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[CITE: 38USC7624]

 
                      TITLE 38--VETERANS' BENEFITS
 
              PART V--BOARDS, ADMINISTRATIONS, AND SERVICES
 
     CHAPTER 76--HEALTH PROFESSIONALS EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
 
              SUBCHAPTER III--TUITION REIMBURSEMENT PROGRAM
 
Sec. 7624. Breach of agreement: liability

    (a) A participant in the Tuition Reimbursement Program who fails to 
maintain employment as a Department employee permanently assigned to a 
Department health-care facility--
        (1) may not be provided reimbursement for tuition for the course 
    or courses in which the participant is enrolled; and
        (2) in lieu of any service obligation arising from participation 
    in the program, shall be liable to the United States for the amount 
    which has been paid or is payable to or on behalf of the participant 
    under the agreement, reduced by the proportion that the number of 
    days served for completion of the service obligation bears to the 
    total number of days in the participant's period of obligated 
    service.

    (b) Any amount of damages which the United States is entitled to 
recover under this section shall be paid to the United States within the 
one-year period beginning on the date of the breach of the agreement.

(Added Pub. L. 100-322, title II, Sec. 216(b), May 20, 1988, 102 Stat. 
527, Sec. 4324; amended Pub. L. 100-687, div. B, title XV, 
Sec. 1503(a)(4), Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4134; renumbered Sec. 7624, 
Pub. L. 102-40, title IV, Sec. 402(b)(1), May 7, 1991, 105 Stat. 238; 
Pub. L. 102-83, Sec. 4(a)(3), (4), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 404.)


                               Amendments

    1991--Pub. L. 102-40 renumbered section 4324 of this title as this 
section.
    Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 102-83 substituted ``Department'' for 
``Veterans' Administration'' in two places in introductory provisions.
    1988--Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 100-687, Sec. 1503(a)(4)(A), 
substituted ``participation in the program'' for ``completion of a 
course or courses in a previous semester or quarter'', inserted ``or is 
payable'' after ``has been paid'', and inserted before period at end ``, 
reduced by the proportion that the number of days served for completion 
of the service obligation bears to the total number of days in the 
participant's period of obligated service''.
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 100-687, Sec. 1503(a)(4)(B), struck out par. 
(1) which related to formula to apply to recover amount from participant 
who breaches agreement by failing to complete period of obligated 
service, and struck out par. (2) designation before ``Any amount''.
