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[Laws in effect as of January 23, 2000]
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[CITE: 38USC7671]

 
                      TITLE 38--VETERANS' BENEFITS
 
              PART V--BOARDS, ADMINISTRATIONS, AND SERVICES
 
     CHAPTER 76--HEALTH PROFESSIONALS EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
 
          SUBCHAPTER VI--EMPLOYEE INCENTIVE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
 
Sec. 7671. Authority for program

    As part of the Educational Assistance Program, the Secretary may 
carry out a scholarship program under this subchapter. The program shall 
be known as the Department of Veterans Affairs Employee Incentive 
Scholarship Program (hereafter in this subchapter referred to as the 
``Program''). The purpose of the Program is to assist, through the 
establishment of an incentive program for individuals employed in the 
Veterans Health Administration, in meeting the staffing needs of the 
Veterans Health Administration for health professional occupations for 
which recruitment or retention of qualified personnel is difficult.

(Added Pub. L. 105-368, title VIII, Sec. 802(a), Nov. 11, 1998, 112 
Stat. 3352.)
