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PUBLIC LAW 93-348-JULY 12, 1974

such other requirements respecting such research and teaching and alternative service authorized under paragraphs (1)(B) and (1)(C) as he deems necessary; and (B) to the extent feasible, provide that the members of the National Health Service Corps who are serving in the Corps to meet the requirement of paragraph (1) shall be assigned to patient care and to positions which utilize the clinical training and experience of the members. "(4)(A) If any individual to whom the requirement of paragraph (1) is applicable fails, withm the period prescribed by paragraph (t>), to comply with such requirement, the United States shall be entitled to recover from such individual an amount determined in accordance with the formula—

in which 'A' is the amount the United States is entitled to recover; '(/>' is the sum of the total amount paid under one or more National Research Service Awards to such individual and the interest on such amount which would be payable if at the time it was paid it was a loan bearing interest at a rate fixed by the Secretary of the Treasury after taking into consideration private consumer rates of interest prevailing at the time each Award to such individual was made; 't' is the total number of months in such individual's service obligation; and 's' is the number of months of such obligation served by him in accordance with paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subsection. " (B) Any amount which the United States is entitled to recover under subparagraph (A) shall, within the three-year period beginning on the date the United States becomes entitled to recover such amount, be paid to the United States. Until any amount due the United States under subparagraph (A) on account of any National Research Service Award is paid, there shall accrue to the United States interest on such amount at the same rate as that fixed by the Secretary of the Treasury under subparagraph (A) to determine the amount due the United States. "(4)(A) Any obligation of any individual under paragraph (3) shall be canceled upon the death of such individual. ' ' (B) The Secretary shall by regulation provide for the waiver or suspension of any such obligation applicable to any individual whenever compliance by such individual is impossible or would involve extreme hardship to such individual and if enforcement of such obligation with respect to any individual would be against equity and good conscience. " (d) There are authorized to be appropriated to make payments under National Research Service Awards and under grants for such Awards $207,947,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975. Of the sums appropriated under this subsection, not less than 25 per centum shall be made available for payments under National Research Service Awards provided by the Secretary under subsection (a)(1)(A).

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Noncompliance,

cancination^' waiver or suspen^'°"-

Appropriation.

" S T U D I E S RESPECTING BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH P E R S O N N E L

"SEC. 473. (a) The Secretary shall, in accordance with subsection (b), arrange for the conduct of a continuing study to— " (1) establish (A) the Nation's overall need for biomedical and behavioral research personnel, (B) the subject areas in which such personnel are needed and the number of such personnel needed in each such area, and (C) the kinds and extent of training which should be provided such personnel;

42 USC 289i-2.

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