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 370 Ante, pp. 362, 3 6 3, 365.

Research res u l t s, publication.

Indexing, abstracting, and other services.

Statistics, publication.

Laborers and mechanics, wage rate.

40 USC 276a note.

5 USC app. 11. Regulations. Appropriations.

PUBLIC LAW 93-353-JULY 23, 1974

[88 STAT.

" (f) Contracts may be entered into under section 304, 305, or 306 without regard to sections 3648 and 3709 of the Revised Statutes (31 U.S.C.529;41 U.S.C.5). " (g)(1) The Secretary shall— " (A) publish, make available and disseminate, promptly in understandable form and on as broad a basis as practicable, the results of health services research, demonstrations, and evaluations undertaken and supported under sections 304 and 305; " (B) make available to the public data developed in such research, demonstrations, and evaluations; and " (C) provide indexing, abstracting, translating, publishing, and other services leading to a more effective and timely dissemination of information on health services research, demonstrations, and evaluations in health care delivery to public and private entities and individuals engaged in the improvement of health care delivery and the general public; and undertake programs to develop new or improved methods for making such information available. Except as provided in subsection (d), the Secretary may not restrict the publication and dissemination of data from, and results of projects undertaken by, centers supported under section 305(d). "(2) The Secretary shall (A) take such action as may be necessary to assure that statistics developed under sections 304,305, and 306 are of high quality, timely, comprehensive as well as specific, standardized, and adequately analyzed and indexed, and (B) publish, make available, and disseminate such statistics on as wide a basis as is practicable. " (h)(1) Except where the Secretary determines that unusual circumstances make a larger percentage necessary in order to effectuate the purposes of section 304, 305, or 306, a grant or contract under section 304, 305, or 306 with respect to any project for construction of a facility or for acquisition of equipment may not provide for payment of more than 50 per centum of so much of the cost of the facility or equipment as the Secretary determines is reasonably attributable to research, evaluation, or demonstration purposes. "(2) Laborers and mechanics employed by contractors and subcontractors in the construction of such a facility shall be paid wages at rates not less than those prevailing on similar work in the locality, as determined by the Secretary of Labor in accordance with the Act of March 3, 1931 (40 U.S.C. 267a—267a-5, known as the Davis-Bacon Act); and the Secretary of Labor shall have with respect to any labor standards specified in this paragraph the authority and functions set forth in Reorganization Plan Numbered 14 of 1950 (5 U.S.C. Appendix) and section 2 of the Act of June 13, 1934 (40 U.S.C. 276c). "(3) Such grants and contracts shall be subject to such additional requirements as the Secretary may by regulation prescribe. " (i)(1) For health service research, evaluation, and demonstration activities undertaken or supported under section 304 or 305, there are authorized to be appropriated $65,200,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and $80,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976. Of the funds appropriated under this paragraph for any fiscal year, not less than 25 per centum of such funds shall be made available only for health services research, evaluation, and demonstration activities directly undertaken by the Secretary under such section. " (2) For health statistical activities undertaken or supported under section 304 or 306, there are authorized to be appropriated $30,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and $30,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976.

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