§1616b — Title 25 Indians | U.S. Code

Summary

The Secretary may pay back health professionals looking for jobs in the Service — including people thinking about a contract under section 1616a — and their spouses for real, reasonable travel costs when they travel from home to an area where they might be assigned so they can check out the place. The Secretary must name one person in each area office to work full time on recruiting.

Title 25, §1616b

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(a)The Secretary may reimburse health professionals seeking positions in the Service, including individuals considering entering into a contract under section 1616a of this title, and their spouses, for actual and reasonable expenses incurred in traveling to and from their places of residence to an area in which they may be assigned for the purpose of evaluating such area with respect to such assignment.

(b)The Secretary, acting through the Service, shall assign one individual in each area office to be responsible on a full-time basis for recruitment activities.

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1992—Pub. L. 102–573, § 107(1), substituted “Recruitment activities” for “Travel expenses for recruitment” in section catchline. Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 102–573, § 107(2), amended subsec. (b) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (b) read as follows: “There are authorized to be appropriated $100,000 for each of the fiscal years 1990, 1991, and 1992, for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this section.”

§1616b Recruitment Activities

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Title 25, §1616b

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