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78 Stat. 914. 42 USC 297b.

79 Stat. 1058.

L a t e payment, penalty.

Minimum payment.

42 USC 297a.

Appropriation.

PUBLIC LAW 90-490-AUG. 16, 1968

[82 STAT.

ing "to licensed practical nurses and" immediately after "preference", and by inserting after the first sentence the following new sentence: "The aggregate of the loans for all years from such funds may not exceed $6,000 in the case of any student.". (2) Section 823(b)(2) of such Act is amended by (A) striking out "one year" and inserting in lieu thereof "nine months" and (B) striking "except that" and all that follows down to but not including the semicolon and inserting in lieu thereof "excluding from such 10year period all (A) periods (up to three years) of (i) active duty performed by the borrower as a member of a uniformed service, or (ii) service as a volunteer under the Peace Corps Act, and (B) periods (up to five years) during which the borrower is pursuing a full-time course of study at a collegiate school of nursing leading to baccalaureate degree in nursing or an equivalent degree, or to graduate degree in nursing, or is otherwise pursuing advanced professional training in nursing". (3) Section 823(b)(3) of such Act is amended by inserting before the semicolon at the end thereof the following: ", except that such rate shall be 15 per centum for each complete year of service as such a nurse in a public or other nonprofit hospital in any area which is determined, in accordance with regulations of the Secretary, to be an area which has a substantial shortage of such nurses at such hospitals, and for the purpose of any cancellation at such higher rate, an amount equal to an additional 50 per centum of the total amount of such loans plus interest may be canceled". (4) Section 823(b)(5) of such Act is amended by striking out everything which follows "3 per centum per annum" down to but not including the second semicolon. (c)(1) Section 823 of such Act is further amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsections: "(f) Subject to regulations of the Secretary, a school may assess a charge with respect to a loan from the loan fund established pursuant to an agreement under this part for failure of the borrower to pay all or any part of an installment when it is due and, in the case of a borrower who is entitled to deferment of the loan under subsection (b)(2) or cancellation of part or all of the loan under subsection (b)(3), for any failure to file timely and satisfactory evidence of such entitlement. The amount of any such charge may not exceed $1 for the first month or part of a month by which such installment or evidence is late and $2 for each such month or part of a month thereafter. The school may elect to add the amount of any such charge to the principal amount of the loan as of the first day after the day on which such installment or evidence was due, or to make the amount of the charge payable to the school not later than the due date of the next installment after receipt by the borrower of notice of the assessment of the charge. " (g) A school may provide in accordance with regulations of the Secretary, that during the repayment period of a loan from a loan fund established pursuant to an agreement under this part payments of principal and interest by the borrower with respect to all the outstanding loans made to him from loan funds so established shall be at a rate equal to not less than $15 per month." (2) Subsection (b)(2) of section 822 of such Act is further amended by striking out "and (D) " and inserting in lieu thereof " (D) collections pursuant to section 823(f), and (E) ". (d)(1) Section 824 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 297c) is amended by inserting "$20,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1970, and $21,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1971," after "1969," the first time it appears therein, by striking out "1970" and inserting in

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