57 STAT.] 78TH CONG. , 1ST SESS.-CH. 221 --JULY 12, 1943 Bureau in performing the duties imposed upon it by title V of the Social Security Act, approved August 14, 1935, as amended, including personal services, in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; supplies; services; equipment; newspapers, books of reference, and periodicals, $360,000: Provided, That no part of any appropriation contained in this title shall be used to promulgate or carry put any instruction, order, or regulation relating to the care of obstetrical cases which discriminates between persons licensed under State law to practice obstetrics: Provided further, That the foregoing proviso shall not be so construed as to prevent any patient from having the services of any practitioner of her own choice, paid for out of this fund, so long as State laws are complied with. Grants to States for maternal and child health services: For grants to States for the purpose of enabling each State to extend and improve services for promoting the health of mothers and children, as author- ized in title V, part 1, of the Social Security Act, approved August 14, 1935 (42 U. S . C . 701), as amended, $5,820,000: Provided, That any allotment to a State pursuant to section 502 (b) shall not be included in computing for the purposes of subsections (a) and (b) of section 504 an amount expended or estimated to be expended by the State, Grants to States for services for crippled children: For the purpose of enabling each State to extend and improve services for crippled children, as authorized in title V, part 2, of the Social Security Act, approved August 14, 1935 (42 U. S. C . 711), as amended, $3,870,000. Grants to States for child-welfare services: For grants to States for the purpose of enabling the United States, through the Children's Bureau, to cooperate with State public-welfare agencies in establish- ing, extending, and strengthening public-welfare services for the care of homeless or neglected children, or children in danger of becoming delinquent, as authorized in title V, part 3, of the Social Security Act, approved August 14, 1935 (42 U. S. C . 721), as amended, $1,510,000. Grants to States for emergency maternity and infant care (national defense): For grants to States, including Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia, to provide, in addition to similar services otherwise available, medical, nursing, and hospital maternity and infant care for wives and infants of enlisted men in the armed forces of the United States, under allotments by the Secretary of Labor and plans developed and administered by State health agencies and approved by the Chief of the Children's Bureau, $4,400,000. In the administration of title V of the Social Security Act, as amended, for the fiscal year 1944, payments to the States for any quar- ter of the fiscal year 1944 under parts 1, 2, and 3 may be made with respect to any State plan approved under such respective parts by the Chief of the Children's Bureau prior to or during such quarter, but no such payment shall be made with respect to any plan for any period prior to the quarter in which such plan is submitted to the Chief of the Children's Bureau for approval. The appropriation in this title for traveling expenses shall be avail- able, in an amount not to exceed $11,000, for expenses of attendance of cooperating officials and consultants at conferences concerned with the administration of work of the Children's Bureau under the Fair Labor Standards Act and under title V, parts 1, 2, and 3, of the Social Security Act, as amended, when called by the Children's Bureau with the written approval of the Secretary of Labor, and shall be available also, in an amount not to exceed $6,000, for expenses of attendance at meetings related to the work of the Children's Bureau when incurred on the written authority of the Secretary of Labor. 497 49 Stat. 629. 42 U. S. C. 5§701- 731. Care of obstetrical cases. 49 Stat. 629. 49 Stat. 629 630. 42U.S.C.1702, 704. 49 Stat. M1. 49 Stat. 833. Post, p . 569. Payments with re- spect to State plans. 49 Stat. 629. 42U.8.C.Ii701- 721. Attendance at con- ferences. 52 Stat. 1060 . 29 .S.c. Ci201- 219; Supp. I, 202 et se. 49Stat. M. 42U. .C.C. "1- 721. 81077'- -4 4-r. I---2
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