HR 4903 · 109th Congress · Health

National Nurse Act of 2006

Introduced 2006-03-08· Sponsored by Rep. Capps, Lois [D-CA-23]· House

Bill Progress

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Introduced
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Committee
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House Vote
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Senate
5
Enacted
Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.(2006-03-17)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] National Nurse Act of 2006 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish the Office of the National Nurse within the Office of Public Health and Science to: (1) encourage individuals to enter the nursing profession; (2) encourage nurses to become educators in schools of nursing; and (3) promote the public health. Requires the National Nurse to: (1) designate four methods of achieving better health that will be given priority; and (2) make grants to nonprofit private entities to carry out projects for the purpose of educating the public on the annual health priorities.…

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Cosponsors (20)

20 Democrats
Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3]OR
Rep. Kildee, Dale E. [D-MI-5]MI
Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4]OR
Rep. Wu, David [D-OR-1]OR
Rep. Johnson, Eddie Bernice [D-TX-30]TX
Rep. McCarthy, Carolyn [D-NY-4]NY
Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7]AZ
Rep. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH-13]OH
Rep. Hooley, Darlene [D-OR-5]OR
Rep. Allen, Thomas H. [D-ME-1]ME
Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7]WA
Rep. Hoyer, Steny H. [D-MD-5]MD
Rep. Waxman, Henry A. [D-CA-30]CA
Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6]NJ
Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-16]CA
Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-13]CA
Rep. Towns, Edolphus [D-NY-10]NY
Rep. Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]TX
Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1]IL
Rep. Olver, John W. [D-MA-1]MA