Hill–Burton Act

Hospital Survey and Construction Act
Long title	To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize grants to the States for surveying their hospitals and public health centers and for planning construction of additional facilities, and to authorize grants to assist in such construction.
Enacted by	the 79th United States Congress
Citations
Public law	Pub. L. 79–725
Statutes at Large	60 Stat. 1040
Legislative history
	Introduced in the Senate as S. 191 by J. Lister Hill (D–AL) on January 10, 1945; Committee consideration by Education and Labor; Signed into law by President Harry S. Truman on August 13, 1946;

The Hospital Survey and Construction Act (Pub. L. 79–725, 60 Stat. 1040, enacted July 13, 1946), commonly known as the Hill–Burton Act, is a U.S. federal law passed in 1946, during the 79th United States Congress. It was sponsored by Senator Harold Burton of Ohio and Senator Lister Hill of Alabama.