Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 92 Part 2.djvu/860

 92 STAT. 2140

PUBLIC LAW 95-559—NOV. 1, 1978

sary for the protection of individual health. The Secretary shall Publication in publish in the Federal Register each determination made by him under Federal Register, the preceding sentence.". ADMINISTRATION OP PROGRAM

Repeal. SEC. 1 2. (a)(1) Subsection (h) of section 1310 is repealed. 42 USC 300e-9. (2) Subsection (c) of section 1312 is repealed. Repeal. (b) Section 1306(b)(2) is amended by inserting "in the case of an 42 USC 300e-ll. 42 USC 300e-5. application for assistance under section 1304, 1305, or 1305A," before

"he determines". (c) Section 1306(b) is amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: "In determining, for purposes of paragraph (2), whether an applicant would be able to complete a project or undertaking without the assistance applied for, the Secretary shall not consider any asset of the applicant the obligation of which for such undertaking or project would jeopardize the fiscal soundness of the applicant.". PROGRAM MANAGEMENT

42 USC 300e-13. Grant and loan programs. Report to Congress.

EVALUATION

SEC. 13. Section 1314 is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: "(d) The Comptroller General shall evaluate the adequacy and effectiveness of the policies and procedures of the Secretary for the management of the grant and loan programs established by this title and the adequacy of the amounts of assistance available under such programs and shall report to the Congress the results of such evaluation not later than May 1, 1979.". AMENDMENTS TO THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT

42 USC 1396a.

Effective date. 42 USC 1396a note. 42 USC 1396.

SEC. 14. (a)(1) Section 1902(a)(4) of the Social Security Act is amended (A) by striking out "and" at the end of clause (A), and (B) by inserting before the semicolon a comma and the following: "and (C) that each State or local officer or employee who is responsible for the expenditure of substantial amounts of funds under the State plan, each individual who formerly was such an officer or employee, and each partner of such an officer or employee shall be prohibited from committing any act, in relation to any activity under the plan, the commission of which, in connection with any activity concerning the United States Government, by an officer or employee of the United States Government, an individual who was such an officer or employee, or a partner of such an officer or employee is prohibited by section 207 or 208 of title 18, United States Code". (2)(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the amendments made by paragraph (1) shall take effect one hundred and eighty days after the date of the enactment of this Act. (B) In the case of a State plan for medical assistance under title X IX of the Social Security Act which the Secretary determines requires State legislation in order for the plan to meet the requirement added by the amendments made by paragraph (1), such amendments shall not apply with respect to such State plan before ninety days after the close of the first regular session of the State legislature that begins after the date of the enactment of this Act.

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