42 U.S.C. § 232 — National Institute of Mental Health; authorization of appropriation; construction; location

submitted 80 years ago by ch. 538 to r/title-42-THE-PUBLIC-HEALTH-AND-WELFARE · 180 words · no verdicts yet

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Congress authorized up to $7,500,000 to build and equip hospital and laboratory buildings, including living quarters, for the Public Health Service — the facility that became the National Institute of Mental Health. The General Services Administrator was to buy a site near Washington, D.C., on the Surgeon General's advice, then build and equip it.

This section is a single undivided provision. Congress authorized up to $7,500,000 for the Public Health Service to erect and equip hospital buildings and facilities — including living quarters for staff — and laboratory buildings and facilities. Those buildings and facilities are to be known as the National Institute of Mental Health. The Administrator of General Services is authorized to acquire a suitable site, or sites, by purchase, condemnation, donation, or any other method, in or near the District of Columbia, choosing the location on the advice of the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service. The Administrator is also authorized to build, furnish, and equip the buildings and facilities on that site. The $7,500,000 authorized covers not just construction, but also the cost of preparing drawings and specifications, supervising construction, and other administrative expenses tied to the work. A proviso requires that the Administrator of General Services be the one to prepare the plans and specifications, make all necessary contracts, and supervise construction.

the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain

There is authorized to be appropriated a sum not to exceed $7,500,000 for the erection and equipment, for the use of the Public Health Service in carrying out the provisions of this Act, of suitable and adequate hospital buildings and facilities, including necessary living quarters for personnel, and of suitable and adequate laboratory buildings and facilities, and such buildings and facilities shall be known as the National Institute of Mental Health. The Administrator of General Services is authorized to acquire, by purchase, condemnation, donation, or otherwise, a suitable and adequate site or sites, selected on the advice of the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service, in or near the District of Columbia for such buildings and facilities, and to erect thereon, furnish, and equip such buildings and facilities. The amount authorized to be appropriated in this section shall include the cost of preparation of drawings and specifications, supervision of construction, and other administrative expenses incident to the work: Provided, That the Administrator of General Services shall prepare the plans and specifications, make all necessary contracts, and supervise construction.

Source credit: (July 3, 1946, ch. 538, § 11, 60 Stat. 425; June 30, 1949, ch. 288, title I, § 103(a), 63 Stat. 380.)

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1946Enacted · Act of July 3, 1946, ch. 538 · 60 Stat. 425
1949Amended · Act of June 30, 1949, ch. 288 · 63 Stat. 380

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 538 on 1946-07-03.

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