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38 U.S.C. § 7618 — Additional program requirements

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38 U.S.C. § 7618 — Additional program requirements

**(a) Program Modification.—** Notwithstanding any provision of this subchapter, the Secretary shall carry out this subchapter after the date of the enactment of this section by modifying the Scholarship Program in such a manner that the program and hiring processes are designed to fully employ Scholarship Program graduates as soon as possible, if not immediately, upon graduation and completion of necessary certifications, and to actively assist and monitor graduates to ensure certifications are obtained in a minimal amount of time following graduation. **(b) Clinical Tours.—** The Secretary shall require participants in the Scholarship Program to perform clinical tours in assignments or locations determined by the Secretary while the participants are enrolled in the course of education or training for which the scholarship is provided. **(c) Mentors.—** The Secretary shall ensure that at the commencement of the period of obligated service of a participant in the Scholarship Program, the participant is assigned to a mentor who is employed in the same facility where the participant performs such service.

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**(a) Program Modification.—** Notwithstanding any provision of this subchapter, the Secretary shall carry out this subchapter after the date of the enactment of this section by modifying the Scholarship Program in such a manner that the program and hiring processes are designed to fully employ Scholarship Program graduates as soon as possible, if not immediately, upon graduation and completion of necessary certifications, and to actively assist and monitor graduates to ensure certifications are obtained in a minimal amount of time following graduation. **(b) Clinical Tours.—** The Secretary shall require participants in the Scholarship Program to perform clinical tours in assignments or locations determined by the Secretary while the participants are enrolled in the course of education or training for which the scholarship is provided. **(c) Mentors.—** The Secretary shall ensure that at the commencement of the period of obligated service of a participant in the Scholarship Program, the participant is assigned to a mentor who is employed in the same facility where the participant performs such service.

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38 U.S.C. § 7619 — Expiration of program

The Secretary may not furnish scholarships to new participants in the Scholarship Program after December 31, 2033.

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38 U.S.C. § 4318 — Employee pension benefit plans

**(a)** (1) (A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), in the case of a right provided pursuant to an employee pension benefit plan (including those described in sections 3(2) and 3(33) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974) or a right provided under any Federal or State law governing pension benefits for governmental employees, the right to pension benefits of a person reemployed under this chapter shall be determined under this section. (B) In the case of benefits under the Thrift Savings Plan, the rights of a person reemployed under this chapter shall be those rights provided in [section 8432b of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section8432b&num=0&edition=prelim). The first sentence of this subparagraph shall not be construed to affect any other right or benefit under this chapter. (2) (A) A person reemployed under this chapter shall be treated as not having incurred a break in service with the employer or employers maintaining the plan by reason of such person’s period or periods of service in the uniformed services. (B) Each period served by a person in the uniformed services shall, upon reemployment under this chapter, be deemed to constitute service with the employer or employers maintaining the plan for the purpose of determining the nonforfeitability of the person’s accrued benefits and for the purpose of determining the accrual of benefits under the plan. **(b)** (1) An employer reemploying a person under this chapter shall, with respect to a period of service described in subsection (a)(2)(B), be liable to an employee pension benefit plan for funding any obligation of the plan to provide the benefits described in subsection (a)(2) and shall allocate the amount of any employer contri

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38 U.S.C. § 7618 — Additional program requirements

Page 1271 TITLE 38—VETERANS’ BENEFITS § 7618 cational institution in which the participant is enrolled (as determined by the educational institution under regulations prescribed by the Secretary). (2) The participant is dismissed from such educational institution for disciplinary rea- sons. (3) The participant voluntarily terminates the course of training in such educational in- stitution before the completion of such course of training. (4) In the case of a participant who is en- rolled in a program or education or training leading to employment as a physician, the participant fails to successfully complete post- graduate training leading to eligibility for board certification in a specialty. (5) The participant fails to become licensed to practice medicine, osteopathy, dentistry, podiatry, or optometry in a State, fails to be- come licensed as a registered nurse in a State, or fails to meet any applicable licensure re- quirement in the case of any other health-care personnel who provide either direct patient- care services or services incident to direct pa- tient-care services, during a period of time de- termined under regulations prescribed by the Secretary. (6) In the case of a participant who is a part- time student, the participant fails to maintain employment, while enrolled in the course of training being pursued by such participant, as a Department employee permanently assigned to a Department health-care facility. Liability under this subsection is in lieu of any service obligation arising under the partici- pant’s agreement. (c)(1) If a participant in the Scholarship Pro- gram breaches the agreement by failing (for any reason) to complete such participant’s period of obligated service, the United States shall be en- titled to recov

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