PUBLIC LAWS--CH. 465-JUNE 14, 1948 otherwise; packing, unpacking, crating, uncrating, drayage, and transportation of personal effects of commissioned officers and trans- portation of their dependents on change of station; increased allow- ances to Reserve officers for foreign service; furnishing, repairing, and cleaning of wearing apparel prescribed by the Surgeon General for use by employees in the performance of their official duties; and transporting in Government-owned automotive equipment, to and from school, children of personnel who have quarters for them- selves and their families at isolated stations; as follows: Venereal diseases: To carry out the purposes of sections 314 (a) 542Ut. 93,i 746a) and 363 of the Act with respect to venereal diseases, including the 266;supp.I, 266note. operation and maintenance of centers for the diagnosis, treatment, support, and clothing of persons afflicted with venereal diseases; transportation and subsistence of such persons and their attendants to and from the place of treatment or allowance in lieu thereof; diagnosis and treatment (including emergency treatment for other illnesses) of such persons through contracts with physicians and hospitals and other appropriate institutions without regard to section 41U.S.C. 5. 3709 of the Revised Statutes, as amended; fees for case finding and referral to such centers of voluntary patients; reasonable expenses of preparing remains or burial of deceased patients; recreational supplies and equipment; leasing of facilities and repair and alteration of leased facilities; the purchase of not to exceed eight passenger motor vehicles for replacement only, and for grants of money, services, supplies, equipment, and use of facilities to States, as defined in the Act, and with the approval of the respective State health authorities, to counties, health districts, and other political subdivisions of the States, for the foregoing purposes, in such amounts and upon such terms and conditions as the Surgeon General may determine; $17,230,000. 45lStas. c246 b). Tuberculosis: To carry out the purposes of section 314 (b) of the Act, including the purchase of not to exceed five passenger motor vehicles, $9,291,000. Post, p. 44. Assistance to States, general: To carry out the purposes of section tS Usat. 6,693 691. 314 (c) of the Act; to provide consultative services to States pursuant 243, 24 . to section 311 of the Act; and to make field investigations and demon- Post, pp. 467, 468, o,101i7 . ' strations pursuant to section 301 of the Act, including the purchase of not to exceed twenty-four passenger motor vehicles of which seventeen shall be for replacement only, $13,865,000, none of which 60 Stat. 421. shall be used for carrying out the purposes of the National Mental 42U.S.C. §201 note. Health Act, approved July 3, 1946. nte, pp.37. Communicable diseases: To carry out those provisions of sections 58 stat. 691, 693, 703, 301,311,361, and 704 of the Act relating to the prevention and suppres- 712;60 Star. 1049 . 42 U. S. c. §241, sion of communicable diseases, the interstate transmission and spread m, 24,201 not. Po2, pp . 467, 468thereof, and the enforcement of any applicable quarantine laws, 601, 1017. including the purchase of not to exceed fifty passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; and purchase (not to exceed two) and hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft; $7,490,000. Grants for hospital construction: For liquidation of contractual obligations authorized by the Congress to be incurred during the fiscal year 1948 or any subsequent fiscal year for construction grants under 60 Stat. 142. - part C, title VI, of the Act, as amended, $40.000,000, to remain avail- 291h. able until expended. Allotments under such part C to the several ePo, pp. 1103. States for the fiscal year 1949 shall be made on the basis of $75,000,000, a part of the sum authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year 1949. Whenever the Surgeon General shall have approved an appli- 42 u. s. 0 29h. cation for a construction project in accordance with section 625 of the Act, subject to the amount of the allotments available to the States for such purposes, the Federal share of the cost of such project, as provided by the Act, shall constitute a contractual obligation of the Federal Government. 400 [62 STAT.
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