42 U.S.C. 294x (3) Any obligation of an individual under the Scholar ship Program (or a contract thereunder) for payment of damages may be released by a discharge in bankruptcy under title 11 of the United States Code only if such discharge is granted after the expiration of the five-year period beginning on the first date that payment of such damages is required. SPECIAL GRANTS FOR FORMER CORPS MEMBERS TO ENTER SEC. 755. (a) The Secretary may make one grant to an individual (other than an individual who has entered into an agreement under section 753) (1) who has completed his period of obligated service in the Corps, and (2) who has agreed in writing (A) to engage in the private full-time clinical practice of his profession in a health manpower shortage area (designated under section 332 and described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 753 (a)) for a period (beginning not later than one year after the date he completed his period of obligated service in the Corps) of not less than one year; (B) to conduct such practice in accordance with the provisions of section 753 (b) (1); and (C) to such additional conditions as the Secretary may require to carry out the purposes of this section; to assist such individual in meeting the costs of beginning the practice of such individual's profession in accordance with such agreement, including the costs of acquiring equipment and renovating facilities for use in providing health services, and of hiring nurses and other personnel to assist in providing health services. Such grant may not be used for the purchase or construction of any building. (b) The amount of the grant under subsection (a) to an individual shall be (1) $12,500, if the individual agrees to practice his profession in accordance with the agreement for a period of at least one year, but less than two years; or (2) $25,000 if the individual agrees to practice his profession in accordance with the agreement for a period of at least two years. (c) The Secretary may not make a grant under this. section unless an application there for has been submitted to, and approved by, the Secretary. (d) If the Secretary determines that an individual has breached a written agreement entered into under subsection (a), he shall, as soon as practicable after making such determination, notify the individual of such determination. If within 120 days after the date of giving such notice, such individual is not practicing his profession in accordance with the agreement under such subsection and has not provided assurances satisfactory to the Secretary that he will not knowingly violate such agreement again, the United States shall be entitled to recover from such individual an amount determined under section 754 (c), except that in applying the formula contained in such section, "ø" shall be the sum of the amount of the grant made under subsection (a) to such individual and the interest on such amount which would be payable if at the time it was paid it was a loan bearing interest at the maximum legal prevailing rate, "t" shall be the number of months that such individual agreed to practice his profession under such agreement, and “s” shall be the number of months that such individual practices his profession in accordance with such agreement. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS SEC. 756. (a) There are authorized to be appropriated 42 U.S.C. 2947 for scholarships under this subpart $75,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1978, $140,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1979, and $200,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1980. For the fiscal year ending September 30, 1981, and for each of the two succeeding fiscal years, there are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to continue to make scholarship awards to students who have entered into written contracts under the Scholarship Program before October 1, 1980. (b) Of the sums appropriated under this section (1) 90 percent shall be obligated for scholarships for medical, osteopathic, and dental students, and (2) 10 percent of such 90 percent shall be obligated for scholarships for dental students. Subpart V-Other Scholarships SCHOLARSHIPS FOR FIRST-YEAR STUDENTS OF EXCEPTIONAL FINANCIAL NEED SEC. 758. (a) The Secretary shall make grants to a public or nonprofit school of medicine, osteopathy, dentistry, optometry, pharmacy, podiatry, or veterinary medicine which is accredited as provided in section 721 (b) (1) (B), for scholarships to be awarded by the school to full-time students thereof who are of exceptional financial need and who are in their first year of study at such school in the school year ending in the fiscal year in which such grant is made. (b) (1) Scholarships may be awarded by a school from a grant under subsection (a) only to individuals who have been accepted by it for enrollment as full-time stu 42 U.S.C. 294z 42 U.S.C. 294aa dents in their first year of study at such school. (2) A scholarship awarded to a student for a school year under a grant made under subsection (a) shall be the scholarship described in section 751 (g). (3) For purposes of this section, the term "first year of study" means, with respect to a student of a school other than a school of pharmacy, the student's first year postbaccalaureate study at such school. of (c) The Secretary shall distribute grants under this section among all schools of the health professions, but shall give priority in distributing such grants to schools of medicine, osteopathy, and dentistry. (d) For the purpose of making grants under this section, there is authorized to be appropriated $16,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1978, $17,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1979, and $18,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1980. LISTER HILL SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM SEC. 759. (a) The Secretary annually shall make grants to at least 10 individuals (to be known as Lister Hill scholars) for scholarships of up to $8,000 per year for up to four