An Act to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for a program of grants to assist in meeting the need for adequate medical library services and facilities
PL 89-291 (S.597), enacted 10/22/1965

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period as may be determined by the Surgeon General to be appropriate 
m each case, but not exceeding fifteen years." 
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(f)(1) Subsection (a) of section 740 of such Act is amended by 
inserting "pharmacy, podiatry," immediately after "dentistry,". 
(2) Subsection (b) (4) of section 740 of such Act is amended by 
inserting immediately after "doctor of osteopathy," the following: 
"bachelor of science in pharmacy or doctor of pharmacy, doctor of 
podiatry or doctor of surgical chiropody,". 
(3) Subsection (b) of section 741 of such Act is amended by insert-
ing immediately after "doctor of osteopathy," the following: "oachelor 
of science in pharmacy or doctor of pharmacy, doctor of podiatry or 
doctor of surgical chiropody,". 
(4) Subsection (c) of such section 741 is amended by inserting 
"pharmacy, podiatry," immediately after "dentistry,". 
(5) The amendments made by paragraphs (1), (2), (3), and (4) of 
this subsection shall only be effective with respect to periods beginning 
on or after July 1,1966. 
(^) (1) Subsection (e) of section 741 of such Act is amended by 
adding at the end thereof the following sentence: "Notwithstanding 
the foregoing provisions of this subsection, the rate of interest deter-
mined in accordance with such provisions for the first loan obtained 
by a student from a loan fund established under this part shall also 
apply to any subsequent loan to such student from such fund during 
his course of study." 
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(^) Paragraph (5) of section 823(b) of such Act is amended by 
inserting immediately before the semicolon at the end thereof a colon 
and the following: ^''Provided^ That notwithstanding the foregoing 
provisions of this paragraph, the rate of interest determined in accord-
ance with such proAdsions for the first loan obtained by a student from 
a loan fund established under this part shall also apply to any subse-
quent loan to such student from such fund during his course oi study". 
Effective date. 
Interest rate. 
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TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS 
SEC. 5. (a) Clause (B) of section 721(b) (1) of such Act (relating 
to the accreditation of new schools of medicine, etc.) is amended by 
(1) striking out", upon completion of such facility," and (2) inserting 
the following after "meet the accreditation standards of such body or 
bodies": "(i) prior to the beginning of the academic year following 
the normal graduation date of the first entering class in such school 
or (ii) if later, upon completion of the project for which assistance is 
requested and other projects (if any) under construction or planned 
and to be commenced within a reasonable time." 
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(^) Section 843(f) of such Act (relating to accreditation of new 
schools of nursing), is amended (1) by striking out "any program 
of nurse education means a program accredited by a recognized body 
or bodies approved for such purpose by the Commissioner of Educa-
tion" and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "any program of 
nurse education means a program accredited by a recognized body or 
bodies approved for such purpose by the Commissioner of Education, 
or a program accredited for the purpose of this Act by the Commis-
sioner of Education", and (2) by striking out "new school" and the 
remainder of such clause and inserting in lieu thereof the following: 
"new school (which shall include a school that has not had a sufficient 
period of operation to be eligible for accreditation), (A) upon com-
pletion of such project and other construction projects (if any) then 
under construction or planned and to be commenced within a reason-
able time, or (B) if later, then prior to the beginning of the first 
academic year following the normal graduation date of the first enter-
ing class in such school;". 
Approved October 22, 1965. 
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Public Law 89-291 
A N A C T 
October 22, 1965 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for a program of grants to 
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assist in meeting the need for adequate medical library services and facilities. 
Be it enacted, hy the Senate an^ House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ 
A^slstanc.^'^Acr^ 
SECTION 1. This Act may be cited as the "Medical Library Assist- of iges. 
ance Act of 1965". 
