I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2332 
To amend the Peace Corps Act and the National and Community Service 
Trust Act to increase the affordability of medical education. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 7, 2009 
Mr. MCMAHON (for himself, Mr. SARBANES, and Mr. CONNOLLY of Virginia) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Af-
fairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each 
case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of 
the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Peace Corps Act and the National and Com-
munity Service Trust Act to increase the affordability 
of medical education. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Future Physicians 
Serving America Act of 2009’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
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(1) A predicted shortage of 124,000 physicians 
by 2025 will affect all medical specialties. 
(2) An aging and growing population will in-
crease demand on all health professionals. 
(3) Median debt of $155,000 for medical school 
graduates poses a significant hardship for new phy-
sicians and places a strain on the health care sys-
tem. 
(4) Providing members of the Peace Corps and 
AmeriCorps with support for medical education is 
consistent with the values of these programs and the 
United States. 
(5) Increasing medical school enrollment of 
members of the Peace Corps and AmeriCorps will 
improve the supply, distribution, diversity, and qual-
ity of physicians in the health care workforce by— 
(A) providing low-income individuals with 
the opportunity to attend medical school at a 
lower cost; 
(B) lowering the overall cost of medical 
school and the debt burden of medical school 
graduates; 
(C) increasing the cultural diversity of 
medical schools and the physician workforce; 
and 
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(D) increasing the number of physicians 
with a demonstrated interest in rural and inner 
city populations. 
SEC. 3. PROVIDING EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE TO PEACE 
CORPS VOLUNTEERS. 
(a) MEDICAL EDUCATION ASSISTANCE BENEFITS.— 
Section 5 of the Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 2504) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(o) For each year of service, as defined under sec-
tion 26(e), a volunteer who is accepted for enrollment, or 
enrolled, in a course of study or program at any accredited 
public or nonprofit private hospital, school of medicine or 
osteopathic medicine within the United States for the pur-
pose of undergraduate medical education shall be granted 
tuition assistance for a maximum of two years. The Presi-
dent shall determine the amount of such assistance, to be 
not less than 50 percent but not more than 100 percent 
of the cost of such tuition incurred by such volunteer.’’. 
(b) USE OF FUNDS.—Section 15 of the Peace Corps 
Act (22 U.S.C. 2514) is amended by adding at the end 
the following new subsection: 
‘‘(e) Funds made available for the purposes of this 
Act may be used for tuition assistance in accordance with 
subsection (o) of section 5, if the volunteer described in 
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such subsection is accepted for enrollment, or remains en-
rolled full-time in a course of study or program described 
in such subsection within three years of the completion 
of service by such volunteer.’’. 
SEC. 
4. 
PROVIDING 
EDUCATIONAL 
ASSISTANCE 
TO 
AMERICORPS VOLUNTEERS. 
Section 147 of the National and Community Service 
Trust Act (42 U.S.C. 12603), as amended by the Serve 
America Act, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(f) AMOUNT FOR NATIONAL SERVICE FOR INDIVID-
UALS ENTERING THE STUDY OF MEDICINE.— 
‘‘(1) FULL-TIME VOLUNTEERS.—Except as pro-
vided in subsection (c), an individual described in 
section 146(a) who successfully completes a required 
term of full-time national service in an approved na-
tional service position and enters a course of study 
or program at any accredited public or nonprofit pri-
vate hospital, school of medicine or osteopathic med-
icine within the United States for the purpose of un-
dergraduate medical education shall receive a na-
tional service educational award having a value, for 
each of not more than 2 of such terms of service, 
equal to no less than 50 percent, nor to exceed 100 
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percent of the cost of tuition incurred by such indi-
vidual. 
‘‘(2) PART-TIME VOLUNTEERS.—Except as pro-
vided in subsection (c), an individual described in 
section 146(a) who successfully completes a required 
term of part-time national service in an approved 
national service position and enters a course of 
study or program at any accredited public or non-
profit private hospital, school of medicine or osteo-
pathic medicine within the United States for the 
purpose of undergraduate medical education shall 
receive a national service educational award having 
a value, for each of not more than 2 of such terms 
of service, equal to 50 percent of value of the na-
tional service educational award determined under 
paragraph (1).’’. 
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