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 91 STAT. 394 Commitment. 42 USC 256. 42 USC 297.

Effective date. 42 USC 296m note.

42 USC 294t note.

Effective date. Aliens.

8 USC 1153.

PUBLIC LAW 95-83—AUG. 1, 1977 "(3) A traineeship funded under this subsection shall not be awarded unless the recipient enters into a commitment with the Secretary to practice as a nurse practitioner in a health manpower shortage area (designated under section 332).". (B) Section 830 of such Act (relating to traineeships) is amended— (1) by striking out in subsection (a)(2) "(A) for the training of nurse practitioners who will practice in health manpower shortage areas (designated under section 332), and (B) for traineeship programs"; (2) by striking out subsection (b), and (3) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (b). (C) The amendments made by this paragraph shall be effective as of October 12, 1976. (p)(l) Section 408(b)(2) of the Health Professions Education Assistance Act of 1976 (Public Law 94—484) (relating to effective date of revision of National Health Service Corps Scholarship Program) is amended— (A) by striking out "Except as provided in subparagraph (B) " in subparagraph (A) and inserting in lieu thereof "Except as provided in subparagraphs (B) and (C) "; (B) in subparagraph (B) by striking out "for any school year" and all that follows in such subparagraph and inserting in lieu thereof "from appropriations for such Program for any fiscal year ending before October 1, 1977."; and (C) by amending subparagraph (C) to read as follows: "(C) If an individual received a scholarship under the Public Health and National Health Service Corps Scholarship Program for any school year beginning before the date of the enactment of this Act, periods of internship or residency served by such individual in a facility of the National Health Service Corps or other facility of the Public Health Service shall be creditable in satisfying such individual's service obligation incurred under that Program for such scholarship or for any scholarship received under the National Health Service Corps Scholarship Program for any subsequent school year. If an individual received a scholarship under the Public Health and National Health Service Corps Program for the first time from appropriations for such Program for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1977, periods of internship or residency served by such individual in such a facility shall be creditable in satisfying such individual's service obligation incurred under that Program for such scholarship.". (2) The amendments made by this subsection shall be effective as of October 12, 1976. (q)(l) Section 212(a) (32) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)) is amended (A) by inserting after "graduates of a medical school" in the first sentence thereof "not accredited by a body or bodies approved for the purpose by the Commissioner of Education (regardless of whether such school of medicine is in the United States", and (B) by amending the second sentence to read as follows: "The exclusion of aliens under this paragraph shall apply to preference immigrant aliens described in section 203(a)(3) and (6) and to nonpreference immigrant aliens described in section 203(a)(8).", (2)(A) Section 212(j)(1)(B) of such Act is amended by inserting after "that the alien" the following: "(i) is a graduate of a school of medicine which is accredited by a body or bodies approved for the

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