119 HR 3333 IH: Magnifying Opportunities to Recruit and Educate Nurses Act U.S. House of Representatives 2025-05-13 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I119th CONGRESS1st SessionH. R. 3333IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESMay 13, 2025Mr. Costa (for himself and Mrs. Kiggans of Virginia) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and CommerceA BILLTo require the National Advisory Council on Nurse Education and Practice to examine and report on the growing nursing shortage across the United States, and for other purposes.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Magnifying Opportunities to Recruit and Educate Nurses Act or the MORE Nurses Act.

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Examination of the growing nursing shortage

(a)

Duties

The National Advisory Council on Nurse Education and Practice established pursuant to section 851 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 297t) (in this section referred to as the National Advisory Council) shall— (1)examine, assess, and report on the United States nursing workforce capacity, including— (A)trends in the overall nursing workforce; (B)the capacity to educate future nurses; (C)causes for the existing nursing shortage; and (D)Federal policies to bolster nursing education and the nursing workforce; (2)build upon existing or ongoing evaluations, and avoid unnecessary duplication, by reviewing, as appropriate, the findings, conclusions, and recommendations of other task forces, committees, commissions, and other public and private entities with respect to the national nursing shortage; (3)identify areas of Federal policy that have impacted the ability of the United States to respond to the growing nursing shortage, including— (A)Federal support of nursing education programs; (B)Federal support of increasing diversity in the nursing workforce; and (C)incentives for nurses to work in underserved areas and communities; and (4)identify and recommend a set of possible solutions to the nursing shortage for policymakers, including legislative and regulatory recommendations. (b)

Report

(1)

Submission

Not later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act, the National Advisory Council shall— (A)complete the activities required by subsection (a); and (B)submit to the President, the Congress, and the Secretary of Health and Human Services a report on the National Advisory Council’s findings, conclusions, and recommendations to bolster nursing education and the nursing workforce in the United States. (2)

Public availability

The National Advisory Council shall make the report required by paragraph (1) available to the public online.