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67 S T A T. ]

PUBLIC LAW 170-JULY 31, 1953

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OFFICE OF VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION

Payments to States (including Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto R i c o): For payments to States (including Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico) in accordance with the Vocational Rehabilitation Act, as amended (29 U.S.C. ch, 4), including payments, in accordance with regulations ^7 Stat. 374. of the Secretary, for one-half of necessary expenditures for the acquisition of vending stands or other equipment in accordance with section 3 (a)(3)(C) of said Act for the use of blind persons, such stands or 29 USC 33. other equipment to be controlled by the State agency, $23,000,000, of which not to exceed $195,000 shall be available to the Secretary for providing rehabilitation services to disabled residents of the District of Columbia, as authorized by section 6 of said Act, which latter 29 USC 36. amount shall be available for administrative expenses in connection with providing such services in the District of Columbia: Provided, That not to exceed 15 per centum of the appropriation shall be used for administrative purposes: Provided further, That after payment sttufs°'^*^°"'"^""** of amounts certified to be due for prior fiscal years, the funds herein appropriated shall be apportioned among the States in accordance with regulations promulgated by the Secretary to insure equitable maintenance and improvement of State programs; and the obligation of the United States to any State under such Act for fiscal year 1954 shall not exceed the amount so apportioned to such State: Provided further, That the amount apportioned to a State for fiscal year 1955 shall not exceed one dollar for each 75 cents contributed by the State for the same purpose. Payments to States (including Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico), next succeeding fiscal year: For making, after May 31 of the current fiscal year, payments to States in accordance with the Vocational Rehabilitation Act, as amended (including the objects specified in the 29 USC 41. preceding paragraph), 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. Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary in carrying out the provisions of the Vocational Rehabilitation Act, as amended, and of ^9 USC 41. the Act approved June 20, 1936 (20 U.S.C. ch. 6A), including not 49 Stat. 1559. to exceed $3,000 for production, purchase, and distribution of educational films; $655,500. PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE

For necessary expenses in carrying out the Public Health Service Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. ch. 6A) (hereinafter referred to as the Act), and other Acts, including expenses for active commissioned officers in the Reserve Corps and for not to exceed one thousand five hundred commissioned officers in the Regular Corps; as follows: Venereal diseases: To carry out the purposes of sections 314(a) and 363 of the Act with respect to venereal diseases including the operation and maintenance of centers for the diagnosis and treatment of persons afflicted with venereal diseases; and for grants of money, services, supplies, equipment, and use of facilities to States, as defined in the Act, and with the approval of the respective State health authorities, to counties, health districts, and other political subdivisions of the States, for the foregoing purposes, in such amounts and upon such terms and conditions as the Surgeon General may determine; $5,000,000.

s8 Stat. 682.

^'^ use 246,266.