SEC. 2. Title I I I of the Public Health Service Act is amended by 
inserting at the end thereof the following new part: 
"PART I—^ASSISTANCE TO MEDICAL LIBRARIES 
DECLARATION or POLICY AND STATEMENT OF PURPOSE 
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"SEC. 390. (a) The Congress hereby finds and declares that (1) the 
unprecedented expansion of knowledge in the health sciences within 
the past two decades has brought about a massive growth in the quan-
tity, and major changes in the nature of, biomedical information, 
materials, and publications; (2) there has not been a corresponding 
growth in the facilities and techniques necessary adequately to coordi-
nate and disseminate among health scientists and practitioners the 
ever-increasing volume of knowledge and information which has been 
develoj)ed in the health science field; (3) much of the value of the ever-
increasing volume of knowledge and information which has been, and 
continues to be, developed in the health science field will be lost unless 
proper measures are taken in the immediate future to develop facilities 
and techniques necessary to collect, preserve, store, process, retrieve, 
and facilitate the dissemination and utilization of, such knowledge and 
information. 
"(b) It is therefore the policy of this part to— 
"(1) assist in the construction of new, and the renovation, 
expansion, or rehabilitation of existing medical library facilities; 
"(2) assist in the training of medical librarians and other 
information specialists in the health sciences; 
"(3) assist, through the awarding of special fellowships to 
physicians and other practitioners in the sciences related to health 
and scientists, in the compilation of existing, and the creation of 
additional, written matter which will facilitate the distribution 
and utilization of knowledge and information relating to scientific, 
social, and cultural advancements in sciences related to health; 
"(4) assist in the conduct of research and investigations in the 
field of medical library science and related activities, and in the 
development of new techniques, systems, and equipment for proc-
essing, storing, retrieving, and distributing information in the 
sciences related to health ; 
"(5) assist in improving and expanding the basic resources of 
medical libraries and related facilities; 
"(6) assist in the development of a national system of regional 
medical libraries each of which would have facilities of sufficient 
depth and scope to supplement the services of other medical 
libraries within the region served by it; and 
"(7) provide financial support to biomedical scientific pub-
lications. 
"DEFINITIONS 
"SEC. 391. As used in this part— 
"(1) the term 'sciences related to health' includes medicine, 
osteopathy, dentistry, and public health, and fundamental and 
applied sciences when related thereto; 
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"(2) the terms 'National Medical Libraries Assistance Advisory 
Board' and 'Board' mean the Board of Regents of the National 
Library of Medicine established under section 373(a) of this 
Act; 
"(3) the terms 'construction' and 'cost of construction', when 
used with reference to any medical library facility, include (A) 
the construction of new buildings, and the expansion, remodeling, 
and alteration of existing buildings, including architects' fees, but 
not including the cost of acquisition of land or off-site improve-
ments, and (B) equipping new buildings and existing buildings 
(whether or not expanded, remodeled, or altered) for use as a 
library (including provision of automatic data processing equip-
ment) , but not with books, pamphlets, or related material; 
" (4) the term 'medical library' means a library related to the 
sciences related to health. 
Functions. 
Members, com-
pensation. 
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eonstruction 
grants. 
eonditions for 
approval. 
'NATIONAL MEDICAL LIBRARIES ASSISTANCE BOARD 
"SEC. 392. (a) The Board of Regents of the National Library of 
Medicine established pursuant to section 373(a) shall, in addition to 
its functions prescribed under section 373, constitute and serve as the 
National Medical Libraries Assistance Advisory Board (hereinafter in 
this part referred to as the 'Board'). 
"(b) The Board shall— 
"(1) advise and assist the Surgeon General in the preparation 
of general regulations and with respect to policy matters arising 
in the administration of this part, and 
"(2) consider all applications for construction grants under 
this part and make to the Surgeon General such recommendations 
as it deems advisable with respect to (A) the approval of such 
applications, and (B) the amount which should be granted to each 
applicant whose application, in its opinion, should be approved. 
"(c) The Surgeon General is authorized to use the services of any 
member or members of the Board, in connection with matters related 
to the administration of this part, for such periods, in addition to 
conference periods, as he may determine. 
