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Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

Chapter 43 — Department of Health and Human Services

§ 3513b. Working capital fund; availability for common personnel support services

Statutory text

The Working Capital Fund of the Department of Health and Human Services shall on and after , be available for expenses necessary for common personnel support services in the Washington area.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare Appropriation Act, 1972

    Pub. L. 92–80 title II · 85 Stat. 285

    Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 3513b

    Pub. L. 92–80, title II, Aug. 10, 1971, 85 Stat. 297

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 92–80, title II, Aug. 10, 1971, 85 Stat. 297

    Enacted provision · exact public law
    TITLE II— DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE Health Services and Mental Health Administration mental health For carrying out the Public Health Service Act with respect to mental health and, except as otherwise provided, the Community Mental Health Centers Act (42 U.S.C. 2681, et seq.), the Comprehensive Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Prevention, Treatment, and Rehabilitation Act of 1970 (Public Law 91–616), and the Narcotic Addict Rehabilitation Act of 1966 (Public Law 89–793), $612,201,000, of which $75,000,000 shall remain available until June 30, 1973, for grants pursuant to parts A, C, and D of the Community Mental Health Centers Act. saint elizabeths hospital For expenses necessary for the maintenance and operation of the hospital, including clothing for patients, and cooperation with organizations or individuals in the scientific research into the nature, causes, prevention, and treatment of mental illness, $23,144,000, or such amount as may be necessary to provide a total appropriation equal to the difference, between the amount of the reimbursements received during the current fiscal year on account of patient care provided by the hospital during such year and $49,709,000. health services research and development To carry out, except as otherwise provided, sections 301 and 304 of the Public Health Service Act, with respect to health services research and development, $62,070,000. comprehensive health planning and services To carry out sections 310, 314(a) through 314(e), 317, and 329 of the Public Health Service Act, and except as otherwise provided, sections 301 and 311 of the Act, $320,703,000: Provided, That $4,519,000 may be transferred to this appropriation, as authorized by section 201(g) (1) of the Social Security Act, as amended, from any one or all of the trust funds referred to therein, and may be expended for functions delegated to the Administrator of the Health Services and Mental Health Administration under title XVI11 of the Social Security Act. maternal and child health For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, sections 301, 311, and title X of the Public Health Service Act and title V of the Social Security Act, $330,151,000: Provided, That any allotment to a State pursuant to section 503(2) or 504(2) of such Act shall not be included in computing for the purposes of subsections (a) and (b) of section 506 of such Act an amount expended or estimated to be expended by the State. regional medical programs To carry out title IX, sections 402(g), 403(a)(1), 433(a), and, to the extent not otherwise provided, 301 and 311 of the Public Health Service Act, $102,771,000. disease control To carry out, to the extent not otherwise provided, sections 301, 308, 311, 315, 317, 322(e), 325, 328, and 353 to 369 of the Public Health Service Act with respect to the prevention and suppression of communicable and preventable diseases (including the introduction from foreign countries and the interstate transmission and spread thereof), occupational safety and health, community environmental sanitation, and control of radiation hazards to health; the functions of the Secretary, except title IV under the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969; the Lead-Based Paint Poisoning Prevention Act (Public Law 91–695) except section 301; and sections 6–8 and 18–27 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970; including 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; insurance of official motor vehicles in foreign countries; licensing of laboratories; and purchase, hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft; $98,590,000. medical facilities construction To carry out title VI of the Public Health Service Act, and, except as otherwise provided, section 304 of the Act for administrative and technical services under parts B and C of the Developmental Disabilities Services and Facilities Construction Act (42 U.S.C. 2661–2677), the District of Columbia Medical Facilities Construction Act of 1968 (Public Law 90–457), and the Community Mental Health Centers Act (42 U.S.C. 2681–2687), $306,704,000; of which $197,200,000 shall be available until June 30, 1974 for grants pursuant to section 601 of the Public Health Service Act for the construction or modernization of medical facilities, of which $41,400,000 shall be available only for grants for the construction of public or other nonprofit hospitals and public health centers; $8,300,000 for grants and $6,700,000 for loans shall remain available until expended for hospital experimentation projects pursuant to section 304 and section 643A of the Public Health Service Act; $50,300,000 shall be for deposit in the fund established under section 626, and shall be available without fiscal year limitation for the purposes of that section of the Act, of which $30,000,000 shall be available for direct loans pursuant to section 627 of the Act; $24,052,000 shall be for grants and $16,575,000 shall be for loans for nonprofit private facilities pursuant to the District of Columbia Medical Facilities Construction Act of 1968 (Public