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[CITE: 42USC254k]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                    CHAPTER 6A--PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE
 
                SUBCHAPTER II--GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES
 
                       Part D--Primary Health Care
 
            subpart ii--national health service corps program
 
Sec. 254k. Authorization of appropriations

    (a)(1) For the purpose of carrying out this subpart, there are 
authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for each of 
the fiscal years 1991 through 2000.
    (2) In the case of individuals who serve in the Corps other than 
pursuant to obligated service under the Scholarship or Loan Repayment 
Program, the Secretary each fiscal year shall, to the extent 
practicable, make assignments under section 254f of this title of such 
individuals who are certified nurse midwives, certified nurse 
practitioners, or physician assistants.
    (b) An appropriation under an authorization under subsection (a) of 
this section for any fiscal year may be made at any time before that 
fiscal year and may be included in an Act making an appropriation under 
an authorization under subsection (a) of this section for another fiscal 
year; but no funds may be made available from any appropriation under 
such authorization for obligation under sections 254d through 254h, 
section 254i, and section 254j of this title before the fiscal year for 
which such appropriation is authorized.

(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title III, Sec. 338, as added Pub. L. 94-484, 
title IV, Sec. 407(b)(3), Oct. 12, 1976, 90 Stat. 2278; amended Pub. L. 
95-626, title I, Sec. 122, Nov. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 3570; Pub. L. 96-76, 
title II, Sec. 202(c), Sept. 29, 1979, 93 Stat. 582; Pub. L. 97-35, 
title XXVII, Sec. 2708, Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 908; Pub. L. 100-177, 
title III, Sec. 305, Dec. 1, 1987, 101 Stat. 1004; Pub. L. 101-597, 
title I, Sec. 108, Nov. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 3021.)


                               Amendments

    1990--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 101-597 added subsec. (a) and struck out 
former subsec. (a) which read as follows: ``To carry out this subpart, 
there are authorized to be appropriated $65,000,000 for fiscal year 
1988, $65,000,000 for fiscal year 1989, and $65,000,000 for fiscal year 
1990.''
    1987--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 100-177 amended subsec. (a) generally. 
Prior to amendment, subsec. (a) read as follows: ``To carry out the 
purposes of this subpart, there are authorized to be appropriated 
$47,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1978; $64,000,000 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1979; $82,000,000 for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 1980; $110,000,000 for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 1982; $120,000,000 for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 1983; and $130,000,000 for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 1984.''
    1981--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 97-35, Sec. 2708(a), inserted provisions 
authorizing appropriations for fiscal years ending Sept. 30, 1982, 1983, 
and 1984.
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 97-35, Sec. 2708(b), substituted reference to 
sections 254d to 254h, 254i, and 254j of this title for reference to 
this subpart.
    1979--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 96-76 substituted ``$82,000,000'' for 
``$70,000,000''.
    1978--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 95-626 substituted ``$64,000,000'' for 
``$57,000,000'' as amount authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 
ending Sept. 30, 1979.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 254g, 254h-1, 254l, 254l-1, 
254m, 254n, 254p, 11709 of this title.
