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PUBLIC LAW 911-AUG. 2, 1956

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"(e) The Surgeon General shall, between June 30, 1958, and December 1, 1958, call a conference broadly representative of the professional and training groups interested in and informed about the advanced training of professional nurses, and including members of the advisory committee appointed pursuant to subsection (d), to assist him in appraising the effectiveness of the traineeships under this section in meeting the needs for professional nurses in teaching, administrative, and supervisory positions and in considering modifications in this section, if any, which may be desirable to increase its effectiveness, including possible means of stimulating State participation in the administration and financing of advanced training of professional nurses through Federal matching grants to States for the support of traineeships or related training activities, or otherwise. The Surgeon General shall submit to the Congress, on or before gresf.°'* *° ^*'"" January 1, 1959, a report of such conference, including any recommendations by it relating to the limitation, extension, or modification of this section. "(f) Except as otherwise provided in this section, nothing contained in this section shall be construed as authorizing any department, agency, officer, or employee of the United States to exercise any direction, supervision, or control over the personnel or curriculum of any training institution." EFFECTIVE DATE

SEC. 202. The amendment made by this title shall become effective Jiily 1, 1956. TITLE III—PKACTICAL NURSE TRAINING AMENDMENTS TO VOCATIONAL EDUCATION ACT

SEC. 301. The Vocational Education Act of 1946, as amended (20 U.S.C. 15i-15m, 15o-15q), is amended by inserting: "TITLE I—VOCATIONAL EDUCATION IN AGRICULTURE, HOME ECONOMICS, TRADES AND INDUSTRY, AND DISTRIBUTIVE OCCUPATIONS" immediately above the heading of section 1 of such Act, by changing the words "this Act" wherever they appear in such Act to read "this title", and by adding immediately after section 9 the following new title: "TITLE II—VOCATIONAL EDUCATION IN PRACTICAL NURSE TRAINING ((AUTHORIZATION

OF APPROPRIATIONS

"SEC 201. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1957, and for each of the next four fiscal years a sum not to exceed $5,000,000, for grants to States with State plans to extend and improve practical nurse training approved Ijursuant to section 203.

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