tology, sociology, health policy, social work, informa-
tion sciences, or public administration; 
‘‘(2)(A) in the case of an individual described in 
paragraph (1)(A), have accepted employment with a 
Federal, State, local, or tribal public health agency, 
as recognized by the Secretary, to commence upon 
graduation; or 
‘‘(B) in the case of an individual described in 
paragraph (1)(B), be employed by, or have accepted 
employment with, a Federal, State, or local public 
health agency, organization, or association, as recog-
nized by the Secretary; 
‘‘(3) be a citizen of the United States or an 
alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence in 
the United States; 
‘‘(4) submit an application to the Secretary to 
participate in the Program; and 
‘‘(5) sign and submit to the Secretary, at the 
time of the submission of such application, a written 
contract (described in subsection (d)) to serve for 
the applicable period of obligated service in the full- 
time employment of a Federal, State, local, or tribal 
public health agency. 
‘‘(c) DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION.— 
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‘‘(1) APPLICATION
AND
CONTRACT
FORMS.— 
The Secretary shall disseminate application forms 
and contract forms to individuals desiring to partici-
pate in the Program. The Secretary shall include 
with such forms— 
‘‘(A) a fair summary of the rights and li-
abilities of an individual whose application is 
approved (and whose contract is accepted) by 
the Secretary, including in the summary a clear 
explanation of the damages to which the United 
States is entitled to recover in the case of the 
individual’s breach of the contract; and 
‘‘(B) information relating to the service ob-
ligation and such other information as may be 
necessary for the individual to understand the 
individual’s prospective participation in the Pro-
gram. 
‘‘(2) INFORMATION
FOR
SCHOOLS.—The Sec-
retary shall distribute to health professions schools 
and other appropriate accredited academic institu-
tions, health professions schools, Historically Black 
Colleges and Universities, Hispanic serving Institu-
tions, Tribal Colleges and Universities, Asian-Amer-
ican and Pacific Islander-serving institutions, sec-
ondary educational institutions, and relevant Fed-
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eral, State, and local public health agencies, mate-
rials providing information on the Program and 
shall encourage such schools, institutions, and agen-
cies to disseminate such materials to potentially eli-
gible students. 
‘‘(3) UNDERSTANDABILITY, AND TIMING.—The 
application form, contract form, and all other infor-
mation furnished by the Secretary under this section 
shall— 
‘‘(A) be written in a manner calculated to 
be understood by the average individual apply-
ing to participate in the Program; and 
‘‘(B) be made available by the Secretary on 
a date sufficiently early to ensure that such in-
dividuals have adequate time to carefully review 
and evaluate such forms and information. 
‘‘(4) 
SPECIAL
CONSIDERATION.—Individuals 
who are eligible under subsection (b) shall be pro-
vided special consideration if the individuals are 
from medically underserved communities, as defined 
in section 799B of the Public Health Service Act 
(42 U.S.C. 295p). 
‘‘(d) CONTRACT.—The written contract (referred to 
in this section) between the Secretary and an individual 
shall contain— 
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‘‘(1) an agreement on the part of the Secretary 
that the Secretary will repay on behalf of the indi-
vidual loans incurred by the individual in the pursuit 
of the relevant public health preparedness workforce 
educational degree or certificate in accordance with 
the terms of the contract; 
‘‘(2) an agreement on the part of the individual 
that the individual will serve, immediately upon 
graduation in the case of an individual described in 
subsection (b)(1)(A), or in the case of an individual 
described in subsection (b)(1)(B) will continue to 
serve, in the full-time employment of a Federal, 
State, or local public health agency, organization, or 
association in a position related to the course of 
study or program for which the contract was award-
ed for a period of time (referred to in this section 
as the ‘period of obligated service’) equal to the 
greater of— 
‘‘(A) 4 years; or 
‘‘(B) such longer period of time as deter-
mined appropriate by the Secretary and the in-
dividual; 
‘‘(3) an agreement, as appropriate, on the part 
of the individual to relocate for the entire period of 
obligated service to a political jurisdiction designated 
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by the Secretary to be a Hurricane Katrina or Rita 
priority service area in exchange for an additional 
loan repayment incentive amount that does not ex-
ceed 30 percent of the individual’s eligible loan re-
payment award per academic year such that the 
total of the loan repayment and the incentive 
amount shall not exceed 1⁄2 of the eligible loan bal-
ance per year; 
‘‘(4) in the case of an individual described in 
subsection (b)(1)(A) who is in the final year of study 
and who has accepted employment with a Federal, 
State, or local public health agency, organization, or 
association upon graduation, an agreement on the 
part of the individual to complete the education or 
training, maintain an acceptable level of academic 
standing (as determined by the education institution 
offering the course of study or training), and com-
plete the period of obligated service; 
‘‘(5) a provision that any financial obligation of 
the United States arising out of a contract entered 
into under this section and any obligation of the in-
dividual that is conditioned thereon, is contingent on 
funds being appropriated for loan repayments under 
this section; 
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‘‘(6) a statement of the damages to which the 
United States is entitled under this section for the 
individual’s breach of the contract; and 
‘‘(7) such other statements of the rights and li-
abilities of the Secretary and of the individual, not 
inconsistent with this section. 
‘‘(e) PAYMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A loan repayment provided 
for an individual under a written contract under the 
Program shall consist of payment, in accordance 
with paragraph (2), on behalf of the individual of 
the principal, interest, and related expenses on gov-
ernment and commercial loans received by the indi-
vidual regarding the undergraduate or graduate (or 
both) education of the individual, which loans were 
made for— 
‘‘(A) tuition expenses; or 
‘‘(B) any other reasonable educational ex-
penses, including fees, books, and laboratory ex-
penses, incurred by the individual. 
‘‘(2) PAYMENTS FOR YEARS SERVED.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—For each year of obli-
gated service that an individual contracts to 
serve under subsection (d) the Secretary may 
pay up to $35,000 on behalf of the individual 
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for loans described in paragraph (1). With re-
spect to participants under the Program whose 
total eligible loans are less than $125,000, the 
Secretary shall pay an amount that does not ex-
ceed 1⁄2 of the eligible loan balance for each 
year of obligated service of the individual. 
‘‘(B) REPAYMENT
SCHEDULE.—Any ar-
rangement made by the Secretary for the mak-
ing of loan repayments in accordance with this 
subsection shall provide that any repayments 
for a year of obligated service shall be made no 
later than the end of the fiscal year in which 
the individual completes such year of service. 
‘‘(3) TAX LIABILITY.—For the purpose of pro-
viding reimbursements for tax liability resulting 
from payments under paragraph (2) on behalf of an 
individual— 
‘‘(A) the Secretary shall, in addition to 
such payments, make payments to the indi-
vidual in an amount not to exceed 39 percent 
of the total amount of loan repayments made 
for the taxable year involved; and 
‘‘(B) may make such additional payments 
as the Secretary determines to be appropriate 
with respect to such purpose. 
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