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 PUBLIC L A W 100-607—NOV. 4, 1988

102 STAT. 3149

SEC. 636. CLARIFICATION WITH RESPECT TO APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN FEDERAL REGULATIONS TO SECONDARY MARKETS FOR STUDENT LOANS.

Section 728(c) (42 U.S.C. 294a(c)) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: "(3) With respect to Federal regulations for lenders, this subpart may not be construed to preclude the applicability of such regulations to the Student Loan Marketing Association or to any other entity in the business of purchasing student loans, including such regulations with respect to applications, contracts, and due diligence.". SEC. 637. HEALTH CARE FOR RURAL AREAS. (a) HEALTH CARE FOR RURAL AREAS.—Title VII of the

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Health Service Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: "PART I—HEALTH CARE FOR RURAL AREAS "SEC. 799A. HEALTH CARE FOR RURAL AREAS.

42 USC 295j.

"(a) GRANTS.—The Secretary may make grants to, or enter into Contracts, contracts with, any eligible applicant to help such applicant fund authorized activities under an application approved under subsection (d). "(b) U S E OF AMOUNTS.—

"(1) IN GENERAL.—Amounts provided under subsection (a) shall be used by the recipients to fund interdisciplinary training projects designed to— "(A) use new and innovative methods to train health care practitioners to provide services in rural areas; "(B) demonstrate and evaluate innovative interdisciplinary methods and models designed to provide access to costeffective comprehensive health care; "(C) deliver health care services to individuals residing in rural areas; "(D) enhance the amount of relevant research conducted concerning health care issues in rural areas; and "(E) increase the recruitment and retention of health care practitioners in rural areas and make rural practice a more attractive career choice for health care practitioners. "(2) METHODS.—A recipient of funds under subsection (a) may use various methods in carrying out the projects described in paragraph (1), including— "(A) the distribution of stipends to students of eligible applicants; "(B) the establishment of a post-doctoral fellowship program; "(C) the training of faculty in the economic and logistical problems confronting rural health care delivery systems; or "(D) the purchase or rental of transportation and telecommunication equipment where the need for such equipment due to unique characteristics of the rural area is demonstrated by the recipient. "(3) ADMINISTRATION.—

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