[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1772 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1772

To amend the Public Health Service Act to revise and extend the program 
 of making grants to the States for the operation of offices of rural 
                                health.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 21, 1993

  Mr. Emerson (for himself, Mr. Gunderson, Mr. Thomas of Wyoming, Mr. 
Stenholm, Mr. Lancaster, Mrs. Vucanovich, Mr. Bereuter, Ms. Snowe, Mr. 
    Roberts, Mr. Slattery, Mr. Durbin, and Mr. Kyl) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                                Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to revise and extend the program 
 of making grants to the States for the operation of offices of rural 
                                health.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``State Offices of Rural Health 
Amendments of 1993''.

SEC. 2. REVISION AND EXTENSION OF PROGRAM FOR STATE OFFICES OF RURAL 
              HEALTH.

    (a) Matching Funds.--Section 338J(b) of the Public Health Service 
Act (42 U.S.C. 254r(b)) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(b) Requirement of Matching Funds.--
            ``(1) In general.--With respect to the costs to be incurred 
        by a State in carrying out the purpose described in subsection 
        (a), the Secretary may not make a grant under such subsection 
        unless the State agrees to provide non-Federal contributions 
        toward such costs, in cash, in an amount that is not less than 
        $1 for each $1 of Federal funds provided in the grant.
            ``(2) Determination of amount contributed.--In determining 
        the amount of non-Federal contributions in cash that a State 
        has provided pursuant to paragraph (1), the Secretary may not 
        include any amounts provided to the State by the Federal 
        Government.''.
    (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 338J(j)(1) of the 
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254r(j)(1)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``and'' after ``1992,''; and
            (2) by inserting before the period the following: ``, and 
        $7,500,000 for each of the fiscal years 1994 through 1996''.
    (c) Termination of Program.--Section 338J(k) of the Public Health 
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254r(k)) is amended by striking ``$10,000,000'' 
and inserting ``$32,500,000''.

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