Public Law 75–267

That the Act

United States Public Health Service.

Investigation and control of venereal diseases.

40 Stat. 886.

42 U. S. C. § 25.

Assistance to States, etc.

approved July 9, 1918, is hereby amended by adding, after section 4 of chapter XV (40 Stat. 886; U. S. C., title 42, sec. 25), sections 4a, 4b, 4c, 4d, and 4e to read as follows:

“Sec. 4a.

For the purpose of assisting States, counties, health districts, and other political subdivisions of the States in establishing and maintaining adequate measures for the prevention, treatment, and control of the venereal diseases; for the purpose of making studies, investigations, and demonstrations to develop more effective measures of prevention, treatment, and control of the venereal diseases, including the training of personnel; for the pay, allowances,

Personal services.

and traveling expenses of commissioned officers and other personnel assigned to duties in carrying out the purposes of sections 4a to 4e, inclusive, of this Act in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; and

Printing.

for the printing of reports, documents, and other material relating thereto, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal

Amount authorized for fiscal year 1939, and thereafter.

Post, p. 1152.

year ending June 30, 1939, not exceeding the sum of $3,000,000; for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1940, not exceeding the sum of $5,000,000; for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1941, not exceeding the sum of $7,000,000; and for each fiscal year thereafter, such sum as may be deemed necessary to carry out the purposes of sections 4a to 4e, inclusive, of this Act.

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“Sec. 4b.

Prior to the beginning of each fiscal year the Surgeon

Determination of annual allotments; basis.

General of the Public Health Service shall determine, out of the appropriations made pursuant to section 4a, the sum to be allotted to the several States, including the District of Columbia, Alaska, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, and Hawaii. The Surgeon General shall then allot such sum to the several States upon the basis of (1) the population, (2) the extent of the venereal-disease problem, and (3) the financial needs of the respective States. Upon making such allotments

Certification to Secretary of the Treasury.

he shall certify the amounts thereof to the Secretary of the Treasury. The amount of an allotment to any State for any fiscal year remaining unpaid at the end of such fiscal year shall be available for allotment to the States for the succeeding fiscal year in addition to the amount appropriated and available for such fiscal year.

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“Sec. 4c.

Prior to the beginning of each quarter of the fiscal year

Quarterly allotments.

the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service shall determine the amount to be paid to each State for such quarter from the allotment to such State, and shall certify the amount so determined to the Secretary of the Treasury. Upon receipt of such certification, the Secretary of the Treasury shall, through the Division of Disbursement of the Treasury Department and prior to audit or settlement by the General Accounting Office, pay in accordance with such certification. The moneys so paid to any State shall be expended

Expenditure.

in carrying out the purposes specified in section 4a, and in accordance with plans presented by the health authority or such State and approved by the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service.

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“Sec. 4d.

With the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury

Rules, etc., to be prescribed.

and after consultation with a conference of State and Territorial health officers, the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service is authorized to prescribe the rules and regulations necessary to carry out the purposes of sections 4a to 4e, inclusive, of this Act.

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“Sec. 4e.

Sections 4a to 4e, inclusive, of this Act shall not be construed

Provisions not to supersede, etc., existing functions.

as superseding or limiting the functions, under any other Act, of the Public Health Service relating to the prevention, treatment, and control of venereal diseases, or the expenditure of money therefor.”

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