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25 U.S.C. § 1613a — Congressional statement of purpose
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The purpose of this subchapter is to increase the number of Indians entering the health professions and to assure an adequate supply of health professionals to the Service, Indian tribes, tribal organizations, and urban Indian organizations involved in the provision of health care to Indian people.
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The purpose of this subchapter is to increase the number of Indians entering the health professions and to assure an adequate supply of health professionals to the Service, Indian tribes, tribal organizations, and urban Indian organizations involved in the provision of health care to Indian people.
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**(a) Directors and Assistant Directors.—**
(1) The Secretary shall assign to each State a representative of the Veterans’ Employment and Training Service to serve as the Director for Veterans’ Employment and Training, and shall assign full-time Federal clerical or other support personnel to each such Director.
(2)
(A) Each Director for Veterans’ Employment and Training for a State shall, at the time of appointment, have been a bona fide resident of the State for at least two years.
(B) The Secretary may waive the requirement in subparagraph (A) with respect to a Director for Veterans’ Employment and Training if the Secretary determines that the waiver is in the public interest. Any such waiver shall be made on a case-by-case basis.
(3) Full-time Federal clerical or other support personnel assigned to Directors for Veterans’ Employment and Training shall be appointed in accordance with the provisions of title 5 governing appointments in the competitive service and shall be paid in accordance with the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5.
**(b) Additional Federal Personnel.—** The Secretary may also assign as supervisory personnel such representatives of the Veterans’ Employment and Training Service as the Secretary determines appropriate to carry out the employment, training, and placement services required under this chapter, including Assistant Directors for Veterans’ Employment and Training.
**(c) Coordination With State Departments of Labor and Veterans Affairs.—** Each Director for Veterans’ Employment and Training for a State shall coordinate the Director’s activities under this chapter with the State department of labor and the State department of veterans affairs.
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**(a) Employment of scholarship grantees during nonacademic periods** Any individual who receives a scholarship grant pursuant to [section 1613a of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title25-section1613a&num=0&edition=prelim) shall be entitled to employment in the Service during any nonacademic period of the year. Periods of employment pursuant to this subsection shall not be counted in determining the fulfillment of the service obligation incurred as a condition of the scholarship grant.
**(b) Employment of medical and other students during nonacademic periods** Any individual enrolled in a course of study in the health professions may be employed by the Service during any nonacademic period of the year. Any such employment shall not exceed one hundred and twenty days during any calendar year.
**(c) Employment without regard to competitive personnel system or agency personnel limitation; compensation** Any employment pursuant to this section shall be made without regard to any competitive personnel system or agency personnel limitation and to a position which will enable the individual so employed to receive practical experience in the health profession in which he or she is engaged in study. Any individual so employed shall receive payment for his or her services comparable to the salary he or she would receive if he or she were employed in the competitive system. Any individual so employed shall not be counted against any employment ceiling affecting the Service or the Department of Health and Human Services.
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**(a) Establishment**
(1) The Secretary, acting through the Service, shall establish a program to be known as the Indian Health Service Loan Repayment Program (hereinafter referred to as the “Loan Repayment Program”) in order to assure an adequate supply of trained health professionals necessary to maintain accreditation of, and provide health care services to Indians through, Indian health programs.
(2) For the purposes of this section—
(A) the term “Indian health program” means any health program or facility funded, in whole or part, by the Service for the benefit of Indians and administered—
(i) directly by the Service;
(ii) by any Indian tribe or tribal or Indian organization pursuant to a contract under—
(I) the Indian Self-Determination Act [[25 U.S.C. 5321](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title25-section5321&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.], or
(II) section 23 of the Act of April 30, 1908 11 See References in Text note below. ([25 U.S.C. 47](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title25-section47&num=0&edition=prelim)), popularly known as the “Buy-Indian” Act; or
(iii) by an urban Indian organization pursuant to subchapter IV of this chapter; and
(B) the term “State” has the same meaning given such term in section 254d(i)(4) 1 of title 42.
**(b) Eligibility** To be eligible to participate in the Loan Repayment Program, an individual must—
(1)
(A) be enrolled—
(i) in a course of study or program in an accredited institution, as determined by the Secretary, within any State and be scheduled to complete such course of study in the same year such individual applies to participate in such program; or
(ii) in an approved graduate training program in a health profession
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**(a) Establishment** There is established in the Treasury of the United States a fund to be known as the Indian Health Scholarship and Loan Repayment Recovery Fund (hereafter in this section referred to as the “Fund”). The Fund shall consist of such amounts as may be appropriated to the Fund under subsection (b). Amounts appropriated for the Fund shall remain available until expended.
