TITLE X - POPULATION RESEARCH AND VOLUNTARY FAMILY PLANNING PROGRAMS

PROJECT GRANTS AND CONTRACTS FOR FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES
SEC. 1001 [300]

(a)The Secretary is authorized to make grants to and enter into contracts with
public or nonprofit private entities to assist in the establishment and operation
of voluntary family planning projects which shall offer a broad range of
acceptable and effective family planning methods and services (including
natural family planning methods, infertility services, and services for adolescents).
To the extent practicable, entities which receive grants or contracts under this
subsection shall encourage family [1] participation in projects assisted under
this subsection.

(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. Local and regional
entities shall be assured the right to apply for direct grants and contracts under
this section, and the Secretary shall by regulation fully provide for and protect
such right.

(c)The Secretary, at the request of a recipient of a grant under subsection
(a), may reduce the amount of such grant by the fair market value of any
supplies or equipment furnished the grant recipient by the Secretary. The
amount by which any such grant is so reduced shall be available for payment
by the Secretary of the costs incurred in furnishing the supplies or equipment
on which the reduction of such grant is based. Such amount shall be deemed as
part of the grant and shall be deemed to have been paid to the grant recipient.

(d)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; $111,500,000
for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973, $111,500,000 each for the fiscal years
ending June 30, 1974, and June 30, 1975; $115,000,000 for fiscal year 1976;
$115,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1977;
$136,400,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1978;
$200,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1979;
$230,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1980;
$264,500,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1981;
$126,510,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1982;
$139,200,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1983;
$150,030,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1984; and
$158,400,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1985.
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[1] So in law. See section 931(b)(I) of Public Law 97-35 (95 Stat. 570). Probably should be
"family".
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FORMULA GRANTS TO STATES FOR FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES
SEC. 1002 [300a]

(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, the Northern Mariana Islands, 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; AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS
SEC. 1003 [300a-1]

(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 planning service
programs described in section 1001 or 1002 of this title.

(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; $4,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973; $3,000,000 each for
the fiscal years ending June 30, 1974 and June 30, 1975; $4,000,000 for fiscal
year ending 1976; $5,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30,
1977; $3,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1978; $3,100,000
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1979; $3,600,000 for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 1980; $4,100,000 for the fiscal year ending September
30, 1981; $2,920,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1982;
$3,200,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1983; $3,500,000 for
the fiscal year ending September 30, 1984; and $3,500,000 for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 1985.

RESEARCH
SEC. 1004 [300a-2]

The Secretary may -
(1) conduct, and
(2) make grants to public or nonprofit private entities and enter into contracts
with public or private entities and individuals for projects for, research in the
biomedical, contraceptive development, behavioral, and program
implementation fields related to family planning and population.

INFORMATIONAL AND EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS
SEC. 1005 [300a-3]
(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,
1972; $1,250,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973; $909,000 each for
the fiscal years ending June 30, 1974, and June 30, 1975; $2,000,000 for fiscal
year 1976; $2,500,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1977;
$600,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1978; $700,000 for the fiscal
year ending September 30, 1979; $805,000 for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 1980; $926,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1981;
$570,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1982; $600,000 for the fiscal
year ending September 30, 1983; $670,000 for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 1984; and $700,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30,
1985.

REGULATIONS AND PAYMENTS
SEC. 1006 [300a-4]
(a)Grants and contracts made under this subchapter shall be made in
accordance with such regulations as the Secretary may promulgate. The
amount of any grant under any section of this title shall be determined by the
Secretary; except that no grant under any such section for any program or
project for a fiscal year beginning after June 30, 1975, may be made for less
than 90 per centum of its costs (as determined under regulations of the
Secretary) unless the grant is to be made for a program or project for which a
grant was made (under the same section) for the fiscal year ending June 30,
1975, for less than 90 per centum of its costs (as so determined), in
which case a grant under such section for that program or project for a fiscal
year beginning after that date may be made for a percentage which shall not be
less than the percentage of its costs for which the fiscal year 1975 grant was
made.

(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 purposes 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 so as to
insure that economic status shall not be a deterrent to participation in the
programs assisted under this title.

(d)(1) A grant may be made or a contract entered into under section 1001 or
1005 only upon assurances satisfactory to the Secretary that informational or
educational materials developed or made available under the grant or contract
will be suitable for the purposes of this title and for the population or
community to which they are to be made available, taking into account the
educational and cultural background of the individuals to whom such materials
are addressed and the standards of such population or community with respect
to such materials.

(2) In the case of any grant or contract under section 1001, such assurances
shall provide for the review and approval of the suitability of such materials,
prior to their distribution, by an advisory committee established by the grantee
or contractor in accordance with the Secretary's regulations. Such a committee
shall include individuals broadly representative of the population or community
to which the materials are to be made available.

VOLUNTARY PARTICIPATION
SEC. 1007 [300a-5]

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 [1] [300a-6]

None of the funds appropriated under this title shall be used in programs where
abortion is a method of family planning.
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[1] Section 1009 was repealed by section 601(a)(1)(G) of Public Law 105-362 (112 Stat. 3285).