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 PUBLIC LAW 101-189—NOV. 29, 1989 103 STAT. 1475 Service, section 207 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 209) and the regulations of the Secretary concerned. "(c) REQUIRED AGREEMENT. —The agreement referred to in subsec- tion (a) shall provide that the person executing the agreement agrees to the following: "(1) That the person will complete the nursing degree pro- gram described in subsection G)X1). "(2) That, upon acceptance of the agreement by the Secretary concerned, the person will enlist in a reserve component of an armed force. "(3) That the person will accept an appointment as an officer in the Nurse Corps of the Army or the Navy or as an officer designated as a nurse officer in the Air Force or commissioned corps of the Public Health Service, as the case may be, upon graduation from the nursing degree program. "(4) That the person will serve on active duty as such an officer— "(A) for a period of 4 years in the case of a person whose agreement was accepted by the Secretary concerned during that person's fourth year of the nursing degree program; or "(B) for a period of 5 years in the case of a person whose agreement was accepted by the Secretary concerned during that person's third year of the nursing degree prog^'am. "(d) REFUND OF PAYMENTS. —(1) A person shall refund any bonus or stipend paid under subsection (a) if the person— "(A) fails to complete a nursing degree program in which the person is enrolled in accordance with the agreement entered into under such subsection; " (B) having completed the nursing degree program, fails to accept an appointment, if tendered, as an officer of the Nurse (Dorps of the Army or the Navy or as an officer designated as a nurse officer of the Air Force or commissioned corps of the Public Health Service; or "(C) fails to complete the period of obligated active service required under the agreement. "(2) An obligation to reimburse the United States imposed under paragraph (1) is for all purposes a debt owed to the United States. "(3) A discharge in bankruptcy under title 11 that is entered less than five years after the termination of an agreement under this section does not discharge the person signing such agreement from a debt arising under such agreement or this subsection. This para- graph applies to any case commenced under title 11 after the date of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991. ". "(e) REGULATIONS.— The Secretaries concerned shall prescribe regulations to carry out this section.". (\y) dlLERicAL AMENDMENT. —The table of subchapters at the begin- ning of chapter 105 of such title is amended by adding at the end the following new item: "III. Nurse Officer Candidate Accession Program 2130a". SEC. 708. PROGRAM TO INCREASE USE OF CERTAIN NURSES BY THE 10 USC 531 note. MILITARY DEPARTMENTS (a) PROGRAM REQUIRED.— (1) Not later than September 30, 1991, the Secretary of each military department shall implement a pro- gram to appoint persons who have an associate degree or diploma in

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