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PUBLIC LAW 90-170-DEC. 4, 1967
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Public Law 90-170 AN ACT To amend the public health laws relating to mental r e t a r d a t i o n to extend, expand, and improve them, and for other purposes.
December 4, 1967 [H. R. 6430]
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may Mental Retarda. be cited as the "Mental Retardation Amendments of 1967". oV^ge?".^" ""^^ ^ GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF UNIVERSITY-AFFILIATED MENTAL RETARDATION CLINICAL FACILITIES
SEC. 2. (a) The first sentence of section 121 of the Mental Retardation Facilities Construction Act (42 U.S.C. 2661) is amended by strik- 77 Stat. 234. ing out "and $10,000,000 each for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1966, and the fiscal year ending June 30, 1967" and inserting in lieu thereof "$10,000,000 each for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1966, the fiscal year ending June 30, 1967, and the fiscal year ending June 30, 1968, and $20,000,000 each for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1969, and the fiscal year ending June 30, 1970". (b) Such sentence is further amended by inserting " (which, for purposes of this part, includes other neurological handicapping conditions found by the Secretary to be sufficiently related to mental retardation to warrant inclusion in this part) " after "the mentally retarded" the first time it appears therein, and by inserting "including research incidental or related to any of the foregoing activities," before "there are authorized to be appropriated". (c) Section 125 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 2665) is amended by striking ^7 Stat. 235. out "four", and by striking out "June 30, 1967" and inserting in lieu thereof "June 30, 1970". (d)(1) Section 121 of such Act is amended— (A) by inserting " (a) " immediately after "SEC. 121.", (B) by inserting (in the first sentence thereof) immediately after "construction" the following: "(and the planning for the construction)", (C) by striking out "The" (in the second sentence thereof) and inserting in lieu thereof "Except as provided in subsection (b), the", and (D) by adding after and below such section the following new subsection: "(b)(1) Of the sums appropriated pursuant to subsection (a) for any fiscal year, beginning with the fiscal year ending June 30, 1968, an amount equal to 2 per centum thereof (or such smaller amount as t\\Q Secretary may determine to be appropriate) shall be available to the Secretary for the purpose of making grants to cover not to exceed 75 per centum of the costs of the planning of projects with, respect to the construction of which applications for grants may be made under this part. Not more than $25,000 shall be granted under this subsection with respect to any project. "(2) Planning grants under this subsection shall be made by the Secretary to such applicants and upon such terms and conditions as he shall by regulations prescribe. Payment of grants under this subsection shall be made in advance or by way of reimbursement, as the Secretary may determine. "(3) Whenever, in the succeeding provisions of this part, the term 'grant', 'grants', or 'funds' is employed, such term shall be deemed not to include any grant under this subsection or any of the funds of any such grant." 85-622 0-68—36
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