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completion of the prior period of 

research; and (2) lender verification of 

the crediting of prior loan repayments, 

including the resulting account balances 

and current account status. The NIH 

will repay loans in the following order, 

unless the Secretary determines that 

significant savings would result from a 

different order of priority: 

(1) Loans guaranteed by the U.S. 

Department of Health and Human 

Services: 

• Health Education Assistance Loan 

(HEAL); 

• Health Professions Student Loan 

(HPSL); 

• Loans for Disadvantaged Students 

(LDS); and 

• Nursing Student Loan Program 

(NSL); 

(2) Loans guaranteed by the U.S. 

Department of Education: 

• Direct Subsidized Stafford Loan; 

• Direct Unsubsidized Stafford Loan; 

• Direct Consolidation Loan; 

• Perkins Loan; 

• FFEL Subsidized Stafford Loan; 

• FFEL Unsubsidized Stafford Loan; 

and 

• FFEL Consolidation Loan;

(3) Loans made or guaranteed by a 

State, the District of Columbia, the 

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a 

territory or possession of the United 

States; 

(4) Loans made by academic 

institutions; and 

(5) Private (‘‘Alternative’’) 

Educational Loans: 

• MEDLOANS; and 

• Private (non-guaranteed) 

Consolidation Loans. 

The following loans are not repayable 

under the Loan Repayment Program for 

Pediatric researchers: 

(1) Loans not obtained from a U.S. or 

other domestic government entity, 

domestic academic institution, or a 

commercial or other chartered U.S. 

lending institution, such as loans from 

friends, relatives, or other individuals, 

and non-educational loans, such as 

home equity loans; 

(2) Loans for which contemporaneous 

documentation (current account 

statement, and promissory note or 

lender disclosure statement) is not 

available; 

(3) Loans that have been consolidated 

with loans of other individuals, such as 

a spouse or child; 

(4) Loans or portions of loans 

obtained for educational or living 

expenses, which exceed a reasonable 

level, as determined by the standard 

school budget for the year in which the 

loan was made, and are not determined 

by the LRP to be reasonable based on 

additional contemporaneous 

documentation provided by the 

applicant; 

(5) Loans, financial debts, or service 

obligations incurred under the following 

programs, or other programs that incur 

a service obligation that converts to a 

loan on failure to satisfy the service 

obligation: 

• Armed Forces (Army, Navy, or Air 

Force) Health Professions Scholarship 

Program; 

• Indian Health Service (IHS) 

Scholarship Program; 

• National Institutes of Health 

Undergraduate Scholarship Program 

(UGSP); 

• National Research Service Award 

(NRSA) Program; 

• Physicians Shortage Area 

Scholarship Program (Federal or State); 

• Primary Care Loan (PCL) Program; 

and 

• Public Health Service (PHS) and 

National Health Service Corps (NHSC) 

Scholarship Program; 

(6) Delinquent loans, loans in default, 

or loans not current in their payment 

schedule; 

(7) PLUS Loans; 

(8) Loans that have been paid in full; 

and 

(9) Loans obtained after the execution 

of the NIH Loan Repayment Program 

Contract (e.g., promissory note signed 

after the LRP contract has been 

awarded) (this provision does not apply 

to qualifying loan consolidations). 

Before the commencement of loan 

repayment, or during lapses in loan 

repayments, due to NIH administrative 

complications, Leave Without Pay 

(LWOP), or a break in service, LRP 

participants are wholly responsible for 

making payments or other arrangements 

that maintain loans current, such that 

increases in either principal or interest 

do not occur. The LRP contract period 

will not be modified or extended as a 

result of Leave Without Pay (LWOP) or 

a break in service. Penalties assessed 

participants as a result of NIH 

administrative complications to 

maintain a current payment status may 

not be considered for reimbursement. 

LRP payments are NOT retroactive. 

Loan repayment for Fiscal Year 2005 

will commence after a loan repayment 

contract has been executed, which is 

expected to be no earlier than July 2005. 

Additional Program Information 

This program is not subject to the 

provisions of Executive Order 12372, 

Intergovernmental Review of Federal 

Programs. 

This program is subject to OMB 

clearance under the requirements of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The 

OMB approval of the information 

collection associated with the Loan 

Repayment Program for Pediatric 

Researchers expires on December 31, 

2004. The Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance number for the Loan 

Repayment Program for Pediatric 

Researchers is 93.285.

Dated: September 21, 2004. 

Elias A. Zerhouni, 

Director, National Institutes of Health.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

National Institutes of Health 

National Heart, Lung, and Blood 

Institute; Notice of Closed Meeting 

Pursuant to section 10(d) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, as 

amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), notice 

is hereby given of the following 

meeting. 

The meeting will be closed to the 

public in accordance with the 

provisions set forth in sections 

552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6), Title 5 U.S.C., 

as amended. The grant applications and 

the discussions could disclose 

confidential trade secrets or commercial 

property such as patentable material, 

and personal information concerning 

individuals associated with the grant 

applications, the disclosure of which 

would constitute a clearly unwarranted 

invasion of personal privacy.

Name of Committee: Heart, Lung, and 

Blood Initial Review Group; Clinical Trials 

Review Committee. 

Date: October 25–26, 2004. 

Time: 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

Agenda: To review and evaluate grant 

applications. 

Place: Ritz-Carlton Hotel at Pentagon City, 

1250 South Hayes Street, Arlington, VA 

22202. 

Contact Person: Patricia A Haggerty, 

Scientific Review Administrator, Review 

Branch, Division of Extramural Affairs, 

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, 

NIH, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 7194, MSC 

7924, Bethesda, MD 20892, 301/435–0288, 

haggertp@nhlbi.nih.gov.

(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Program Nos. 93.233, National Center for 

Sleep Disorders Research; 93.837, Heat and 

Vascular Diseases Research; 93.838, Lung 

Diseases Research; 93.839, Blood Diseases 

and Resources Research, National Institutes 

of Health, HHS)

Dated: September 23, 2004. 

LaVerne Y. Stringfield, 

Director, Office of Federal Advisory 

Committee Policy.

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