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PUBLIC LAW 91-296-JUNE 30, 1970 (3) by inserting "AND in the section heading.

MODERNIZATION"

after

[84 STAT. "CONSTRUCTION'

STATE ALLOTMENTS

Ante, p. 337. 78 Stat. 448; 82 Stat. 1 0 1 1.

Allotment study.

Report to Congress.

SEC. 103. (a) Etl'ective with respect to appropriations pursuant to section 601 of the Public Health Service Act for fiscal years beginning after June 30, 1970, section 602(a) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 291b) is amended to read as follows: " (a)(1) Each State shall be entitled for each fiscal year to an allotment bearing the same ratio to the sums appropriated for such year pursuant to subparagraphs (1), (2), and (3), respectively, of section 601(a), and to an allotment bearing the same ratio to the sums appropriated for such year pursuant to section 601(b), as the product of— " (A) the population of such State, and " (B) the square of its allotment percentage, bears to the sum of the corresponding products for all of the States. "(2) For each fiscal year, the Secretary shall, in accordance with regulations, make allotments among the States, from the sums appropriated for such year under section 601(c), on the basis of the population, the financial need, and the extent of the need for modernization of the facilities referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b) of section 601, of the respective States." (b) Effective with respect to allotments from such appropriations, section 602(b)(1) of such Act is amended by— (1) striking out "$25,000" and "$50,000" in subparagraph (A) and inserting in lieu thereof "$50,000" and "$100,000", respectively; (2) striking out "$50,000" and "$100,000" in subparagraph (B) and inserting in lieu thereof "$100,000" and "$200,000", respectively; (3) striking out "$100,000" and "$200,000" in subparagraph (C) and inserting in lieu thereof "$200,000" and "$300,000", respectively; and (4) striking out "or" at the end of subparagraph (B), inserting "or" at the end of subparagraph (C), and adding after and below subparagraph (C) the following new subparagraph: " (D) $200,000 for the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, or Guam and $300,000 for any other State in the case of an allotment for grants for the modernization of facilities referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b) of section 601,". (c) The Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare shall conduct a study of the effects of the formula specified in section 602(a)(1) of the Public Health Service Act for allotment among the States of sums appropriated for construction of health facilities, and shall report to the Congress on May 15, 1972, the result of such study, together with recommendations for such changes, if any, in such formula as he may determine to be desirable, together with his justification for any changes so recommended. TRANSFER OF ALLOTMENTS

SEC. 104. Effective with respect to allotments from appropriations made pursuant to section 601 of the Public Health Service Act for fiscal years beginning after June 30, 1970, section 602(e) of the Public Health Service Act is amended to read as follows: " (e)(1) Upon the request of any State that a specified portion of any allotment of such State under subsection (a) for any fiscal year l>e

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