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Title 25 — Indians

Chapter 18 — Indian Health Care

§ 1616b. Recruitment activities

Statutory text

(a)

The Secretary may reimburse health professionals seeking positions in the Service, including individuals considering entering into a contract under section 1616a of this title, and their spouses, for actual and reasonable expenses incurred in traveling to and from their places of residence to an area in which they may be assigned for the purpose of evaluating such area with respect to such assignment.

(b)

The Secretary, acting through the Service, shall assign one individual in each area office to be responsible on a full-time basis for recruitment activities.

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.

  1. Indian Health Care Improvement Act

    Pub. L. 94–437 title I § 109 · 90 Stat. 1400

    Enacted · 25 U.S.C. § 1616b

    Pub. L. 94–437, title I, § 109, as added Pub. L. 100–713, title I, § 108, Nov. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 4794

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 94–437, title I, § 109, as added Pub. L. 100–713, title I, § 108, Nov. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 4794

  2. Indian Health Amendments of 1992

    Pub. L. 102–573 § 107(1) · 106 Stat. 4526

    Substituted · 25 U.S.C. § 1616b

    Pub. L. 102–573, § 107(1), substituted “Recruitment activities” for “Travel expenses for recruitment” in section catchline

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 102–573, § 107(1), substituted “Recruitment activities” for “Travel expenses for recruitment” in section catchline.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (1) by amending the heading to read as follows:

  3. Indian Health Amendments of 1992

    Pub. L. 102–573 § 107(2) · 106 Stat. 4526

    Amended · 25 U.S.C. § 1616b(b)

    Pub. L. 102–573, § 107(2), amended subsec. (b) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (b) read as follows: “There are authorized to be appropriated $100,000 for each of the fiscal years 1990, 1991, and 1992, for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this section.”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 102–573, § 107(2), amended subsec. (b) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (b) read as follows: “There are authorized to be appropriated $100,000 for each of the fiscal years 1990, 1991, and 1992, for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this section.”

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (2) by amending subsection (b) to read as follows: “(b) The Secretary, acting through the Service, shall assign one individual in each area office to be responsible on a full-time basis for recruitment activities.”.

2 of 3 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1992—Pub. L. 102–573, § 107(1), substituted “Recruitment activities” for “Travel expenses for recruitment” in section catchline.

Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 102–573, § 107(2), amended subsec. (b) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (b) read as follows: “There are authorized to be appropriated $100,000 for each of the fiscal years 1990, 1991, and 1992, for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this section.”

Credits

1988–1992 · 2 acts
  1. 1988Pub. L. 94–437, title I, § 109, as added Pub. L. 100–713, title I, § 108, , 102 Stat. 4794
  2. 1992amended Pub. L. 102–573, title I, § 107, , 106 Stat. 4538.
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(Pub. L. 94–437, title I, § 109, as added Pub. L. 100–713, title I, § 108, , 102 Stat. 4794; amended Pub. L. 102–573, title I, § 107, , 106 Stat. 4538.)

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