38 U.S.C. § 7681 — Authority for program

submitted 28 years ago by Pub. L. 105-368 to r/title-38-VETERANS-BENEFITS · 127 words · no verdicts yet

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The VA Secretary may run an Education Debt Reduction Program to help pay down student loans held by health-care employees. Its purpose is to help recruit and keep qualified health professionals in hard-to-fill VA jobs.

(a) In General: (1) As part of the Educational Assistance Program, the Secretary may carry out an education debt reduction program under this subchapter, called the Department of Veterans Affairs Education Debt Reduction Program. (2) The Program's purpose is to help recruit and keep qualified health-care professionals in Veterans Health Administration positions that are difficult to fill with an adequate supply of qualified staff. (b) Relationship to Educational Assistance Program: Payments under the Education Debt Reduction Program can be given on top of other assistance an individual already gets under the Educational Assistance Program.

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(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 (hereinafter 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 and retention 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.

Source credit: (Added Pub. L. 105–368, title VIII, § 803(a), Nov. 11, 1998, 112 Stat. 3357; amended Pub. L. 107–14, § 8(a)(16), June 5, 2001, 115 Stat. 35; Pub. L. 111–163, title III, § 301(a), May 5, 2010, 124 Stat. 1146.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit

1998Enacted · Pub. L. 105-368 · 112 Stat. 3357
2001Amended · Pub. L. 107-14 · 115 Stat. 35
2010Amended · Pub. L. 111-163 · 124 Stat. 1146

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 105-368 on 1998-11-11.

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