An Act to promote public health and welfare by expanding, improving, and better coordinating the family planning services and population research activities of the Federal Government, and for other purposes
PL 91-572 (S.2108), enacted 12/24/1970

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PUBLIC LAW 91-572-DEC. 24, 1970 
[84 STAT. 
Public Law 91-572 
December 24, 1970 
A N A C T 
[s. 2108] 
To promote public health and welfare by expanding, improving, and better coordi-
nating the family planning services and population research activities of the 
Federal Government, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
Family Planning Jjfiited States of AnheHca in Conqress assembled. 
Services and Pop- 
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ulation Research 
Act of 1970. 
SHORT TITLE 
SECTION 1. This Act may be cited as the "Family Planning Services 
and Population Kesearch Act of 1970". 
DECLARATION OF PURPOSE 
SEC. 2. It is the purpose of this Act— 
(1) to assist in making comprehensive voluntary family plan-
ning services readily available to all persons desiring such 
services; 
(2) to coordinate domestic population and family planning 
research with the present and future needs of family planning 
programs; 
(3) to improve administrative and operational supervision of 
domestic family planning services and of population research 
programs related to such services; 
(4) to enable public and nonprofit private entities to plan and 
develop comprehensive programs of family planning services; 
(5) to develop and make readily available information (includ-
ing educational materials) on family planning and population 
growth to all persons desiring such information; 
(6) to evaluate and improve the effectiveness of family plan-
ning service programs and of population research; 
(7) to assist in providing trained manpower needed to effectively 
carry out programs of population research and family planning 
services; and 
(8) to establish an Office of Population Affairs in the Depart-
ment of Health, Education, and Welfare as a primary focus 
within the Federal Government on matters pertaining to popula-
tion research and family planning, through which the Secretary 
of Health, Education, and Welfare (hereafter in this Act referred 
to as the "Secretary") shall carry out the purposes of this Act. 
OFFICE OF POPULATION AFFAIRS 
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^^^' ^- (^) There Is established within the Department of Health, 
Secretary for Pop- Educatiou, aud Welfare an Office of Population Affairs to be directed 
ulation Affairs, 
jjy a Deputy Assistant Secretary for Population Affairs under the 
appointment. 
direct supervision of the Assistant Secretary for Health and Scientific 
Affairs. The Deputy Assistant Secretary for Population Affairs shall 
be appointed by the Secretary. 
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(^) The Secretary is authorized to provide the Office of Population 
Affairs with such full-time professional and clerical staff and with the 
services of such consultants as may be necessary for it to carry out its 
duties and functions. 
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FUNCTIOXS OF T H E DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECKETARY FOR 
POPULATION 
AFFAIRS 
SEC. 4. The Secretary shall utilize the Deputy Assistant Secretary 
for Population Affairs— 
(1) to administer all Federal laws for which the Secretary has 
administrative responsibility and which provide for or authorize 
the making of grants or contracts related to population research 
and family planning programs; 
(2) to administer and be responsible for all population and 
family planning research carried on directly by the Department 
of Health, Education, and Welfare or supported by the Depart-
ment through grants to, or contracts wdth, entities and individuals; 
(3) to act as a clearinghouse for information pertaining to 
domestic and international population research and family plan-
ning programs for use by all interested persons and public and 
private entities; 
(4) to provide a liaison with the activities carried on by otlier 
agencies and instrumentalities of the Federal Go\ernment relating 
to population research and family planning; 
(5) to provide or support training for necessary manpower for 
domestic programs of population research and family planning 
programs of service and research; and 
(6) to coordinate and be responsible for the evaluation of the 
other Department of Health, Education, and Welfare programs 
related to population research and family planning and to make 
periodic recommendations to the Secretary. 
PLANS AND REPORTS 
SEC. 5. (a) Not later than six months after the date of enactment of 
Report to con-
this Act the Secretary shall make a report to the Congress setting forth ^'"*^^* 
a plan, to be carried out over a period of five years, for extension of 
family planning services to all persons desiring such services, for 
family planning and population research programs, for training of 
necessary manpower for the programs authorized by title X of the 
Public Health Service Act and other Federal laws for which the Sec- 
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retary has responsibility, and for carrying out the other purposes set 
forth in this Act and in such title X. 
