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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2440 

To amend the Public Health Service Act to improve loan repayment programs 

of the National Institutes of Health. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 19, 2015 

Mrs. ELLMERS of North Carolina introduced the following bill; which was 

referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 

A BILL 

To amend the Public Health Service Act to improve loan 

repayment programs of the National Institutes of Health. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. IMPROVEMENT OF LOAN REPAYMENT PRO4 GRAMS OF NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF 

5 HEALTH. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Part G of title IV of the Public 

7 Health Service (42 U.S.C. 288 et seq.) is amended— 

8 (1) by redesignating the second section 487F 

9 (42 U.S.C. 288–6; pediatric research loan repayment 

10 program) as section 487G; and 


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1 (2) by inserting after section 487G, as so redes2 ignated, the following: 

3 ‘‘SEC. 487H. LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM. 

4 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish a 

5 program, based on workforce and scientific needs, of en6 tering into contracts with qualified health professionals 

7 under which such health professionals agree to engage in 

8 research in consideration of the Federal Government 

9 agreeing to pay, for each year of engaging in such re10 search, not more than $50,000 of the principal and inter11 est of the educational loans of such health professionals. 

12 ‘‘(b) ADJUSTMENT FOR INFLATION.—Beginning with 

13 respect to fiscal year 2017, the Secretary may increase 

14 the maximum amount specified in subsection (a) by an 

15 amount that is determined by the Secretary, on an annual 

16 basis, to reflect inflation. 

17 ‘‘(c) LIMITATION.—The Secretary may not enter into 

18 a contract with a health professional pursuant to sub19 section (a) unless such professional has a substantial 

20 amount of educational loans relative to income. 

21 ‘‘(d) APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS RE22 GARDING OBLIGATED SERVICE.—Except to the extent in23 consistent with this section, the provisions of sections 

24 338B, 338C, and 338E shall apply to the program estab25 lished under this section to the same extent and in the 


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1 same manner as such provisions apply to the National 

2 Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program estab3 lished under section 338B. 

4 ‘‘(e) AVAILABILITY OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Amounts 

5 appropriated for a fiscal year for contracts under sub6 section (a) are authorized to remain available until the ex7 piration of the second fiscal year beginning after the fiscal 

8 year for which the amounts were appropriated.’’. 

9 (b) UPDATE OF OTHER LOAN REPAYMENT PRO10 GRAMS.— 

11 (1) LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM FOR MINORITY

12 HEALTH DISPARITIES RESEARCH.—Section 464z– 

13 5(a) of the Public Health Service Act (42 

14 U.S.C.285t–2(a)) is amended— 

15 (A) in subsection (a), by striking 

16 ‘‘$35,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$50,000’’; and 

17 (B) by adding at the end the following new 

18 sentence: ‘‘Subsection (b) of section 487H shall 

19 apply with respect to the maximum amount 

20 specified in this subsection in the same manner 

21 as it applies to the maximum amount specified 

22 in subsection (a) of such section.’’. 

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1 FICIENCY SYNDROME.—Section 487A(a) of such Act 

2 (42 U.S.C. 288–1(a)) is amended— 

3 (A) by striking ‘‘$35,000’’ and inserting 

4 ‘‘$50,000’’; and 

5 (B) by adding at the end the following new 

6 sentence: ‘‘Subsection (b) of section 487H shall 

7 apply with respect to the maximum amount 

8 specified in this subsection in the same manner 

9 as it applies to the maximum amount specified 

10 in subsection (a) of such section.’’. 

11 (3) LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM FOR RE12 SEARCH WITH RESPECT TO CONTRACEPTION AND IN13 FERTILITY.—Section 487B(a) of such Act (42 

14 U.S.C. 288–2(a)) is amended— 

15 (A) by striking ‘‘$35,000’’ and inserting 

16 ‘‘$50,000’’; and 

17 (B) by adding at the end the following new 

18 sentence: ‘‘Subsection (b) of section 487H shall 

19 apply with respect to the maximum amount 

20 specified in this subsection in the same manner 

21 as it applies to the maximum amount specified 

22 in such subsection (a) of such section.’’. 

23 (4) LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM FOR RE24 SEARCH GENERALLY.—Section 487C(a)(1) of such 

25 Act (42 U.S.C. 288–3(a)(1)) is amended— 


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1 (A) by striking ‘‘$35,000’’ and inserting 

2 ‘‘$50,000’’; and 

3 (B) by adding at the end the following new 

4 sentence: ‘‘Subsection (b) of section 487H shall 

5 apply with respect to the maximum amount 

6 specified in this paragraph in the same manner 

7 as it applies to the maximum amount specified 

8 in such subsection (a) of such section.’’. 

9 (5) LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM REGARDING

10 CLINICAL RESEARCHERS FROM DISADVANTAGED

11 BACKGROUNDS.—Section 487E(a)(1) of such Act 

12 (42 U.S.C. 288–5(a)(1)) is amended— 

13 (A) by striking ‘‘$35,000’’ and inserting 

14 ‘‘$50,000’’; and 

15 (B) by adding at the end the following new 

16 sentence: ‘‘Subsection (b) of section 487H shall 

17 apply with respect to the maximum amount 

18 specified in this paragraph in the same manner 

19 as it applies to the maximum amount specified 

20 in such subsection (a) of such section.’’. 

21 (6) LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM REGARDING

22 CLINICAL RESEARCHERS.—Section 487F(a) of such 

23 Act (42 U.S.C. 288–5a(a)), as added by section 205 

24 of Public Law 106–505, is amended— 


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1 (A) by striking ‘‘$35,000’’ and inserting 

2 ‘‘$50,000’’; and 

3 (B) by adding at the end the following new 

4 sentence: ‘‘Subsection (b) of section 487H shall 

5 apply with respect to the maximum amount 

6 specified in this subsection in the same manner 

7 as it applies to the maximum amount specified 

8 in such subsection (a) of such section.’’. 

9 (7) PEDIATRIC RESEARCH LOAN REPAYMENT

10 PROGRAM.—Section 487F of such Act (42 U.S.C. 

11 288–6, as added by section 1002(b) of Public Law 

12 106–310, is amended— 

13 (A) in subsection (a)(1), by striking 

14 ‘‘$35,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$50,000’’; 

15 (B) in subsection (b), by adding at the end 

16 the following new sentence: ‘‘Subsection (b) of 

17 section 487H shall apply with respect to the 

18 maximum amount specified in subsection (a)(1) 

19 in the same manner as it applies to the max20 imum amount specified in such subsection (a) 

21 of such section.’’; and 

22 (C) by redesignating such section as sec23 tion 487G. 

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