124 STAT. 633 PUBLIC LAW 111–148—MAR. 23, 2010 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In the case of any agreement made under subsection (b), the individual is liable to the Federal Government for the total amount paid by the Secretary under such agreement, and for interest on such amount at the max- imum legal prevailing rate, if the individual fails to meet the agreement terms required under such subsection. ‘‘(2) WAIVER OR SUSPENSION OF LIABILITY.—In the case of an individual making an agreement for purposes of para- graph (1), the Secretary shall provide for the waiver or suspen- sion of liability under such paragraph if compliance by the individual with the agreement involved is impossible or would involve extreme hardship to the individual or if enforcement of the agreement with respect to the individual would be uncon- scionable. ‘‘(3) DATE CERTAIN FOR RECOVERY.—Subject to paragraph (2), any amount that the Federal Government is entitled to recover under paragraph (1) shall be paid to the United States not later than the expiration of the 3-year period beginning on the date the United States becomes so entitled. ‘‘(4) AVAILABILITY.—Amounts recovered under paragraph (1) shall be available to the Secretary for making loan repay- ments under this section and shall remain available for such purpose until expended. ‘‘(e) ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUAL DEFINED.—For purposes of this sec- tion, the term ‘eligible individual’ means an individual who— ‘‘(1) is a United States citizen, national, or lawful perma- nent resident; ‘‘(2) holds an unencumbered license as a registered nurse; and ‘‘(3) has either already completed a master’s or doctorate nursing program at an accredited school of nursing or is cur- rently enrolled on a full-time or part-time basis in such a program. ‘‘(f) PRIORITY.—For the purposes of this section and section 846A, funding priority will be awarded to School of Nursing Student Loans that support doctoral nursing students or Individual Student Loan Repayment that support doctoral nursing students. ‘‘(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2010 through 2014.’’. SEC. 5312. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR PARTS B THROUGH D OF TITLE VIII. Section 871 of the Public Health Service Act, as redesignated and moved by section 5310, is amended to read as follows: ‘‘SEC. 871. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. ‘‘For the purpose of carrying out parts B, C, and D (subject to section 851(g)), there are authorized to be appropriated $338,000,000 for fiscal year 2010, and such sums as may be nec- essary for each of the fiscal years 2011 through 2016.’’. SEC. 5313. GRANTS TO PROMOTE THE COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKFORCE. (a) IN GENERAL.—Part P of title III of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 280g et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: 42 USC 298d.
