Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 62 Part 1.djvu/1189

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62 STAT.] O8TH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CH. 758-JUNE 30, 1948 determine that the purposes of this Act will be better furthered by different representation, one shall be a person representative of munici- pal government, one shall be a person representative of State govern- ment, and one shall be a person representative of affected industry. The members of the Board who are not officers or employees of the United States shall be entitled to receive compensation at a per diem rate to be fixed by the Federal Security Administrator, together with an allowance for actual and necessary traveling and subsistence expenses while engaged on the business of the Board. It shall be the duty of the Board to review the policies and program of the Public Health Service as undertaken under authority of this Act and to make recommendations thereon in reports to the Surgeon General. Such clerical and technical assistance as may be necessary to discharge the duties of the Board shall be provided from the personnel of the Public Health Service. SEC. 7 . There is hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Federal proprtion au. Security Agency for each of the five fiscal years during the period beginning July 1, 1948, and ending June 30, 1953, a sum not to exceed the sum of $22,500,000 for the purpose of making loans under section 5 of this Act. Sums so appropriated shall remain available until expended. SEC. 8. (a) There is hereby authorized to be appropriated to the A oaton a- Federal Security Agency for each of the five fiscal years during the to states. period beginning July 1, 1948, and ending June 30, 1953, the sum of $1,000,000, to be allotted equitably and paid to the States for expendi- ture by or under the direction of their respective State water pollution agencies, and to interstate agencies for expenditure by them, for the conduct of investigations, research, surveys, and studies related to the prevention and control of water pollution caused by industrial wastes. Sums appropriated pursuant to this subsection shall remain available until expended, shall be allotted by the Surgeon General in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Federal Security Administrator, and shall be paid prior to audit or settlement by the General Accounting Office. (b) There is hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Federal Appropriation A,- Works Agency for each of the five fiscal years during the period begin- tlon at Cincinnati, ning July 1, 1948, and ending June 30, 1953, a sum not to exceed O"hio p.0 $800,000 to enable the Federal Works Administrator to erect and to furnish and to equip such buildings and facilities at Cincinnati, Ohio, as may be necessary for the use of the Public Health Service in connec- tion with the research and study of water pollution and the training of personnel in work related to the control of water pollution. The amount authorized for this purpose shall include the cost of prepara- tion of drawings and specifications, supervision of construction and other administrative expenses incident to the work: Provided,That the tPlas and specifca- Federal Works Agency shall prepare the plans and specifications, make all necessary contracts and supervise construction. Sums appropriated pursuant to this authorization shall remain available until expended. (c) There is hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Federal Appropriation u- Works Agency for each of the five fiscal years during the period begin- states. for a to ning July 1, 1948, and ending June 30. 1953, a sum not to exceed the sum of $1,000,000 to enable the Federal Works Administrator to make grants to States, municipalities, or interstate agencies to aid in financ- ing the cost of engineering, architectural, and economic investigations and studies, surveys, designs, plans, working drawings, specifications, procedures, and other action preliminary to the construction of projects approved by the appropriate State water pollution agency or agencies and by the Surgeon General. Grants made under this subsection with respect to any project shall not exceed whichever of the following amounts is the smaller: (1) $20,000, or (2) 3 3% per centum of the 1159