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49 Stat. 1011. Approval.

PUBLIC LAW 88-450-AUG. 19, 1964

[78 STAT.

"§ 5034. General regulations "Within six months after the date of enactment of this subchapter, the Administrator shall prescribe the following by regulation: " (1) The number of beds required to provide adequate nursing home care to war veterans residing in each State, which number shall not exceed one-half bed per thousand war veteran population in the case of any State. "(2) General standards of construction, repairs, modernization, alteration, and equipment for facilities for furnishing nursing home care which are constructed with assistance received under this subchapter. "§ 5035. Applications with respect to projects; payments "(a) After regulations have been prescribed by the Administrator under section 5034 of this title, any State desiring to receive assistance for a project for construction of State home facilities for furnishing nursing home care must submit to the Administrator an application. Such application shall set forth— "(1) the amount of the grant requested with respect to such project which may not exceed 50 per centum of the estimated cost of construction of such project, " (2) a description of the site for such project, "(3) plans and specifications for such project in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Administrator pursuant to section 5034(2) of this title, " (4) reasonable assurance that upon completion of such project the facilities will be used principally to furnish nursing home care to war veterans and that not more than 10 per centum of the bed occupancy at any one time will consist of patients who are not receiving nursing home care as war veterans, "(5) reasonable assurance that title to such site is or will be vested solely in the applicant, a State home, or another agency or instrumentality of the State, "(6) reasonable assurance.that adequate financial support will be available for the construction of the project and for its maintenance and operation when complete, " (7) reasonable assurance that the State will make such reports in such form and containing such information as the Administrator may from time to time reasonably require, and give the Administrator, upon demand, access to the records upon which such information is based, and "(8) reasonable assurance that the rates of pay for laborers and mechanics engaged in construction of the project will be not less than the prevailing local wage rates for similar work as determined in accordance with sections 276a through 276a-5 of title 40 (known as the Davis-Bacon Act). "(I3) -j^j^g Administrator shall approve any such application if he finds that— "(1) there are sufficient funds available to make the grant requested with respect to such project, "(2) such grant does not exceed 50 per centum of the estimated cost of construction of such project, "(3) that such a grant would not result in more than 10 per centum of the funds appropriated for any fiscal year pursuant to section 5033(a) of this title being used to assist the construction of facilities in any one State, "(4) the application contains such reasonable assurance as to use, title, financial support, reports and access to records, and payment of prevailing rates of wages, as the Administrator may determine to be necessary, and

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