**(b) Authorization of appropriations** For each fiscal year, there is authorized to be appropriated to the Fund an amount equal to the sum of—
(1) the amount collected during the preceding fiscal year by the Federal Government pursuant to—
(A) the liability of individuals under subparagraph (A) or (B) of [section 1613a(b)(5) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title25-section1613a/b/5&num=0&edition=prelim) for the breach of contracts entered into under [section 1613a of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title25-section1613a&num=0&edition=prelim); and
(B) the liability of individuals under section 1616a(l) of this title for the breach of contracts entered into under [section 1616a of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title25-section1616a&num=0&edition=prelim); and
(2) the aggregate amount of interest accruing during the preceding fiscal year on obligations held in the Fund pursuant to subsection (d) and the amount of proceeds from the sale or redemption of such obligations during such fiscal year.
**(c) Use of funds**
(1) Amounts in the Fund and available pursuant to appropriation Acts may be expended by the Secretary, acting through the Service, to make payments to an Indian tribe or tribal organization administering a health care program pursuant to a contract
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**(a) In general**
(1) The Secretary shall make grants to Indian tribes and tribal organizations for the purpose of assisting such tribes and tribal organizations in educating Indians to serve as health professionals in Indian communities.
(2) Amounts available for grants under paragraph (1) for any fiscal year shall not exceed 5 percent of amounts available for such fiscal year for Indian Health Scholarships under [section 1613a of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title25-section1613a&num=0&edition=prelim).
(3) An application for a grant under paragraph (1) shall be in such form and contain such agreements, assurances, and information as the Secretary determines are necessary to carry out this section.
**(b) Compliance with requirements**
(1) An Indian tribe or tribal organization receiving a grant under subsection (a) shall agree to provide scholarships to Indians pursuing education in the health professions in accordance with the requirements of this section.
(2) With respect to the costs of providing any scholarship pursuant to paragraph (1)—
(A) 80 percent of the costs of the scholarship shall be paid from the grant made under subsection (a) to the Indian tribe or tribal organization; and
(B) 20 percent of such costs shall be paid from non-Federal contributions by the Indian tribe or tribal organization through which the scholarship is provided.
(3) In determining the amount of non-Federal contributions that have been provided for purposes of subparagraph (B) of paragraph (2), any amounts provided by the Federal Government to the Indian tribe or tribal organization involved or to any other entity shall not be included.
(4) Non-Federal contributions required by subparagraph (B) of paragraph (2) may be provided di
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TITLE 25—INDIANS
§ 1613a
1 So in original. Probably should be followed by ‘‘or’’.
2 So in original. The ‘‘; or’’ probably should be a period.
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
1992—Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 102–573, § 102(b)(1), amend-
ed par. (2) generally. Prior to amendment, par. (2) read
as follows: ‘‘have demonstrated the capability to suc-
cessfully complete courses of study in schools of medi-
cine, osteopathy, dentistry, veterinary medicine, op-
tometry, podiatry, pharmacy, public health, nursing, or
allied health professions.’’
Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 102–573, § 102(b)(2), inserted be-
fore period at end ‘‘on a full-time basis (or the part-
time equivalent thereof, as determined by the Sec-
retary)’’.
Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 102–573, § 102(b)(3), amended par.
(2) generally. Prior to amendment, par. (2) read as fol-
lows: ‘‘Pregraduate education of any grantee leading to
a baccalaureate degree in an approved premedicine,
predentistry, preosteopathy, preveterinary medicine,
preoptometry, or prepodiatry curriculum, such scholar-
ship not to exceed four years.’’
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 102–573, § 102(b)(4), struck out ‘‘full
time’’ after ‘‘while attending school’’.
Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 102–573, § 102(b)(5), amended sub-
sec. (e) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (e) read
as follows: ‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated for
the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this sec-
tion—
‘‘(1) $3,000,000 for fiscal year 1989,
‘‘(2) $3,700,000 for fiscal year 1990,
‘‘(3) $4,400,000 for fiscal year 1991, and
‘‘(4) $5,100,000 for fiscal year 1992.’’
1988—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 100–713, § 102(b), inserted ‘‘of
a grantee while attending school full time’’ after ‘‘ex-
penses’’.
Subsecs. (d), (e). Pub. L. 100–713, § 102(a), added sub-
secs. (d) and (e
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