An amendment numbered 5 printed in House Report 109-399 to amend Sec. 421 Loan Forgiveness for Service in Areas of National Need to include medical specialists with a residency program of more than 5 years and in medical specialties that have shortages.

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   Inserted: (I) Medical specialists.--An individual who--

   Inserted: (i) has received his or her degree from an accredited medical school (as accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education or as defined by this title IV); and

   Inserted: (ii)(I) has been accepted to, or currently participates in, a graduate medical education training program or fellowship (or

   Inserted: both) to provide health care services (as recognized by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education); or

   Inserted: (II) has been accepted into, or currently participates in, a graduate medical education program or fellowship (or both) to provide health care services that--

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

   Inserted: (bb) has fewer United States medical school graduate applicants than the total number of training and fellowship positions available in the programs specified in subclause (I) of this clause.

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   Page 189, after line 12, insert the following new subparagraph (and redesignate the succeeding subparagraph accordingly):

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