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[CITE: 21USC395]

 
                        TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
 
             CHAPTER 9--FEDERAL FOOD, DRUG, AND COSMETIC ACT
 
                      SUBCHAPTER IX--MISCELLANEOUS
 
Sec. 395. Loan repayment program


(a) In general

                      (1) Authority for program

        Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary shall carry out a 
    program of entering into contracts with appropriately qualified 
    health professionals under which such health professionals agree to 
    conduct research, as employees of the Food and Drug Administration, 
    in consideration of the Federal Government agreeing to repay, for 
    each year of such service, not more than $20,000 of the principal 
    and interest of the educational loans of such health professionals.

                           (2) Limitation

        The Secretary may not enter into an agreement with a health 
    professional pursuant to paragraph (1) unless such professional--
            (A) has a substantial amount of educational loans relative 
        to income; and
            (B) agrees to serve as an employee of the Food and Drug 
        Administration for purposes of paragraph (1) for a period of not 
        less than 3 years.

(b) Applicability of certain provisions

    With respect to the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment 
Program established in subpart III of part D of title III of the Public 
Health Service Act [42 U.S.C. 254l et seq.], the provisions of such 
subpart shall, except as inconsistent with subsection (a) of this 
section, apply to the program established in such subsection in the same 
manner and to the same extent as such provisions apply to the National 
Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program.

(c) Authorization of appropriations

    For the purpose of carrying out this section, there are authorized 
to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal 
years 1994 through 1996.

(June 25, 1938, ch. 675, Sec. 905, as added Pub. L. 103-43, title XX, 
Sec. 2006(2), June 10, 1993, 107 Stat. 210.)

                       References in Text

    The Public Health Service Act, referred to in subsec. (b), is act 
July 1, 1944, ch. 373, 58 Stat. 682, as amended. Subpart III of part D 
of title III of the Act is classified generally to subpart III 
[Sec. 254l et seq.] of part D of subchapter II of chapter 6A of Title 
42, The Public Health and Welfare. For complete classification of this 
Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 201 of Title 
42 and Tables.
