PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 472-JUNE 16, 1948 appropriated, for the Federal Security Agency for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1949, namely: TITLE I-FEDERAL SECURITY AGENCY PUBLIC HrALTH SERVICE Assistance to States, general: For an additional amount for "Assistance to States, general", including the objects and authorities applicable to funds appropriated under this head in the Federal Ane, p. 40. Security Agency Appropriation Act, 1949, and the purchase of fifty additional passenger motor vehicles, $1,000,000. Mental health activities: For expenses necessary for carrying out as stat. 691-n4: the provisions of sections 301, 302, 311, 312, 314 (c), and 321 of the 42 u.s. c . i 241- Public Health Service Act, as amended, with respect to mental dis- n not(c)261, 249 eases; sections 322, 324, 326, 504, and 710 of such Act with respect to 222. 4, 2'7 259 treatment at the Public Health Service hospitals, Fort Worth, Texas, 260; Supp. I, ' 249 note; 3 3 u. s . C. and Lexington, Kentucky, of persons suffering from psychiatric dis- of7, pp. 467 4, orders; and sections 303, 341, 343, and 344 of such Act, and Executive 60, 1017, l. note Order 9079, dated February 26, 1942, including the objects specified in prec. 191. the preamble paragraph under the heading "Public Health Service" An, p. 399. in the Federal Security Agency Appropriation Act, 1949; minor repairs to and maintenance of buildings; purchase of not to exceed three passenger motor vehicles, of which two shall be for replacement only; court costs and other expenses incident to proceedings taken for commitment of mentally incompetent persons to hospitals; expenses of preparing and transporting remains, or reasonable burial expenses, for any patient dying in a hospital; firearms and ammunition; reim- bursement to the working-capital fund for articles or services fur- nished by the industrial activities; expenses incurred in pursuing, identifying, and returning escaped prisoners, including rewards for their capture; transportation and subsistence allowance, within con- tinental United States, of any narcotic addict voluntarily admitted and discharged as cured; reimbursement to employees, subject to regu- lations of the Federal Security Administrator, for the cost of repair or replacement of personal belongings damaged or destroyed by patients while such employees were engaged in the performance of their official duties; tobacco for patients; $9,028,000, of which $2,400,000 shall be for the operation exclusive of research and train- ing) of the Public Health Service hospitals, Fort Worth, Texas, and Lexington, Kentucky; and, in addition to the amount appropriated herein, the Surgeon General is authorized, upon the recommendations ng" nd gnts of the National Advisory Mental Health Council, to make research and training grants for periods beyond the fiscal year 1949, and such grants (not exceeding a total of $2,300,000 for such periods) shall, if Trneroffunds. approved during the fiscal year 1949, constitute a contractual obliga- Ank, p. 42. tion of the Federal Government: Provided,That the Surgeon General is authorized to transfer to the appropriation "Commissioned officers, pay, and so forth", such amounts as may be necessary for pay and allowances of regular corps officers assigned to the program. Disease and sanitation investigations and control, Territory of Alaska: To enable the Surgeon General to conduct, in the Service, and to cooperate with and assist the Territory of Alaska in the conduct of, activities necessary in the investigation, prevention, treatment, and control of diseases, and the establishment and maintenance of health and sanitation services pursuant to and for the purposes specified in stat. 6 sections 301, 311, 314 (without regard to the provisions of subsections 42 u . 2 .b2 241 (d), (e), (g),an d (i) and the limitations set forth in subsection (c) no;upp. X.j 2 of such section), 361, 363, and 704 of the Public Health Service Act R0I&.D.a s. a, amended, including the hire, operation, and maintenance of aircraft 444 [62 STAT.
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