years of medical school if such individuals agree to enter into the family practice of medicine in a health manpower shortage area in accordance with this section. Grants made under this section shall be made only from funds appropriated under subsection (b). (b) There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out the purposes of this section $80,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1977, $160,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1978, $240,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1979, and $320,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1980. For the fiscal year ending September 30, 1981, and for each succeeding fiscal year, there are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to continue to make such grants to students who (prior to October 1, 1980) have received such a grant under this section during such succeeding fiscal year. PART D1-GRANTS TO PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL AND TECH- DECLARATION OF PURPOSE SEC. 761. It is the purpose of this part to provide for the making of grants to assist (1) public and private nonprofit medical schools— (A) to operate, as an integral part of their medical education program, separate and dis 1 Sections 761 through the first 768 were enacted by the Family Practice of Medicine Act (S. 3418, 91st Congress) which the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit held in Kennedy v. Sampson was not validly vetoed by the President. tinct departments devoted to providing teaching and instruction (including continuing education) in all phases of family practice; (B) to construct such facilities as may be appropriate to carry out a program of training in the field of family medicine whether as a part of a medical school or as separate outpatient or similar facility; (C) to operate, or participate in, special training program for paramedical personnel in the field of family medicine; and (D) to operate, or participate in, special training programs to teach and train medical personnel to head departments of family practice or otherwise teach family practice in medical schools; and (2) public and private nonprofit hospitals which provide training programs for medical students, interns, or residents (A) to operate, as an integral part of their medical training programs, special professional training programs (including continuing education) in the field of family medicine for medical students, interns, residents, or practicing physicians; (B) to construct such facilities as may be appropriate to carry out a program of training in the field of family medicine whether as a part of a hospital or as a separate outpatient or similar facility; (C) to provide financial assistance (in the form of scholarships, fellowships, or stipends) to interns, residents, or other medical personnel who are in need thereof, who are participants in a program of such hospital which provides special training (accredited by a recognized body or bodies approved for such purpose by the Commissioner of Education) in the field of family medicine, and who plan to specialize or work in the practice of family medicine; and (D) to operate, or participate in, special training programs for paramedical personnel in the field of family medicine. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS SEC. 762. (a) For the purpose of making grants to carry out the purposes of this part, there are authorized to be appropriated $50,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1971, $75.000.000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1972, and $100,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973. (b) Sums appropriated pursuant to subsection (a) for any fiscal year shall remain available for the purpose for which appropriated until the close of the fiscal year which immediately follows such year. GRANTS BY SECRETARY SEC. 763. (a) From the sums appropriated pursuant to section 762, the Secretary is authorized to make grants, in accordance with the provisions of this part, to carry out the purposes of section 761. (b) No grant shall be made under this part unless an application therefor has been submitted to, and approved by, the Secretary. Such application shall be in such form, submitted in such manner, and contain such information, as the Secretary shall have prescribed by regulations which have been promulgated by him and published in the Federal Register not later than six months after the date of enactment of this part. (c) Grants under this part shall be in such amounts and subject to such limitations and conditions as the Secretary may determine to be proper to carry out the purposes of this part. (d) In the case of any application for a grant any part of which is to be used for major construction or remodeling of any facility, the Secretary shall not approve the part of the grant which is to be so used unless the recipient of such grant enters into appropriate arrangements with the Secretary which will equitably protect the financial interests of the United States in the event such facility ceases to be used for the purpose for which such grant or part thereof was made prior to the expiration of the twenty-year period which commences on the date such construction or remodeling is completed. (e) Grants made under this part shall be used only for the purpose for which made and may be paid in advance or by way of reimbursement, and in such installments, as the Secretary may determine. ELIGIBILITY FOR GRANTS SEC. 764. (a) In order for any medical school to be eligible for a grant under this part, such school (1) must be a public or other nonprofit school of medicine; and (2) must be accredited as a school of medicine by a recognized body or bodies approved for such purpose by the Commissioner of Education, except that the requirements of this clause shall be deemed to be satisfied, if (A) in the case of a school of medicine which by reason of no, or an insufficient, period of operation is not, at the time of application for a grant under this part, eligible for such accreditation, |