H.R. 2332 would amend the Peace Corps Act and the National and Community Service Trust Act to increase the affordability of medical education.
Detailed Summary
Future Physicians Serving America Act of 2009 - Amends the Peace Corps Act to make Peace Corps volunteers eligible for a year of tuition assistance for undergraduate medical education for each year of service in the Peace Corps. Limits such assistance to a maximum of two years.
Amends the National and Community Service Trust Act to provide individuals who successfully complete a required term of full-time or part-time national service an educational award for undergraduate medical education. Makes such assistance applicable to up to two terms of service.
Status of the Legislation
Latest Major Action: 6/4/2009: Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities.
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