equal the amount of service that would be 
performed through a period of full-time 
service of not less than 2 years. 
‘‘(5) 
APPLICABILITY
OF
CERTAIN
PROVI-
SIONS.—The provisions of subpart III of part D of 
title III shall, except as inconsistent with this sec-
tion, apply to the program established in paragraph 
(1) in the same manner and to the same extent as 
such provisions apply to the National Health Service 
Corps Scholarship Program established in such sub-
part.’’. 
(b) PREFERENCE BASED ON FINANCIAL NEED.—
Section 846(f) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
297n) (as redesignated by subsection (a)(1)) is amended 
by striking ‘‘under subsection (a) or (d)’’ and inserting 
‘‘under subsections (a), (d), and (e)’’. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—Sub-
section (j) of section 846 of the Public Health Service Act 
(42 U.S.C. 297n) (as redesignated by subsection (a)(1)) 
is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1)—
(A) by striking ‘‘For the purpose of’’ and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(A) For the purpose of’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(B) For the purpose of carrying out sub-
section (e), there are authorized to be appro-
priated such sums as may be necessary for each 
of fiscal years 2003 through 2007, except that 
funds may be appropriated for such purpose for 
a fiscal year only if the amount of such funds 
will be sufficient for the Secretary to enter into 
agreements that year under subsection (e) with 
not less than 250 nontraditional nursing stu-
dents.’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘amounts ap-
propriated under paragraph (1)’’ and inserting 
‘‘amounts appropriated under paragraph (1)(A)’’. 
SEC. 4. PROMOTING AND RECRUITING NURSES THROUGH 
ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL INI-
TIATIVES. 
Part H of title VIII of the Public Health Service Act 
(42 U.S.C. 297w et seq.) is amended—
(1) by amending the part heading to read as 
follows: 
‘‘PART H—PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS 
AND RECRUITING’’; 
and 
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘SEC. 
853. 
PROMOTING 
AND 
RECRUITING 
NURSES 
THROUGH ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY 
SCHOOL INITIATIVES. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall (for fiscal 
years 2003 and 2004) and may (for fiscal years there-
after) make grants to eligible entities to carry out nursing 
awareness and recruitment programs in elementary 
schools and secondary schools. 
‘‘(b) USE OF FUNDS.—The Secretary may not make 
a grant to an applicant under this subsection unless the 
applicant agrees—
‘‘(1) to use the grant to promote careers in 
nursing by carrying out nursing awareness and re-
cruitment programs in elementary and secondary 
schools, of which at least 50 percent must have a 
high percentage of nontraditional students; and 
‘‘(2) in carrying out such programs, to encour-
age increasing the diversity of the nursing profession 
by presenting a diverse image of nursing inclusive of 
nontraditional students. 
‘‘(c) DURATION OF GRANT.—The Secretary may not 
make a grant under this section for a period of more than 
3 years. 
‘‘(d) REPORT.—Not later than 18 months after the 
date of enactment of this section and annually thereafter, 
the Secretary shall submit to the Congress a report de-
scribing the programs carried out with grants under this 
section, including the following: 
‘‘(1) The number of grant recipients. 
‘‘(2) The number of schools visited. 
‘‘(3) The total amount in grants awarded. 
‘‘(4) The educational institutions that received 
visits. 
‘‘(5) To the extent that it can be determined, 
the number of students who have an increased inter-
est in nursing. 
‘‘(6) The educational methods used by grant re-
cipients to encourage a diverse image of nursing. 
‘‘(7) The demographics of the schools and stu-
dents participating in the nursing awareness pro-
grams. 
‘‘(8) Not later than 10 years after the date of 
enactment of this section, the percentage and num-
ber of individuals from the visited schools entering 
nursing careers in comparison to such percentage 
and number before the visits. 
‘‘(9) An evaluation of the overall costs and ben-
efits of the programs. 
‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section: 
‘‘(1) The terms ‘elementary school’ and ‘sec-
ondary school’ have the meaning given to those
terms in section 9101 of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 
‘‘(2) The term ‘eligible entity’ means any public 
or private nonprofit organization involved in nursing 
issues, any other public or private nonprofit organi-
zation approved by the Secretary, any school of 
nursing, any nursing center, any academic health 
center, and any State or local government.’’. 
‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 
2003 through 2007.’’.
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