"(d) Appointed members of the Board who are not otherwise in the 
employ of the. United States, while attending conferences of the Board 
or otherwise serving at the request of the Surgeon General in connec-
tion with the administration of this part, shall be entitled to receive 
compensation, per diem in lieu of subsistence, and travel expenses in 
the same manner and under the same conditions as that prescribed 
under section 373(d), when attending conferences, traveling, or serv-
ing at the request of the Surgeon General in connection with the 
administration of part II which deals with the National Library of 
Medicine. 
a ASSISTANCE FOR CONSTRUCTION OF FACILITIES 
"SEC. 393. (a) In carrying out the purposes of section 390(b) (1), 
the Surgeon General may, upon application of any public or private 
nonprofit agency or institution, make grants to such agency or mstitu-
tion toward the cost of construction of any medical library facility to 
be constructed by such agency or institution. 
"(b) A grant under this section may be made only if the application 
therefor is recommended for approval by the Board and is approved 
by the Surgeon General upon his determination that— 
"(1) the application contains or is supported by reasonable 
assurances that (A) for not less than twenty years after comple-
tion of construction, the facility will be used as a medical library 
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facility, (B) subject to subsection (c), sufficient funds will be 
available to meet the non-Federal share of the cost of construct-
ing the facility, and (C) sufficient funds will be available, when 
construction is completed, for effective use of the facility for the 
purpose for which it is being constructed; 
" (2) the proposed construction is necessary to meet the demon-
strated needs for additional or improved medical library facilities 
in the community or area in which the proposed construction is 
to take place; 
"(3) the application contains or is supported by adequate 
assurance that any laborer or mechanic employed by any con-
tractor or subcontractor in the performance of work on projects 
of the type covered by the Davis-Bacon Act, as amended, will be 
paid wages at rates not less than those prevailing on similar con-
struction in the locality as determined by the Secretary of Labor 
in accordance with the Davis-Bacon Act, as amended (40 U.S.C. 
276a-276a5). 
The Secretary of Labor shall have, with respect 78^stS.^*238°"' 
to the labor standards specified in this paragraph, the authority 
and functions set forth in Reorganization Plan Numbered 14 of 
1950 (15 F.R. 3176; 64 Stat. 1267), and section 2 of the Act of 
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June 13, 1934, as amended (40 U.S.C. 276c). 
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"(c) Within such aggregate monetary limit as the Surgeon General 
may prescribe, after consultation with the Board, applications which 
(solely by reason of the inability of the applicants to give the assur-
ance required by clause (B) of subsection (b) (1)) fail to meet the 
requirements for approval set forth in subsection (b) may be approved 
upon condition that the applicants give the assurance required by such 
clause (B) within a reasonable time and upon such other reasonable 
terms and conditions as he may determine after consultation with the 
Board. 
"(d) In acting upon applications for grants under this section, 
the Board and the Surgeon General shall take into consideration the 
relative effectiveness of the proposed facilities in meeting demon-
strated needs for additional or improved medical library services, and 
shall give priority to applications for construction of facilities for 
which the need is greatest. 
"(e) The amount of any grant made under this section shall be 
that recommended by the Board or such lesser amount as the Surgeon 
General determines to be appropriate; except that in no event may 
such amount exceed 75 per centum of the necessary cost of the con-
struction of such facility as determined by him. 
"(f) Upon approval of any application for a grant under this sec-
tion, the Surgeon General shall reserve, from any appropriation 
available therefor, the amount of such grant as detemiined under 
subsection (e), and shall pay such amount, in advance or by way of 
reimbursement, and in such installments consistent with construction 
progress, as he may determine. 
Such payments shall be made through 
the disbursement facilities of the Department of the Treasury. 
The 
Surgeon General's reservation of any amount under this subsection 
may be amended by him, either upon approval of an amendment of 
the application or upon revision of the estimated cost of construction 
of the facility. 
"(g) In determining the amount of any grant under this section, 
there shall be excluded from the cost of construction an amount 
equal to the sum of (1) the amount of any other Federal grant 
which the applicant has obtained, or is assured of obtaining, with 
respect to the construction which is to be financed in part by grants 
authorized under this section, and (2) the amount of any non-Federal 
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Recovery of 
Federal funds. 
Appropriation, 
funds required to be expended as a condition of such other Federal 
grant. 
