An amendment numbered 4 printed in House Report 109-399 to require a study by GAO to evaluate and determine reasons for the decline in the number of medical school graduates entering residency programs lasting more than 5 years.

1. Adds SEC. ___. STUDY OF RESIDENCY APPLICATIONS at the end of part B of title IX

   Adds a section

   Inserted: SEC. ___. STUDY OF RESIDENCY APPLICATIONS.

   Inserted: (a) GAO Study Required.--The Comptroller General shall conduct a study to evaluate the decline, and any causes thereof, in the number of individuals who have been accepted into, or currently participate in, a graduate medical education program or fellowship (or both) to provide health care services that--

   Inserted: (1) requires more than 5 years of total graduate medical training; and

   Inserted: (2) has fewer United States medical school graduate applicants than total number of training and fellowship positions.

   Inserted: (b) Deadline.--Not later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit a report on the study required by subsection (a) to the Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate, and shall make the report widely available to the public. Additional reports may be periodically prepared and released as necessary.

   Original wording

   At the end of part B of title IX add the following new section:

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