38 USC § 7654 - Obligated service

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title: "38 USC § 7654 - Obligated service"
title_number: 38
title_name: "VETERANS’ BENEFITS"
section_number: "7654"
section_name: "Obligated service"
chapter_number: 76
chapter_name: "HEALTH PROFESSIONALS EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM"
subchapter_number: "V"
subchapter_name: "STIPEND PROGRAM FOR MEMBERS OF THE SELECTED RESERVE"
part_number: "V"
part_name: "BOARDS, ADMINISTRATIONS, AND SERVICES"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-21"
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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 101–366, title II, § 205(a)(1), Aug. 15, 1990, 104 Stat. 440, § 4354; renumbered § 7654 and amended Pub. L. 102–40, title IV, § 402(b)(1), (d)(1), May 7, 1991, 105 Stat. 238, 239.)"
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# § 7654. Obligated service

section 7603 of this title

A person receiving assistance under this subchapter shall provide service in the full-time clinical practice of the person’s profession as a full-time employee of the Department for the period of obligated service provided in the agreement of such person entered into under .

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 101–366, title II, § 205(a)(1), Aug. 15, 1990, 104 Stat. 440, § 4354; renumbered § 7654 and amended Pub. L. 102–40, title IV, § 402(b)(1), (d)(1), May 7, 1991, 105 Stat. 238, 239.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1991— renumbered  as this section and substituted “7603” for “4303”.