Mr. President. this bill extends for 2 years. fiscal year 1976 and fiscal year 1977. support to existing. established DHEW programs whose legislative authority has already expired. It continues support for some 600 community mental health centers across the country. over 100 neighborhood health centers. scores of migrant health projects. and a variety of State public health programs. It also extends critical funding CX---1422Part 17 to our nations schools of nursing and to the physicians and other health professionals who are sent into our Nations rural communities by the National Health Service Corps. Over 96 percent of all the funds authorized in this bill extend such existing established programs as these.