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PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 481 -JUNE 16, 1948 8 Stat. 692. 42U. .C.§241(g). Post, p. 601 . Additional means of researeh, etc. 58 Stat. 9L 42 U.S. . §246(e)- 0(). Organized eommu- nity programs. Ante, p. 465 . Determination of State allotments. i8 Stat. 604 . 42U. . C. 1246 (e). Certification of amounts for local groups. 68 Stat. 694. 42 U.. C. §.24 (f). Method of expendi- ture. Council, or, with respect to cancer, recommended by the National Advisory Cancer Council, or, with respect to mental health, recom- mended by the National Advisory Mental Health Council, or, with respect to heart diseases, recommended by the National Advisory Heart Council;". (f) Paragraph (g) of such section 301 is amended to read as follows: "(g) Adopt, upon recommendation of the National Advisory Health Council, or, with respect to cancer, upon recommendation of the National Advisory Cancer Council, or, with respect to mental health, upon recommendation of the National Advisory Mental Health Coun- cil, or, with respect to heart diseases, upon recommendation of the National Advisory Heart Council, such additional means as he deems necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes of this section." CONTROL GRANTS SEC. 5 . (a) Section 314 of such Act is amended by redesignating subsections (e) to (j),inclusive, as subsections (f), (g), (h), (i), (j), and (k), respectively, and by inserting after subsection (d) the follow- ing new subsection: (e) To enable the Surgeon General to carry out the purposes of part B of title IV and to assist, through grants, States, counties, health districts, and other political subdivisions of the State, and public and nonprofit agencies, institutions, and other organizations, in establish- ing and maintaining organized community programs of heart disease control, including grants for demonstrations and the training of personnel, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated for each fiscal year such sums as may be necessary for such purposes. For each fiscal year, the Surgeon General, with the approval of the Adminis- trator, shall determine the total sum from the appropriation under this subsection which shall be available for allotment among the several States, and shall, in accordance with regulations, from time to time make allotments from such sum to the several States on the basis of (1) the poulation and (2) the financial need of the respective States. Upon making such allotments the Surgeon General shall notify the Secretary of the Treasury of the amounts thereof." (b) The subsection of such section 314 herein redesignated as sub- section (f) is amended by striking out the period at the pio at end of the first sentence of such subsection and inserting in lieu thereof the following: ": Provided,That in the case of amounts to be paid from allotments to any State under subsection (e), the Surgeon General may determine and certify to the Secretary of the Treasury amounts to paid to a county, health district, other political subdivision of the State or to any public or nonprofit agency, institution, or other organization in the State, if he finds that payment to such subdivision or other organization has been recommended by the State health authority of the State, and (1) that the State health authority has not, prior to August 1 of the fiscal year for which the allotment is made, presented and had approved a plan in accordance with subsection (g), or (2) that the State health authority is not authorized by law to make payments to such other organization." (c) The subsection of such section 314 herein redesignated as sub- section (g) is amended to read as follows: "(g) The moneys so paid to any State, or to any political sub- division or other organization shall be expended solely in carrying out the purposes specified in subsection (a), or subsection (b), or sub- section (c), or subsection (e), as the case may be, and in accordance with plans, approved by the Surgeon General, which have been presented by the health authority of such State, or, under the circum- 468 [62 STAT.