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PUBLIC LAW 835-JULY 30, 1956

structed, (B) subject to subsection (d), sufficient funds will be available to meet the non-Federal share of the cost of constructing the facility, and (C) sufficient funds will be available, when construction IS completed, for effective use of the facility for the research for which it is being constructed; and "(3) the proposed construction will expand the applicant's capacity for research in the sciences related to health, or is necessary to improve or maintain the quality of the applicant's research in the sciences related to health. " (d) Within such aggregate monetary limit as the Surgeon General may prescribe, after consultation with the Council, applications which (solely by reason of the inability of the applicants to give the assurance required by clause (B) of subsection (c)(2)) fail to meet the requirements for approval set forth in subsection (c) may be approved upon condition that the applicants give the assurance required by such clause (B) within a reasonable time and upon such other reasonable terms and conditions as he may determine after consultation with the Council. "(e) In acting upon applications for grants, the Council and the Surgeon General shall take into consideration the relative effectiveness of the proposed facilities in expanding capacity for research in the sciences related to health, in improving the quality of such research, and in promoting an equitable geographical distribution of, such research (giving due consideration to population, available scientific research workers, and available research resources in various areas of the Nation). "AMOUNT OF GRANT; PAYMENTS

"SEC. 706. (a) The amount of any grant made under this title shall be that recommended by the Council or such lesser amount as the Surgeon General determines to be appropriate; except that in no event may such amount exceed 50 per centum of the necessary cost of the construction of such facility, as determined by him, or in the case of a multipurpose facility, 50 per centum of that part of the necessary cost of construction which the Surgeon General determines to be proportionate to the contemplated use of the facility for research in the sciences related to health. "(b) Upon approval of any application for a grant under this title, the Surgeon General shall reserve, from any appropriation available therefor, the amount of such ^rant as determined under subsection (a), and shall pay such amount, m advance or by wa}' of reimbursement, and in such installments consistent with construction progress, as he may determine. Such payments shall be made through the disbursement facilities of the Department of the Treasury. The Surgeon General's reservation of any amount under this section may be amended by him, either upon approval of an amendment of the application or upon revision of the estimated cost of construction of the facility. "(c) I n determining the amount of any grant under this title, there shall be excluded from the cost of construction an amount equal to the sum of (1) the amount of any other Federal grant which the applicant has obtained, or is assured of obtaining, with respect to the construction which is to be financed in part by grants authorized under this title, and (2) the amount of any non-Federal funds required to be expended as a condition of such other Federal grant.

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