‘‘(2) PAYMENTS
FOR
YEARS
SERVED.—For 
each year of obligated service that an individual con-
tracts to serve under subsection (c), the Secretary 
may pay up to $50,000 on behalf of the individual 
for loans described in paragraph (1). With respect to 
participants under the Program whose total eligible 
loans are less than $150,000, the Secretary shall 
pay an amount that does not exceed 1⁄3 of the eligi-
ble loan balance for each year of obligated service of 
the individual. 
‘‘(3) TAX LIABILITY.—For the purpose of pro-
viding reimbursements for tax liability resulting 
from payments under paragraph (2) on behalf of an 
individual, the Secretary shall, in addition to such 
payments, make payments to the individual in an 
amount not to exceed 39 percent of the total amount 
of loan repayments made for the taxable year in-
volved. 
‘‘(e) POSTPONING OBLIGATED SERVICE.—With re-
spect to any individual participating in the Program, the 
date of the initiation of the period of obligated service may 
be postponed as approved by the Secretary. 
‘‘(f) BREACH OF CONTRACT.—An individual who fails 
to comply with the contract entered into under subsection 
(c) shall be subject to the same financial penalties as pro-
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vided for under section 338E for breaches of loan repay-
ment contracts under section 338B. 
‘‘(g) 
CONSIDERATIONS.—In 
awarding 
contracts 
under this section, the Secretary may— 
‘‘(1) distribute contracts under this section eq-
uitably among geographic areas of the United 
States; and 
‘‘(2) ensure that contracts under this section 
help to increase the number of underrepresented mi-
nority individuals (as defined in section 738(b)(5)) 
serving as heath care professionals in roles described 
in clauses (i) and (ii) of subsection (c)(2)(A). 
‘‘(h) ADDITIONAL CRITERIA.—The Secretary— 
‘‘(1) may establish, in addition to the criteria 
and rules specified in this section, such criteria and 
rules to carry out this section as the Secretary deter-
mines are needed; and 
‘‘(2) shall give notice to the committees speci-
fied in subsection (i) of any criteria and rules so es-
tablished. 
‘‘(i) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 3 years 
after the date of enactment of this section, and every other 
year thereafter, the Secretary shall prepare and submit 
to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pen-
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sions of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and 
Commerce of the House of Representatives a report on— 
‘‘(1) the number and location of borrowers who 
have qualified for loan repayments under this sec-
tion; and 
‘‘(2) the impact of this section on the avail-
ability of— 
‘‘(A) health care professionals engaged in 
bio-preparedness and response activities de-
scribed in subsection (c)(2)(A)(i), and health 
care professionals engaged in infectious diseases 
care described in subsection (c)(2)(A)(ii), na-
tionally; and 
‘‘(B) health care professionals engaged in 
infectious diseases care described in subsection 
(c)(2)(A)(ii) in the areas and settings listed in 
such subsection. 
‘‘(j) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2027.’’. 
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