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PUBLIC LAW 94-437—SEPT. 30, 1976 of the four criteria in subsection (c)(1) through (4) of this section. (g) " Urban center" means any community which has a sufficient urban Indian population with unmet health needs to w a r r a n t assistance under title V, as determined by the Secretary. (h) " Urban Indian organization" means a nonprofit corporate body situated in an urban center, composed of urban Indians, and providing for the maximum participation of all interested Indian groups and individuals, which body is capable of legally cooperating with other public and private entities for the purpose of performing the activities described in section 503(a). TITLE I—INDIAN H E A L T H

MANPOWER

PURPOSE

25 USC 1611.

SEC. 101. The purpose of this title is to augment the inadequate number of health professionals serving Indians and remove the multiple barriers to the entrance of health professionals into the Service and private practice among Indians. H E A L T H PROFESSIONS RECRUITMENT PROGRAM FOR INDIANS

Grants.

25 USC 1612.

Application, submittal and approval.

Amount and payment. Appropriation authorization.

SEC. 102. (a) The Secretary, acting through the Service, shall make g r a n t s to public or nonprofit private health or educational entities or Indian tribes or tribal organizations to assist such entities in meeting the costs of— (1) identifying Indians with a potential for education or training in the health professions and encouraging and assisting them (A) to enroll in schools of medicine, osteopathy, dentistry, veterin a r y medicine, optometry, podiatry, pharmacy, public health, nursing, or allied health professions; or (B), if they are not qualified to enroll in any such school, to undertake such postsecondary education or t r a i n i n g as may be required to qualify them for enrollment; (2) publicizing existing sources of financial aid available to Indians enrolled in any school referred to in clause (1)(A) of this subsection or who are undertaking t r a i n i n g necessary to qualify them to enroll in any such school; or (3) establishing other programs which the Secretary determines will enhance and facilitate the enrollment of Indians, and the subsequent pursuit and completion by them of courses of study, in any school referred to in clause (1)(A) of this subsection. (b)(1) No g r a n t may be made under this section unless an application therefor has been submitted to, and approved by, the Secretary. Such application shall be in such form, submitted in such manner, and contain such information, as the Secretary shall by regulation prescribe: Provided, That the Secretary shall give a preference to applications submitted by Indian tribes or tribal organizations. (2) The amount of any g r a n t under this section shall be determined by the Secretary. Payments pursuant to grants under this section may be made in advance or by way of reimbursement, and at such intervals and on such conditions as the Secretary finds necessary. (c) For the purpose of making payments pursuant to grants under this section, there are authorized to be appropriated $900,000 for fiscal year 1978, $1,500,000 for fiscal year 1979, and $1,800,000 for fiscal year 1980. For fiscal years 1981, 1982, 1983, and 1984 there are authorized to be appropriated for such payments such sums as may be specifically authorized by an Act enacted after this Act.

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