Law 90–457): Provided, That there are authorized to be deposited in the fund established under section 626(a)(1) of the Act amounts received by the Secretary and derived by him from his operations under part B of title VI of the Act which shall be available for the purposes of section 626(a) (1): Provided further, That sums received by the Secretary from the sale of loans made pursuant to section 627 of the Act shall be available to him for the purposes of that section. patient care and special health services For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, the Act of August 8, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 7901), and under sections 301, 311, 321, 322, 324, 326, 328, 331, 332, 502, and 504 of the Public Health Service Act, section 1010 of the Act of July 1, 1944 (33 U.S.C. 763c) and section 1 of the Act of July 19, 1963 (42 U.S.C. 253a), $85,700,000, 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 Health Services and Mental Health Administration 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. national health statistics For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, sections 301, 305, 311, 312(a), 313, and 315 of the Public Health Service Act; $15,900,000. retirement pay and medical benefits for commissioned officers For retired pay of commissioned officers, as authorized by law, and for payments under the Retired Servicemen’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 administrator For expenses necessary for the Office of the Administrator, $12,359,000. National Institutes of Health biologics standards To carry out sections 351 and 352 of the Public Health Service Act pertaining to regulation and preparation of biological products, and conduct of research related thereto, $9,205,000. national cancer institute For expenses necessary to carry out title IV, part A, of the Public Health Service Act, $237,531,000. national heart and lung institute For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary to carry out title IV, part B, of the Public Health Service Act, $232,107,000. national institute of dental research For expenses, not otherwise provided for, to carry out title IV, part C, of the Public Health Service Act, $43,388,000. national institute of arthritis and metabolic diseases For expenses necessary to carry out title IV, part D, of the Public Health Service Act with respect to arthritis, rheumatism, and metabolic diseases, $153,164,000. national institute of neurological diseases and stroke For expenses necessary to carry out, to the extent not otherwise provided, title IV, part D of the Public Health Service Act with respect to neurology and stroke, $116,590,000. national institute of allergy and infectious diseases For expenses, not otherwise provided for, to carry out title IV part D of the Public Health Service Act with respect to allergy and infectious diseases, $108,710,500. national institute of general medical sciences For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary to carry out title IV, part E of the Public Health Service Act with respect to general medical sciences, including grants of therapeutic and chemical substances for demonstrations and research, $173,515,000. national institute of child health and human development To carry out, except as otherwise provided, title IV, part E, and title X of the Public Health Service Act with respect to child health and human development, $116,833,000. national eye institute For expenses, necessary to carry out title IV, part F, of the Public Health Service Act, with respect to eye diseases and visual disorders, $37,255,500. national institute of environmental health sciences To carry out, except as otherwise provided, sections 301 and 311 of the Public Health Service Act, with respect to environmental health sciences, $26,436,000. research resources To carry out, except as otherwise provided, section 301 of the Public Health Service Act with respect to the support of clinical research centers, laboratory animal facilities and other research resources, $74,948,000. john e. fogarty international center for advanced study in the health sciences For the John E. Fogarty International Center for Advanced Study in the Health Sciences, $4,288,000, of which not to exceed $500,000 shall be available for payment to the Gorgas Memorial Institute for maintenance and operation of the Gorgas Memorial Laboratory. health manpower To carry out, to the extent not otherwise provided, sections 301, 306, 309, 311, and 422 with respect to training grants, title VII, and title VIII of the Public Health Service Act, $180,620,000: Provided, That, in addition, any projects or activities not provided for herein which were conducted during the fiscal year 1971 but for which legislative authorization has expired, may be continued at a rate for operations not to exceed the current rate or the rate provided for in the budget estimate, whichever is lower, until the date specified in section 102(c) of Public Law 92–38, approved July 1, 1971, as hereafter amended; and expenditures made pursuant to this proviso shall be charged to the applicable appropriation whenever a bill containing such applicable appropriation is enacted into law. national library of medicine To carry out, to the extent not otherwise provided for, section 301 with respect to health information communications and parts I and J of title III of the Public Health Service Act, $24,086,000, of which $2,102,000 shall remain available until June 30, 1973. buildings and facilities For construction, major repair, improvement, extension, alteration, and equipment, including acquisition of sites, of facilities of or used by the National Institutes of Health, where not otherwise provided, $3,565,000, to remain available until expended. office of the director For expenses necessary for the Office of the Director, National Institutes of Health, $11,442,000. Appropriations in this Act available for the salaries and expenses of the National Institutes of Health shall be available for entertainment of visiting scientists when specifically approved by the Surgeon General: Provided, That not to exceed $5,000 shall be used for this purpose. Funds advanced to the National Institutes of Health management fund from appropriations in this Act shall be available for the expenses of sharing medical care facilities and resources pursuant to section 328 of the Public Health Service Act and for the purchase of not to exceed eleven passenger motor vehicles for replacement only. 