An Act to amend the Public Health Service Act to extend the program of assistance for health services for domestic migrant agricultural workers and for other purposes
PL 91-209 (H.R.14733), enacted 03/12/1970

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PUBLIC LAW 91-208-MAR. 12, 1970 
[84 STAT. 
Public Law 91-208 
March 12, 19 70 
[S. 2809] 
Public Health 
Service Act, 
amendment. 
80 Stat. 1190; 
81 Stat. 534. 
42 u s e 242g. 
74 Stat. 8 19; 
52 Stat. 788. 
70 Stat. 923; 
!2 Stat. 789. 
42 u s e 242d. 
AN ACT 
To amend the Public Health Service Act so as to extend for an additional period 
the authority to make formula grants to schools of public health, project 
grants for graduate training in public health and traineeships for professional 
public health personnel. 
BG it enacted hy tJie Senate und IJotiHe of Representatli'eH of the 
United tStoien of Amev'tca m Congress a.s.semh/ed, That section 3()9(c) 
of the Public Health Service Act is amended by striking out ''$5,()<)0,()()() 
for the fiscal year ending June 80, 19()S, $(),000,000 for the fiscal year 
ending June 30, 1969, and $7,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 
30, 1970'' and inserting in lieu thereof "$7,(K)0,0(M) for the fiscal year 
ending June 30, 1970, $9,0(M),00() for the fiscal year ending June 30, 
1971, $12,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1972, and 
$15,000,000 for the fiscal year end:ng June 30, 1973". 
SEC. 2. Section 309(a) of the Public Health Service Act is amended 
by striking out "and $12,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 
1971" and inserting in lieu thereof "$14,000,000 for the fiscuil year end-
ing June 30, 1971, $15,000,000 for tlie fiscal year ending June 30, 1972, 
and $16,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973". 
SEC. 3. Section 306(a) of the Public Health Service Act is amended 
by striking out "and $14,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 
1971*' and inserting in lieu thereof "$14,000,000 for the fiscal year 
ending June 30, 1971, $16,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 
1972, and $18,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973". 
Approved March 12, 1970. 
Public Law 91-209 
March 12, 1970 
[H. R. 14733] 
Pviblic Health 
Service Act, 
amendment. 
76 Stat. 592; 
8 2 Stat. 1006. 
AN ACT 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to extend the program of assistance 
for health services for domestic migrant agricultural workers and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the SeTiate and House of Representatit^es of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 310 of 
the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 242h) is amended— 
(1) by striking out "and" after "next fiscal year,", and by 
inserting after "June 30, 1970," the following: "$20,000,000 for 
the fiscal year ending June 30,1971, $25,000,000 for the fiscal year 
ending June 30, 1972, and $30,000,000 for the fiscal year ending 
June 30, 1973,". 
(2) by adding at the end thereof the following new sentence: 
"The Secretary may also use funds appropriated under this section 
to provide health services to persons (and their families) who 
perform seasonal agricultural services similar to the services 
performed by domestic agricultural migratory workers if the 
Secretary finds that the provision of health services under this 
sentence will contribute to the improvement of the health condi-
tions of such migratory workers and their families." 
(3) by adding immediately after the sentence added by para-
graph (2) the following new sentence: "For the purposes of 
assessing and meeting domestic migratory agricultural workers' 
health needs, developing necessary resources, and involving local 
citizens in the development and implementation of health care 
programs authorized by this section, the Secretary must be satis-
fied, upon the basis of evidence supplied by each applicant, that 
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persons broadly representative of all elements of the population 
to be served and others in the community knowledgeable about 
such needs have been given an opportunity to participate in the 
development of such programs, and will he given an opportunity 
to participate in the implementation of such programs." 
(4) by striking out "to improve health services for and the 
health conditions of" in clause (1) (ii) and inserting in lieu thereof 
"to improve and provide a continuity in health services for and to 
improve the health conditions of". 
(5) by inserting "(including allied health professions person-
nel )" after "training persons" each place it appears in clause (1 ^. 
(6) (A) by striking out "Surgeon General" and inserting m 
lieu thereof "Secretarj^", and (B) oy inserting at the beginning of 
such section the following heading: "Health Services for Domestic 
Agricultural Migrants". 
Approved March 12, 1970. 
Public Law 91-210 
AN ACT 
March 13, 1970 
To amend title 37. United States Code, to provide entitlement to round trij) 
[ii. R. 8020] 
transportation to the home port for a member of the Uniformed Services on ~ 
permanent duty aboard a ship overhauling away from home ])ort whose 
dependents are residing at the home port. 
Uniformed 
Services. 
Be If enacted by the Senate and House of Representativen 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That chapter 7 of 
title 87, United States Code, is amended as follows: 
"Vavei" 
(1) The following new section is inserted after section 406a: 
allowances. 
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76 Stat. 469; 
"§406b. Travel and transportation allowances: members of the ^^37'^'- ^
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Uniformed Services attached to a ship overhauling 427. ^^^°^" 
away from home port 
"lender regulations prescribed by the Secretary concerned, a mem-
ber of the L^niformed Services who is on i^ermaneiit duty aboard a 
ship which is being overhauled away from its home port and whose 
dependents are residing at the home port of the ship is entitled to 
transportation, transportation in kind, reimbursement for personally 
procured transportation, or an allowance for transportation as pro-
vided in section 404(d) (3) of this chapter for round trip travel from 
^6 stat. 472; 
the port of overhaul to the home port on or after the thirty-first, 
ninety-first, and one hundred and fifty-first calendar day after the 
date on which the ship enters the overhaul port or after the date on 
which the member becomes permanently attached to the ship, which-
ever date is later: Provided^ however^ That in no event shall the 
amount of reimbursement for personally procured transportation or 
allowance for transportation exceed the cost of Government-procured 
commercial round trip air travel," 
(2) The following new item is inserted in the analysis: 
"406b. Travel and transportation allowances: members of the Uniformed Serv-
ices attached to a ship overhauling away from home port." 
Approved March 13, 1970. 
83 Stat, 840,