(b) Such a plan shall, at a minimum, indicate on a phased basis— 
(1) the number of individuals to be served by family planning 
programs under title X of the Public Health Service Act and 
other Federal laws for which the Secretary has responsibility, the 
types of family planning and population growth information and 
educational materials to be developed under such laws and how 
they will be made available, the research goals to be reached under 
such laws, and the manpower to be trained under such laws; 
(2) an estimate of the costs and personnel requirements needed 
to meet these objectives; and 
(3) the steps to be taken to establish a systematic reporting sys-
tem capable of yielding comprehensive data on which service 
figures and program evaluations for the Department of Health, 
Education, and Welfare shall be based. 
(c) On or before January 1, 1972, and on or before each January 1 
Reports to con-
thereafter for a period of five years, the Secretary shall submit to the s
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Ongress a report which shall— 
(1) compare results achieved during the preceding fiscal year 
with the objectives established for such year under the plan; 
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(2) indicat© steps being taken to achieve the objective during 
the remaining fiscal years of the plan and any revisions necessary 
to meet these objectives; and 
(3) make recommendations with respect to any additional legis-
lative or administrative action necessary or desirable in carrying 
out the plan. 
AMENDMENTS TO PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE ACT 
SEC. 6. (a) Section 1 of the Public Health Service Act is amended 
by striking out "Titles I to I X " and inserting in lieu thereof "Titles I 
to X''. 
(b) The Act of July 1,1944 (68 Stat. 682), as amended, is further 
amended by renumbering title X (as in effect prior to the enactment of 
this Act) as title XI, and by renumbering sections 1001 through 1014 
(as in effect prior to the enactment of this Act), and references thereto, 
as sections 1101 through 1114, respectively. 
(c) The Public Hedth Service Act (42 U.S.C., ch. 6A) is further 
amended by adding after title I X the following new title: 
"TITLE X—POPULATION KESEARCH AND VOLUNTARY 
FAMILY PLANNING PROGRAMS 
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Appropriation, 
"State." 
Appropriation, 
PROJECT GRANTS AND CONTRACTS FOR FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES 
"SEC. 1001. (a) The Secretary is authorized to make grants to and 
enter into contracts with public or nonprofit private entities to assist 
in the establishment and operation of voluntary family planning 
projects. 
" (b) In making grants and contracts under this section the Secretary 
shall take into account the number of patients to be served, the extent to 
which family planning services are needed locally, the relative need of 
the applicant, and its capacity to make rapid and effective use of such 
assistance. 
"(c) For the purpose of making grants and contracts under this sec-
tion, there are authorized to be appropriated $30,000,000 for the fiscal 
year ending June 30, 1971; $60,000,000 for the fiscal year ending 
June 30,1972; and $90,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30,1973. 
" F O R M U L A G R A N T S TO STATES FOR F A M I L Y PLANNING SERVICES 
"SEC. 1002. (a) The Secretary is authorized to make grants, from 
allotments made under subsection (b), to State health authorities to 
assist in planning, establishing, maintaining, coordinating, and evalu-
ating family planning services. No grant may be made to a State 
health authority under this section unless such authority has submitted, 
and had approved by the Secretary, a State plan for a coordinated 
and comprehensive program of family planning services. 
"(b) The sums appropriated to carry out the provisions of this 
section shall be allotted to the States by the Secretary on the basis of 
the population and the financial need of the respective States. 
"(c) For the purposes of this section, the term 'State' includes the 
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin 
Islands, the District of Columbia, and the Trust Territory of the 
Pacific Islands. 
"(d) For the purpose of making grants under this section, there are 
authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000 for the fiscal year ending 
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June 30,1971; $15,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30,1972; and 
$20,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30,1973. 
"TRAINING GRANTS AND CONTRACTS 
"SEC. 1003. (a) The Secretary is authorized to make grants to public 
or nonprofit private entities and to enter into contracts with public or 
private entities and individuals to provide the training for personnel to 
carry out family planning service programs described in section 1001 
or 1002: 
"(b) For the purpose of making payments pursuant to grants and 
Appropriation. 
contracts under this section, there are authorized to be appropriated 
$2,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1971; $3,000,000 for the 
fiscal year ending June 30, 1972; and $4,000,000 for the fiscal year 
ending June 30,1973. 
