PUBLIC LAW 94-484—OCT. 12, 1976 "(c) The Secretary may reimburse applicants for positions in the Corps for actual and reasonable expenses incurred in traveling to and from their places of residence to a health manpower shortage area (designated under section 332) in which they may be assigned for the purpose of evaluating such area with regard to being assigned in such area. The Secretary shall not reimburse an applicant for more than one such trip. "(d)(1) The Secretary may, under regulations promulgated by the Secretary, adjust the monthly pay of each member of the Corps who is directly engaged in the delivery of health services in a health manpower shortage area as follows: "(A) During the first 36 months in which such a member is so engaged in the delivery of health services, his monthly pay shall be increased by an amount (not to exceed $1,000) which when added to the member's monthly pay and allowances will provide a monthly income competitive with the average monthly income from a practice of an individual who is a member of the profession of the Corps member, who has equivalent training, and who has been in practice for a period ejjuivalent to the period during which the Corps member has been in practice. "(B) During the period beginning upon the expiration of the 36 months referred to in subparagraph (A) and ending with the month in which the member's monthly pay and allowances are equal to or exceed the monthly income he received for the last of such 36 months, the member shall receive in addition to his monthly pay and allowances an amount which when added to such monthly pay and allowances equals the monthly income he received for such last month. "(C) For each month in which a member is directly engaged in the delivery of health services in a health manpower shortage area in accordance with an agreement with the Secretary entered into under section 741(f)(1)(C), under which the Secretary is obligated to make payments in accordance with section 741 (f)(2), the amount of any monthly increase under subparagraph (A) or (B) with respect to such member shall be decreased by an amount equal to one-twelfth of the amount which the Secretary is obligated to pay upon the completion of the year of practice in which such month occurs. For purposes of subparagraphs (A) and (B), the term 'monthly pay' includes special pay received under chapter 5 of title 37 of the United States Code. " (2) In the case of a member of the Corps who is directly engaged in the delivery of health services in a health manpower shortage area in accordance with a service obligation incurred under the Scholarship Program, the adjustment in pay authorized by paragraph (1) may be made for such a member only upon satisfactory completion of such service obligation, and the first 36 months of such member's being so engaged in the delivery of health services shall, for purposes of paragraph (1)(A), be deemed to begin upon such satisfactory completion. "(e) Corps members assigned under section 333 to provide health services in health manpower shortage areas shall not be counted against any employment ceiling affecting the Department. "(f) Sections 214 and 216 shall not apply to members of the National Health Service Corps during their period of obligated service under the Scholarship Program. "(g) The administrative unit which administers section 770—
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