Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 106 Part 3.djvu/225

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PUBLIC LAW 102-408—OCT. 13, 1992 106 STAT. 2019 (a) for a fiscal year unless the health professions school involved agrees— "(1) to ensure that adequate instruction regarding minority health issues is provided for in the curricula of the school; "(2) with respect to health clinics providing services to a significant number of individuals who are from disadvantaged backgrounds, including members of minority groups, to enter into arrangements with 1 or more such clinics for the purpose of providing students of the school with experience in providing clinical services to such individuals; "(3) with respect to public or nonprofit private secondary educational institutions and undergraduate institutions of higher education, to enter into arrangements with 1 or more such institutions for the purpose of carrying out programs regarding the educational preparation of disadvantaged students, including minority students, to enter the health professions and regarding the recruitment of such individuals into the health professions; "(4) to establish a mentor program for assisting disadvantaged students, including minority students, regarding the completion of the educational requirements for degrees from the school; "(5) to be carrying out each of the activities specified in any of paragraphs (1) through (4) by not later than 1 year after the date on which the first Federal capital contribution is made to the school for purposes of subsection (a); and " (6) to continue carrying out such activities, and the activities specified in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (b), throughout the period during which the student loan fund established pursuant to section 721(b) is in operation. "(d) AVAILABILITY OF OTHER AMOUNTS. —W ith respect to Federal capital contributions to student loan funds under agreements under section 721(b), any such contributions made before October 1, 1990, together with the school contributions appropriate under paragraph (2)(B) of such section to the amount of the Federal capital contributions, may be utilized for the purpose of making loans to individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds, subject to section 723(a)(2)(B). "(e) DEFINITION. — For purposes of this section, the term 'disadvantaged', with respect to an individual, shall be defined by the Secretary. "(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— "(1) IN GENERAL. — With respect to making Federal capital contributions to student loan funds for purposes of subsection (a), there is authorized to be appropriated for such contributions $15,000,000 for fiscal year 1993. "(2) SPECIAL CONSIDERATION FOR CERTAIN SCHOOLS.— In making Federal capital contributions to student loan funds for purposes of subsection (a), the Secretary shall give special consideration to health professions schools that have enrollments of underrepresented minorities above the national average for health professions schools. SEC. 725. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS. 42 USC 292u. "The Secretary may agree to modifications of agreements or loans made under this subpart, and may compromise, waive, or release any right, title, claim, or demand of the United States arising or acquired under this subpart. 59-194 O—93 8:QL3(Pt. 3)