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 PUBLIC LAW 94-278—APR. 22, 1976

90 STAT. 415

(b) Section 330(b)(2) is amended by— ^ 42 USC 254c. (1) inserting after subparagraph (K) the following new subparagraph: " (L) ambulatory surgical services;" and (2) redesignating subparagraph s (L) and (M) as subparagraph s (M) and (N),respectively. TITLE IX—INDIAN HEALTH

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SEC. 901. Section 225 is amended by a d d i n g at the end thereof the ^^ USC 234. following new subsection— " (j) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary, J'**> may, where he deems advisable, allow the Indian Health Service to utilize nonprofit recruitment agencies to assist in obtaining personnel for the Public Health Service.". TITLE X—APPOINTMENT OF ADVISORY COMMITTEES SEC. 1001. All appointments to advisory committees established to assist in implementing the Public Health Service Act, the Mental Retardation Facilities and Community Mental Health Centers Construction Act of 1963, and the Comprehensive Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Prevention, Treatment, and Rehabilitation Act of 1970, shall be made without regard to political affiliation. TITLE XI—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

^.2 USC 217a-l. 42 USC 201 note. 42 USC 2661 ^°^^42 USC 4551 °^*®.

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SEC. 1101. Section 212 of the Public Health Service Act is amended 42 USC 213. by a d d i n g after subsection (d) the following new subsection: " (e) Active service of commissioned officers of the Service shall be deemed to be active military service in the A r m e d Forces of the United States for the purposes of all rights, privileges, immunities, and bene' fits now or hereafter provided under the Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1940 (50 A p p. U.S.C. 501 et seq.).". SEC. 1102. (a) The second paragraph (4) of subsection (c) of section 472 of the Public Health Service Act is redesignated as paragraph (5). 42 USC 289/-1, (b) Section 507 of the Public Health Service Act is amended by 42 USC 225a. striking out "hospitals of the Service, of the Veterans' Administration, or of the Bureau of Prisons of the Department of Justice, and to Saint Elizabeths Hospital, except that g r a n t s to such" and insert in lieu thereof " Federal institutions, except that g r a n t s to". SEC. 1103. Title IV of the Public Health Service Act is amended by a d d i n g after section 475 the following new section: "VISITING SCIENTIST AWARDS

" SEC. 476. (a) The Secretary may make awards (referred to as 42 USC 289/-5. 'Visiting Scientist A w a r d s ') to outstanding scientists who agree to serve as visiting scientists at institutions of post-secondary education which have significant enrollments of disadvantaged students. Visiting Scientist A w a r d s shall be made by the Secretary to enable the faculty and students of such institutions to draw upon the special talents of scientists from other institutions for the purpose of receiving guidance, advice, and instruction with regard to research, teaching, and curriculum development in the biomedical and behavioral sciences and such other aspects of these sciences as the Secretary shall deem appropriate.

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