Family Planning Services and Population Research Act of 1970


 * Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatiues of the United States of America in Congress assembled.

{{SECTION|SEC. 1.|SECTION 1}}. SHORT TITLE.

 * This Act may be cited as the ``Family Planning Services and Population Research Act of 1970´´.

{{SECTION|SEC. 2.|SEC. 2}}. DECLARATION OF PURPOSE.

 * It is the purpose of this Act—
 * (1) to assist in making comprehensive voluntary family planning services readily available to all persons desiring such services;
 * (2) to coordinate domestic population and family planning research with the present and future needs of family planning programs;
 * (3) to improve administrative and operational supervision of domestlc family planning services and of population research programs related to such services;
 * (4) to enable public and nonprofit private entities to plan and develop comprehensive programs of family planning services;
 * (5) to develop and make readily available information (including educational materials) on family planning and population growth to all persons desiring such information;
 * (6) to evaluate and improve the effectiveness of family planning service programs and of population research;
 * (7) to assist in providing trained manpower needed to effectively carry out programs of population research and family planning services ; and
 * (8) to establish an Office of Population Affairs in the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare as a primary focus within the Federal Government on matters pertaining to population research and family planning, through which the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare (hereafter in this Act referred to as the "Secretary") shall carry out the purposes of this Act.

{{SECTION|SEC. 3.|SEC. 3}}. OFFICE OF POPULATION AFFAIRS.

 * (a) There is established within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare an Office of Population Affairs to be directed by a Deputy Assistant Secretary for Population Affairs under the direct supervision of the Assistant Secretary for Health and Scientific Affairs. The Deputy Assistant Secretary for Population Affairs shall be appointed by the Secretary.


 * (b) The Secretary is authorized to provide the Office of Population Affairs with such full-time professional and clerical staff and with the services of such consultants as may be necessary for it to carry out its duties and functions.

{{SECTION|SEC. 4.|SEC. 4}}. FUNCTIONS OF THE DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR POPULATION AFFAIRS.

 * The Secretary shall utilize the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Population Affairs—
 * (1) to administer all Federal laws for which the Secretary has administrative responsibility and which provide for or authorize the making of grants or contracts related to population research and family planning programs;
 * (2) to administer and be responsible for all population and fanlily planning research carried on directly by the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare or supported by the Department through grants to, or contracts with, entities and individuals;
 * (3) to act as a clearinghouse for information pertaining to domestic and international population research and family planning programs for use by all interested persons and public and private entities;
 * (4) to provide a liaison with the activities carried on by other agencies and instrumentalities of the Federal Government relating to population research and family planning;
 * (5) to provide or support training for necessary manpower for domestic programs of population research and family planning programs of service and research; and
 * (6) to coordinate and be responsible for the evaluation of the other Department of Health, Education, and Welfare programs related to research and family planning and to make periodic recommendations to the Secretary.

{{SECTION|SEC. 5.|SEC. 5}}. PLANS AND REPORTS.

 * (a) Not later than six months after the date of enactinent of this Act the Secretary shall make a report to the Congress setting forth a plan, to be carried out over a period of five years, for extension of fanilly planning services to all persons desiring such services, for family planning and population research programs, for training of necessary manpower for the programs authorized by title X of the Public Health Service Act and other Federal laws for which the Secretary has responsibility, and for carrying out the other purposes set forth in this Act and in such title X.


 * (b) Such a plan shall, at a minimum, indicate on a phased basis—
 * (1) the number of individuals to be served by family planning programs under title X of the Public Health Service Act and other Federal laws for which the Secretary has responsibility, the types of family planning ancl population growth information and educational materials to be developed under such laws and how they will be made available, the research goals to be reached under such Iaws, and the manpower to be trained under such laws;
 * (2) an estimate of the costs and personnel requirements needed to meet these objectives; and
 * (3) the steps to be taken to establish a systematic reporting system capable of yielding comprehensive data on which service figures and program evaluations for the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare shall be based.


 * (c) On or before January 1, 1972, and on or before each January 1 thereafter for a period of five years, the Secretary shall submit to the Congress a report which shall—
 * (1) compare results achieved during the preceding fiscal year with the objectives established for such year under the plan;
 * (2) indicate steps being taken to achieve the objective during the remaining fiscal years of the plan and any revisions necessary to meet these objectives; and
 * (3) make recommendations with respect to any additional legislative or administrative action necessary or desirable in carrying out the plan.

{{SECTION|SEC. 6.|SEC. 6}}. AMENDMENTS TO PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE ACT.

 * (a) Section 1 of the Public Health Service Act is amended by striking out ``Titles I to IX´´ and inserting in lieu thereof ``Titles I to X´´.


 * (b) The Act of July I, 1944, as amended, is further amended by renumbering title X (as in effect prior to the enactment of this Act) as title XI, and by renumbering sections 1001 through 1014 (as in effect prior to the enactment of this Act), and references thereto, as sections 1101 through 1114, respectively.


 * (c) The Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C., ch. 6A) is further amended by adding after title IX the following new title:

``TITLE X — POPULATION RESEARCH AND VOLUNTARY FAMILY PLANNING PROGRAMS

Approved December 24, 1970.

