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PUBLIC LAW 91-296-JUNE 30, 1970

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added to any other allotment or allotments of such State under such subsection for such year, the Secretary shall promptly (but after application of subsection (b)) adjust the allotments of such State in accord- ^^ ^^^ ^gfb ance with such request and shall notify the State agency; except that the aggregate of the portions so transferred from an allotment for a fiscal year pursuant to this paragraph may not exceed the amount specified with respect to such allotment in clause (A), (B), (C), or (D), as the case may be, of subsection (b)(1) which is applicable to such State, "(2) In addition to the transfer of portions of allotments under paragraph (1), upon the request of any State that a specified portion of any allotment of such State under subsection (a), other than an allotment for grants for the construction of public or other nonprofit rehabilitation facilities, be added to another allotment of such State under such subsection, other than an allotment for grants for the construction of public or other nonprofit hospitals and public health centers, and upon simultaneous certification to the Secretary by the State agency in such State to the effect that— " (A) 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 " (B) in the case of a request to transfer a portion of an allotment 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 Secretary 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. "(3) In addition to the transfer of portions of allotments under paragraph (1) or (2), 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 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, the Secretary 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. "(4) After adjustment of allotments of any State, as provided in paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of this subsection, the allotments as so adjusted shall be deemed to be the State's allotments under this section." PART B—OPERATION OF GRANT PROGRAM PRIORITY o r PROJECTS

SEC. 110. Effective with respect to applications approved under title VI of the Public Health Service Act after June 30, 1970, section 603(a) 2/1 ^^^^ ^^^" of such Act (42 LT.S.C. 291c) is amended— 78 Stat. 451. (1) by striking out "rural communities and areas with relatively small financial resources" in clause (1), and inserting in lieu thereof "areas with relatively small financial resources and, at the option of the State, rural communities"', (2) by striking out "and" at the end of clause (2), and (3) by adding after clause (3) the following new clauses: " (4) in the case of projects for construction or modernization of outpatient facilities, to any outpatient facility that will be loca-

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