"(h) If, within twenty years after completion of any construction 
for which funds have been paid under this section— 
"(1) the applicant or other owner of the facility shall cease to 
be a public or nonprofit institution, or 
"(2) the facility shall cease to be used for medical library 
purposes, unless the Surgeon General determines, in accordance 
with regulations prescribed by him after consultation with the 
Board, that there is good cause for releasing the applicant or other 
owner from the obligation to do so, 
the United States shall be entitled to recover from the applicant or 
other owner of the facility the amount bearing the same ratio to the 
then value (as determined by agreement of the parties or by action 
brought in the United States district court for the district in which 
such facility is situated) of the facility, as the amount of the Federal 
participation bore to the cost of construction of such facility. 
"(i) For the purposes of carrying out the provisions of this section, 
there are hereby authorized to be appropriated for each fiscal year, 
beginning with the fiscal year ending June 30, 1967, and ending with 
the fiscal year ending June 30, 1970, such sums, not to exceed 
$10,000,000 for any fiscal year, as may be necessary. 
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GRANTS FOR TRAINING I N 
MEDICAL LIBRARY 
SCIENCES 
Appropriation. 
"SEC. 394. (a) lu Order to enable the Surgeon General to carry out 
the purposes of section 390(b) (2), there are hereby authorized to be 
appropriated for each fiscal year, beginning with the fiscal year ending 
June 30, 1966, and ending with the fiscal year ending June 30, 1970, 
such sums, not to exceed $1,000,000 for any fiscal year, as may be 
necessary. 
Sums made available under this section shall be utilized 
by the Surgeon General in making grants— 
"(1) to individuals to enable them to accept traineeships and 
fellowships leading to postbaccalaureate academic degrees in the 
field of medical library science, in related fields pertaining to 
sciences related to health, or in the field of the communication of 
information; 
" (2) to individuals who are librarians or specialists in informa-
tion on sciences relating to health, to enable them to undergo 
intensive training or retraining so as to attain greater competence 
in their occupations (including competence in the fields of auto-
matic data processing and retrieval); 
"(3) to assist appropriate public and private nonprofit institu-
tions in developing, expanding, and improving, training programs 
in library science and the field of communications of information 
pertaining to sciences relating to health; and 
"(4) to assist in the establishment of internship programs in 
established medical libraries meeting standards which the Surgeon 
General shall prescribe. 
"(b) Payment pursuant to grants made under this section may be 
made in advance or by way of reimbursement and in such installments 
as the Surgeon General shall prescribe by regulations after consulta-
tion with the Board. 
Fellowships, 
establishment. 
Appropriation. 
"ASSISTANCE 
TO SPECIAL SCIENTIFIC 
PROJECTS 
"SEC. 395. In order to enable the Surgeon General to carry out the 
purposes of section 390(b) (3), there are hereby authorized to be appro-
priated for each fiscal year, beginning with the fiscal year ending June 
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30, 1966, and ending with the fiscal year ending June 30, 1970, such 
sums, not to exceed $500,000 for any fiscal year, as may be necessary. 
Sums made available under this section shall be utilized oy the Surgeon 
General for the establishment of special fellowships to be awarded to 
physicians and other practitioners in the sciences related to health and 
scientists for the comf)ilation of existing, or writing of original, contri-
butions relating to scientific, social, or cultural, advancements in sci-
ences related to health. In establishing such fellowships, the Surgeon 
General shall make appropriate arrangements whereby the facilities of 
the National Library of Medicine and the facilities of libraries of 
public and private nonprofit institutions of higher learning may be 
made available in connection with the projects for which such fellow-
ships are established. 
"RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN MEDICAL LIBRARY SCIENCE AND 
RELATED FIELDS 
"SEC. 396. (a) In order to enable the Surgeon General to carry out 
Appropriation. 
the purposes of section 390(b) (4), there are hereby authorized to be 
appropriated for each fiscal year, beginning with the fiscal year ending 
June 30, 1966, and ending with the fiscal year ending June 30, 1970, 
such sums, not to exceed $3,000,000 for any fiscal year, as may be 
necessary. Sums made available under this section shall be utilized by 
the Surgeon General in making grants to appropriate public or 
private nonprofit institutions and entering into contracts with appro-
priate persons, for purposes of carrying out projects of research and 
investigations in the field of medical library science and related 
activities and for the development of new techniques, systems and 
equipment, for processing, storing, retrieving, and distributing infor-
mation pertaining to sciences related to health. 
