There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out section 293a of this title, $51,000,000 for fiscal year 2010, and such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2011 through 2014. Of the amount appropriated in any fiscal year, the Secretary shall ensure that not less than 16 percent shall be distributed to schools of nursing.

For the purpose of carrying out section 293b of this title, there is authorized to be appropriated, $5,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2010 through 2014.

For the purpose of grants and contracts under section 293c(a)(1) of this title, there is authorized to be appropriated $60,000,000 for fiscal year 2010 and such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2011 through 2014. The Secretary may use not to exceed 20 percent of the amount appropriated for a fiscal year under this subsection to provide scholarships under section 293c(a)(2)(F) of this title.

Not later than 6 months after November 13, 1998, the Secretary shall prepare and submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report concerning the efforts of the Secretary to address the need for a representative mix of individuals from historically minority health professions schools, or from institutions or other entities that historically or by geographic location have a demonstrated record of training or educating underrepresented minorities, within various health professions disciplines, on peer review councils.

(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title VII, § 740, as added Pub. L. 105–392, title I, § 101(a), Nov. 13, 1998, 112 Stat. 3536; amended Pub. L. 111–148, title V, § 5402(b)–(d), Mar. 23, 2010, 124 Stat. 644.)