Nurse Faculty Shortage Reduction Act of 2026

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 3707 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 3707 To provide for a wage differential program to support new nursing school faculty members. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 27, 2026 Mr. Durbin (for himself and Ms. Murkowski) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions _______________________________________________________________________ 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 Secretary may-- ``(1)…