‘‘(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, local, or tribal public health agency or a 
health center 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 agree 
to 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; 
‘‘(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 
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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 edu-
cation of the individual (or both), which loans were 
made for— 
‘‘(A) tuition expenses; or 
‘‘(B) all 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 
for loans described in paragraph (1). With re-
spect to participants under the Program whose 
total eligible loans are less than $105,000, the 
Secretary shall pay an amount that does not ex-
ceed 1⁄3 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 
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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. 
‘‘(4) PAYMENT
SCHEDULE.—The Secretary 
may enter into an agreement with the holder of any 
loan for which payments are made under the Pro-
gram to establish a schedule for the making of such 
payments. 
‘‘(f) POSTPONING OBLIGATED SERVICE.—With re-
spect to an individual receiving a degree or certificate from 
a school of medicine, public health, nursing, osteopathic 
medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine, optometry, po-
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diatry, pharmacy, psychology, or social work, the date of 
the initiation of the period of obligated service may be 
postponed, upon the submission by the individual of a peti-
tion for such postponement and approval by the Secretary, 
to the date on which the individual completes an approved 
internship, residency, or other relevant public health ad-
vanced training program. 
‘‘(g) ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS.— 
‘‘(1) HIRING PRIORITY.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, Federal, State, local, and 
tribal public health agencies and health centers may 
give hiring priority to any individual who has quali-
fied for and is willing to execute a contract to par-
ticipate in the Program. 
‘‘(2) 
EMPLOYMENT
CEILINGS.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of law, individuals who 
have entered into written contracts with the Sec-
retary under this section, who are serving as full- 
time employees of a State, local, or tribal public 
health agency or a health center, or who are in the 
last year of public health workforce academic prepa-
ration, shall not be counted against any employment 
ceiling affecting the Department or any other Fed-
eral agency. 
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‘‘(h) BREACH
OF CONTRACT.—An individual who 
fails to comply with the contract entered into under sub-
section (d) shall be subject to the same financial penalties 
as provided for under section 338E for breaches of loan 
repayment contracts under section 338B. 
‘‘(i) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$195,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2010 through 
2015. 
‘‘SEC. 782. GRANTS FOR STATE AND LOCAL PROGRAMS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—For the purpose of operating 
State, local, tribal, and health center public health work-
force loan repayment programs under this subpart, the 
Secretary shall award a grant to any public health agency 
that receives public health preparedness cooperative agree-
ments, or other successor cooperative agreements, from 
the Department of Health and Human Services. 
‘‘(b) REQUIREMENTS.—A State or local loan repay-
ment program operated with a grant under subsection (a) 
shall incorporate all provisions of the Public Health Work-
force Loan Repayment Program under section 781, in-
cluding the ability to designate priority service areas with-
in the relevant political jurisdiction. 
‘‘(c) ADMINISTRATION.—The head of the State or 
local office that receives a grant under subsection (a) shall 
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be responsible for contracting and operating the loan re-
payment program under the grant. 
‘‘(d) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-
tion shall be construed to obligate or limit any State, local, 
or tribal government entity from implementing inde-
pendent or supplemental public health workforce develop-
ment programs within their borders. 
‘‘SEC. 783. TRAINING FOR MID-CAREER PUBLIC HEALTH 
PROFESSIONALS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may make grants 
to, or enter into contracts with, any eligible entity to 
award scholarships to eligible individuals to enroll in de-
gree or professional training programs for the purpose of 
enabling mid-career professionals in the public health 
workforce to receive additional training in the field of pub-
lic health. 
‘‘(b) ELIGIBILITY.— 
‘‘(1) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘eligible en-
tity’ indicates an accredited educational institution 
that offers a course of study, certificate program, or 
professional training program in infectious disease 
science, medicine, public health, veterinary medicine, 
or other discipline impacting or influenced by bioter-
rorism or emerging infectious diseases. 
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‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS.—The term ‘eligi-
ble individuals’ includes those individuals employed 
in public health positions at the Federal, State, trib-
al, or local level or a health center who are inter-
ested in retaining or upgrading their education. 
‘‘(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section, 
$30,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2010 through 
2015. 
‘‘SEC. 784. CATALOGUE OF FEDERAL PUBLIC HEALTH 
WORKFORCE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Office of 
Personnel Management, in cooperation with the Secretary, 
shall ensure that, included in the Internet website of the 
Office of Personnel Management, there is an online cata-
logue, or link to an online catalogue, of public health work-
force employment opportunities in the Federal Govern-
ment. 
