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LegalText 42 U.S.C. § 247b7 Loan repayment program us united_states_code code_section 42 THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE 6A PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE 247b7 42 U.S.C. § 247b7 current 119-100 2026-06-26 official https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc42@119-100.zip /us/usc/t42/s247b7 data/legal/raw/us/code/title-42/usc42.xml 68fe5e9ea628dd3fb6ea728618ce08332cda46f3ee9cf8ff8f2d3bd7c1020150 644321055a08eb1f260a6a3e31ac157fa024756abf612a9fd6857e7e400cf24e 475e92a0cbdac344c7c2c97e7c0424a49443f33e5d4f2608a2ede9dd6e83b862 2026-07-04 official
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42 U.S.C. § 247b7 - Loan repayment program

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(a) In general (1) Authority Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary may carry out a program of entering into contracts with appropriately qualified health professionals under which such health professionals agree to conduct prevention activities or preparedness and response activities, including rapid response to public health emergencies and significant public health threats, as employees of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, in consideration of the Federal Government agreeing to repay, for each year of such service, not more than $50,000 of the principal and interest of the educational loans of such health professionals.

(2) Limitation The Secretary may not enter into an agreement with a health professional pursuant to paragraph (1) unless such professional—

(A) has a substantial amount of educational loans relative to income; and

(B) agrees to serve as an employee of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry for purposes of paragraph (1) for a period of not less than 2 years.

(b) Applicability of certain provisions With respect to the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program established in subpart III of part D of this subchapter, the provisions of such subpart shall, except as inconsistent with subsection (a), apply to the program established in this section in the same manner and to the same extent as such provisions apply to the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program.

(c) Authorization of appropriations (1) In general For the purpose of carrying out this section, except as described in paragraph (2), there are authorized to be appropriated $500,000 for fiscal year 1994, and such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 1995 through 2002.

(2) Epidemic Intelligence Service program For purposes of carrying out this section with respect to qualified health professionals serving in the Epidemic Intelligence Service, as authorized under section 247b8 of this title, there is authorized to be appropriated $1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023.

(d) Availability of appropriations Amounts appropriated for a fiscal year for contracts under subsection (a) shall remain available until the expiration of the second fiscal year beginning after the fiscal year for which the amounts were appropriated.

(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title III, § 317F, as added Pub. L. 103183, title VII, § 703, Dec. 14, 1993, 107 Stat. 2240; amended Pub. L. 105392, title IV, § 406, Nov. 13, 1998, 112 Stat. 3588; Pub. L. 11622, title III, § 301(c), June 24, 2019, 133 Stat. 932.)

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Amendments2019—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 11622, § 301(c)(1)(A), inserted “or preparedness and response activities, including rapid response to public health emergencies and significant public health threats” after “conduct prevention activities” and substituted “$50,000” for “$35,000”. Subsec. (a)(2)(B). Pub. L. 11622, § 301(c)(1)(B), substituted “2 years” for “3 years”. Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 11622, § 301(c)(2), designated existing provisions as par. (1), inserted heading, substituted “For the purpose of carrying out this section, except as described in paragraph (2)” for “For the purpose of carrying out this section”, and added par. (2). 1998—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 105392, § 406(1), substituted “$35,000” for “$20,000”. Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 105392, § 406(2), substituted “2002” for “1998”. Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 105392, § 406(3), added subsec. (d).