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[CITE: 25USC1616b]

 
                            TITLE 25--INDIANS
 
                     CHAPTER 18--INDIAN HEALTH CARE
 
           SUBCHAPTER I--INDIAN HEALTH PROFESSIONAL PERSONNEL
 
Sec. 1616b. Recruitment activities

    (a) The Secretary may reimburse health professionals seeking 
positions in the Service, including individuals considering entering 
into a contract under section 1616a of this title, and their spouses, 
for actual and reasonable expenses incurred in traveling to and from 
their places of residence to an area in which they may be assigned for 
the purpose of evaluating such area with respect to such assignment.
    (b) The Secretary, acting through the Service, shall assign one 
individual in each area office to be responsible on a full-time basis 
for recruitment activities.

(Pub. L. 94-437, title I, Sec. 109, as added Pub. L. 100-713, title I, 
Sec. 108, Nov. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 4794; amended Pub. L. 102-573, title 
I, Sec. 107, Oct. 29, 1992, 106 Stat. 4538.)


                               Amendments

    1992--Pub. L. 102-573, Sec. 107(1), substituted ``Recruitment 
activities'' for ``Travel expenses for recruitment'' in section 
catchline.
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 102-573, Sec. 107(2), amended subsec. (b) 
generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (b) read as follows: ``There are 
authorized to be appropriated $100,000 for each of the fiscal years 
1990, 1991, and 1992, for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of 
this section.''