‘‘(b) REQUIREMENTS.—To the extent practicable, the 
catalogue described in subsection (a) shall include— 
‘‘(1) existing and projected job openings in the 
Federal public health workforce; and 
‘‘(2) a general discussion of the occupations 
that comprise the Federal public health workforce. 
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‘‘(c) INFORMATION.—The Secretary shall include a 
copy of the catalogue described in subsection (a), or a 
prominent reference to the catalogue, in— 
‘‘(1) the application forms provided under sec-
tion 780(c)(1); and 
‘‘(2) the information for schools provided under 
section 780(c)(2). 
‘‘SEC. 785. ACADEMIC HEALTH DEPARTMENTS GRANT PRO-
GRAM. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—In order to improve the 
training of public health students, the Secretary, 
acting through the Director of the Centers for Dis-
ease Control and Prevention and in consultation 
with the Association of Schools of Public Health, 
shall carry out the Academic Health Departments 
grant program (referred to in this section as the 
‘Program’) under which the Secretary shall award 
competitive grants, of not more than $250,000 each, 
to eligible partnerships to establish Academic Health 
Departments. 
‘‘(2) ACADEMIC
HEALTH
DEPARTMENT
DE-
FINED.—For purposes of this section, the term ‘Aca-
demic Health Department’ means a program admin-
istered by an eligible partnership that provides for 
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collaboration between the academic and practice as-
pects of public health. The purpose of such a depart-
ment is to increase the number of graduates in pub-
lic health who work in State and local health depart-
ments, increase the relevance of the curriculum in 
schools and programs of public health to health de-
partment practice, and to increase the use of aca-
demic theories, knowledge, and methodologies in the 
work of health departments. 
‘‘(b) ELIGIBILITY.—For purposes of this section, an 
eligible partnership is a partnership, with respect to estab-
lishing an Academic Health Department, consisting of— 
‘‘(1) a State or local public health department; 
and 
‘‘(2) an accredited school of public health or an 
accredited public health degree program. 
‘‘(c) USE OF FUNDS.—An eligible partnership (as de-
scribed in subsection (b)) may use funds provided under 
a grant made under subsection (a) for the following pur-
poses, with respect to an Academic Health Department: 
‘‘(1) To provide for curriculum development. 
‘‘(2) To provide for training and academic in-
struction. 
‘‘(3) To conduct leadership seminars. 
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‘‘(4) To conduct training needs assessment sur-
veys. 
‘‘(5) To facilitate appropriate staff of the State 
or local health department participating in the eligi-
ble partnership to teach with the school of public 
health or public health degree program participating 
in such partnership. 
‘‘(6) To facilitate faculty and students of the 
school of public health or public health degree pro-
gram participating in the eligible partnership to 
work in the health department participating in such 
partnership. 
‘‘(7) To provide for a project coordinator. 
‘‘(8) To provide for subgrants to organizations 
to conduct activities consistent with the goals of the 
Program. 
‘‘(9) Other appropriate activities specified by 
the Secretary to recruit public health students to full 
time employment in a health department after grad-
uation. 
‘‘(d) REPORTS.— 
‘‘(1) GRANT RECIPIENT REPORTS TO THE SEC-
RETARY.—Each recipient of a grant awarded under 
subsection (a) shall submit to the Secretary a report 
for each year for which the recipient received such 
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a grant on the results and outcomes of the activities 
funded by such grant during such year. 
‘‘(2) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—For the 3-year 
period beginning on the date of the establishment of 
the Program, and for each subsequent 3-year period 
in which the Program is in existence, the Secretary 
shall submit to Congress a report, on the results and 
outcomes of the Program during such 3-year period, 
including the number of Academic Health Depart-
ments funded by grants under the Program, the 
number of students trained through grants under 
the Program, and the number of trainees partici-
pating in such Academic Health Departments who 
remain in public health professions. 
‘‘(3) EVALUATION
OF
PROGRAM.—Not later 
than the date that is 5 years after the date of the 
establishment of the Program, the Secretary shall 
submit to Congress a report that examines the re-
sults and outcomes of the Program and recommends 
the extent to which the Program should be contin-
ued. 
‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section, 
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