Sec. 202. Modification of education debt reduction program of Department of Veterans Affairs to require a certain amount to be spent in rural and highly rural areas
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Section 7681 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsections: Not less than 30 percent of the amount of debt reduction payments paid under the Education Debt Reduction Program each year shall be paid to individuals who practice medicine in a rural area or highly rural area or demonstrate a commitment to practice medicine in such an area. In this section: The term highly rural area means an area located in a county or similar community that has less than seven individuals residing in that county or community per square mile.
The term rural area means an area that is not an urbanized area or a highly rural area. The term urbanized area has the meaning given that term by the Director of the Bureau of the Census. .