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[CITE: 10USC2124]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
                    PART III--TRAINING AND EDUCATION
 
   CHAPTER 105--ARMED FORCES HEALTH PROFESSIONS FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE 
                                PROGRAMS
 
 SUBCHAPTER I--HEALTH PROFESSIONS SCHOLARSHIP AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE 
                       PROGRAM FOR ACTIVE SERVICE
 
Sec. 2124. Members of the program: numbers appointed

    The number of persons who may be designated as members of the 
program for training in each health profession shall be as prescribed by 
the Secretary of Defense, except that the total number of persons so 
designated may not, at any time, exceed 6,000.

(Added Pub. L. 92-426, Sec. 2(a), Sept. 21, 1972, 86 Stat. 718; amended 
Pub. L. 99-145, title VI, Sec. 672(i), Nov. 8, 1985, 99 Stat. 664; Pub. 
L. 100-180, div. A, title VII, Secs. 711(a)(2), 712(b)(1), Dec. 4, 1987, 
101 Stat. 1108, 1112; Pub. L. 101-189, div. A, title VII, Sec. 725(g), 
Nov. 29, 1989, 103 Stat. 1480; Pub. L. 102-190, div. A, title VII, 
Sec. 717, Dec. 5, 1991, 105 Stat. 1404.)


                               Amendments

    1991--Pub. L. 102-190 substituted ``except that the total number of 
persons so designated may not, at any time, exceed 6,000.'' for ``except 
that--
        ``(1) the total number of persons so designated in all of the 
    programs authorized by this subchapter shall not, at any time, 
    exceed 6,000; and
        ``(2) after September 30, 1991, of the total number of persons 
    so designated, at least 2,500 shall be persons--
            ``(A) who are in the final two years of their course of 
        study; and
            ``(B) who have agreed to accept, if offered, residency 
        training in a health profession skill which has been designated 
        by the Secretary as a critically needed wartime skill.''
    1989--Par. (2). Pub. L. 101-189 inserted ``after September 30, 
1991,'' after ``(2)''.
    1987--Pub. L. 100-180, Sec. 712(b)(1), substituted ``except that--'' 
and pars. (1) and (2) for ``except that the total number of persons so 
designated in all of the programs authorized by this subchapter shall 
not, at any time, exceed 6,000.''
    Pub. L. 100-180, Sec. 711(a)(2), substituted ``subchapter'' for 
``chapter''.
    1985--Pub. L. 99-145 substituted ``6,000'' for ``5,000''.


                    Effective Date of 1987 Amendment

    Section 712(b)(2) provided that: ``The amendment made by paragraph 
(1) [amending this section] shall take effect on October 1, 1989.''


                    Effective Date of 1985 Amendment

    Section 672(j) of Pub. L. 99-145, which provided that amendment made 
by that section was to take effect on Oct. 1, 1985, was repealed by Pub. 
L. 100-180, Sec. 711(c)(1), (e)(1), eff. Dec. 4, 1987.


                                 Repeals

    The directory language of, but not the amendment made by, Pub. L. 
99-145, title VI, Sec. 672(i), Nov. 8, 1985, 99 Stat. 664, cited as a 
credit to this section, was repealed by Pub. L. 100-180, Sec. 711(c)(1), 
(e)(1), eff. Dec. 4, 1987.
