PUBLIC LAW 100-607—NOV. 4, 1988
102 STAT. 3159
SEC 706. INCENTIVE SPECIAL PAY FOR PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE Uniformed NURSES. services.
Subsection (a.) of section 208 (42 U.S.C. 210(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: "(3) Commissioned nurse of^cers in the Regular and Reserve Corps shall, while in active duty, be paid incentive special pay in the same amounts as, and under the same terms and conditions which apply to, the incentive special pay now or hereafter paid to commissioned nurse ofKcers of the Armed Forces under chapter 5 of title 37, United States Code.". SEC. 707. EXTENSION OF PERIOD FOR INSURANCE OF NEW LOANS.
Section 728(a) (42 U.S.C. 294a(a)) is amended— (1) by inserting before the period at the end of the second sentence the following: ", and if in any fiscal year no ceiling has been established, any difference carried over shall constitute the ceiling for making new loans (including loans to new borrowers) and paying installments for such fiscal year."; and (2) in the third sentence by striking "1991," and inserting "1994,".
Subtitle B—Assistance to Nursing Students SEC 71L TRAINEESHIPS FOR ADVANCED EDUCATION OF PROFESSIONAL NURSES. (a) TRAINEESHIFS FOR CERTAIN PART-TIME STUDENTS IN ADVANCED NURSING PROGRASiS.—Section 830 (42 U.S.C. 297) is amended by
redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d) and inserting after subsection (b) the following new subsection: "(c)(1) The Secretary may make grants to public and nonprofit Grants. private schools of nursing to cover the costs of traineeships for Schools and colleges. students— "(A) who are enrolled at least half-time in programs offering a masters d^n^'ee in nursing; and "(B) who agree to complete the requirements for degrees from such p n ^ a m s not later than the end of the academic year during which the student is to receive the traineeship. "(2) In making grants under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall give special consideration to applications for traineeship programs that educate nursing students to serve in and prepare for practice as nurse practitioners, clinical specialists, or nurse midwives.". (b)
AUTHORIZATION OP APPROPRIATIONS FOR TRAINEESHIP PRO-
GRAMS.—Section 830 (42 U.S.C. 297) is amended by amending subsection (d) (as redesignated by subsection (a) of this section) to read as follows: "(d)(l)(A) For the purposes of subsections (a) and (c), there are authorized to be appropriated $13,000,000 for fiscal year 1989, $15,000,000 for fiscal year 1990, and $16,000,000 for fiscal year 1991. "(B) Of the amounts made available pursuant to subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall make available not less than 25 percent to carry out subsection (c). "(2) For the purposes of subsection (b), there is authorized to be appropriated $1,100,000 for each of the fiscal years 1989 through 1991.".
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