Appropriation. 84 Stat. 1347. Scholarship, limitation. Appropriation. "(b) For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this section, there are authorized to be appropriated $750,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1971; $1,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1972; and $1,250,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973. "SCHOLARSHIP GRANTS "SEC. 794B. (a) The Secretary is authorized to make (in accordance with such regulations as he may prescribe) grants to public or nonprofit private agencies, institutions, and organizations with an established program for training or retraining of personnel in the allied health professions or occupations specified by the Secretary for (1) scholarships to be awarded by such agency, institution, or organization to students thereof, and (2) scholarships in retraining programs of such agency, institution, or organization to be awarded to allied health professions personnel in occupations for which such agency, institution, or organization determines that there is a need for the development of, or the expansion of, training. "(b) Scholarships awarded by any agency, institution, or organization from grants under subsection (a) shall be awarded for any year only to individuals of exceptional financial need who require such assistance for such year in order to purchase a course of study offered by such agency, institution, or organization. (c) Grants under subsection (a) may be paid in advance or by way of reimbursement and at such intervals as the Secre tary may deem appropriate and with appropriate adjustments on account of overpayments or underpayments previously made. "(d) Any scholarship awarded from grants under subsection (a) to any individual for any year shall cover such portion of the individual's tuition, fees, books, equipment, and living expenses as the agency, institution, or organization awarding the scholarship may determine to be needed by such individual for such year on the basis of his requirements and financial resources; except that the amount of any such scholarship shall not exceed $2,000, plus $600 for each dependent (not in excess of three) in the case of any individual who is awarded such a scholarship. "(e) The Secretary shall not approve any grant under this section unless the applicant therefor provides assurances satisfactory to the Secretary that funds made available through such grant will be so used as to supplement and, to the extent practicable, increase the level of non-Federal funds, which would in the absence of such grant, be made available for the purpose for which such grant is requested. "(f) For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this section, there is authorized to be appropriated $4,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1971; $5,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1972; and $6,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973. "WORK-STUDY PROGRAMS "SEC. 794C. (a) The Secretary is authorized to enter into agreements with public or nonprofit private agencies, institutions, and organizations with established programs for the training or retraining of personnel in the allied health professions specified by the Secretary under which the Secretary will make grants to such agencies, institutions, and organizations to assist them in the operation of work-study programs for individuals undergoing training or retraining provided by such programs. "(b) Any agreement entered into pursuant to this section with a public or nonprofit private agency, institution, or organization shall— "(1) provide that such agency, institution, or organization, will operate a work-study program for the part-time employment of its students or trainees either (A) in work for such agency, institution, or organization or (B) pursuant to arrangements between such agency, institution, or organization and another public or private nonprofit agency, institution, or organization, in work which is in the public interest for such other agency, institution, or organization; "(2) provide that any such work-study program shall be operated in such manner that its operation will not result in the displacement of employed workers or impair existing contracts for employment; "(3) provide that any such work-study program will provide conditions of employment, for the students or trainees participating therein, which are appropriate and reason- 84 Stat. 3148 able in light of such factors as type of work performed, prevailing wages in the area for similar work, and proficiency of the individual in the performance of the work involved: "(4) provide that no Federal funds made available to such agency, institution, or organization pursuant to such agreement shall be used for the construction, operation, or maintenance of any facility or part thereof which is used or is to be used for sectarian instruction or as a place for religious worship: "(5) provide that Federal funds made available to such use a portion of such funds to meet administrative expenses Administrative Low-income families, preference. Employment opportunities. Funds, limitation. 84 Stat. 1349 or organization receiving such Federal funds pursuant to such agreement; "(6) provide that such agency, institution, or organization, in selecting students or trainees for employment in such work-study program, will give preference to individuals from low-income families, and that no individual will be selected for employment in such program unless he (A) is in need of the earnings from such employment in order to pursue a course of study (whether on a full-time or part-time basis) for training or retraining of personnel in the allied health professions provided by such agency. institution, or organization, (B) is capable, in the opinion of such agency, institution, or organization, of maintaining good standing in such course of study while employed under such work-study program, and (Č) in the case of any individual who at the time he applies for such employment is a new student or trainee, has been accepted for enrollment in such course of study on a full-time basis or part-time and, in the case of any other individual, is enrolled in such course of study on such a basis and is main taining good standing in such course of study; "(7) provide that such agency, institution, or organization shall, in the operation of such work-study program, provide all individuals desiring employment therein an opportunity to make application for such employment and that, to the extent that necessary funds are available, all eligible applicants will be employed in such program; and (8) include such other provisions as the Secretary may deem necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes of this section. "(c) The Secretary shall not approve any grant under this section unless the applicant therefor provides assurances satisfactory to the Secretary that funds made available through such grant will be so used as to supplement