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[CITE: 42USC291]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                    CHAPTER 6A--PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE
 
  SUBCHAPTER IV--CONSTRUCTION AND MODERNIZATION OF HOSPITALS AND OTHER 
                           MEDICAL FACILITIES
 
Sec. 291. Congressional declaration of purpose

    The purpose of this subchapter is--
        (a) to assist the several States in the carrying out of their 
    programs for the construction and modernization of such public or 
    other nonprofit community hospitals and other medical facilities as 
    may be necessary, in conjunction with existing facilities, to 
    furnish adequate hospital, clinic, or similar services to all their 
    people;
        (b) to stimulate the development of new or improved types of 
    physical facilities for medical, diagnostic, preventive, treatment, 
    or rehabilitative services; and
        (c) to promote research, experiments, and demonstrations 
    relating to the effective development and utilization of hospital, 
    clinic, or similar services, facilities, and resources, and to 
    promote the coordination of such research, experiments, and 
    demonstrations and the useful application of their results.

(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title VI, Sec. 600, as added Pub. L. 88-443, 
Sec. 3(a), Aug. 18, 1964, 78 Stat. 447.)


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 291, act July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title VI, Sec. 601, 
as added Aug. 13, 1946, ch. 958, Sec. 2, 60 Stat. 1041; amended Oct. 25, 
1949, ch. 722, Sec. 6, 63 Stat. 900; July 12, 1954, ch. 471, Sec. 4(a), 
68 Stat. 464, related to subject matter similar to this section, prior 
to the general amendment of this subchapter by Pub. L. 88-443.
    Provisions similar to those comprising this section were contained 
in former section 291o, act July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title VI, Sec. 641, 
as added July 12, 1954, ch. 471, Sec. 2, 68 Stat. 461, prior to the 
general amendment of this subchapter by Pub. L. 88-443.


                             Effective Date

    Section 3(b) of Pub. L. 88-443, as amended by Pub. L. 91-296, title 
I, Sec. 120, June 30, 1970, 84 Stat. 343, provided that: ``The amendment 
made by subsection (a) [enacting this section and sections 291a to 291j, 
291k to 291m, 291n, and 291o of this title] shall become effective upon 
the date of enactment of this Act [Aug. 18, 1964], except that--
        ``(1) all applications approved by the Surgeon General under 
    title VI of the Public Health Service Act [this subchapter] prior to 
    such date, and allotments of sums appropriated prior to such date, 
    shall be governed by the provisions of such title VI in effect prior 
    to such date;
        ``(2) allotment percentages promulgated by the Surgeon General 
    under such title VI during 1962 shall continue to be effective for 
    purposes of such title as amended by this Act for the fiscal year 
    ending June 30, 1965;
        ``(3) the terms of members of the Federal Hospital Council who 
    are serving on such Council prior to such date shall expire on the 
    date they would have expired had this Act not been enacted;
        ``(4) the provisions of the fourth sentence of section 636(a) of 
    the Public Health Service Act [former section 291n of this title], 
    as in effect prior to the enactment of this Act, shall apply in lieu 
    of the fourth sentence of section 624(a) of the Public Health 
    Service Act [section 291n(a) of this title], as amended by this Act, 
    in the case of any project for construction of a facility or for 
    acquisition of equipment with respect to which a grant for any part 
    thereof or for planning such construction or equipment was made 
    prior to the enactment of this Act;
        ``(5) no application with respect to a project for modernization 
    of any facility in any State may be approved by the Surgeon General, 
    for purposes of receiving funds from an allotment under section 
    602(a)(2) of the Public Health Service Act, as amended by this Act 
    [section 291b(a)(2) of this title], before July 1, 1965, or before 
    such State has had a State plan approved by the Surgeon General as 
    meeting the requirements of section 604(a)(4)(E) [section 
    291d(a)(4)(E) of this title] as well as the other requirements of 
    section 604 of such Act as so amended [section 291d of this title];
        ``(6) the provisions of clause (b) of section 609 of the Public 
    Health Service Act [section 291i of this title], as amended by this 
    Act, shall apply with respect to any project whether it was 
    approved, and whether the event specified in such clause occurred, 
    before, on, or after the date of enactment of this Act [June 30, 
    1970], except that it shall not apply in the case of any project 
    with respect to which recovery under title VI of such Act [this 
    subchapter] has been made prior to the enactment of this 
    paragraph.''

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 291a of this title.
