; (2) the employment of personnel in the city

Services in the District of Columbia.

of Washington and elsewhere, without regard to the civil-service laws and regulations and the Classification Act of 1923, as amended,

5 U. S. C. §§ 661–674.

to replace commissioned officers and other employees of such Public Health Service detailed to such areas; (3) reimbursement of appropriations

Reimbursement for emergency expenditures.

of such Service for expenditures made from such appropriations for emergency work in such areas; and (4) the purchase of

Supplies and equipment.

supplies and equipment to replace articles furnished from stock on hand for the care, support, and maintenance of flood refugees and in rendering assistance to health authorities.

The allocations made by authority of this joint resolution shall

Allocations not exclusive.

not be exclusive but shall be in addition to those which otherwise may be made under the provisions of such Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1936, as supplemented.