,i  #aai? ,,congress  #a/ ,session  ,h4 
,r4 #fdfh  ,,9 ,,! ,,h\se ,,(           
,,repres5tatives  ,decemb] #d1          
#bjbe,mrs4 ,mill] ( ,we/ ,virg9ia 7=    
h]self1 ,ms4 ,tokuda1 ,mr4 ,smi? (      
,nebraska1 & ,mr4 ,c>t] ( ,l\isiana7    
introduc$ ! foll[+ bill2 :i* 0 ref]r$ to
 ! ,committee on ,en]gy & ,comm]ce  ,a  
,,bill  ,to am5d ! ,public ,heal?       
,s]vice ,act to au?orize rural resid5cy 
plann+ & developm5t grant programs1 & = 
o!r purposes4  #a4 ,%ort title ,?is ,act
 may be cit$ z ! ,rural ,resid5cy       
,plann+ & ,developm5t ,act ( #bjbe4  #b4
 ,rural resid5cy plann+ & developm5t    
programs ,title ,,iii ( ! ,public ,heal?
 ,s]vice ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #bda et    
seq47 is am5d$ by ins]t+ aft] section   
#ccj;,a-#b 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #bed;c-#a;b7 !
 foll[+3  #ccj;,a-#c4 ,rural resid5cy   
plann+ & developm5t program & rural     
resid5cy plann+ & developm5t te*nical   
assi/ance program  7a7 ,rural resid5cy  
plann+ & developm5t program  7#a7       
,grants  7,a7 ,9 g5]al ,! ,secret>y may 

aw>d grants to eligible entities to     
e/abli% new rural resid5cy programs     
7includ+ add+ new rural tra9+ sites to  
exi/+ rural track programs74  7,b7      
,fund+ ,grants aw>d$ "u ?is subsection  
may be fully fund$ at ! "t ( ! aw>d4    
7,c7 ,t]m ,! t]m ( a grant "u ?is       
subsection %all be #c ye>s & may be     
ext5d$ at ! discretion ( ! ,secret>y4   
7#b7 ,applications  7,a7 ,9 g5]al ,to be
 eligible to receive a grant "u ?is     
subsection1 an eligible entity %all     
prep>e & submit to ! ,secret>y an       
application at su* "t1 9 su* mann]1 &   
conta9+ su* in=mation z ! ,secret>y may 
require1 includ+ a description ( !      
pa?way ( ! rural resid5cy program z     
describ$ 9 subp>agraph 7,b74  7,b7      
,pa?way ,a pa?way ( a rural resid5cy    
program support$ "u ?is subsection %all 
be =-- 7i7 g5]al prim>y c>e & high-ne$  
specialty c>e1 includ+ family m$ic9e1   
int]nal m$ic9e1 prev5tive m$ic9e1       
psy*iatry1 or g5]al surg]y2  7ii7       
mat]nal heal? & ob/etrics1 :i* may be   

ob/etrics & gynecology or family m$ic9e 
) enhanc$ ob/etrical tra9+2 or  7iii7   
any o!r pa?way z det]m9$ appropriate by 
! ,secret>y4  7b7 ,rural resid5cy plann+
 & developm5t te*nical assi/ance program
  7#a7 ,grants  7,a7 ,9 g5]al ,!        
,secret>y may aw>d grants to eligible   
entities to provide te*nical assi/ance  
to aw>dees ( & pot5tial applicants ( !  
program describ$ 9 subsection 7b74  7,b7
 ,fund+ ,grants aw>d$ "u ?is subsection 
may be fully fund$ at ! "t ( ! aw>d4    
7,c7 ,t]m ,! t]m ( a grant "u ?is       
subsection %all be #d ye>s & may be     
ext5d$ at ! discretion ( ! ,secret>y4   
7#b7 ,applications ,to be eligible to   
receive a grant "u ?is subsection1 an   
eligible entity %all prep>e & submit to 
! ,secret>y an application at su* "t1 9 
su* mann]1 & conta9+ su* in=mation z !  
,secret>y may require4  7c7 ,def9itions 
,9 ?is section3 7#a7 ,eligible entity ,!
 t]m eligible entity-- 7,a7 means-- 7i7 
a dome/ic public or private nonpr(it or 
=-pr(it entity2 or  7ii7 an ,indian     

,tribe or ,tribal organization2 &  7,b7 
may include fai?-bas$ or community-bas$ 
organizations1 rural hospitals1 rural   
community-bas$ ambulatory pati5t c>e    
c5t]s 7includ+ rural heal? cl9ics71     
heal? c5t]s op]at$ by an ,indian ,tribe1
 ,tribal organization1 or urban ,indian 
organization1 graduate m$ical education 
consortiums 7includ+ in/itutions ( high]
 education1 su* z s*ools ( allopa?ic    
m$ic9e1 s*ools ( o/eopa?ic m$ic9e1 or   
hi/orically ,black colleges or          
univ]sities71 or o!r organizations z    
det]m9$ appropriate by ! ,secret>y4     
7#b7 ,rural resid5cy program ,! t]m     
rural resid5cy program means a physician
 resid5cy program1 includ+ a rural track
 program1 accr$it$ by ! ,accr$itation   
,c\ncil = ,graduate ,m$ical ,education  
7or a simil> body7 t-- 7,a7 tra9s       
resid5ts 9 rural areas 7z def9$ by !    
,secret>y7 = m ?an #ej p]c5t ( ! total  
"t ( _! resid5cy2 &  7,b7 prim>ily      
focuses on produc+ physicians :o w      
practice 9 rural areas1 z def9$ by !    

,secret>y4  7d7 ,au?orization (         
appropriations  7#a7 ,9 g5]al ,!re is   
au?oriz$ to be appropriat$ to c>ry out  
?is section #ab1gjj1jjj = ea* ( fiscal  
ye>s #bjbf ?r\gh #bjcj4  7#b7           
,availability ,any am\nts appropriat$ "u
 p>agraph 7#a7 %all rema9 available to !
 ,secret>y until exp5d$4  4