and, to the extent praetical, increase the level of non-Federal funds which would, in the absence of such grant, be made available for the purpose for which such grants is requested. "(d) (1) Funds provided through any grant made under this section shall not be used to pay more than "(A) 90 per centum, in the case of the period commencing on the date of the enactment of this section and ending with the close of the third June 30th thereafter. "(B) 85 per centum, in the case of the one-year period which immediately succeeds the period referred to in clause (A), (C) 80 per centum, in the case of the one-year period which immediately succeeds the period referred to in clause (B), nor "(D) 75 per centum, in the case of any period after the period referred to in clause (C), of the costs attributable to the payment of compensation to students or trainees for employment in the work-study program with respect to which such grant is made. 1 t "(2) (A) In determining (for purposes of paragraph (1)) the amounts attributable to the payment of compensation to students or trainees for employment in any work-study program, there shall be disregarded any Federal funds (other than such funds derived from a grant under this section) used for the payment of such compensation. services and "(B) In determining (for purposes of paragraph (1)) the Student total amounts expended for the payment of compensation to stu- supplies. dents or trainees for employment in any work-study program operated by any agency, institution, or organization receiving a grant under this section, there shall be included the reasonable value of compensation provided by such agency, institution, or organization to such students or trainees in the form of services and supplies (including tuition, board, and books). "(e) For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Appropriation. section, there is authorized to be appropriated $2,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1971, $4,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1972, and $6,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973. "LOANS FOR STUDENTS OF THE ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONS fund. "SEC. 794D. (a) (1) The Secretary is authorized (in accord- Student loan ance with such regulations as he may prescribe) to enter into and agreement for the establishment and operation of a student loan fund in accordance with this section with any public or private nonprofit agency, institution, or organization which has an established program for the training or retraining of personnel in the allied health professions specified by the Secretary. "(2) Each agreement entered into under this subsection shall "(A) provide for establishment of a student loan fund Fund deposits. by such agency, institution, or organization for students or trainees enrolled in such program; "(B) provide for deposit in the fund of (i) the Federal capital contributions paid under this section to the agency, institution, or organization by the Secretary, (ii) an additional amount from other sources equal to not less than oneninth of such Federal capital contributions, (iii) collections of principal and interest on loans made from the fund, (iv) collections pursuant to subsection (b) (6), and (v) any other earnings of the fund; "(C) provide that the fund shall be used only for loans to students or trainees enrolled in such program of the agency, institution, or organization in accordance with the agreement and for costs of collection of such loans and interest thereon: "(D) provide that loans may be made from such fund 20 USC 424. to students pursuing a course of study (whether full time or part time) in such program of such agency, institution, or organization and that while the agreement remains in effect no such student who is attending such program of such agency, institution, or organization shall receive a 20 USC 10711087. 84 Stat. 1350. Limitation. Terms and conditions. Repayment. 75 Stat. 612. 22 USC 2501 note. loan fund established under section 204 of the National Defense Education Act of 1958 or pursuant to part B of the title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965; and "(E) contain such other provisions as are necessary to protect the financial interests of the United States. "(b) (1) The total of the loans for any academic year (or its equivalent, as determined under regulations of the Secretary) made by agencies, institutions or organization from loan funds established pursuant to agreements under this section may not exceed $1,500 in the case of any student. The aggregate of the loans for all years from such funds may not exceed $6,000 in the case of any student. "(2) Loans from any such student loan fund by any agency, institution or organization shall be made on such terms and conditions as it may determine; subject, however, to such conditions, limitations, and requirements as the Secretary may prescribe (by regulation or in the agreement with the agency. institution, or organization) with a view to preventing impairment of the capital of such fund to the maximum extent practicable in the light of the objective of enabling the student to complete his course of study; and except that "(A) such loan may be made only to a student who (i) is in need of the amount of the loan to pursue a part-time or full-time course of study at the agency, institution, or organization, and (ii) is capable, in the opinion of the agency, institution, or organization, of maintaining good standing in such course of study; "(B) such loan shall be repayable in equal or graduated periodic installments (with the right of the borrower to accelerate repayment) over the ten-year period which begins one year after the student ceases to pursue a part-time or full-time course of study in a program for the training or retraining of personnel in the allied health professions at any agency, institution, or organization approved by the Secretary, excluding from such ten-year period all (1) periods (up to three years) of (I) active duty performed by the borrower as a member of a uniformed service, or (II) service as a volunteer under the Peace Corps Act, and (ii) periods (up to five years) during which the borrower is pursuing a full-time course of study at a school leading to a baccalaureate or associate degree or the equivalent of either or to a higher degree in one of the allied health professions; "(C) not to exceed 50 per centum of any such loan (plus interest) shall be canceled for full-time employment in any of the allied health professions (including teaching any such profession or service as an administrator, supervisor, or specialist in any such profession) in any public or private nonprofit agency, institution, or organization, or in a rural area with an individual practitioner of medicine or dentistry if such service is approved by a local county health department or its equivalent at the rate of 10 per centum of the amount of such loan plus interest thereon, |