"RESEARCH GRANTS AND CONTRACTS 
"SEC. 1004. (a) In order to promote research in the biomedical, con-
traceptixe development, behavioral, and program implementation 
fields related to family planning and population, the Secretary is 
authorized to make grants to public or nonprofit private entities and 
to enter into contracts with public or private entities and individuals 
for projects for research and research training in such fields. 
"(b) For the purpose of making payments pursuant to grants and 
Appropriation. 
contracts under this section, there are authorized to be appropriated 
$30,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30,1971; $60,000,000 for the 
fiscal year ending June 30, 1972; and $65,000,000 for the fiscal year 
ending June 30,1973. 
a INFORMATIONAL AND EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS 
"SEC. 1005. (a) The Secretary is authorized to make grants to public 
or nonprofit private entities and to enter into contracts with public or 
private entities and individuals to assist in developing and making 
available family planning and population growth 
information 
(including educational materials) to all persons desiring such infor-
mation (or materials). 
"(b) For the purpose of making payments pursuant to grants and 
Appropriation. 
contracts under this section, there are authorized to be appropriated 
$750,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1971; $1,000,000 for the 
fiscal year ending June 30, 1972; and $1,250,000 for the fiscal year 
ending June 30,1973. 
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REGULATIONS AND PAYMENTS 
"SEC. 1(X)6. (a) Grants and contracts made under this title shall be 
made in accordance with such regulations as the Secretary may 
promulgate. 
" (b) Grants under this title shall be payable in such installments and 
subject to such conditions as the Secretary may determine to be appro-
priate to assure that such grants will be effectively utilized for the 
purposes for which made. 
"(c) A grant may be made or contract entered into under section 
1001 or 1002 for a family planning service project or program only 
upon assurances satisfactory to the Secretary that— 
"(1) priority will be given in such project or program to the 
furnishing of such services to persons from low-income families; 
and 
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"(2) no charge will be made in such project or program for 
services provided to any person from a low-income family except 
to the extent that payment will be made by a third party (includ-
ing a government agency) which is authorized or is under legal 
obligation to pay such charge. 
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For purposes of this subsection, the term 'low-income family' shall be 
defined by the Secretary in accordance with such criteria as he may 
prescribe. 
"VOLUNTARY PARTICIPATION 
"SEC. 1007. The acceptance by any individual of family planning 
services or family planning or population grow^th information (in-
cluding educational materials) provided through financial assistance 
under this title (whether by grant or contract) shall be voluntary and 
shall not be a prerequisite to eligibility for or receipt of any other 
service or assistance from, or to participation in, any other program of 
the entity or individual that provided such service or information. 
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PROHIBITION o r 
ABORTION 
"SEC. 1008. None of the funds appropriated under this title shall be 
used in programs where abortion is a method of family planning." 
Approved December 24, 1970. 
Public Law 91-573 
December 24, 1970 
A N A C T 
[S.1499] 
To name the authorized lock and dam numbered 17 on the Verdigris River in 
Oklahoma for the Chouteau family. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
Chouteau lock 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That lock and dam 
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numbered 17 on the Verdigris River, Oklahoma, a feature of the 
Arkansas River and tributaries navigation project, authorized to be 
constructed by the River and Harbor Act of July 24, 1946 (60 Stat. 
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0 Stat. 634, 
Q^\^ 647) ^ as amended, shall be known and designated hereafter as the 
Chouteau lock and dam. Any law, regulation, map, document, record, 
or other paper of the United States in which such lock and dam is 
referred to shall be held to refer to such lock and dam as the Chouteau 
lock and dam. 
Approved December 24, 1970. 
Public Law 91-574 
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AN A C T 
December 24,1970 
[S.3192] 
To designate the navigation lock on the Sacramento deepvpater ship channel in 
the State of California as the William G. Stone navigation lock. 
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William G 
navigation 
Calif, 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
,. Stone United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the navigation 
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lock on the Sacramento deepwater ship channel in the State of Cali-
Designation. 
fomla wliich counects the Sacramento River with the Sacramento-Yolo 
deepwater port shall hereafter be known as the William G. Stone navi-
gation lock, and any law, regulation, document, or record of the United 
States in which such lock is designated or referred to shall be held 
to refer to such lock under and by the name of the William G. Stone 
navigation lock. 
Approved December 24, 1970.