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[CITE: 42USC291j-1]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                    CHAPTER 6A--PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE
 
  SUBCHAPTER IV--CONSTRUCTION AND MODERNIZATION OF HOSPITALS AND OTHER 
                           MEDICAL FACILITIES
 
Part B--Loan Guarantees and Loans for Modernization and Construction of 
                 Hospitals and Other Medical Facilities
 
Sec. 291j-1. Loan guarantees and loans


(a) Authority of Secretary

    (1) In order to assist nonprofit private agencies to carry out 
needed projects for the modernization or construction of nonprofit 
private hospitals, facilities for long-term care, outpatient facilities, 
and rehabilitation facilities, the Secretary, during the period July 1, 
1970, through June 30, 1974, may, in accordance with the provisions of 
this part, guarantee to non-Federal lenders making loans to such 
agencies for such projects, payment of principal of and interest on 
loans, made by such lenders, which are approved under this part.
    (2) In order to assist public agencies to carry out needed projects 
for the modernization or construction of public health centers, and 
public hospitals, facilities for long-term care, outpatient facilities, 
and rehabilitation facilities, the Secretary, during the period July 1, 
1970, through June 30, 1974, may, in accordance with the provisions of 
this part, make loans to such agencies which shall be sold and 
guaranteed in accordance with section 291j-7 of this title.

(b) Cost limitations

    (1) No loan guarantee under this part with respect to any 
modernization or construction project may apply to so much of the 
principal amount thereof as, when added to the amount of any grant or 
loan under part A of this subchapter with respect to such project, 
exceeds 90 per centum of the cost of such project.
    (2) No loan to a public agency under this part shall be made in an 
amount which, when added to the amount of any grant or loan under part A 
of this subchapter with respect to such project, exceeds 90 per centum 
of the cost of such project.

(c) Administrative assistance

    The Secretary, with the consent of the Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development, shall obtain from the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development such assistance with respect to the administration of this 
part as will promote efficiency and economy thereof.

(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title VI, Sec. 621, as added Pub. L. 91-296, 
title II, Sec. 201, June 30, 1970, 84 Stat. 344; amended Pub. L. 93-45, 
title I, Sec. 108(b)(1), June 18, 1973, 87 Stat. 93.)


                               Amendments

    1973--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 93-45 extended termination date of 
guarantee and loan making period in pars. (1) and (2) from June 30, 
1973, to June 30, 1974.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 291j-2 of this title.
