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 90 STAT. 2254

"Ambulatory, primary care teaching facilities."

Appropriation authorization.

PUBLIC LAW 94-484—OCT. 12, 1976 "(2)(A) The Secretary may make grants to public and nonprofit private entities to assist in the construction of ambulatory, primary care teaching facilities for the training of physicians and dentists. "(B) For purposes of this section, the term 'ambulatory, primary care teaching facilities' means areas dedicated for the training of students in the diagnosis and treatment of ambulatory patients and primarily in the specialties of family practice, general pediatrics, general internal medicine, general dentistry, and pedodontics. Such areas may include examination rooms, clinical laboratories, libraries, classrooms, offices, and other areas for clinical or research purposes necessary for, and appropriate to, the conduct of comprehensive ambulatory, primary care training of physicians and dentists in such specialties. "(b) For payments under grants under this part there is authorized to be appropriated $40,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1978, |iO,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1979, and $40,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1980. Of the sums appropriated under this subsection for any fiscal year 50 percent of such sums shall be obligated for grants under subsection (a)(1) and 50 percent of such sums shall be obligated for grants under subsection (a)(2).". APPLICATIONS

42 USC 293a.

Supra.

SEC. 303. (a)(1) Section 721(b)(1) is amended by inserting "under section 720(a)(1)" after "for a grant". (2) Section 721(b)(2) is amended by inserting "for a grant under section 720(a)(1)" after "an application" the first time it appears. (3) Sections 721(b)(3) and 721(c) are each amended by striking out "grant under this part" and inserting in lieu thereof "grant under section 720(a)(1)". (4) Section 721(d) is amended by inserting "under section 720(a) (1)" after "for grants". (5) Section 721(e) is amended by inserting "for a grant under section 720(a)(1)" after "of applications". (b) Section 721 is amended by adding after subsection (f) (added by section 301) the following new subsection: "(g)(1) ^ grant under section 720(a)(2) may be made only if the application therefor is approved by the Secretary upon his determination that— "(A) the application contains or is supported by reasonable assurances that (i) the facility is intended to be used for purposes for which the application has been made, (ii) sufficient funds will be available to meet the non-Federal share of the cost of constructing the facility, and (iii) sufficient funds will be available, when construction is completed, for effective use of the facility for the training for which it is being constructed; "(B) the plans and specifications are in accordance with regulations relating to minimum standards of construction and equipment; and "(C) the application contains or is supported by adequate assurance that any laborer or mechanic employed by a contractor or subcontractors in the performance of work on the construction of the facility will be paid wages at rates not less than those prevailing on similar construction in the locality as determined by the Secretary of Labor in accordance with the Act of March 3, 1931 (40 U.S.C. 276a—276a-5, known as the Davis-Bacon Act). The Secretary of Labor shall have with respect to the labor standards specified in subparagraph (C) the authority and functions set forth

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