[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6277 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6277

  To prohibit the implementation of a proposed Department of Veterans 
 Affairs rule relating to the practice authority of advanced practice 
                           registered nurses.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 28, 2016

   Mr. Roe of Tennessee (for himself, Mr. Abraham, Mr. Boustany, Mr. 
   Harris, Mr. Tom Price of Georgia, and Mr. Bucshon) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' 
                                Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
  To prohibit the implementation of a proposed Department of Veterans 
 Affairs rule relating to the practice authority of advanced practice 
                           registered nurses.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Veterans' Health Care Safety Act of 
2016''.

SEC. 2. NON-IMPLEMENTATION OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS RULE 
              RELATING TO PRACTICE AUTHORITY OF ADVANCED PRACTICE 
              REGISTERED NURSES.

    The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may not make final the proposed 
rule amending section 17.415 of title 38, Code of Federal Regulations, 
published in the Federal Register on May 25, 2016.
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