An Act to establish a Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
PL 92-426 (H.R.2), enacted 09/21/1972

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subsection (a) (3) of this section, plus the amount of any annuity 
being received under sections 1431-1436 of title 10, United States 
Code, but exclusive of a pension described in subsection (a) (2) of this 
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section, equals $1,400 a year. In addition, the Secretary concerned shall 
paj to the widow, described in the last sentence of subsection (a) of 
this section, an amount equal to the pension she would otherwise have 
been eligible to receive under subchapter III of chapter 15 of title 38, 
United States Code, if the service of her deceased spouse was consid- 
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ered active duty under section 101 (21) of that title. 
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SEC. 5. Section 3 (a) (4) of the Act of August 10,1966, chapter 1041, 
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as amended (33 U.S.C. 857a(a) (5)), and section 221(a) (5) of the 
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Public Health Service Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 213a(a) (5)), are " ^'^'' '^s-
each amended to read as follows: 
"Chapter 73, Retired Serviceman's Family Protection Plan; 
Survivor Benefit Plan." 
SEO. 6. Title 38, United States Code, is amended as follows: 
(1) Section 415(g) (M) is amended to read as follows: 
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" (M) payments of annuities elected under suMiapter I of chap-
ter 73 of title 10." 
(2) Section 503(17) is amended to read as follows: 
" (17) payments of annuities elected under sulx^hapter I of chap-
ter 73 of title 10.". 
Approved September 21, 1972. 
Public Law 92-426 
AN ACT 
September21, 1972 
To establish a Uniformed Services University of the Health Sfiencen and to 
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provide scholarships to selected persons for education in medicine, dentistry, 
and other health professions, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the /Senate g,nd House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That this Act may ij.^rHe'^th 1"^ 
be cited as the "Uniformed Services Health Professions Revitaliza- fessions^Revitai-
tion Act of 1972". 
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SEC. 2. (a) Title 10, United States (^ode, is amended by adding the ' ^
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following new chapters after chapter 103: 
78 stat. io64. 
10 use 2101, 
"Chapter 104.—UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF 
THE HEALTH SCIENCES 
•'Sec. 
•'2112. Establishment. 
•'2113. Board of regents. 
"2114. Students: selection; status; obligation. 
"2115. Graduates: limitation on number electing to i)erf()rm civilian Federal duty, 
"2116. Reports to Congress. 
•'2117. Authorization for appropriations. 
"§2112. Establishment 
" (a) There is hereby authorized to be established within 25 miles of 
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Membership. 
Compensation. 
the District of Columbia a Uniformed Services University of the 
Health Sciences (hereinafter referred to as the 'University'), at a 
site or sites to be selected by the Secretary of Defense, with authority 
to grant appropriate advanced degrees. It shall be so organized as to 
graduate not less than 100 medical students annually, with the first 
class graduating not later than 10 years after the date of the enact-
ment of this chapter. 
"(b) Except as provided in subsection (a), the numbers of persons 
to be graduated from the I'niversity shall be prescribed by the Secre-
tary of Defense. 
"(c) The development of the LTniversity may be by such phases as 
the Secretary of Defense may prescribe, subject to the requirements of 
subsection (a). 
"§ 2,113. Board of Regents 
"(a) The business of the University shall be conducted by a Board 
of Regents (hereinafter referred to as the 'Board') with funds appro-
priated for and provided by the Department of Defense. The Board 
shall consist of— 
" (1) nine persons outstanding in the fields of health and health 
education who shall be appointed from civilian life by the Presi-
dent, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate; 
"(2) the Secretary of Defense, or his designee, who shall be 
an ex officio member; 
"(3) the surgeons general of the uniformed services, who shall 
be ex officio members; and 
"(4) the person referred to in subsection (d). 
"(b) The term of office of each member of the Board (other than 
ex officio members) shall be six years except that— 
"(1) an}^ member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring before 
the expiration of the term for which his predecessor was appointed 
shall be appointed for the remainder of such term; and 
"(2) the terms of office of the members first taking office shall 
expire, as designated by the President at the time of the appoint-
ment, three at the end of two years, three at the end of four years, 
and three at the end of six years. 
"(c) One of the members of the Board (other than an ex officio 
member) shall be designated by the President as Chairman. He shall 
be the presiding officer of the Board. 
"(d) The Board shall appoint a Dean of the University (hereinafter 
referred to as the 'Dean') who shall also serve as a nonvoting ex officio 
member of the Board. 
