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HR 5700 101th Congress House

National Institutes of Health Minority Scholarship and Loan Repayment Program Act

Official title: To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a program of providing undergraduate scholarships in order to provide for the availability of professional … Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a program of providing undergraduate scholarships in order to provide for the availability of professional skills needed by the National Institutes of Health, and for other purposes.

Introduced: September 24, 1990 See on congress.gov
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Oct 8, 1990
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
Sep 24, 1990
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Sep 24, 1990
Introduced in House
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 Latest action October 8, 1990

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

National Institutes of Health Minority Scholarship and Loan Repayment Program Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, through the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to establish a program of undergraduate scholarships for underrepresented minorities in academic programs for careers in professions needed by NIH in return for the scholarship recipients agreeing to serve as employees of NIH for a prescribed period.

Requires the NIH Director to carry out activities to facilitate the interest of the individuals in pursuing careers as employees of NIH.

Conditions the scholarship on approval by the NIH Director of the individual's academic program.

Directs the Secretary, through the NIH Director, to establish a program of contracts to repay the principal and interest of educational loans of underrepresented minority health professionals who have a substantial amount of educational loans relative to income in return for the health professionals conducting clinical research as employees of NIH for a prescribed period.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
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Hoyer, Steny H.
Maryland · Sep 24, 1990
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5700: National Institutes of Health Minority Scholarship and Loan Repayment Program Act. 101st Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/101-HR-5700/
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"H.R. 5700: National Institutes of Health Minority Scholarship and Loan Repayment Program Act." 101st Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/101-HR-5700/.
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