[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 13 (Wednesday, January 24, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S253]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         TRAIN MORE NURSES ACT

  Mr. SCHUMER. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions be discharged from 
further consideration of S. 2853 and the Senate proceed to its 
immediate consideration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 2853) to require the Secretary of Health and 
     Human Services and the Secretary of Labor to conduct a study 
     and issue a report on grant programs to support the nursing 
     workforce.

  There being no objection, the committee was discharged, and the 
Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
  Mr. SCHUMER. I ask unanimous consent that the bill be considered read 
a third time and passed and that the motion to reconsider be considered 
made and laid upon the table.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The bill (S. 2853) was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, 
was read the third time, and passed as follows:

                                S. 2853

       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 ``Train More Nurses Act''.

     SEC. 2. REVIEW OF AND REPORT ON PROGRAMS SUPPORTING THE 
                   NURSING WORKFORCE.

       The Secretary of Health and Human Services and the 
     Secretary of Labor, jointly, shall--
       (1) conduct a review of all grant programs carried out by 
     the Department of Health and Human Services or the Department 
     of Labor that support the nurse workforce; and
       (2) not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of 
     this Act, submit to Congress a report on the review under 
     paragraph (1) that includes recommendations for changes to 
     such grant programs to improve upon the goals of--
       (A) increasing nurse faculty, particularly in underserved 
     areas;
       (B) providing pathways for nurses who have more than 10 
     years of clinical experience to become faculty at schools of 
     nursing; and
       (C) encouraging and increasing the nursing pipeline through 
     pathways for licensed practical nurses to become registered 
     nurses.

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