Public Law 86–720

part A of title III of the Public Health Service Act, as amended (42 U.S.C., chapter 6A, subchapter II), is amended by inserting at the end thereof the following new section:

“Sec. 309. “project grants for graduate training in public health

(a)(a)

In order to enable the Surgeon General to make

Grants

project grants to schools of public health, and to those schools of nursing or engineering which provide graduate or specialized training in public health for nurses or engineers, for the purpose of strengthening or expanding graduate public health training in such schools, there are hereby authorized to be appropriated not to exceed $2,000,000 for each fiscal year in the period beginning July 1, 1960, and ending June 30, 1965.

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“(b)“(b)

Grants to schools under subsection (a) of this section may be made only for those projects which are recommended by the advisory committee appointed pursuant to section 306(d). Any grant

70 Stat. 923.

42 USC 242d.

for a project made from an appropriation under this section for any fiscal year may include such amounts for carrying out such project during succeeding years. Payment pursuant to such grants may be made in advance or by way of reimbursement, and in such installments as the Surgeon General shall prescribe by regulations after consultation with representatives of such schools.”

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The first sentence of subsection (d) of section 306 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 242d) is amended by inserting “and section 309” after “this section” and by adding before the period at the end thereof “and including, in the case of section 309, certification to the Surgeon General of projects which it has reviewed and approved”.