[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2671 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2671

    To amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify the amount of 
scholarships and duration of obligated service under the Department of 
       Veterans Affairs Health Professional Scholarship Program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 4, 2015

 Mr. Moulton introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify the amount of 
scholarships and duration of obligated service under the Department of 
       Veterans Affairs Health Professional Scholarship Program.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Recruit Act''.

SEC. 2. AMOUNT OF SCHOLARSHIP AND DURATION OF OBLIGATED SERVICE UNDER 
              DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS HEALTH PROFESSIONAL 
              SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM.

    (a) Clarification of Scholarship Amount.--Section 7613 of title 38, 
United States Code, is amended by inserting ``of up to the entire 
amount'' after ``consist of payment''.
    (b) Duration of Obligated Service.--Section 7612(c)(1)(B) of such 
title is amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: ``The 
period of obligated service may exceed one calendar year for each such 
school year or part thereof if the Secretary determines that such 
period is appropriate based on the amount and duration of the 
scholarship.''.
    (c) Application.--
            (1) In general.--The amendments made by this section shall 
        apply with respect to individuals who first enroll in the 
        Department of Veterans Affairs Health Professional Scholarship 
        Program under subchapter II of chapter 76 of title 38, United 
        States Code, on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
            (2) Special rule for current participants.--An individual 
        who is enrolled in such program as of the day before the date 
        of the enactment of this Act may elect to be covered by the 
        amendments made by this section with respect to a quarter, 
        semester, or term, as applicable, commencing on or after the 
        date of the enactment of this Act.
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