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[CITE: 38USC7634]

 
                      TITLE 38--VETERANS' BENEFITS
 
              PART V--BOARDS, ADMINISTRATIONS, AND SERVICES
 
     CHAPTER 76--HEALTH PROFESSIONALS EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
 
                  SUBCHAPTER IV--ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS
 
Sec. 7634. Breach of agreement; waiver of liability

    (a) An obligation under the Educational Assistance Program (or an 
agreement under the program) of a participant in the Educational 
Assistance Program for performance of services or payment of damages is 
canceled upon the death of the participant.
    (b) The Secretary shall prescribe regulations providing for the 
waiver or suspension of any obligation of a participant for service or 
payment under the Educational Assistance Program (or an agreement under 
the program) whenever noncompliance by the participant is due to 
circumstances beyond the control of the participant or whenever the 
Secretary determines that the waiver or suspension of compliance is in 
the best interest of the United States.
    (c) An obligation of a participant under the Educational Assistance 
Program (or an agreement thereunder) for payment of damages may not be 
released by a discharge in bankruptcy under title 11 before the 
expiration of the five-year period beginning on the first date the 
payment of such damages is due.

(Added Pub. L. 100-322, title II, Sec. 216(b), May 20, 1988, 102 Stat. 
529, Sec. 4334; renumbered Sec. 7634, Pub. L. 102-40, title IV, 
Sec. 402(b)(1), May 7, 1991, 105 Stat. 238; amended Pub. L. 102-83, 
Sec. 4(b)(1), (2)(E), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 404, 405.)


                               Amendments

    1991--Pub. L. 102-40 renumbered section 4334 of this title as this 
section.
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 102-83 substituted ``Secretary'' for 
``Administrator'' in two places.
