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68^st^t^*46\°^^' 72 Stat. 489! 42 USC 291-

42 us^c aQ^ ^ ^n Ante, p. 459.

Ante, p. 448. Ante, p. 452.

PUBLIC LAW 88-444-AUG. 19, 1964

[78 STAT.

(1) all applications approved by the Surgeon General under title VI of the Public Health Service Act prior to such date, and allotments of sums appropriated prior to such date, shall be governed by the provisions of such title VI in effect prior to such date; (2) allotment percentages promulgated by the Surgeon General under such title VI during 1962 shall continue to be effective for purposes of such title as amended by this Act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1965; (3) the terms of members of the Federal Hospital Council who are serving on such Council prior to such date shall expire on the date they would have expired had this Act not been enacted; (4) the provisions of the fourth sentence of section 636(a) of ^^^^ Public Health Service Act, as in effect prior to the enactment of this Act, shall apply in lieu of the fourth sentence of section 624(a) of the Public Health Service Act, as amended by this Act, in the case of any project for construction of a facility or for acquisition of equipment with respect to which a grant for any part thereof or for planning such construction or equipment was made prior to the enactment of this Act; (5) no application with respect to a project for modernization of any facility in any State may be approved by the Surgeon General, for purposes of receiving funds from an allotment under section 602(a)(2) of the Public Health Service Act, as amended by this Act, before July 1, 1965, or before such State has had a State plan approved by the Surgeon General as meeting the requirements of section 604(a)(4)(E) as well as the other requirements of section 604 of such Act as so amended. Approved August 18, 1964.

Public Law88-444 August 19, 1964 [ • R- 11611]

^ National^com-^ ^'log'yrAutomation, and Economic rogress.

^'^ ACT ijiQ establish a National Commission on Technology, Automation, and Economic Progress. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UfiH^d States of America in Congress assembled, That Congress finds it imperative to accelerate the national effort to— (a) identify and assess the past effects and the current and prospcctivc rolc and pacc of teclinological-change; (b) identify and describe the impact of technological and economic change on production and employment, including new job requirements and the major types of worker displacement, both technological and economic, which are likely to occur during the next ten years; the specific industries, occupations, and geographic areas which are most likely to be involved; and the social and economic effects of these developments on the Nation's economy, manpower, communities, families, social structure, and human values; (c) define those areas of unmet community and human needs toward which application of new technologies might most effectively be directed, encompassing an examination of technological developments that have occurred in recent years, including those resulting from the Federal Government's research and development programs; (d) assess the most effective means for channeling new technologies into promising directions, including civilian industries

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