"(b) Payment pursuant to grants made under this section may be 
in advance or by way of reimbursement and in such installments as 
the Surgeon General shall prescribe by regulations after consultation 
with the Board. 
" G R A N T S FOR IMPROVING AND EXPANDING THE BASIC RESOURCES OF 
MEDICAL LIBRARIES AND RELATED INSTRUMENTALITIES 
"SEC. 397. (a) In order to enable the Surgeon General to carry out 
Appropriation. 
the purposes of section 390(b) (5), there are hereby authorized to be 
appropriated for each fiscal year, beginning with the fiscal year end-
ing June 30, 1966, and ending with the fiscal year ending June 30, 
1970, such sums, not to exceed $3,000,000 for any fiscal year, as may 
be necessary. 
"(b) Sums made available under this section shall be utilized by the 
Surgeon General for making grants of money, materials, or both, to 
public or private nonprofit medical libraries and related scientific 
communication instrumentalities for the purpose of expanding and 
improving their basic medical library or related resources. The uses 
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for which grants so made may be employed include, but are not limited 
to, the following: (A) acquisition of books, journals, photographs, 
motion picture and other films, and other similar materials, (B) cata-
loging, binding, and other services and procedures for processing 
library resource materials for use by those who are served by the 
library or related instrumentality, and (C) acquisition of duplication 
devices, facsimile equipment, film projectors, recording equipment, 
and other equipment to facilitate the use of the resources of the 
library or related instrumentality by those who are served by it, and 
(D) introduction of new technologies in medical librarianship. 
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Determination 
of amount. 
Factors. 
"(c) (1) The amount of any ^rant under this section to any medical 
library or related instrumentality shall be determined by the Surgeon 
General on the basis of the scope of library or related services pro-
vided by such library or instrumentality in relation to the population 
and purposes served by it. In making a determination of the scope of 
services served by any medical library or related instrumentality, the 
Surgeon General shall take into account the following factors— 
"(A) the number of graduate and undergraduate students 
making use of the resources of such library or instrumentality; 
"(B) the number of physicians and other practitioners in the 
sciences related to health utilizing the resources of such library 
or instrumentality; 
"(C) the type of supportive staffs, if any, available to such 
library or instrumentality; 
"(D) the type, size, and qualifications of the faculty of any 
school with which such library or instrumentality is affiliated; 
"(E) the staff of any hospital or hospitals or of any clinic or 
clinics with which such library or instrumentality is affiliated; and 
"(F) the geographic area served by such library or instrumen-
tality and the availability, within such area, of medical library 
or related services provided by other libraries or related instru-
mentalities. 
" (2) In no case shall any grant under this section to a medical library 
or related instrmnentality during any fiscal year exceed $200,000, or, 
if lesser, an amount equal to— 
"(A) 60 per centum of the annual operating expenses of such 
library or related instrumentality, if such fiscal year is the first 
fiscal year with respect to which a grant under this section is made 
to it; 
" (B) (i) 50 per centum of the annual operating expenses of such 
library or related instrumentality, (ii) or, if lesser, five-sixths of 
the amount of its first year grant under this section, if such year 
is the second fiscal year with respect to which a grant under this 
section has been made to it; 
" (C) (i) 40 per centum of the annual operating expenses of such 
library or related instrumentality, (ii) or, if lesser, four-fifths of 
the amount of the second year grant under this section, if such year 
is the third fiscal year with respect to which a grant under this sec-
tion has been made to it; 
" (D) (i) 30 per centum of the annual operating expenses of such 
library or related instrumentality, (ii) or, if lesser, three-fourths 
of the amount of the third year grant under this section, if such 
year is the fourth fiscal year with respect to which a grant under 
this section has been made to it; and 
"(E) (i) 20 per centum of the annual operating expenses of 
such library or related instrumentality, (ii) or, if lesser, two-thirds 
of the amount of the fourth year grant under this section, if 
such year is the fifth fiscal year with respect to which a grant 
under this section has been made to it. 
