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[CITE: 38USC7611]

 
                      TITLE 38--VETERANS' BENEFITS
 
              PART V--BOARDS, ADMINISTRATIONS, AND SERVICES
 
     CHAPTER 76--HEALTH PROFESSIONALS EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
 
                   SUBCHAPTER II--SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
 
Sec. 7611. Authority for program

    As part of the Educational Assistance Program, the Secretary shall 
carry out a scholarship program under this subchapter. The program shall 
be known as the Department of Veterans Affairs Health Professional 
Scholarship Program (hereinafter in this chapter referred to as the 
``Scholarship Program'').

(Added Pub. L. 100-322, title II, Sec. 216(b), May 20, 1988, 102 Stat. 
520, Sec. 4311; renumbered Sec. 7611, Pub. L. 102-40, title IV, 
Sec. 402(b)(1), May 7, 1991, 105 Stat. 238; amended Pub. L. 102-83, 
Sec. 4(a)(2)(B)(vi), (b)(1), (2)(E), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 403-405.)


                               Amendments

    1991--Pub. L. 102-40 renumbered section 4311 of this title as this 
section.
    Pub. L. 102-83 substituted ``Secretary'' for ``Administrator'' and 
``Department of Veterans Affairs'' for ``Veterans' Administration''.


                      Submission of Overdue Report

    Pub. L. 105-114, title II, Sec. 207(b), Nov. 21, 1997, 111 Stat. 
2289, provided that: ``The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to 
Congress not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act [Nov. 21, 1997] the report evaluating the operation of the health 
professional scholarship program required to be submitted not later than 
March 31, 1997, under section 202(b) of Public Law 104-110 (110 Stat. 
770) [set out below].''


                 Health Professional Scholarship Program

    Pub. L. 104-110, title II, Sec. 202(b), Feb. 13, 1996, 110 Stat. 
770, provided that:
    ``(1) The Secretary shall submit to Congress, not later than March 
31, 1997, a report setting forth the results of a study evaluating the 
operation of the health professional scholarship program under 
subchapter II of chapter 76 of title 38, United States Code. The study 
shall evaluate the efficacy of the program with respect to recruitment 
and retention of health care personnel for the Department of Veterans 
Affairs and shall compare the costs and benefits of the program with the 
costs and benefits of alternative methods of ensuring adequate 
recruitment and retention of such personnel.
    ``(2) The Secretary shall carry out the study under this paragraph 
through a private contractor. The report under paragraph (1) shall 
include the report of the contractor and the comments, if any, of the 
Secretary on that report.''
