Mr. President. last week the Subcommittee on Migratory Labor of the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare held hearings on proposed legislation to extend the Migrant Health Act for 5 years. The migrant health program was enacted into law in 1962 and by the end of the first year of operation we had 31 projects serving migrants in 114 counties in 20 States. The program has been steadily expanded since then and we now have 115 projects serving migrant farmworkers in 300 counties in 36 States and Puerto Rico. Existing authority for the migrant health program expires June 30. 1968. The proposed legislation would authorize $13 million for fiscal 1969. $15 million for fiscal 1970. $20 million for fiscal 1971 and such amounts as may be necessary for fiscal 1972 and 1973. In the graphic testimony of the State health officials from the States of Georgia.
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