•^Annual oper- 
"phc 'annual operating expense' of a library or related instrumentality 
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shall, for purposes of the preceding sentence, be an amount equal 
(if such annual operating expense is to be determined with respect 
to the first grant to be made to such library or instrumentality under 
this section) to the amount of the average of the annual operating 
expenses of such library or instrumentality over the three fiscal years 
preceding the year in which such grant is applied for; and if such 
library or related instrumentality has been operating for less than 
three yea,rs prior to applying for such grant, its 'annual operating 
expense' shall be an amount determined by the Surgeon General pur-
ating expense.' 
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suant to regulations prescribed by him. 
For the second or succeeding 
fiscal year m which a grant is made to a library or related instrumen-
tality, the 'annual operating expense' of such library or related instru-
mentality shall, for purposes of such sentence, be equal to its operating 
expense (exclusive of Federal financial assistance under this part) for 
the preceding fiscal year. 
GRANTS FOR ESTABLISHIIENT OF REGIONAL MEDICAL LIBRARIES 
Appropriation. 
Uses. 
"SEC. 398. (a) In order to enable the Surgeon General to carry 
out the purposes of section 390(b) (6), there are hereby authorized 
to be appropriated for each fiscal year, beginning with the fiscal year 
ending June 30,1966, and ending with the fiscal year ending June 30, 
1970, such sums, not to exceed $2,500,000 for any fiscal year, as 
may be necessary. Sums made available under this section shall be 
utilized by the Surgeon General, with the advice of the Board, to 
make grants to existing public or private nonprofit medical libraries 
so as to enable each of them to serve as the regional medical library 
for the geographical area in which it is located. 
"(b) The uses for which grants made under this section may be 
employed include, but are not limited to, the following— 
"(1) acquisition of books, journals, and other similar mate-
rials; 
"(2) cataloging, binding, and other procedures for processing 
library resource materials for use by those who are served by the 
library; 
"(3) acquisition of duplicating devices and other equipment 
to facilitate the use of the resources of the library by those who 
are served by it; 
"(4) acquisition of mechanisms and employment of personnel 
for the speedy transmission of materials from the regional library 
to local libraries in the geographic area served by the regional 
library; and 
"(5) construction, renovation, rehabilitation, or expansion of 
physical plant considered necessary by such library to carry out 
its proper functions as a regional library. 
"(c)(1) Grants under this section shall be made only to medical rant'f'"°"^ ^°' 
libraries which agree (A) to modify and increase their library ^
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resources so as to be able to provide supportive services to other 
libraries in the region as well as individual users of library services, 
(B) to provide free loan services to qualified users, and make available 
photoduplicated or facsimile copies of biomedical materials which 
qualified requesters may retain. 
"(2) The Surgeon General, in awarding grants under this section, ^^^^1°^^^^ 
shall give priority to medical libraries having the greatest potential 
of fulfilling the needs for regional medical libraries. In determining 
the priority to be assigned to any medical library, he shall consider— 
"(A) the need of such library, as determined by the levels of 
research, teaching, and medical activities of the library in relation 
to other existing library and medical communication services in 
the region; 
"(B) the adequacy of the library (in terms of collections, 
personnel, equipment, and other facilities) as a basis for a regional 
medical library; and 
"(C) the size and nature of the population to be served in the 
region in which the library is located. 
"(d) Grants under this section for construction, renovation, reha-
bilitation, or expansion of physical plant shall be made in the same 
manner and subject to the same conditions as are provided for 
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Limitation. 
grants made under section 393, except that the eligibility for any 
such grant would be determined on the basis of the construction 
requirements of the library so as to be able to serve as a regional 
medical library. 
Grants under this section for basic resource mate-
rials to a library may not exceed 50 per centum of the library's annual 
operating expense (exclusive of Federal financial assistance under 
this part) for the preceding year; or in case of the first year in which 
the library receives a grant under this section for basic resource 
materials, 50 per centum of its average annual operating expenses 
over the past three years (or if it had been in operation for less than 
three years, its annual operating expenses determined by the Surgeon 
General in accordance with regulations prescribed by him). 
