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42 U.S.C. § 254s — Native Hawaiian Health Scholarships
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**(a) Eligibility** Subject to the availability of funds appropriated under the authority of subsection (d), the Secretary shall provide funds to Papa Ola Lokahi for the purpose of providing scholarship assistance to students who—
(1) meet the requirements of section 254l(b) of this title, and
(2) are Native Hawaiians.
**(b) Terms and conditions**
(1) The scholarship assistance provided under subsection (a) shall be provided under the same terms and subject to the same conditions, regulations, and rules that apply to scholarship assistance provided under section 254l of this title.
(2) The Native Hawaiian Health Scholarship program shall not be administered by or through the Indian Health Service.
**(c) “Native Hawaiian” defined** For purposes of this section, the term “Native Hawaiian” means any individual who is—
(1) a citizen of the United States,
(2) a resident of the State of Hawaii, and
(3) a descendant of the aboriginal people, who prior to 1778, occupied and exercised sovereignty in the area that now constitutes the State of Hawaii, as evidenced by—
(A) genealogical records,
(B) Kupuna (elders) or Kama’aina (long-term community residents) verification, or
(C) birth records of the State of Hawaii.
**(d) Authorization of appropriations** There are authorized to be appropriated $1,800,000 for each of the fiscal years 1990, 1991, and 1992 for the purpose of funding the scholarship assistance provided under subsection (a).
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**(a) Eligibility** Subject to the availability of funds appropriated under the authority of subsection (d), the Secretary shall provide funds to Papa Ola Lokahi for the purpose of providing scholarship assistance to students who—
(1) meet the requirements of section 254l(b) of this title, and
(2) are Native Hawaiians.
**(b) Terms and conditions**
(1) The scholarship assistance provided under subsection (a) shall be provided under the same terms and subject to the same conditions, regulations, and rules that apply to scholarship assistance provided under section 254l of this title.
(2) The Native Hawaiian Health Scholarship program shall not be administered by or through the Indian Health Service.
**(c) “Native Hawaiian” defined** For purposes of this section, the term “Native Hawaiian” means any individual who is—
(1) a citizen of the United States,
(2) a resident of the State of Hawaii, and
(3) a descendant of the aboriginal people, who prior to 1778, occupied and exercised sovereignty in the area that now constitutes the State of Hawaii, as evidenced by—
(A) genealogical records,
(B) Kupuna (elders) or Kama’aina (long-term community residents) verification, or
(C) birth records of the State of Hawaii.
**(d) Authorization of appropriations** There are authorized to be appropriated $1,800,000 for each of the fiscal years 1990, 1991, and 1992 for the purpose of funding the scholarship assistance provided under subsection (a).
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**(a) In general** The Secretary, acting through the Director of the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (established under [section 912 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section912&num=0&edition=prelim)), shall make grants to each State Office of Rural Health for the purpose of improving health care in rural areas.
**(b) Requirement of matching funds**
(1) **In general** — Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary may not make a grant under subsection (a) unless the State office of rural health involved agrees, with respect to the costs to be incurred in carrying out the purpose described in such subsection, to provide non-Federal contributions toward such costs in an amount equal to $3 for each $1 of Federal funds provided in the grant.
(2) **Waiver or reduction** — The Secretary may waive or reduce the non-Federal contribution if the Secretary determines that requiring matching funds would limit the State office of rural health’s ability to carry out the purpose described in subsection (a).
(3) **Determination of amount of non-Federal contribution** — Non-Federal contributions required in paragraph (1) may be in cash or in kind, fairly evaluated, including plant, equipment, or services. Amounts provided by the Federal Government, or services assisted or subsidized to any significant extent by the Federal Government, may not be included in determining the amount of such non-Federal contributions.
**(c) Certain required activities** Recipients of a grant under subsection (a) shall use the grant funds for purposes of—
(1) maintaining within the State office of rural health a clearinghouse for collecting and disseminating information on—
(A) rural health care issues;
(B) research findings relating to rural hea
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TITLE 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
§ 254t
title VI, § 6001(a)(2), Aug. 10, 1993, 107 Stat. 379, directed
Secretary of Commerce, in conjunction with Secretary
of Health and Human Services, to establish an advisory
panel to develop recommendations for the improve-
ment of rural health care through the collection of in-
formation needed by providers and the improvement in
the use of communications to disseminate such infor-
mation and, not later than 1 year after establishment
of Panel to prepare and submit to Congress a report
summarizing the recommendations made by the Panel.
Similar provisions were contained in Pub. L. 101–555,
§ 3, Nov. 15, 1990, 104 Stat. 2760.
§ 254s. Native Hawaiian Health Scholarships
(a) Eligibility
Subject to the availability of funds appro-
priated under the authority of subsection (d),
the Secretary shall provide funds to Papa Ola
Lokahi for the purpose of providing scholarship
assistance to students who—
(1) meet the requirements of section 254l(b)
of this title, and
(2) are Native Hawaiians.
(b) Terms and conditions
(1) The scholarship assistance provided under
subsection (a) shall be provided under the same
terms and subject to the same conditions, regu-
lations, and rules that apply to scholarship as-
sistance provided under section 254l of this title.
(2) The Native Hawaiian Health Scholarship
program shall not be administered by or through
the Indian Health Service.
(c) ‘‘Native Hawaiian’’ defined
For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘Native
Hawaiian’’ means any individual who is—
(1) a citizen of the United States,
(2) a resident of the State of Hawaii, and
(3) a descendant of the aboriginal people,
who prior to 1778, occupied and exercised sov-
ereignty in the area that now constitutes the
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