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 124 STAT. 1174 PUBLIC LAW 111–163—MAY 5, 2010 processes are designed to fully employ Scholarship Program grad- uates as soon as possible, if not immediately, upon graduation and completion of necessary certifications, and to actively assist and monitor graduates to ensure certifications are obtained in a minimal amount of time following graduation. ‘‘(b) CLINICAL TOURS.—The Secretary shall require participants in the Scholarship Program to perform clinical tours in assignments or locations determined by the Secretary while the participants are enrolled in the course of education or training for which the scholarship is provided. ‘‘(c) MENTORS.—The Secretary shall ensure that at the commencement of the period of obligated service of a participant in the Scholarship Program, the participant is assigned to a mentor who is employed in the same facility where the participant performs such service.’’. (d) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at the begin- ning of chapter 76 is amended by striking the item relating to section 7618 and inserting the following new items: ‘‘7618. Additional program requirements. ‘‘7619. Expiration of program.’’. SEC. 604. LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM FOR CLINICAL RESEARCHERS FROM DISADVANTAGED BACKGROUNDS. (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, use the authorities available in section 487E of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 288–5) for the repayment of the principal and interest of educational loans of appropriately qualified health professionals who are from disadvantaged backgrounds in order to secure clinical research by such professionals for the Veterans Health Administration. (b) LIMITATIONS.—The exercise by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs of the authorities referred to in subsection (a) shall be subject to the conditions and limitations specified in paragraphs (2) and (3) of section 487E(a) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 288–5(a)(2) and (3)). (c) FUNDING.—Amounts for the repayment of principal and interest of educational loans under this section shall be derived from amounts available to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for the Veterans Health Administration for Medical Services. TITLE VII—HOMELESS VETERANS MATTERS SEC. 701. PER DIEM GRANT PAYMENTS TO NONCONFORMING ENTI- TIES. Section 2012 is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: ‘‘(d) PER DIEM PAYMENTS TO NONCONFORMING ENTITIES.—(1) The Secretary may make funds available for per diem payments under this section to the following grant recipients or eligible enti- ties: ‘‘(A) Grant recipients or eligible entities that— ‘‘(i) meet each of the transitional and supportive serv- ices criteria prescribed by the Secretary pursuant to sub- section (a)(1); and 38 USC 7681 note.