PUBLIC LAW 91-572-DEC. 24, 1970

December 24,1970

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.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatiues of the United
States of America in Congress assembled.

SHORT TITLE

SECTION 1. This Act may be cited as the "Family Planning Services
and Population Research Act of 1970".

DECLARATION OF PURPOSE

SEC. 2. It is the purpose of this Act-
(1) to assist in making comprehensive voluntary family planning
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
domestlc 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 (including
educational materials) on family planning and population
growth to all persons desiring such information;
(6) to evaluate and improve the effectiveness of family planning
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 Department
of Health, Education, and Welfare as a primary focus
within the Federal Government on matters pertaining to population
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

SEC. 3. (a) There is established within the Department of Health, Education,
and Welfare an Office of Population Affairs to be directed by a Deputy Assistant
Secretary for Population Affairs under the direct supervision of the Assistant
Secretary for Health and Scientific Affairs. The Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Population Affairs shall be appointed by the Secretary.

(b) 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.

FUNCTIONS OF TlIE DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR
POPULATION AFFAIRS

SEC 4. The Secretary shall utilize the Deputy Assistant Secretary
for Populatioin 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
fanlily planning research carried on directly by the Department
of Health, Education, and Welfare or supported by the Department
through grants to, or contracts with, entities and individuals;
(3) to act as a clearinghouse for information pertaining to
domestic and international population research and family planning
programs for use by all interested persons and public and
private entities;
(5) to provide a liaison with the activities carried on by other
agencies and instrumentalities of the Federal Government 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 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 enactinent of 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
fanilly 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 Secretary 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 ancl population growth information and
educational materials to be developed under such laws and how
they will be made available, tlie research goals to be reached under
such Iaws, 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 system
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, 1072, and on or before each January 1 thereafter
for a period of five years, the Secretary shall submit to the Congress a report
which shall-
(1) compare results achieved during the preceding fiscal year
with the objectives established for such year under the plan;
(2) indicate 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 legislative
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 IX" and inserting in lieu thereof "Titles I
to X".

(b) The Act of July I, 1944 (58 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 Health Service Act (42 U.S.C., rh. BA) is further
amended by adding after title IX the following new title:

"TITLE X-POPULATION RESEARCH AND VOLUNTARY
FAMILY PLANNING PROGRAMS

"SEC. 001. (a) The Secretary is authorized to make grants to and
enter into contracts with public of nonprofit private entitles 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 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 $90,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30,1973.

"FORMULA GRANTS TO STATES FOR FAMILY 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 evaluating
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
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 plnnning service programs described in section 1001
or 1002.

"(b) For the purpose of making payments pursuant to grants and
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, contraceptive
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
contracts under this section, there are authorized to be appropriated
$30,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30,1971; $50,000,000 for the
fiscal year ending June 30, 1972; and $65,000,000 for the fiscal year
ending June 30,1973.

"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 information
(or materials).

"(b) For the purpose of making payments pursuant to grants and
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, 1912; and $1;250,000 for the fiscal year
ending June 80,1973.

"REGULATIONS AND PAYMENTS

"SEC. 1006. (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 appropriate
to assure that such grants will be effectively utilized for the
pur oses 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
"(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 (including
a government agency) which is authorized or is under legal
obligation to pay such charge.
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 growth information (including
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.

"PROHIBITION OF 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, 19 70.

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Public Law 91-573

December 24,1970

AN ACT
TO name the authorized lock and dam numbered 17 on the Verdigris River in
Oklahoma for the Chouteau family.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled, That lock and dam
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.
60 Stat- 634, 641, 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.

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Public Law 91-574

December 24,1970

AN ACT
TO designate the navigation lock on the Sacramento deepwater ship channel in
the State of California as the William G. Stone navigation lock.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the navigation
navlgatlon lock, on the Sacramento deepwater ship channel in the State of Cali-
fornia which connects the Sacramento River with the Sacramento-Yolo
deepwater port shall hereafter be known as the William G. Stone navigation
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.