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10 U.S.C. § 2173 — Education loan repayment program: commissioned officers in specified health professions
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**(a) Authority To Repay Education Loans.—** For the purpose of maintaining adequate numbers of commissioned officers of the armed forces on active duty who are qualified in the various health professions, the Secretary of a military department may repay, in the case of a person described in subsection (b), a loan that—
(1) was used by the person to finance education regarding a health profession; and
(2) was obtained from a governmental entity, private financial institution, school, or other authorized entity.
**(b) Eligible Persons.—** To be eligible to obtain a loan repayment under this section, a person must—
(1) satisfy one of the requirements specified in subsection (c);
(2) be fully qualified for, or hold, an appointment as a commissioned officer in one of the health professions; and
(3) sign a written agreement to serve on active duty, or, if on active duty, to remain on active duty for a period in addition to any other incurred active duty obligation.
**(c) Academic and Professional Requirements.—** One of the following academic requirements must be satisfied for purposes of determining the eligibility of a person for a loan repayment under this section:
(1) The person is fully qualified in a health care profession that the Secretary of the military department concerned has determined to be necessary to meet identified skill shortages.
(2) The person is enrolled as a full-time student in the final year of a course of study at an accredited educational institution leading to a degree in a health profession other than medicine or osteopathic medicine.
(3) The person is enrolled in the final year of an approved graduate program leading to specialty qualification in medicine, dentistry, osteopathic medicine, or other health profession.
(4) The person is
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**(a) Authority To Repay Education Loans.—** For the purpose of maintaining adequate numbers of commissioned officers of the armed forces on active duty who are qualified in the various health professions, the Secretary of a military department may repay, in the case of a person described in subsection (b), a loan that—
(1) was used by the person to finance education regarding a health profession; and
(2) was obtained from a governmental entity, private financial institution, school, or other authorized entity.
**(b) Eligible Persons.—** To be eligible to obtain a loan repayment under this section, a person must—
(1) satisfy one of the requirements specified in subsection (c);
(2) be fully qualified for, or hold, an appointment as a commissioned officer in one of the health professions; and
(3) sign a written agreement to serve on active duty, or, if on active duty, to remain on active duty for a period in addition to any other incurred active duty obligation.
**(c) Academic and Professional Requirements.—** One of the following academic requirements must be satisfied for purposes of determining the eligibility of a person for a loan repayment under this section:
(1) The person is fully qualified in a health care profession that the Secretary of the military department concerned has determined to be necessary to meet identified skill shortages.
(2) The person is enrolled as a full-time student in the final year of a course of study at an accredited educational institution leading to a degree in a health profession other than medicine or osteopathic medicine.
(3) The person is enrolled in the final year of an approved graduate program leading to specialty qualification in medicine, dentistry, osteopathic medicine, or other health profession.
(4) The person is enrolled in the Armed Forces Health Professions Scholarship and Financial Assistance Program under subchapter I of chapter 105 of this title for a number of years less than is required to complete the normal length of the course of study required for the health profession concerned.
**(d) Certain Persons Ineligible.—** Students of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences established under [section 2112 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section2112&num=0&edition=prelim) are not eligible for the repayment of an education loan under this section.
**(e) Loan Repayments.—**
(1) Subject to the limits established by paragraph (2), a loan repayment under this section may consist of payment of the principal, interest, and related expenses of a loan obtained by a person described in subsection (b) for—
(A) all educational expenses, comparable to all educational expenses recognized under [section 2127(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section2127/a&num=0&edition=prelim) for participants in the Armed Forces Health Professions Scholarship and Financial Assistance program; and
(B) reasonable living expenses, not to exceed expenses comparable to the stipend paid under [section 2121(d) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section2121/d&num=0&edition=prelim) for participants in the Armed Forces Health Professions Scholarship and Financial Assistance program.
(2) For each year of obligated service that a person agrees to serve in an agreement described in subsection (b)(3), the Secretary of the military department concerned may pay not more than $60,000 on behalf of the person. This maximum amount shall be increased annually by the Secretary of Defense effective October 1 of each year by the percentage equal to the percent increase in the average annual cost of educational expenses and stipend costs of a single scholarship under the Armed Forces Health Professions Scholarship and Financial Assistance program.
**(f) Active Duty Service Obligation.—**
(1) A person entering into an agreement described in subsection (b)(3) incurs an active duty service obligation. The length of this obligation shall be determined under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, but those regulations may not provide for a period of obligation of less than one year for each maximum annual amount, or portion thereof, paid on behalf of the person for qualified loans.
(2) For persons on active duty before entering into the agreement, the active duty service obligation shall be served consecutively to any other obligation incurred under the agreement.
**(g) Effect of Failure To Complete Obligation.—**
(1) A commissioned officer who is relieved of the officer’s active duty obligation under this section before the completion of that obligation may be given, with or without the consent of the officer, any alternative obligation comparable to any of the alternative obligations authorized by [section 2123(e) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section2123/e&num=0&edition=prelim) for participants in the Armed Forces Health Professions Scholarship and Financial Assistance program.
(2) An officer who does not complete the period of active duty specified in the agreement entered into under subsection (b)(3), or the alternative obligation imposed under paragraph (1), shall be subject to the repayment provisions of section 303a(e) or 373 of title 37.