"(e) Members of the Board (other than ex officio members) while 
attending conferences or meetings or while otherwise performing 
their duties as members shall be entitled to receive compensation at a 
rate to be fixed by the Secretary of Defense, but not exceeding $100 
per diem and shall also be entitled to receive an allowance for necessary 
travel expenses while so serving away from their place of residence. 
"(f) The Board, after considering the recommendations of the 
Dean, shall obtain the services of such military and civilian professors, 
instructors, and administrative and other employees as may be neces-
sary to operate the l^niversity. (^ivilian members of the faculty and 
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staff shall be employed under salary schedules and granted retirement 
and other related benefits prescribed by the Secretary of Defense so as 
to place the employees of the University on a comparable basis with 
the employees of fully accredited schools of the health professions 
within the vicinity of the District of Columbia. The Board may confer 
academic titles, as appropriate, upon military and civilian members of 
the faculty. The military members of the faculty shall include a pro-
fessor of military, naval, or air science as the Board may determine. 
"(g) The Board is authorized to negotiate agreements with agencies re^ourcTi.Ttu'i^a-
of the Federal Government to utilize on a reimbursable basis appro- tion agreements. 
priate existing Federal medical resources located in or near the Dis-
trict of Columbia. Under such agreements the facilities concerned will 
retain their identities and basic missions. The Board is also authorized 
to negotiate affiliation agreements with an accredited university or 
universities in or near the District of Columbia. Such agreements may 
include provisions for payments for educational services provided 
students participating in Department of Defense educational pro-
grams. The Board may also, subject to the approval of the Secretary 
of Defense, enter into an agreement under which the University would 
become part of a national university of health sciences should such an 
institution be established in the vicinity of the District of Columbia. 
"(h) The Board may establish postdoctoral, postgraduate, and tech-
nological institutes. 
"(i) The Board shall also establish programs in continuing medical ica°"dCci"fon^'^ 
education for military members of the health professions to the end programs. 
that high standards of health care may be maintained within the 
military medical services. 
*'§2114. Students: selection; status; obligation 
"(a) Students at the University shall be selected under procedures 
prescribed by' the Secretary of Defense. In so prescribing, the Sec-
retary shall consider the recommendations of the Board. However, 
selection procedures prescribed by the Secretary of Defense shall 
emphasize the basic requirement that students demonstrate sincere 
motivation and dedication to a career in the uniformed services (as 
defined in section 1072(1) of this title). 
72 stat. i446; 
"(b) Students shall be commissioned officers of a uniform service as ^° ^'^'' ^^^^' 
determined under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense 
after consulting with the Secretary of Health, Education, and Wel-
fare. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, they shall serve on 
active duty in pay grade O-l with full pay and allowances of that ^^^l ^^^ ^°^ 
grade, but shall not be counted against any prescribed military 
strengths. Upon graduation they shall be appointed in a regular com-
ponent, if qualified, unless they are covered by section 2115 of this title. 
Students who graduate shall be required, except as provided in sec-
tion 2115 of this title, to serve thereafter on active duty under such 
regulations as the Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of Health, 
Education, and Welfare, as appropriate, may prescribe for not less 
than seven years, unless sooner released. The service credit exclusions 
specified in section 2126 of this title shall apply to students covered by 
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" (c) A period of time spent in military' intern or residency training 
shall not be creditable in satisfying an acti^-e duty obligation imposed 
by this section. 
"(d) A member of the program who, mider regulations prescribed 
by the Secretary of Defense, is dropped from the program for defi-
ciency in conduct or studies, or for other reasons, may be required to 
perform active duty in an appropriate military capacity in accordance 
with the active duty obligation imposed by this section. In no case 
shall any such member be required to serve on active duty for any 
period in excess of a period equal to the [period he participated in the 
program, except that in no case may any such member be required to 
serve on active duty less than one year. 
"§2115. Graduates: limitation on number electing to perform 
civilian Federal duty 
"Not more than 20 percent of the graduates of any one class at the 
Tniversity may agree in writing to perform civilian Federal duty 
for not less than seven years following the completion of their pro-
fessional education in lieu of active duty in a uniformed service. Such 
persons shall be released from active duty upon the completion of their 
professional education. The location and type of their duty shall be 
determined by the Secretary of Defense after consultation with the 
heads of Federal agencies concerned. 
"§ 2116. Reports to Congress 
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"The Secretary of Defense shall report periodically to the Commit-
m?tte\'s?^ ''°"' 
tees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives 
on the feasibility of establishing educational institutions similar or 
identical to the University at any other locations he deems appropri-
ate. The last such report shall be submitted by June 30, 1976. 