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 for conducting scientific activities overseas, as authorized by law, $25,545,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That this appropriation shall be available in addition to other appropriations for such activities, for payments in the foregoing currencies. payment of sales insufficiencies and interest losses For the payment of such insufficiencies as may be required by the trustee on account of outstanding beneficial interest or participations in the Health Professions Education Fund assets or Nurse Training Fund assets, authorized by the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare Appropriation Act, 1968, to be issued pursuant to section 302(c) of the Federal National Mortgage Association Charter Act, $232,000, and for payment of amounts pursuant to section 744(b) or 827(b) of the Public Health Service Act to schools which borrow any sums from the Health Professions Education Fund or Nurse Training Fund, $3,768,000: Provided, That the amounts appropriated herein shall remain available until expended. health education loans The Secretary is hereby authorized to make such expenditures, within the limits of funds available in the Health Professions Education Fund and the Nurse Training Fund, and in accord with law, and to make such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year limitation as provided by section 104 of the Government Corporation Control Act, as amended, as may be necessary in carrying out the programs set forth in the budget for the current fiscal year. general research support grants For general research support grants, as authorized in section 301 (d) of the Public Health Service Act, there shall be available from appropriations available to the National Institutes of Health and the National Institute of Mental Health for operating expenses, the sum of $60,700,000: 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. Social and Rehabilitation Service grants to states for public assistance For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles I, IV, X, XI, XIV, XVI, and XIX of the Social Security Act, and the Act of July 5, 1960 (24 U.S.C. ch. 9), $11,411,693,000, of which $46,000,000 shall be for child welfare services under part B of title IV: Provided, That such amounts as may be necessary for locating parents, as authorized in section 410 of the Social Security Act, may be transferred to the Secretary of the Treasury. For making, after June 15 of the current fiscal year, payments to States under titles I, IV, X, XIV, XVI, and XIX, respectively, of the Social Security Act, for any period during the last fifteen days of the current fiscal year (except with respect to activities included in the appropriation for “Work incentives”); and for making, after April 30 of the current fiscal year, payments for the first quarter of the next succeeding fiscal year; such sums as may be necessary, the obligations incurred and the expenditures made thereunder for payments under each of such titles to be charged to the subsequent appropriations therefor for the current or succeeding fiscal year. In the administration of title I, IV (other than Part C thereof), X, XIV, XVI, and XIX, respectively, of the Social Security Act, payments to a State under any such titles for any quarter in the period beginning April 1 of the prior year, and ending June 30 of the current year, may be made with respect to a State plan approved under such title prior to or during such period, but no such payment shall be made with respect to any plan for any quarter prior to the quarter in which such plan was submitted for approval. • Such amounts as may be necessary from this appropriation shall be available for grants to States for any period in the prior fiscal year subsequent to March 31 of that year. work incentives For carrying out a work incentive program, as authorized by part C of title IV of the Social Security Act, and for related child care services, as authorized by part A of title IV of the Act, including transfer to the Secretary of Labor, as authorized by section 431 of the Act, $259,136,000. rehabilitation services and facilities For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, the Vocational Rehabilitation Act, sections 301 and 303 of the Public Health Service Act, and parts B, C and D of the Developmental Disabilities Services and Facilities Construction Act, $667,301,000; of which $560,000,000 shall be for grants under section 2 of the Vocational Rehabilitation Act; $38,660,000 for section 4(a)(2)(A), to remain available through June 30, 1973; $12,500,000 for rehabilitation facility improvement under section 13; $3,051,000 for construction grants under section 12, and $21,715,000 for grants under part C of the Developmental Disabilities Services and Facilities Construction Act, to remain available until June 30, 1974; $4,250,000 for grants under part B of the Developmental Disabilities Services and Facilities Construction Act, to remain available until expended: Provided, That there may be transferred to this appropriation from the appropriation, “Mental health” an amount not to exceed the sum of the allotment adjustment made by the Secretary pursuant to section 202(c) of the Community Mental Health Centers Act. Grants to States, next succeeding fiscal year: For making, after May 31, of the current fiscal year, grants to States under