student loans

student loans Sec. 222. (a) (1) Clauses (2) and (3) of section 822(b) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 297a) are each amended by inserting “, except as provided in section 829,” after “fund” the first time it appears therein. (2) Section 822(b) (4) of such Act is amended by striking out “1969” and inserting in lieu thereof “1971”. (b) (1) Section 823(a) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 297b) is amended by striking out “$1,000” and inserting in lieu thereof “$1,500”, by insert-82 Stat. 784ing “to licensed practical nurses and” immediately after “preference”, and by inserting after the first sentence the following new sentence: “The aggregate of the loans for all years from such funds may not exceed $6,000 in the case of any student,”. (2) Section 823(b) (2) of such Act is amended by (A) striking out “one year” and inserting in lieu thereof “nine months” and (B) striking “except that” and all that follows down to but not including the semicolon and inserting in lieu thereof “excluding from such 10-year period all (A) periods (up to three years) of (i) active duty performed by the borrower as a member of a uniformed service, or (ii) service as a volunteer under the Peace Corps Act, and (B) periods (up to five years) during which the borrower is pursuing a full-time course of study at a collegiate school of nursing leading to baccalaureate degree in nursing or an equivalent degree, or to graduate degree in nursing, or is otherwise pursuing advanced professional training in nursing”. (3) Section 823(b) (3) of such Act is amended by inserting before the semicolon at the end thereof the following: “, except that such rate shall be 15 per centum for each complete year of service as such a nurse in a public or other nonprofit hospital in any area which is determined, in accordance with regulations of the Secretary, to be an area which has a substantial shortage of such nurses at such hospitals, and for the purpose of any cancellation at such higher rate, an amount equal to an additional 50 per centum of the total amount of such loans plus interest may be canceled”. (4) Section 823(b)(5) of such Act is amended by striking out everything which follows “3 per centum per annum” down to but not including the second semicolon. (c) (1) Section 823 of such Act is further amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsections: “(f) Subject to regulations of the Secretary, a school may assess a charge with respect to a loan from the loan fund established pursuant to an agreement under this part for failure of the borrower to pay all or any part of an installment when it is due and, in the case of a borrower who is entitled to deferment of the loan under subsection (b)(2) or cancellation of part or all of the loan under subsection (b) (3), for any failure to file timely and satisfactory evidence of such entitlement. The amount of any such charge may not exceed $1 for the first month or part of a month by which such installment or evidence is late and $2 for each such month or part of a month thereafter, The school may elect to add the amount of any such charge to the principal amount of the loan as of the first day after the day on which such installment or evidence was due, or to make the amount of the charge payable to the school not later than the due date of the next installment after receipt by the borrower of notice of the assessment of the charge. “(g) A school may provide in accordance with regulations of the Secretary, that during the repayment period of a loan from a loon fund established pursuant to an agreement under this part payments of principal and interest by the borrower with respect to all the outstanding loans made to him from loan funds so established shall be at a rate equal to not less than $15 per month.” (2) Subsection (b) (2) of section 822 of such Act is further amended by striking out “and (D)” and inserting in lieu thereof “(D) collections pursuant to section 823(f), and (E)”. (d) (1) Section 824 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 297c) is amended by inserting “$20,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1970, and $21,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1971,” after “1969,” the first time it appears therein, by striking out “1970” and inserting in 82 Stat. 785lieu thereof “1972”, and by striking out “1969,” the second time it appears therein and inserting in lieu thereof “1971,”. (2) The second sentence of such section is amended by inserting before the period at the end thereof “, and (3) for transfers pursuant to section 829”. (e) The first two sentences of section 825 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 297d) are amended to read as follows: “From the sums appropriated pursuant to section 824 for any fiscal year, the Secretary shall allot to each school an amount which bears the same ratio to the amount so appropriated as the number of persons enrolled on a full-time basis in such school bears to the total number of persons enrolled on a full-time basis in all schools of nursing in all the States. The number of persons enrolled on a full-time basis in schools of nursing for purposes of this section shall be determined by the Secretary for the most recent year for which satisfactory data are available to him.” (f) Section 826 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 297e) is amended by striking out “1972” each place it appears therein and inserting in lieu thereof “1974”. (g) Section 827(a)(1) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 297f) is amended by inserting “and each of the next three fiscal years,” after “1968,”. (h) Part B of title VIII of such Act (42 U.S.C. 297 et seep) is further amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: “transfers to scholarship program “Sec. 829. Not to exceed 20 per centum of the amount paid to a school from the appropriation for any fiscal year for Federal capital contributions under an agreement under this part, or such larger percentage thereof as the Secretary may approve, may be transferred to the sums available to the school under part D to be used for the same purpose as such sums. In the case of any such transfer, the amount of any funds which the school deposited in its student loan fund pursuant to section 822(b) (2) (B) with respect to the amount so transferred may be withdrawn by the school from such fund.” (i) The amendments made by subsection (b) (1) and (2) shall apply with respect to all loans made after June 30, 1969, and with respect to loans made from a student loan fund established under an agreement pursuant to section 822, before July 1, 1969, to the extent agreed to by the school which made the loans and the Secretary (but then only for years beginning after June 30, 1968). The amendments made by subsection (b) (4) and subsection (c) shall apply with respect to loans made after June 30, 1969. The amendment made by subsection (h) shall apply with respect to appropriations for fiscal years beginning after June 30, 1969. The amendment made by subsection (b) (3) shall apply with respect to service, specified in section 823(b) (3) of such Act, performed during academic years beginning after the enactment of this Act, whether the loan was made before or after such enactment.