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§ 2117. Authorization for appropriations 
"There is hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Department 
of Defense for the planning, construction, development, improvement, 
operation, and maintenance of the University, and to otherwise 
accomplish the purposes of this title, for the fiscal year beginning 
July 1,1972, the sum of $15,000,000, and for each fiscal year thereafter 
such sum as may be authorized in the annual military construction 
authorization Act for such year. 
"Chapter 105.—ARMED FORCES HEALTH PROFESSIONS 
SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM 
"Sec. 
"2120. Definitions. 
"2121. Establishment. 
"2122. Eligibility for participation. 
"2123. Members of the program; active duty obligation; failure to complete 
training; release from program. 
"2124. Members of the program; numbers appointed. 
"2125. Members of the program ; exclusion from authorized strengths. 
"2126. Members of the program ; service credit. 
"2127. Contracts for scholarships; payments. 
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note. 
''§2120. Definitions 
••In this chapter— 
'"(1) 'Progranr means the Armed Forces Health Professions 
Schohirship program provided for in this chapter. 
"(2) 'Member of the program' means a person appointed a com-
missioned officer in a r-eserve component of the armed forces who 
is enrolled in the Armed Forces Health Professions Scholarship 
program. 
"(8) "(^ourse of study' means education received at an accred-
ited college, university, or institution in medicine, dentistry, or 
other health profession, leading, respectively, to a degree related 
to the health professions as determined under regulations pi-e-
scribed by the Secretary of Defense. 
•§2121. Establishment 
•'(a) For the purpose of obtaining adequate numbers of com-
missioned officers on active duty who are (jualified in the various 
health professions, the Secretary of each military department, under 
regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, may establish 
and maintain a health professions scholarship program for- his 
department. 
•'(b) The program shall consist of courses of study in designated 
health professions, with obligatory periods of military training. 
•'(c) Persons participating in the program shall be commissioned 
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officers in reserve components of the armed forces. Members of the 
program shall serve on active duty in pay grade 0-1 with full pay and 
allowances of that grade for a period of 45 days during each year of 
participation in the program. They shall be detailed as students at 
accredited civilian institutions, located in the United States or Puerto 
Rico, for the purpose of acquiring knowledge or training in a desig-
nated health profession. In addition, members of the program shall, 
under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, i-eceive 
military and professional training and instruction. 
"(d) Except when sei'ving on active duty pursuant to subsection 
(c), a member of the program shall be entitled to a stipend at the rate 
of $400 per month. 
*'§ 2122, Eligibility for participation 
"To be eligible for i>articipation as a member of the program, a 
person must be a citizen of the United States and must— 
"•(1) be accepted for admission to, or enrolled in, an institution 
in a course of study, as that term is defined in section 2120(8) of 
this title; 
"(2) sign an agreement that unless sooner separated he will— 
•' (A) complete the educational phase of the progi-am; 
"(B) accept an appropriate reappointment or designation 
within his military service, if tendered, based upon his health 
profession, following satisfactoiy completion of the program; 
•'(C) participate in the intern' program of his service if 
selected for such participation; 
"(D) participate in the r-esidency program of his service, 
if selected, or be released from active duty for the period 
required to undergo civilian i-esidency if selected for such 
training; and 
•'(E) because of his sincer-e motivation and dedication to a 
career in the uniformed services, i)articipat€ in military train-
ing while he is in the program, under regulations prescribed 
by the Secretary of Defense; and 
"(3) meet the requirements for appointment as a commissioned 
officer. 
Compensation. 
Supra. 
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"§ 2123. Members of the program: active duty obligation; failure 
to complete training; release from program 
''(a) A member of the program incurs an active duty obligation. 
The amount of his obligation shall be determined under regulations 
prescribed by the Secretarj^ of Defense, but those regulations may not 
provide for a period of obligation of less than one year for each year 
of participation in the program. 
"(b) A period of time spent in military intern or residency training 
shall not be creditable in satisfying an active duty obligation imposed 
by this section. 
"(c) A member of the program who, under regulations prescribed 
by the Secretary of Defense, is dropped from the program for defi-
ciency in conduct or studies, or for other reasons, may be required to 
perform active duty in an appropriate military capacity in accordance 
with the active duty obligation imposed by this section. 
"(d) The Secretary of a military department, under regulations 
prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, may relieve a member of the 
program who is dropped from the program from any active duty 
obligation imposed by this section, but such relief shall not relieve 
him from any military obligation imposed by any other law. 
