DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR AND HEALTH, EDUCATION, HEARINGS BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE NINETY-FIRST CONGRESS FIRST SESSION ON H.R. 13111 AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENTS 37-314 O Printed for the use of the Committee on Appropriations U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1969 SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS WARREN G. MAGNUSON, Washington, Chairman RICHARD B. RUSSELL, Georgia ROBERT C. BYRD, West Virginia NORRIS COTTON, New Hampshire J. CALEB BOGGS, Delaware HERMAN E. DOWNEY, Clerk to Subcommittee (II) DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, AND HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 1970 TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1969 SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, U.S. SENATE, Washington, D.C. The subcommittee met at 2 p.m. in room S-126, the Capitol, Hon. Warren G. Magnuson (chairman) presiding. Present: Senators Magnuson and Cotton. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE SOCIAL AND REHABILITATION SERVICE STATEMENT OF STEPHEN P. SIMONDS, ACTING COMMISSIONER, COMMUNITY SERVICES ADMINISTRATION ACCOMPANIED BY: THOMAS LAUGHLIN, JR., ACTING COMMISSIONER, MEDICAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION JOHN J. HURLEY, ACTING COMMISSIONER, ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS ADMINISTRATION CHARLES S. WHITE, EXECUTIVE OFFICER, ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS ADMINISTRATION FRANK J. HANMER, BUDGET OFFICER, ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS ADMINISTRATION MISS MARY E. SWITZER, ADMINISTRATOR, SOCIAL AND REHABILITATION SERVICE RANDOLPH W. LEE, DIRECTOR, BUDGET DIVISION, SOCIAL AND REHABILITATION SERVICE JAMES B. CARDWELL, DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY, BUDGET (3101) Appropriation Estimate GRANTS TO STATES FOR PUBLIC ASSISTANCE For grants to States and other grants or payments for carrying out titles I, X, XIV, XVI, XIX (including section 1908), part A of title IV (except with respect to activities included in the appropriation for "Work incentives"), and section 707 of the Social Security Act, including such amounts as may be necessary for transfer to the Secretary of the Treasury for assistance in locating parents, as authorized in section 410 of such Act, and not to exceed $3,000,000 for grants as authorized in section 707 of the Act, $7,351,551,000. [GRANTS TO STATES FOR MAINTENANCE PAYMENTS] [For grants to States for maintenance payments, as authorized by titles I, X, XIV, and XVI, and part A of title IV of the Social Security Act, $3,051,900,000.] [GRANTS TO STATES FOR MEDICAL ASSISTANCE] [For grants to States for medical assistance (and costs of administration relating thereto), as authorized by title XIX (including section 1908) of the Social Security Act, for medical vendor payments as authorized by titles I, X, XIV, and XVI, and part A of title IV of the Act, and for costs of administration for medical assistance for the aged, as authorized by titles I and XVI of the Act, $2,118,300,000.] [SOCIAL SERVICES, ADMINISTRATION, TRAINING, AND DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS] [For grants or payments, not otherwise provided, for carrying out titles I, X, XIV, XVI, and XIX, part A of title IV, and section 707 of the Social Security Act, including such amounts as may be necessary for transfer to the Secretary of the Treasury for assistance in locating parents, as authorized in section 410 of such Act, and not to exceed $3,000,000 for grants as authorized in section 707 of the Act, $594,800,000.] New language is provided to consolidate the three appropriations previously carried under "Grants to States for Maintenance Payments," "Grants to States for Medical Assistance, and "Social Services, Administration, Training, and Demonstration Projects." This consolidation is consistent with the intent of the House Appropriations Committee "...to combine the three separate appropriation requests for 1970 when action is taken on the regular Labor DHEW appropriation bill...." .." (Reference page 48, House Report No. 91-252, Second Supplemental Appropriation Bill, 1969) |