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PUBLIC LAW 87-460-MAY 31, 1962
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Public Law 87-460 AN A P T ^ ^ ^^-^
To authorize grants for planning and carrying out a project of construction for the expansion and improvement of the facilities of George Washington University Hospital in the District of Columbia.
May 31, 1962 [H. R. 8916]
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there are D. C. hereby authorized to be appropriated from time to time such sums, not t ^ ^vTnl J*L°r s'lTy exceeding $2,500,000 in the aggregate, as may be necessary to enable Hospital, the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service (hereafter in this ^p^jeVt"grants. Act referred to as the Surgeon General) to make a grant or grants in order to assist the George Washington University in defraying the cost of planning and carrying out a project of construction to expand and improve the facilities of George Washington University Hospital in the District of Columbia. Sums appropriated pursuant to this section shall remain available for such purpose until expended. SEC. 2. Grants made pursuant to this Act shall not exceed, in the aggregate, an amount found by the Surgeon General to be equal to 50 per centum of the cost of construction of the project covered by an application of the university submitted to the Surgeon General and approved by him pursuant to section 3. SEC. 3. (a) The Surgeon General is authorized to approve the appli- conditions, cation of the university if— (1) the application is in such form as may be prescribed by him and contains or is supported by such information as he deems ,« necessary in order to carry out his functions under this Act; (2) he finds that— . r,. (A) the program of construction covered by the application provides for the facilities and services necessary (i) to '; provide adequate care for the patients expected to be served by the hospital and (ii) to constitute the hospital an adequate teaching hospital for the university's school of medicine; (B) such program does not appear incompatible with any comprehensive plan for health facilities for the metropolitan s-ji V area of Washington that has been or is likely to be developed by a body found by the Surgeon General to be a responsible area wide planning group; and .; = (C) the plans and specifications for the project meet the minimum standards of construction and equipment pre• scribed for hospitals by regulation pursuant to section 622(e) of the Public Health Service Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 291e); and eo Stat. 1043. (3) he finds that the application contains or is supported by V satisfactory assurances— (A) that adequate funds will be available for payment of the non-Federal share of the cost of construction of the project, and that adequate financial support for the maintenance and operation of the project when completed will be available; t i. (B) that the construction contract for the project will be "' ' awarded in accordance with such requirements, including requirements as to competitive bidding, as the Surgeon General may prescribe, and will contain such provisions for performance and other bonds and undertakings to be furnished by the contractor as the Surgeon General deems " M; necessary;
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