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PUBLIC LAW 94-000—MMMM. DD, 1975

89 STAT. 338

Contracts.

Application.

5 USC app. II.

PUBLIC LAW 94-63—JULY 29, 1975 "(iv) which otherwise improve the health of such workers and the members of their families. Any such program may include the acquisition and modernization of existing buildings and providing training related to the management of programs assisted under this subparagraph. "(2) The costs for which a grant may be made under paragraph (1)(A) or (1)(B) may include the costs of acquiring and modernizing existing buildings (including the costs of amortizing the principal of, and paying the interest on, loans); and the costs for which a grant or contract may be made under paragraph (1) may include the costs of providing training related to the provision of primary health services, supplemental health services, and environmental health services, and to the management of migrant health center programs. "(3) The amount of any grant made under paragraph (1) shall be determined by the Secretary. "(e) The Secretary may enter into contracts with public and private entities to— "(1) assist the States in the implementation and enforcement of acceptable environmental health standards, including enforcement of standards for sanitation in migrant labor camps and applicable Federal and State pesticide control standards; and "(2) conduct projects and studies to assist the several States and entities which have received grants or contracts under this section in the assessment of problems related to camp and j&eld sanitation, pesticide hazards, and other environmental health hazards to which migratory agricultural workers, seasonal agricultural workers, and members of their families are exposed. "(f)(1) No grant may be made under subsection (c) or (d) and no contract may be entered into under subsection (c)(1)(B), (d)(1) (C), or (e) unless an application therefore is submitted to, and approved by, the Secretary. Such an application shall be submitted in such form and manner and shall contain such information as the Secretary shall prescribe. An application for a grant or contract which will cover the costs of modernizing a building shall include, in addition to other information required by the Secretary— "(A) a description of the site of the building, "(B) plans and specifications for its modernization, and "(C) reasonable assurance that all laborers and mechanics employed by contractors or subcontractors in the performance of work on the modernization of the building will be paid wages at rates not less than those prevailing on similar work in the locality as determined by the Secretary of Labor in accordance with the Act of March 3, 1931 (40 U.S.C. 276a—276a-5, known as the Davis-Bacon Act). The Secretary of Labor shall have with respect to the labor standards referred to in subparagraph (C) the authority and functions set forth in Keorganization Plan Numbered 14 of 1950 (15 F.E. 3176; 5 U.S.C. Appendix) and section 2 of the Act of June 13, 1934 (40 U.S.C. 276c). "(2) The Secretary may not approve an application for a grant under subsection (d)(1)(A) unless the Secretary determines that the entity for which the application is submitted is a migrant health center (within the meaning of subsection (a)(1)) and that— "(A) the primary health services of the center will be available and accessible in the center's catchment area promptly, as appropriate, and in a manner which assures continuity;