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[CITE: 42USC254s]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                    CHAPTER 6A--PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE
 
                SUBCHAPTER II--GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES
 
                       Part D--Primary Health Care
 
       subpart iii--scholarship program and loan repayment program
 
Sec. 254s. Native Hawaiian Health Scholarships


(a) Eligibility

    Subject to the availability of funds appropriated under the 
authority of subsection (d) of this section, the Secretary shall provide 
funds to Kamehameha Schools/Bishop Estate for the purpose of providing 
scholarship assistance to students who--
        (1) meet the requirements of section 254l(b) of this title, and
        (2) are Native Hawaiians.

(b) Terms and conditions

    (1) The scholarship assistance provided under subsection (a) of this 
section shall be provided under the same terms and subject to the same 
conditions, regulations, and rules that apply to scholarship assistance 
provided under section 254l of this title.
    (2) The Native Hawaiian Health Scholarship program shall not be 
administered by or through the Indian Health Service.

(c) ``Native Hawaiian'' defined

    For purposes of this section, the term ``Native Hawaiian'' means any 
individual who is--
        (1) a citizen of the United States,
        (2) a resident of the State of Hawaii, and
        (3) a descendant of the aboriginal people, who prior to 1778, 
    occupied and exercised sovereignty in the area that now constitutes 
    the State of Hawaii, as evidenced by--
            (A) genealogical records,
            (B) Kupuna (elders) or Kama'aina (long-term community 
        residents) verification, or
            (C) birth records of the State of Hawaii.

(d) Authorization of appropriations

    There are authorized to be appropriated $1,800,000 for each of the 
fiscal years 1990, 1991, and 1992 for the purpose of funding the 
scholarship assistance provided under subsection (a) of this section.

(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title III, Sec. 338k, formerly Sec. 338J, as 
added Pub. L. 100-713, title I, Sec. 106, Nov. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 4787; 
renumbered Sec. 338K, Pub. L. 101-597, title III, Sec. 302, Nov. 16, 
1990, 104 Stat. 3032; amended Pub. L. 101-644, title IV, Sec. 401, Nov. 
29, 1990, 104 Stat. 4668.)


                               Amendments

    1990--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 101-644, which directed the general 
amendment of subsec. (a) of section 338J of the Public Health Service 
Act, was executed to subsec. (a) of this section, to reflect the 
probable intent of Congress and the intervening renumbering of section 
338J as 338K by Pub. L. 101-597. Prior to amendment, subsec. (a) read as 
follows: ``Subject to the availability of funds appropriated under the 
authority of subsection (d) of this section, the Secretary shall provide 
scholarship assistance, pursuant to a contract with the Kamehameha 
Schools/Bishop Estate, to students who--
        ``(1) meet the requirements of section 254l(b) of this title, 
    and
        ``(2) are Native Hawaiians.''
