An Act to amend the Public Health Service Act to extend for 1 year the student loan and scholarship provisions of titles VII and VIII of such act
PL 92-52 (H.R.7736), enacted 07/09/1971

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PUBLIC LAW 92-52-JULY 9, 1971 
[85 STAT. 
Fiscal year 
limitation. 
Short title. 
bers, officers, and committees of the Senate and House, and clerk hire 
for Senators and Members shall be the permanent law with respect 
thereto: Provided further^ That the provisions relating to positions 
and salaries thereof carried in House Resolution 648, Eighty-eighth 
Congress, and House Resolutions 150 and 282, Ninety-second Con-
gress, shall be the permanent law with respect thereto. 
SEC. 104. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless 
expressly so provided herein. 
This Act may be cited as the "Legislative Branch Appropriation 
Act, 1972". 
Approved July 9 , 1971. 
July 9 , 1971 
[H. R. 7736] 
Public Law 92-52 
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AN ACT 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to extend for one year the student loan 
and scholarship provisions of titles VII and VIII of such Act. 
Public Health 
Service Act, 
amendments. 
82 Stat. 778; 
Post, p. 449. 
Be it enacted hy tlie Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of Amenca in Congress assembled^ 
STUDENT LOAN PROGRAM UNDER TITLE V n 
OF T H E PUBLIC 
H E A L T H 
SERVICE ACT 
SECTION 1. (a) (1) The first sentence of section 742(a) of the Public 
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 294b) is amended by striking out "the 
next fiscal year-' and inserting in lieu thereof "the next two fiscal 
years*'. 
(2) The third sentence of such section is amended by (A) striking 
out "1972" and inserting in lieu thereof "1973", and (B) by striking 
out "1971" and inserting in lieu thereof "1972". 
(b) Section 743 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 294c) is amended by striking 
out "1974" each place it occurs and inserting in lieu thereof "1975". 
(c) The first sentence of section 744(a) (1) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
294d) is amended by striking out "next three fiscal years" and insert-
ing in lieu thereof "next four fiscal years". 
SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM UNDER TITLE VII OF T H E 
PUBIJLC 
HEALTH 
SERVICE 
ACT 
Pos(, p. 452. 
SEC. 2. (a) Section 780(b) of the Public Health Service Act is 
amended (1) by striking out "the next two fiscal years" in the first 
sentence and inserting in lieu thereof "the next three fiscal years", (2) 
by striking out "1972" in the last sentence and inserting in lieu thereof 
"1973", and (3) by striking out "1971" in such sentence and inserting 
in lieu thereof "1972". 
(b) (1) Section 780(c) (1) (D) of such Act is amended by striking 
out "the next two fiscal years" and inserting in lieu thereof "the next 
three fiscal years". 
(2) Section 780(c) (1) (E) of such Act is amended (A) by striking 
out "1971" and inserting in lieu thereof "1^72", and (B) by striking 
out "1972" and inserting in lieu thereof "1973". 
Post, 
p. 477. 
STUDENT LOAN PROGRAM UNDER TITLE VIII OF T H E PUBLIC 
HEALTH SERVICE ACT 
SEC. 3. (a) Section 824 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
297c) is amended (1) by striking out "for the fiscal year ending June 
30,1971" and inserting in lieu thereof "each for the fiscal year ending 
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June 30, 1971, and the next fiscal year", (2) by striking out "1972" 
and inserting in lieu thereof "1973", and (3) by striking out "July 1, 
1971" and inserting in lieu thereof "July 1,1972". 
(b) Section 826 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 297e) is amended by strik- 
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ing out "1974" each place it occurs and inserting in lieu thereof 
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"1975". 
(c) The first sentence of section 827(a) (1) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
297f) is amended by striking out "next three fiscal years" and insert-
ing in lieu thereof "next four fiscal years". 
SCHOLARSHIP PKOdKAM I XDER TITLE VIII OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH 
SI:RVICE 
ACT 
SEC. 4. (a) Section 860 (b) of the Public Health Service Act is 
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amended (1) by striking out "the next fiscal year" and inserting in 
lieu thereof "the next two fiscal years", (2) by striking out "1972" in 
the last sentence and inserting in lieu thereof "1973", and (3) by strik-
ing out "1971" in such sentence and inserting in lieu thereof "1972". 
(b) (1) Section 860(c) (1) (A) of such Act is amended by striking 
out "the next fiscal year" and inserting in lieu thereof "the next two 
fiscal years". 
(2) Section 860(c) (1) (B) of such Act is amended (A) by striking 
out "1971" and inserting in lieu thereof "1972", and (B) by striking 
out "1972" and inserting in lieu thereof "1973". 
TRAINEES HIPS FOR ADVANCED TRAINING OF PROFESSIONAL 
NURSES 
SEC. 5. Section 821 (a) of the Public Health Service Act is amended 
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by striking out "for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1971" and insert-
ing in lieu thereof "each for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1971, and 
the next fiscal year". 
Approved July 9, 1971. 
Public Law 92-53 
AN A C T 
July 9, 1971 
To authorize appropriations for certain maritime programs of the Department 
[H. R. 4724] 
of Commerce, and for other purjwses. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That funds are 
commerce 
hereby authorized to be appropriated without fiscal year limita/tion fime^pr'^g2nS"s!"' 
as the appropriation Act may provide for the use of the Department 
Appropriation 
of Commerce, for the fiscal year 1972, as follows: 
authorization. 
(a) acc[uisition, construction, or reconstruction of vessels and 
construction-differential subsidy and cost of national defense fea-
tures incident to the construction, reconstruction, or reconditioning 
of ships, $229,687,000; 
(b) payment of obligations incurred for operating-differential 
subsidy, $239,145,000; 
(c) expenses necessary for research and development activities 
(including reimbursement of the Vessel Operations Revolving 
Fund for losses resulting from expenses of experimental ship 
operations), $25,000,000; 
(d) reserve fleet expenses, $4,318,000;