**(h) Regulations.—** The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe regulations to carry out this section, including standards for qualified loans and authorized payees and other terms and conditions for the making of loan repayments.
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**(a) Enlistment Incentive Program.—** The Secretary of Defense shall carry out an enlistment incentive program in accordance with this section under which a person who is a National Call to Service participant shall be entitled to one of the incentives specified in subsection (e). The program shall be carried out during the period ending on December 31, 2007, and may be carried out after that date.
**(b) National Call to Service Participant.—** In this section, the term “National Call to Service participant” means a person who has not previously served in the armed forces who enters into an original enlistment pursuant to a written agreement with the Secretary of a military department (in such form and manner as may be prescribed by that Secretary) under which the person agrees to perform a period of national service as specified in subsection (c).
**(c) National Service.—** The total period of national service to which a National Call to Service participant is obligated under the agreement under this section shall be specified in the agreement. Under the agreement, the participant shall—
(1) upon completion of initial entry training (as prescribed by the Secretary of Defense), serve on active duty in a military occupational specialty designated by the Secretary of Defense under subsection (d) for a period of 15 months;
(2) upon completion of the period of active duty specified in paragraph (1) and without a break in service, serve either (A) an additional period of active duty as determined by the Secretary of Defense, or (B) a period of 24 months in an active status in the Selected Reserve or the Space Force; and
(3) upon completion of the period of service specified in paragraph (2), and without a break in service, serve the remaining period of obligated servic
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**(a)**
(1) There is established a Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (in this chapter referred to as the “University”) with authority to grant appropriate certificates, certifications, undergraduate degrees, and advanced degrees.
(2) The University shall be so organized as to graduate not fewer than 100 medical students annually.
(3) The headquarters of the University shall be at a site or sites selected by the Secretary of Defense within 25 miles of the District of Columbia.
**(b)** Except as provided in subsection (a), the numbers of persons to be graduated from the University shall be prescribed by the Secretary of Defense. In so prescribing the number of persons to be graduated from the University, the Secretary of Defense shall institute actions necessary to ensure the maximum number of first-year enrollments in the University consistent with the academic capacity of the University and the needs of the uniformed services for medical personnel.
**(c)** The development of the University may be by such phases as the Secretary of Defense may prescribe subject to the requirements of subsection (a).
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**(a)** Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense and subject to the other provisions of this section, the Secretary concerned may repay—
(1) a loan made, insured, or guaranteed under part B of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ([20 U.S.C. 1071](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section1071&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.);
(2) any loan made under part D of such title (the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program, [20 U.S.C. 1087a](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section1087a&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.); or
(3) a loan made under part E of such title ([20 U.S.C. 1087aa](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section1087aa&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.) after October 1, 1975;
(4) a health professions education loan made or insured under part A of title VII of the Public Health Service Act ([42 U.S.C. 292](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section292&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.) or under part B of title VIII of such Act ([42 U.S.C. 297](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section297&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.); and
(5) a loan made, insured, or guaranteed through a recognized financial or educational institution if that loan was used to finance education regarding a basic professional qualifying degree (as determined under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense) or graduate education in a health profession that the Secretary of Defense determines to be critically needed in order to meet identified wartime combat medical skill shortages.
**(b)** The Secretary concerned may repay loans described in subsection (a) only in the case of a person who—
(1) perfo
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TITLE 10—ARMED FORCES
[§ 2172
2011—Subsecs. (g), (h). Pub. L. 111–383 added subsecs.
(g) and (h).
2006—Subsec. (a)(1)(D). Pub. L. 109–163, § 537(a), added
subpar. (D).
Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 109–163, § 537(b), substituted ‘‘a
member in an officer program or military specialty’’
for ‘‘an enlisted member in a military specialty’’.
1996—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 104–106 struck out ‘‘or’’ at
end of subpar. (A), added subpar. (B), and redesignated
former subpar. (B) as (C).
1994—Pub. L. 103–337, § 1663(e)(6), substituted ‘‘Edu-
cation loan repayment program: enlisted members on
active duty in specified military specialties’’ for ‘‘Gen-
eral educational loan repayment program’’ as section
catchline.
Subsec. (a)(1)(B). Pub. L. 103–337, § 1663(e)(1), struck
out ‘‘or’’ after ‘‘(B)’’.
Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 103–337, § 1663(e)(2), substituted
‘‘case of any person for—
‘‘(A) service performed—
‘‘(i) as an enlisted member of the Selected Re-
serve of the Ready Reserve of an armed force; and
‘‘(ii) in a reserve component and military spe-
cialty specified by the Secretary of Defense; or
‘‘(B) service performed’’
and struck out at end ‘‘In the case of service described
in clause (A) of the first sentence of this paragraph, the
Secretary may repay a loan described in paragraph (1)
only if the person to whom the loan was made per-
formed such service after the loan was made.’’
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 103–337, § 1663(e)(3), amended sub-
sec. (b) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (b) read
as follows: ‘‘The portion or amount of a loan that may
be repaid under subsection (a) is—
‘‘(1) 15 percent or $500, whichever is greater, for
each year of service, in the case of service described
in subsection (a)(2)(A); or
‘‘(2) 331⁄3 percent or $1,500, whichever i
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