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 101 STAT. 714

Libraries.

42 USC 292a. Contracts. 42 USC 295g-8b. Appropriation authorization.

PUBLIC LAW 100-97—AUG. 18, 1987

"(1) develop a plan to achieve institutional improvements, including financial independence, to enable such school to support programs of excellence in health professions education for minority individuals; "(2) improve the capacity of such school to recruit and retain faculty; "(3) provide improved access to the library and information resources of such school; "(4) establish, strengthen, or expand programs to enhance the academic performance of students in such school; "(5) establish, strengthen, or expand programs to increase the number and quality of applicants for admission to such school; and "(6) develop curricula and carry out faculty training programs in order to enable such school to become, for the Nation's health care providers, a resource with respect to the health problems of minority communities, such as higher infant mortality rates and higher incidences of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. "(b) No grant may be made under this section unless an application therefor has been submitted to the Secretary at such time, in such form, and containing such information, as the Secretary may by regulation prescribe. "(c) In order to be eligible for a grant under this section, a health professions school must— "(1) be a school described in section 701(4); and "(2) have received a contract under section 788B for fiscal year 1987. "(d) To carry out this section, there are authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000 for fiscal year 1988 and such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 1989, 1990, and 1991.". Approved August 18, 1987.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S. 769: SENATE REPORTS: No. 100-110 (Comm. on Labor and Human Resources). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 133 (1987): July 21, considered and passed Senate. Aug. 4, considered and passed House. WEEKLY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS, Vol. 23 (1987): Aug. 19, Presidential statement.

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