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 PUBLIC LAW 103-43—JUNE 10, 1993 107 STAT. 185 "(4) AUTHORIZED USES.—^A scholarship provided under subsection (a) may be expended only for tuition expenses, other reasonable educational expenses, and reasonable living expenses incurred in attending the school involved. "(5) CONTRACT REGARDING DIRECT PAYMENTS TO INSTITU- TION.— In the case of an institution of higher education with respect to which a scholarship under subsection (a) is provided, the Director of NIH may enter into a contract with the institution under which the amounts provided in the scholarship for tuition and other educational expenses are paid directly to the institution. " (e) PENALTIES FOR BREACH OF SCHOLARSHIP CONTRACT.— The provisions of section 338E shall apply to the program established in subsection (a) to the same extent and in the same manner as such provisions apply to the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program established in section 338B. "(f) REQUIREMENT OF APPLICATION.— The Director of NIH may not provide a scholarship under subsection (a) unless an application for the scholarship is submitted to the Director and the application is in such form, is made in such manner, and contains such agreements, assurances, and information as the Director determines to be necessary to carry out this section. " (g) AVAILABILITY OF AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— Amounts appropriated for a fiscal year for scholarships under this section shall remain available until the expiration of the second fiscal year beginning after the fiscal year for which the amounts were appropriated. "LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM REGARDING CLINICAL RESEARCHERS FROM DISADVANTAGED BACKGROUNDS "SEC. 487E. (a) IMPLEMENTATION OF PROGRAM. — 42 USC 288-5. "(1) IN GENERAL.— Subject to section 487(a)(1)(C), the Secretary, acting through the Director of NIH may, subject to paragraph (2), carry out a program of entering into contracts with appropriately qualified health professionals who are from disadvantaged backgrounds under which such health professionals agree to conduct clinical research as employees of the National Institutes of Health in consideration of the Federal Government agreeing to pay, for each year of such service, not more than $20,000 of the principal and interest of the educational loans of the health professionals. "(2) LIMITATION. —The Director of NIH may not enter into a contract with a health professional pursuant to psiragraph (1) unless such professional has a substantial amount of education loans relative to income. " (3) APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS REGARDING OBLI- GATED SERVICE.— Except to the extent inconsistent with this section, the provisions of sections 338C and 338E shall apply to the program established in paragraph (1) to the same extent and in the same manner as such provisions apply to the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program established in section 338B. " (b) AVAILABILITY OF AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— Amounts appropriated for a fiscal year for contracts under subsection (a) shall remain available until the expiration of the second fiscal year beginning after the fiscal year for which the amounts were appropriated.".

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