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[86 STAT. 1106]
PUBLIC LAW 92-000—MMMM. DD, 1972
[86 STAT. 1106]

1106

PUBLIC LAW 92-541-OCT. 24, 1972

[86 STAT.

"§ 5093. Grants " (a) Any eligible institution may apply to the Administrator for a grant under this subchapter to assist such institution to carry out, through the Veterans' Administration medical facility with which it is, or will become affiliated, educational and clinical projects and programs, matching the clinical requirements of the facility to the health manpower training potential of the eligible institution, for the expansion and improvement of such institution's capacity to train health manpower, including physicians' assistants, nurse practitioners, and other new types of health personnel in furtherance of the purposes of this subchapter. Any such application shall contain a plan to carry out such projects and programs and such other information in such detail as the Administrator deems necessary and appropriate. " (b) An application for a grant under this section may be approved by the Administrator only upon his determination that— "(1) the proposed projects and programs for which the grant will be made will make a significant contribution to improving the education (including continuing education) or training program of the eligible institution and will.result in a substantial increase in the number of students trained at such institution, provided there is reasonable assurance from a recognized accrediting body or bodies approved for such purposes by the Commissioner of Education of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare that the increase in the number of students will not threaten any existing accreditation or otherwise compi-omise the quality of the training at such institution; "(2) the application contains or is supported by adequate assurance that any Federal funds made available under this subchapter will be supplemented by funds or other resources available from other sources, whether public or private; "(3) the application sets forth such fiscal control and accounting procedures as may be necessary to assure proper disbursement of, and accounting for, Federal funds expended under this subchapter; and "(4) the application provides for making such reports, in such form and containing such information, as the Administrator may require to carry out his functions under this subchapter, and for keeping such records and for affording such access thereto as the Administrator may find necessary to assure the correctness and verification of such reports. " SUBCHAPTER IV — E X P A N S I O N OF V E T E R A N S ' ADMINISTRATION H O S P I T A L EDUCATION AND TRAINING CAPACITY

80 Stat. 1368. 38 USw 4101*

"§ 5096. Expenditures to remodel and make snecial allocations to Veterans* Administration hospitals for health manpower education and training "Out of funds appropriated to the Veterans' Administration pursuant to the authorization in section 5082 of this title, the Administrator may expend such sums as he deems necessary, not to exceed 30 per centum thereof, for (1) the necessary extension, expansion, alteration, improvement, remodeling, or repair of Veterans' Administration buildings and structures (including provision of initial equipment, replacement of obsolete or worn-out equipment, and, where necessary, addition of classrooms, lecture facilities, laboratories, and other teaching facilities) to the extent necessary to make them suitable for use for health manpower education and training in order to Carry out the purpose set forth in section 4101(b), and (2) special