section 2 of the Vocational Rehabilitation Act, for the first quarter of the next succeeding fiscal year such sums as may be necessary, the obligations incurred and the expenditures made thereunder to be charged to the appropriation therefor for that fiscal year: Provided, That the payments made pursuant to this paragraph shall not exceed the amount paid to the States for the first quarter of the current fiscal year. special programs for the aging To carry out, except as otherwise provided, the Older Americans Act of 1965, $38,950,000. youth development and delinquency prevention For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, the Juvenile Delinquency Prevention and Control Act of 1968, $10,000,000. research and training For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, sections 4, 7, and 16, of the Vocational Rehabilitation Act, sections 426, 707, 1110, and 1115 of the Social Security Act, titles IV and V of the Older Americans Act of 1965, and the International Health Research Act of 1960 (74 Stat. 364), $99,163,000. social and rehabilitation, and social security 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 Social and Rehabilitation Service, and the Social Security Administration, in connection with activities related to research and training by the Social and Rehabilitation Service, and the Social Security Administration, as authorized by law, $8,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That this appropriation shall be available, in addition to other appropriations to such Service and Administration for payments in the foregoing currencies. salaries and expenses For expenses, not otherwise provided, necessary for the Social and Rehabilitation Service, $39,537,000, together with not to exceed $400,000 to be transferred from the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund, as provided in Section 201(g) (1) of the Social Security Act. Social Security Administration payments to social security trust funds For payment to the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance, the Federal Disability Insurance, the Federal Hospital Insurance and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Funds, as provided under sections 217(g), 228(g), 229(b), and 1844 of the Social Security Act, and sections 103(c) and 111(d) of the Social Security Amendments of 1965, $2,465,297,000. special benefits for disabled coal miners For carrying out title IV of the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969, including necessary travel incident to medical examinations, reconsideration interviews, or hearings for verifying disabilities or for review of disability determinations, $644,249,000: Provided, That such amounts as may be agreed upon by the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare and the Postal Service shall be used for payment, in such manner as said parties may jointly determine, of postage for the transmission of official mail matter by States in connection with the administration of said Act. Benefit payments after April 30: For making after April 30 of the current fiscal year, payments to entitled beneficiaries under title IV of the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969, for the last two months of the current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary, the obligations and expenditures therefor to be charged to the appropriation for the succeeding fiscal year. limitation on salaries and expenses For necessary expenses, not more than $1,134,640,000 may be expended as authorized by section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act, from any one or all of the trust funds referred to therein: Provided, That such amounts as are required shall be available to pay the cost of necessary travel incident to medical examinations, reconsideration interviews or hearings for verifying disabilities or for review of disability determinations, of individuals who file applications for dis-ability determinations under title II of the Social Security Act, as amended: Provided further, That $25,000,000 of the foregoing amount shall be apportioned for use pursuant to section 3679 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (31 U.S.C. 665), only to the extent necessary to process workloads not anticipated in the budget estimates and to meet mandatory increases in costs of agencies or organizations with which agreements have been made to participate in the administration of title XVIII and section 221 of title II of the Social Security Act, and after maximum absorption of such costs within the remainder of the existing limitation has been achieved: Provided further, That such amounts as may be agreed upon by the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare and the United States Postal Service shall be used for payment, in such manner as said organizations may jointly determine, of postage for the transmission of official mail matter in connection with the administration of the social security program by States participating in the program. limitation on construction For construction, alterations, and equipment of facilities, including acquisition of sites, and planning, architectural, and engineering services, and for provision of necessary off-site parking facilities during construction, $18,194,000 to be expended as authorized by section 201(g) (1) of the Social Security Act, as amended, from any one or all of the trust funds referred to therein, and to remain available until expended. Office of Child Development child development For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, section 426 of the Social Security Act and the Act of April 9, 1912 (42 U.S.C. 191), including partial support of a White House Conference on Children and Youth, $14,251,000. Departmental Management office for civil rights For expenses necessary for the Office for Civil Rights, $10,830,000, together with not to exceed $1,049,000 to be transferred and expended as authorized by