"(e) Any member of the program relieved of his active duty obliga-
tion under this chapter before the completion of such obligation may, 
under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, be assigned 
to an area of health manpower shortage designated by the Secretary 
of Health, Education, and Welfare for a period equal to the period 
of obligation from which he was relieved. 
"§ 2124. Members of the program: numbers appointed 
"The number of persons who may be designated as members of the 
program for training in each health profession shall be as prescribed 
Limitation. 
y^y ^]-^g Secretary of Defense, except that the total number of persons 
so designated in all of the programs authorized by this chapter shall 
not, at any time, exceed 5,000. 
"§2125. Members of the program: exclusion from authorized 
strengths 
"Xotwithstanding any other provision of law, members of the pro-
gram shall not be counted against any prescribed military strengths. 
"§ 2126. Members of the program: service credit 
"Service performed while a member of the program shall not be 
counted— 
"(1) in determining eligibility for retirement other than by 
reason of a physical disability incurred while on active duty as 
a member of the program; or 
" (2) in computing years of service creditable under section 205, 
76 Stat. 458. 
other than siibsectiou (a) (7) and (8), of title 37. 
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§ 2127. Contracts for scholarships: payments 
" (a) The Secretary of Defense may provide for the payment of all 
educational expenses incurred by a member of the program, including 
tuition, fees, books, and laboratory expenses. Such payments, how-
ever, shall be limited to those educational expenses normally incurred 
by students at the institution and in the health profession concerned 
who are not members of the program. 
"(b) The Secretary of Defense may contract with an accredited 
civilian educational institution for the payment of tuition and other 
educational expenses of members of the program authorized by this 
chapter. Payment to such institutions may be made without regard 
to section 8(i4ft of tlie Revised Statutes (31 T'.S.(\ .>-2S)). 
Limitation. 
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•'(c) Payments made under subsection (b) sliall not cover any 
expenses other than those covered by subsection (a). 
"(d) When the Secretary of Defense determines, under reguhitions 
pi-escribed by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, that 
an accredited civilian educational institution has increased its total 
enrollment for the sole purpose of accepting members of the program 
covered by this chapter, he may provide under a contract with such 
an institution for additional payments to cover the portion of the 
increased costs of the additional enrollment which are not covered by 
the institution's normal tuition and fees," 
(b) The table of chapters at the beginning of subtitle A and at the 
beginning of part I I I of such subtitle of title 10, United States Code, 
are each amended by adding 
•'104. Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences 
2112 
"105. Armed Forces Health Professions Scholarship Program 
2120" 
immediately below 
•'103. Senior Reserve Officers' Training Corps 
2101". 
Approved September 21, 1972. 
Additional pay-
ments. 
Public Law 92-427 
AN ACT 
To declare title to certain Federal lands in the State of Oregon to be in the 
United States in trust for the use and benefit of the Confederated Tribes of 
the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon. 
September 21, 1972 
[S.2969] 
Indians. 
Confederated 
Lands in trust. 
"McQuinn 
Strip." 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Uefresentatlves 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That title to the 
Federal lands, together with all improvements thereon, known as the xr'ibes o
f the 
McQuinn Strip, is declared to be in the United States in trust for the warm springs 
use and benefit of the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs ore^g.'^'^^*'""' 
Reservation of Oregon, and a part of the Warm Springs Reservation 
of Oregon, and such lands are excluded from the Mount Hood and 
Willamette National Forests. The Secretary of the Interior shall 
administer such lands in accordance with, and for the purpose of, this 
Act. 
SEC. 2. As used in this Act, the term "McQuinn Strip'" means the 
approximately 61,360 acres of federally owned lands which are within 
the following described area: 
An area bounded by a line beginning at a point in the middle 
of the channel of the Deschutes River, established as the initial 
point of the Handley Survey of 1871; thence in a direct line north-
westwardly to the seven-and-one-half-mile post of the McQuinn 
Survey of 1887; thence continuing northwestwardly along the 
line of the McQuinn Survey to the thirty-mile post thereof at 
Little Dark Butte in the Cascade Mountains; thence following 
the McQuinn Survey southwestwardly in a direct line to the sum-
mit of Mount Jefferson; thence northeastwardly in a direct line 
to the western terminus of the northern boundary of the Warm 
Springs Indian Reservation as established by the Act of June 6, 
1894 (28 Stat. 86); thence along said northern boundary to the 
place of beginning, 
excluding any lands which are within the exterior boundaries of the 
Mount Jefferson Wilderness Area. 
SEC. 3. The distributive shares of the respective counties of receipts 
from the national forests from which the lands described in section 2