LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM REGARDING CLINICAL RESEARCHERS.

SEC. 205. LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM REGARDING CLINICAL RESEARCHERS. Part G of title IV of the Public Health Service Act is amended by inserting after section 487E (42 U.S.C. 288–5) the following: “SEC. 487F. LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM REGARDING CLINICAL RESEARCHERS. “(a) In General.—The Secretary, acting through the Director of the National Institutes of Health, shall establish a program to enter into contracts with qualified health professionals under which such health professionals agree to conduct clinical research, in consideration of the Federal Government agreeing to repay, for each year of service conducting such research, not more than $35,000 of the principal and interest of the educational loans of such health professionals. “(b) Application of Provisions.—The provisions of sections 338B, 338C, and 338E shall, except as inconsistent with subsection (a) of this section, apply to the program established under subsection (a) to the same extent and in the same manner as such provisions apply to the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program established in subpart III of part D of title III. “(c) Funding.— “(1) Authorization of appropriations.—For the purpose of carrying out this section, there are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for each fiscal year. “(2) Availability.—Amounts appropriated for carrying out this section shall remain available until the expiration of the second fiscal year beginning after the fiscal year for which the amounts were made available.”.