Loans to Students of Optometry

Washington, D.C. The subcommittee met, pursuant to notice, at 10:17 a.m., in room 1334, Longworth House Office Building, Hon. Paul G. Rogers, of Florida, presiding.

Mr. ROGERS of Florida. The subcommittee will come to order, please. The hearings today are being held on H.R. 8546 by Mr. Roberts of Alabama, and 30 identical bills which would amend title 7 of the Public Health Service Act to extend the student loan program, recently established for medical students under Public Law 88–129, to students of optometry.

The bills and sponsors are as follows:
H.R. 8522, by Mr. Patman of Texas.
H.R. 8560, by Mr. Hagen of California.
H.R. 8562, by Mr. Rogers of Texas.
H.R. 8586, by Mr. Baker of Tennessee.
H.R. 8588, by Mr. Cameron of California.
H.R. 8603, by Mr. Harrison of Wyoming.
H.R. 8607, by Mr. Patten of New Jersey.
H.R. 8658, by Mr. Thomson of Wisconsin.
H.R. 8665, by Mr. Cleveland of New Hampshire.
H.R. 8678, by Mr. Thompson of New Jersey.
H.R. 8679, by Mr. Trimble of Arkansas.
H.R. 8702, by Mr. Garmatz of Maryland.
H.R. 8704, by Mr. Leggett of California.
H.R. 8705, by Mr. McIntire of Maine.
H.R. 8721, by Mr. Glenn of New Jersey.
H.R. 8753, by Mr. Joelson of New Jersey.
H.R. 8758, by Mr. Anderson of Illinois.
H.R. 8775, by Mrs. Hansen of Washington.
H.R. 8783, by Mr. Van Pelt of Wisconsin.
H.R. 8788, by Mr. Halpern of New York.
H.R. 8791, by Mr. Fisher of Texas.
H.R. 8794, by Mr. Shipley of Illinois.
H.R. 8795, by Mrs. Dwyer of New Jersey.
H.R. 8917, by Mr. Laird of Wisconsin.
H.R. 9038, by Mr. Dorn of South Carolina.
H.R. 9108, by Mr. Macdonald of Massachusetts.
H.R. 9182, by Mr. Grabowski of Connecticut.

H.R. 9313, by Mr. Robison of New York.
H.R. 11095, by Mr. Bass of Tennessee.
H.R. 11306, by Mr. Clark of Pennsylvania.
(H.R. 8546 and departmental reports follow :)

[H.R. 8546, 88th Cong., 1st sess.) A BILL To amend title VII of the Public Health Service Act so as to extend to qualified

schools of optometry and students of optometry those provisions thereof relating tostudent loan programs Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That (a) section 740(a) of the Public Health Service Act is amended by striking out “or dentistry" and inserting "dentistry or optometry".

(b) Section 740(b)(4) of such Act is amended by striking out “or doctor of osteopathy” and inserting “doctor of osteopathy, or doctor of optometry or an equivalent degree".

(c) Section 741 (b) of such Act is amended by striking out "doctor of osteopathy" and inserting "doctor of osteopathy, or doctor of optometry or an equivalent degree".

(d) Section 741(c) of such Act is amended by striking out “or dentistry" and inserting “dentistry, or optometry".

EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT,

BUREAU OF THE BUDGET,

Washington, D.C., May 26, 1964, Hon. OREN HARRIS, Chairman, Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, House of Representatives, Washington, D.C.

DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: This is in reply to your request of September 25, 1963, for the views of the Bureau of the Budget on H.R. 8522, a bill to amend title VII of the Public Health Service Act in order to make students of optometry eligible for student loans thereunder.

In his report to you on this bill, the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare opposes the enactment of H.R. 8522. The Bureau of the Budget concurs in the views expressed by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare and, accordingly, recommends against the enactment of H.R. 8522. Sincerely yours,

PHILLIP S. HUGHES, Assistant Director for Legislative Reference.

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE,

May 25, 1964. Hon. OREN HARRIS, Chairman, Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, House of Repre

sentatives, Washington, D.C. DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: This letter is in response to your request of September 25, 1963, for a report on H.R. 8522, a bill to amend title VII of the Public Health Service Act in order to make students of optometry eligible for student loans thereunder.

The bill would extend to schools and students of optometry the loan provisions of the Health Professions Educational Assistance Act of 1963, part 0 of title VII of the Public Health Service Act. The Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare would be authorized to enter into agreements with public or other nonprofit schools of optometry for the establishment and operation of student loan funds. The schools could make loans up to $2,000 per year to students in need of the amount thereof in order to pursue a full-time course of study leading to a degree of doctor of optometry or an equivalent degree. Loans would be repayable over a 10-year period, beginning 3 years after the student ceases to pursue a full-time course of study. The present law provides for the establishment and operation of such loan funds only at schools of medicine, osteopathy, and dentistry.

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