PUBLIC LAW 100-607—NOV. 4, 1988 102 STAT. 3149

SEC. 636. CLARIFICATION WITH RESPECT TO APPLICABILITY OP CERTAIN
FEDERAL REGULATIONS TO SECONDARY MARKETS FOR STU-
DENT LOANS.

Section 728(c) (42 U.S.C. 294a(c)) is amended by adding at the end
the following new paragraph:

"(3) With respect to Federal regulations for lenders, this subpart
may not be construed to preclude the applicability of such reg-
ulations to the Student Loan Marketing Association or to any other
entity in the business of purchasing student loans, including such
regulations with respect to applications, contracts, and due
diligence.".

SEC. 637. HEALTH CARE FOR RURAL AREAS.

(a) HEALTH CARE FOR RURAL AREAS.—Title VII of the Public
Health Service Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the
following:

"PART I—HEALTH CARE FOR RURAL AREAS

"SEC. 799A. HEALTH CARE FOR RURAL AREAS. 42 USC 295j.

"(a) GRANTS.—The Secretary may make grants to, or enter into Contracts.
contracts with, any eligible applicant to help such applicant fund
authorized activities under an application approved under subsec-
tion (d).
"(b) USE OF AMOUNTS.—

"(1) IN GENERAL.—Amounts provided under subsection (a)
shall be used by the recipients to fund interdisciplinary training
projects designed to—

"(A) use new and innovative methods to train health care
practitioners to provide services in rural areas;

"(B) demonstrate and evaluate innovative interdiscipli-
nary methods and models designed to provide access to cost-
effective comprehensive health care;

"(C) deliver health care services to individuals residing in
rural areas;

"(D) enhance the amount of relevant research conducted
concerning health care issues in rural areas; and

"(E) increase the recruitment and retention of health

care practitioners in rural areas and make rural practice a

more attractive career choice for health care practitioners.

"(2) METHODS.—A recipient of funds under subsection (a) may

use various methods in carrying out the projects described in

paragraph (1), including—

"(A) the distribution of stipends to students of eligible
applicants;

"(B) the establishment of a post-doctoral fellowship
program;

"(C) the training of faculty in the economic and logistical
problems confronting rural health care delivery systems; or
"(D) the purchase or rental of transportation and tele-
communication equipment where the need for such equip-
ment due to unique characteristics of the rural area is
demonstrated by the recipient.
"(3) ADMINISTRATION.—