"(e) Payment pursuant to grants made under this section may be 
made in advance or by way of reimbursement and in such installments 
as the Surgeon General shall prescribe by regulations after consulta-
tion with the Board. 
Appropriation. 
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" F I N A N C I A L 
S U P P O R T o r 
BIOMEDICIAL SCIENTino PUBLICATIONS 
"SEC. 399. (a) In order to enable the Surgeon General to carry out 
the purposes of section 390(b) (7), there are hereby authorized to be 
appropriated for each fiscal year, beginning with the fiscal year ending 
June 30, 1966, and ending with the fiscal year ending June 30, 1970, 
such sums, not to exceed $1,000,000 for any fiscal year, as may be neces-
sary. Sums made available under this section Shall be utilized by the 
Surgeon General, with the advice of the Board, in making grants to, 
and entering into appropriate contracts with, public or private non-
profit institutions of higher education and individual scientists for the 
purpose of supporting biomedical scientific publications of a nonprofit 
nature and to procure the compilation, writing, editing, and publica-
tion of reviews, abstracts, indices, handbooks, bibliographies, and 
related matter pertaining to scientific works and scientific develop-
ments. 
"(b) Grants under this section in support of any single periodical 
publication may not be made for more than three years. 
"(c) Payment pursuant to grants made under this section may be 
made in advance or by way of reimbursement and in such installments 
as the Surgeon General shall prescribe by regulations after consulta-
tion with the Board. 
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CONTINUING AVAILABILITY OF APPROPRIATED FUNDS 
"SEC. 399a. Funds appropriated to carry out any of the purposes of 
this part for any fiscal year shall remain available for such purposes 
for the fiscal year immediately following the fiscal year for which they 
were appropriated. 
"RECORDS AND AUDIT 
"SEC. 399b. (a) Each recipient of a grant under this part shall keep 
such records as the Surgeon General shall prescribe, including records 
which fully disclose the amount and disposition by such recipient of 
the proceeds of such grant, the total cost of the project or undertaking 
in connection with which such grant is given or used, and the amount 
of that portion of the cost of the project or undertaking supplied by 
other sources, and such other records as will facilitate an effective 
audit. 
"(b) The Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare and the 
Comptroller General of the United States, or any of their duly author-
ized representatives, shall have access for the purpose of audit and 
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examination to any books, documents, papers, and records of such 
recipients that are pertinent to any grant received under the pro-
visions of this part." 
REGIONAL BRANCHES OF THE NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE 
SEC. 3. Part H of title III of the Public Health Service Act which 
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deals with the National Library of Medicine is amended by adding 2303 "^^ ''^^ 
at the end thereof the following new section; 
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REGIONAL BRANCHES OF THE NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE 
"SEC. 378. (a) Whenever the Surgeon General, with the advice of 
the Board, determines that— 
"(1) in anj geographic area of the United States, there is no 
regional medical library adequate to serve such area; 
"(2) under the criteria prescribed in section 398, there is a need 
for a regional medical library to serve such area; and 
"(3) because there is located in such area no medical library 
whicih, under the provisions of section 398, can feasibly be de-
veloped into a regional medical library adequate to serve such area, 
he is authorized to establish, as a branch of the National Library of 
Medicine, a regional medical library to serve the needs of such area. 
" (b) For the purpose of establishing branches of the National Li-
brary of Medicine under this section, there are hereby authorized to 
be appropriated for each fiscal year, beginning with the fiscal year 
ending June 30, 1966, and ending with the fiscal year ending June 
30, 1970, such sums, not to exceed $2,000,000 for any fiscal j^ear, as 
may be necessary. Sums appropriated pursuant to this section for 
any fiscal year shall remain available until expended." 
Need deter-
mination. 
Ante, p. 1065. 
Appropriation. 
COMPENSATION OF MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE NATIONAL 
LIBRARY OF MEDICINE 
SEC. 4. Part H of title III of the Public Health Service Act which 
deals with the National Library of Medicine is amended by striking 
out, in section 373(d) thereof, "$50" and inserting in lieu thereof 
"$75". 
Approved October 22, 1965. 
42 u s e 277.