Nurse Faculty Shortage Reduction Act of 2026

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 7279 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7279 To provide for a wage differential program to support new nursing school faculty members. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 30, 2026 Ms. Bonamici (for herself, Mr. Joyce of Ohio, Ms. Underwood, and Mrs. Kiggans of Virginia) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To provide for a wage differential program to support new nursing school faculty members. 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 ``Nurse Faculty Shortage Reduction Act of 2026''. SEC. 2. NURSE FACULTY DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM. Section 846A of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 297n-1) is amended-- (1) by amending subsection (a) to read as follows: ``(a) In General.--To increase the number of qualified nursing faculty, the Secret…