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PUBLIC LAW 88-443-AUG. 18, 1964

[78 STAT.

grants for the construction of public or other nonprofit rehabilitation facilities, be added to another allotment of such State under paragraph (1) or (2) of such subsection, other than an allotment for grants for the construction of public or other nonprofit hospitals and public health centers, or " (B) a specified portion of an allotment of such State under paragraph (2) of subsection (a) be added to an allotment of such State under paragraph (1) of such subsection, and upon simultaneous certification to the Surgeon General by the State agency in such State to the effect that— '•(C) it has afforded a reasonable opportunity to make applications for the portion so specified and there have been no approvable applications for such portion, or " (D) in the case of a request to transfer a portion of an allotment under paragraph (1) of subsection (a) for grants for the construction of public or other nonprofit hospitals and public health centers, use of such portion as requested by such State agency will better carry out the purposes of this title, the Surgeon General shall promptly (but after application of subsection (b)) adjust the allotments of such State in accordance with such request and shall notify the State agency. "(2) In addition to the transfer of portions of allotments under paragraph (1), the Surgeon General, upon the request of any State that a specified portion of an allotment of such State under paragraph (2) of subsection (a) be added to an allotment of such State under paragraph (1) of such subsection for grants for the construction of public or other nonprofit hospitals and public health centers and upon simultaneous certification to him by the State agency in such State to the effect that the need for new public or other nonprofit hospitals and public health centers is substantially greater than the need for modernization of facilities referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) of section 601, shall promptly (but after application of subsection (b) of this section) adjust the allotments of such State in accordance with such request and shall notify the State agency; except that not more than the following portions of allotments of a State under paragraph (2) of subsection (a) may be so added (under this paragraph) to allotments of such State under paragraph (1) of such subsection: " (A) in the case of an allotment under paragraph (2) of subsection (a) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1966, one-half of such allotment; " (B) in the case of an allotment thereunder for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1967, three-sevenths of such allotment; " (C) in the case of an allotment thereunder for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1968, two-fifths of such allotment; and " (D) in the case of an allotment thereunder for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1969, five-elevenths of such allotment. ^'(3) After adjustment of allotments of any State as provided in paragraph (1) or (2) of this subsection, the allotments as so adjusted shall be deemed to be the State's allotments under this section. " (f) In accordance with regulations, any State may file with the Surgeon General a request that a specified portion of an allotment to it under this part for grants for construction of any type of facility, or for modernization of facilities, be added to the corresponding allotment of another State for the purpose of meeting a portion of the Federal share of the cost of a project for the construction of a facility of that type in such other State, or for modernization of a facility in such other State, as the case may be. If it is found by the Surgeon General (or, in the case of a rehabilitation facility, by the Surgeon General and the Secretary) that construction or modernization of the

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