section 201(g) (1) of the Social Security Act from any one or all of the trust funds referred to therein. departmental management For expenses, not otherwise provided, necessary for departmental management, including $100,000 for the National Advisory Committee on Education of the Deaf, $47,570,000, together with not to exceed $5,926,000 to be transferred and expended as authorized by section 201 (g)(1) of the Social Security Act from any one or all of the trust funds referred to therein; and not to exceed $29,000 to be transferred from “Revolving fund for certification and other services,” Food and Drug Administration. working capital fund The Working Capital Fund of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare shall hereafter be available for expenses necessary for common personnel support services in the Washington area. General Provisions Sec. 201. None of the funds appropriated by this title to the Social and Rehabilitation Service for grants-in-aid of State agencies to cover, in whole or in part, the cost of operation of said agencies, including the salaries and expenses of officers and employees of said agencies, shall be withheld from the said agencies of any States which have established by legislative enactment and have in operation a merit system and classification and compensation plan covering the selection, tenure in office, and compensation of their employees, because of any disapproval of their personnel or the manner of their selection by the agencies of the said States, or the rates of pay of said officers or employees. Sec. 202. The Secretary is authorized to make such transfers of motor vehicles, between bureaus and offices, without transfer of funds, as may be required in carrying out the operations of the Department. Sec. 203. None of the funds provided herein shall be used to pay any recipient of a grant for the conduct of a research project an amount equal to as much as the entire cost of such project. Sec. 204. None of the funds contained in this Act shall be used for any activity the purpose of which is to require any recipient of any project grant for research, training, or demonstration made by any officer or employee of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare to pay to the United States any portion of any interest or other income earned on payments of such grant made before July 1, 1964; nor shall any of the funds, contained in this Act be used for any activity the purpose of which is to require payment to the United States of any portion of any interest or other income earned on payments made before July 1, 1964, to the American Printing House for the Blind. Sec. 205. Expenditures from funds appropriated under this title to the American Printing House for the Blind, Howard University, the National Technical Institute for the Deaf, the Model Secondary School for the Deaf and Gallaudet College shall be subject to audit by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare. Sec. 206. None of the funds contained in this title shall be available for additional permanent Federal positions in the Washington area if the proportion of additional positions in the Washington area in relation to the total new positions is allowed to exceed the proportion existing at the close of fiscal year 1966. Sec. 207. Appropriations in this Act for the Health Services and Mental Health Administration, the National Institutes of Health, and Departmental Management shall be available for expenses for active commissioned officers in the Public Health Service Reserve Corps and for not to exceed two thousand eight hundred commissioned officers in the Regular Corps; expenses incident to the dissemination of health information in foreign countries through exhibits and other appropriate means; advances of funds for compensation, travel, and subsistence expenses (or per diem in lieu thereof) for persons coming from abroad to participate in health or scientific activities of the Department pursuant to law; expenses of primary and secondary schooling of dependents, in foreign countries, of Public Health Service commissioned officers stationed in foreign countries, at costs for any given area not in excess of those of the Department of Defense for the same area, 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 $2,500 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 Public Health Service Act, at rates established by the Surgeon 58 Stat. 685. 70 Stat. 116. 42 USC 209. 5 USC 5332 note. General, or the Secretary where such action is required by statute, not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the rate for GS–18. Sec. 208. None of the funds contained in this title may be used for any expenses, whatsoever, incident to making allotments to States for the current fiscal year, under section 2 of the Vocational Rehabilitation Act, on a basis in excess of a total of $580,000,000. 79 Stat. 1282. 29 USC 32. Citation of title. This title may be cited as the “Department of Health, Education, and Welfare Appropriation Act, 1972”.

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Editorial Notes

Codification

Section was enacted as part of title II of Pub. L. 92–80, popularly known as the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare Appropriation Act, 1972.

Section was formerly classified to section 905a of this title.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Change of Name

“Department of Health and Human Services” substituted in text for “Department of Health, Education, and Welfare” pursuant to section 509(b) of Pub. L. 96–88, which is classified to section 3508(b) of Title 20, Education.

Credits

1971–1979 · 2 acts
  1. 1971Pub. L. 92–80, title II, , 85 Stat. 297
  2. 1979Pub. L. 96–88, title V, § 509(b), , 93 Stat. 695.
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(Pub. L. 92–80, title II, , 85 Stat. 297; Pub. L. 96–88, title V, § 509(b), , 93 Stat. 695.)

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