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[Laws in effect as of January 23, 2000]
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[CITE: 38USC7681]

 
                      TITLE 38--VETERANS' BENEFITS
 
              PART V--BOARDS, ADMINISTRATIONS, AND SERVICES
 
     CHAPTER 76--HEALTH PROFESSIONALS EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
 
            SUBCHAPTER VII--EDUCATION DEBT REDUCTION PROGRAM
 
Sec. 7681. Authority for program

    (a) In General.--(1) As part of the Educational Assistance Program, 
the Secretary may carry out an education debt reduction program under 
this subchapter. The program shall be known as the Department of 
Veterans Affairs Education Debt Reduction Program (hereafter in this 
subchapter referred to as the ``Education Debt Reduction Program'').
    (2) The purpose of the Education Debt Reduction Program is to assist 
in the recruitment of qualified health care professionals for positions 
in the Veterans Health Administration for which recruitment or retention 
of an adequate supply of qualified personnel is difficult.
    (b) Relationship to Educational Assistance Program.--Education debt 
reduction payments under the Education Debt Reduction Program may be in 
addition to other assistance available to individuals under the 
Educational Assistance Program.

(Added Pub. L. 105-368, title VIII, Sec. 803(a), Nov. 11, 1998, 112 
Stat. 3357.)
