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61 STAT.] 80TH CONG., 1ST SESS.-CH. 210-JULY 8, 1947 amended (42 U. S . C., ch. 7, subch. V), and the emergency maternity and infant care program, including personal services in the District of Columbia; $750,000: Provided, That no part of any appropria- tion contained in this title shall be used to promulgate or carry out any instruction, order, or regulation relating to the care of obstetrical cases which discriminates between persons licensed under State law to practice obstetrics: Provided further, That the fore- going proviso shall not be so construed as to prevent any patient from having the services of any practitioner of her own choice, paid for out of this fund, so long as State laws are complied with: Provided further, That any State plan which provides standards for professional obstetrical services in accordance with the laws of the State shall be approved. Grants to States for emergency maternity and infant care (national defense): For grants to States, including Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia, to provide, in addition to similar services otherwise available, medical, nursing, and hos- pital maternity and infant care for wives and infants of enlisted men of the fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh grades in the armed forces of the United States and of Army aviation cadets, under allotments by the Federal Security Administrator and plans developed and administered by State health agencies and approved by the Federal Security Agency, $3,000,000, to be available until June 30, 1949, of which not more than $210,000 may be allotted to the States for administrative expenses on the basis of need as deter- mined by the Federal Security Agency: Provided, That the fore- going grants to States shall be on the understanding that the activity shall be in process of liquidation on and after July 1, 1947, but this shall not be construed to preclude the furnishing of the above-mentioned services, regardless of the date of application therefor, to any woman or the offspring of any woman shown to have been otherwise eligible as of June 30, 1947, under laws and regulations then applicable. Grants to States for maternal and child health services: For grants to States as authorized in title V, part 1, of the Social Security Act, as amended (42 U. S. C., ch. 7, subch. V), $11,000,00)0: Provided,That any allotment to a State pursuant to section 502 (b) of such Act shall not be included in computing for the purposes of subsections (a) and (b) of section 504 of such Act an amount expended or estimated to be expended by the State. Grants to States for services for crippled children: For grants to States as authorized in title V, part 2, of the Social Security Act, as amended (42 U. S . C ., ch. 7, subch. V), $7,500,000: Pro ided, T'hat any allotment to a State pursuant to section 512 (b) of such Act shall not be included in computing, for the purpose of subsections (a) and (b) of section 514 of such Act, an amount expended or estimated to be expended by the State. Grants to States for child-welfare services: For grants to States as authorized in title V, part 3, of the Social Security Act, as amended (42 U. S. C., ch. 7, subch. V), $3,500,000. Salaries, consolidated operations, Social Security Administration: For personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere not otherwise appropriated for, $2,000,000. Miscellaneous expenses, Social Security Administration: For expenses, not otherwise appropriated for, necessary to carry into effect the Social Security Act, as amended (42 U. S. C. 301-1305), including exchange of books; library membership fees or dues in organizations which issue publications to members only or to members at a lower price than to others, payments for which may be made in advance; 95347°- 48 -pt. 1 ---18 49 Stat. 629. 42U.S.C.§§701- 731. Care of obstetrical cases. Liquidation of ac- tivity. 49 Stat. 629. 42 U.S. C. §701-705 . 49 Stat. 629, 6;(0. 421. S. C.I§702 (b), 701 (a), (b). 49 Stat. 631. 42U.S.C.1§711- 715. 49 Stat. 631, 632. 42 U. S. C.CI 712 (b), 714 . 49 Stat. 633 . 42U.S.C. 721. Post,p. 942. 49 Stat. 620.