[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 178 (Thursday, December 20, 2001)]
[Senate]
[Page S14065]
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                         NURSE REINVESTMENT ACT

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the consideration of S. 1864, introduced earlier today by 
Senators Mikulski, Hutchinson, Kerry, and others.
  The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 1864) to amend the Public Health Service Act 
     establishing a nurse corps and recruitment and retention 
     strategy to address the nurse shortage, and for other 
     purposes.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the bill be 
read a third time and passed, the motion to reconsider be laid on the 
table, and that any statements on this matter be printed in the Record.
  The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The bill (S. 1864) was passed.
  (The text of S. 1864 is printed in today's Record under ``Statements 
on Introduced Bills and Joint Resolutions.'')

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