Title 21 — Food and Drugs
Chapter 9 — Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
§ 395. Loan repayment program
Statutory text
In general
Authority for program
Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary shall carry out a program of entering into contracts with appropriately qualified health professionals under which such health professionals agree to conduct research, as employees of the Food and Drug Administration, in consideration of the Federal Government agreeing to repay, for each year of such service, not more than $20,000 of the principal and interest of the educational loans of such health professionals.
Limitation
The Secretary may not enter into an agreement with a health professional pursuant to paragraph (1) unless such professional—
has a substantial amount of educational loans relative to income; and
agrees to serve as an employee of the Food and Drug Administration for purposes of paragraph (1) for a period of not less than 3 years.
Applicability of certain provisions
With respect to the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program established in subpart III of part D of title III of the Public Health Service Act [42 U.S.C. 254l et seq.], the provisions of such subpart shall, except as inconsistent with subsection (a) of this section, apply to the program established in such subsection in the same manner and to the same extent as such provisions apply to the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program.
Authorization of appropriations
For the purpose of carrying out this section, there are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 1994 through 1996.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
National Institutes of Health Revitalization Act of 1993
Pub. L. 103–43 title XX § 2006(2) · 107 Stat. 122
Enacted · 21 U.S.C. § 395
June 25, 1938, ch. 675, § 1005, formerly § 905, as added Pub. L. 103–43, title XX, § 2006(2), June 10, 1993, 107 Stat. 210
Source evidence
Code source credit
June 25, 1938, ch. 675, § 1005, formerly § 905, as added Pub. L. 103–43, title XX, § 2006(2), June 10, 1993, 107 Stat. 210Enacted provision · exact public law section
(2) by adding at the end the following section: “SEC. 905. LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM. “(a) In General.— “(1) Authority for program.— Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary shall carry out a program of entering into contracts with appropriately qualified health professionals under which such health professionals agree to conduct research, as employees of the Food and Drug Administration, in consideration of the Federal Government agreeing to repay, for each year of such service, not more than $20,000 of the principal and interest of the educational loans of such health professionals. “(2) Limitation.— The Secretary may not enter into an agreement with a health professional pursuant to paragraph (1) unless such professional— “(A) has a substantial amount of educational loans relative to income; and “(B) agrees to serve as an employee of the Food and Drug Administration for purposes of paragraph (1) for a period of not less than 3 years. “(b) Applicability of Certain Provisions.— With respect to the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program established in subpart III of part D of title III of the Public Health Service Act, the provisions of such subpart shall, except as inconsistent with subsection (a) of this section, apply to the program established in such subsection in the same manner and to the same extent as such provisions apply to the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program. “(c) Authorization of Appropriations.— For the purpose of carrying out this section, there are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 1994 through 1996.”.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
References in Text
The Public Health Service Act, referred to in subsec. (b), is act July 1, 1944, ch. 373, 58 Stat. 682. Subpart III of part D of title III of the Act is classified generally to subpart III [§ 254l et seq.] of part D of subchapter II of chapter 6A of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 201 of Title 42 and Tables.
Credits
1938–2009 · 2 acts
- 1938June 25, 1938, ch. 675, § 1005, formerly § 905, as added Pub. L. 103–43, title XX, § 2006(2), , 107 Stat. 210
- 2009renumbered § 1005, Pub. L. 111–31, div. A, title I, § 101(b)(2), , 123 Stat. 1784.
Show as published
(June 25, 1938, ch. 675, § 1005, formerly § 905, as added Pub. L. 103–43, title XX, § 2006(2), , 107 Stat. 210; renumbered § 1005, Pub. L. 111–31, div. A, title I, § 101(b)(2), , 123 Stat. 1784.)