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 PUBLIC LAW 94-573—OCT. 21, 1976 tive governmental bodies of political subdivisions located in the system's service area which govern a substantial proportion of the population residing in such area, of each such bodies' support of and cooperation with the system. "(2) A second grant or contract may not be made to or entered into with an entity under this section with respect to an emergency medical services system unless— "(A) the Secretary has made the required determination under subsection (c)(2); "(B) the application for such grant or contract includes specific plans for the step-by-step achievement of compliance with each of the requirements of section 1206(b)(4)(C) within the period specified in section 1206(b)(4)(B)(i); and "(C) the application for such grant or contract includes assurances, evidenced by copies of formal resolutions, proclamations, or other acts of the executive or legislative governmental bodies of political subdivisions located in the system's service area which govern a substantial proportion of the population residing in such area, of such bodies'—• "(i) continued support and cooperation with the system, and "(ii) financial support of the system, in the year after the conclusion of the period of support under the grant or contract, sufficient to maintain the system at the level at which such system is to be maintained during the period of the grant or contract. "(f) An eligible entity which has received a grant from or has entered into a contract with the Secretary under this section shall submit to the Secretary and the Interagency Committee on Emergency Medical Services (established under section 1209) a report on the results of such grant or contract at such intervals as the Secretary may prescribe, and shall submit to the Secretary and such Committee a final report on the results of grants made to or contracts entered into with the entity under this section not later than one year after the completion of the second such grant or contract under this section.". EXPANSION AND IMPROVEMENT

90 STAT. 2711

42 USC SOOd-i).

Report to HE\);^ and the Interagency Committee on Emergency Medical Services. 42 USC 300d-8.

GRANTS

SEC. 5. Section 1204 is amended by striking out subsection (b) and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "(b)(1) Each grant or contract for a project under this section shall be made for the project's costs of expansion and improvement in the year for which the grant or contract is made or entered into. If a grant or contract is made or entered into under this section for a system, the Secretary may make one additional grant or contract for that system if he determines, after a review of at least the first nine months' activities of the applicant carried out under the first grant or contract, that the applicant is satisfactorily progressing in the expansion and improvement of the system in accordance with the plan contained in its application (pursuant to section 1206(b)(4)) for the first grant or contract. "(2) Subject to section 1206(f) — "(A) the amount of the first grant or contract under this section for an emergency medical services system may not exceed (i) 50 per centum of the expansion and improvement costs (as determined pursuant to regulations of the Secretary) of the system for the year for which the grant or contract is made, or (ii)

42 USC 300d.a.

Additional grant or contract.

First grant or contract, cost limitation.

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