ELIGIBILITY OF STUDENT BORROWERS

SEC. 374. ELIGIBILITY OF STUDENT BORROWERS Section 731 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 294d) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)(2)(C)— (A) by striking “or” at the end of clause (vi); and (B) by striking “and any such period” and all that follows through “clause (B) above;” in clause (vii) and inserting the following: “and (viii) in addition to all other deferments for which the borrower is eligible under clauses (i) through (vii) during which the borrower is a member of the Armed Forces on active duty during the Persian Gulf conflict, and any period described in clauses (i) through (viii) shall not be included in determining the 25-year period described in subparagraph (B);”; and (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection: “(f) As used in this section: “(1) The term ‘active duty’ has the meaning given such term in section 101(18) of title 37, United States Code, except that such term does not include active duty for training. “(2) The term ‘Persian Gulf conflict’ means the period beginning on August 2, 1990, and ending on the date thereafter prescribed by Presidential proclamation or by law.”.