PUBLIC LAW 105-392—NOV. 13, 1998 112 STAT. 3553 "(1) FUNDING.— Amounts otherwise appropriated under this title may be utiHzed by the Secretary to support the activities of the Council."; (4) by transferring such section to part E of title VII of 42 USC 295k the Public Health Service Act (as amended by subsection (a)); note. (5) by redesignating such section as section 762; and (6) by inserting such section after section 761. 42 USC 294o. SEC. 105. PUBLIC HEALTH WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. Part E of title VII of the Public Health Service Act (as amended by section 104) is further amended by adding at the end the following: "Subpart 2—Public Health Workforce "SEC. 765. GENERAL PROVISIONS. 42 USC 295. "(a) IN GENERAL. —The Secretary may award grants or contracts to eligible entities to increase the number of individuals in the public health workforce, to enhance the quality of such workforce, and to enhance the ability of the workforce to meet national. State, and local health care needs. "(b) ELIGIBILITY. —To be eligible to receive a grant or contract under subsection (a) an entity shall— " (l)be— "(A) a health professions school, including an accredited school or program of public health, health administration, preventive medicine, or dental public health or a school providing health management programs; "(B) an academic health center; "(C) a State or local government; or "(D) any other appropriate public or private nonprofit entity; and "(2) prepare and submit to the Secretary an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require. "(c) PREFERENCE.— In awarding grants or contracts under this section the Secretary may grant a preference to entities— "(1) serving individuals who are from disadvantaged backgrounds (including underrepresented racial and ethnic minorities); and "(2) graduating large proportions of individuals who serve in underserved communities. "(d) ACTIVITIES. —Amounts provided under a grant or contract awarded under this section may be used for— "(1) the costs of planning, developing, or operating demonstration training programs; "(2) faculty development; "(3) trainee support; "(4) technical assistance; "(5) to meet the costs of projects— "(A) to plan and develop new residency training programs and to maintain or improve existing residency training programs in preventive medicine and dental public health, that have available full-time faculty members with training and experience in the fields of preventive medicine and dental public health; and
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