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Union Calendar No. 627 

114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 2713 

[Report No. 114–803] 

To amend title VIII of the Public Health Service Act to extend advanced 

education nursing grants to support clinical nurse specialist programs, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 10, 2015 

Mrs. CAPPS (for herself and Mr. JOYCE) introduced the following bill; which 

was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 

NOVEMBER 14, 2016 

Additional sponsors: Mr. CLAY, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. CAPUANO, 

Mrs. TORRES, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. FARR, Ms. BORDALLO, 

Ms. BROWN of Florida, Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. 

YARMUTH, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Ms. PLASKETT, Mr. HIGGINS, Mr. 

LEWIS, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. TAKAI, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. COURTNEY, 

Mr. KEATING, Ms. MATSUI, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, 

Ms. BONAMICI, Mrs. DINGELL, Ms. PINGREE, Mr. PETERS, Ms. JUDY

CHU of California, Ms. FRANKEL of Florida, Mr. CICILLINE, Miss RICE

of New York, Mr. SMITH of Texas, Ms. BROWNLEY of California, Mr. 

KENNEDY, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. LYNCH, Mr. 

BEYER, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. WALZ, Ms. BASS, Mr. FATTAH, Mr. SCHRADER, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. LOEBSACK, Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsylvania, Mr. AGUILAR, Mr. ASHFORD, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. DELANEY, Mr. 

YOUNG of Alaska, Ms. GRAHAM, Mr. NORCROSS, Mr. ROONEY of Florida, 

Ms. MOORE, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. HASTINGS, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Ms. 

MENG, Mr. DESAULNIER, Mr. COSTELLO of Pennsylvania, Mr. BRADY of 

Pennsylvania, Mr. AL GREEN of Texas, Ms. DUCKWORTH, Mr. MEEHAN, 

Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Ms. KAPTUR, 

Mr. MCKINLEY, Ms. EDWARDS, and Ms. NORTON


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NOVEMBER 14, 2016 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on June 10, 2015] 

A BILL 

To amend title VIII of the Public Health Service Act to 

extend advanced education nursing grants to support 

clinical nurse specialist programs, and for other purposes. 


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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Title VIII Nursing 

5 Workforce Reauthorization Act of 2016’’. 

6 SEC. 2. SUPPORTING CLINICAL NURSE SPECIALISTS. 

7 (a) ADVANCED EDUCATION NURSING GRANTS.—Sec8 tion 811 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 296j) 

9 is amended— 

10 (1) in subsection (b), by inserting ‘‘clinical nurse 

11 leaders,’’ before ‘‘or public health nurses’’; 

12 (2) by redesignating subsections (f) and (g) as 

13 subsections (g) and (h), respectively; and 

14 (3) by inserting after subsection (e) the following 

15 new subsection: 

16 ‘‘(f) AUTHORIZED CLINICAL NURSE SPECIALIST PRO17 GRAMS.—Clinical nurse specialist programs eligible for 

18 support under this section are education programs that— 

19 ‘‘(1) provide registered nurses with full-time 

20 clinical nurse specialist education; and 

21 ‘‘(2) have as their objective the education of clin22 ical nurse specialists who will upon completion of 

23 such a program be qualified to effectively provide care 

24 to inpatients and outpatients experiencing acute and 

25 chronic illness.’’. 


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1 (b) DEFINITION OF NURSE-MANAGED HEALTH CLIN2 IC.—Section 801 of the Public Health Service Act (42 

3 U.S.C. 296) is amended by adding at the end the following: 

4 ‘‘(18) NURSE-MANAGED HEALTH CLINIC.—The 

5 term ‘nurse-managed health clinic’ has the meaning 

6 given to such term in section 330A–1.’’. 

7 (c) NATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL ON NURSE EDU8 CATION AND PRACTICE.—Section 851(b)(1)(A)(iv) of the 

9 Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 297t(b)(1)(A)(iv)) is 

10 amended by striking ‘‘and nurse anesthetists’’ and inserting 

11 ‘‘nurse anesthetists, and clinical nurse specialists’’. 

12 SEC. 3. REAUTHORIZATION OF FUNDING FOR NURSING 

13 PROGRAMS. 

14 (a) IN GENERAL.—Title VIII of the Public Health 

15 Service Act (42 U.S.C. 296 et seq.) is amended— 

16 (1) in subsection (i)(1) of section 846 (42 U.S.C. 

17 297n; loan repayment and scholarship programs), by 

18 striking ‘‘such sums as may be necessary for each of 

19 fiscal years 2003 through 2007’’ and inserting 

20 ‘‘$83,135,000 for each of fiscal years 2017 through 

21 2021’’; 

22 (2) in subsection (f) of section 846A (42 U.S.C. 

23 297n–1; nurse faculty loan program), by striking 

24 ‘‘such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal 


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1 years 2010 through 2014’’ and inserting ‘‘$26,500,000 

2 for each of fiscal years 2017 through 2021’’; 

3 (3) in subsection (e) of section 865 (42 U.S.C. 

4 298; comprehensive geriatric education), by striking 

5 ‘‘such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal 

6 years 2010 through 2014’’ and inserting ‘‘$38,737,000 

7 for each of fiscal years 2017 through 2021’’; and 

8 (4) in section 871 (42 U.S.C. 298d; funding for 

9 carrying out parts B, C, and D), by striking 

10 ‘‘$338,000,000 for fiscal year 2010, and such sums as 

11 may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2011 

12 through 2016’’ and inserting ‘‘$119,837,000 for each 

13 of fiscal years 2017 through 2021’’. 

14 (b) CONFORMING CHANGES.— 

15 (1) Section 831 of the Public Health Service Act 

16 (42 U.S.C. 296p) is amended— 

17 (A) in subsection (g), by striking ‘‘,,’’ and 

18 inserting ‘‘,’’; and 

19 (B) by striking subsection (h). 

20 (2) Section 831A of the Public Health Service 

21 Act (42 U.S.C. 296p–1) is amended by striking sub22 section (g). 


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Union Calendar No. 627 

114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 2713 

[Report No. 114–803] 

A BILL 

To amend title VIII of the Public Health Service 

for other purposes. to support clinical nurse specialist programs, and Act to extend advanced education nursing grants 

NOVEMBER 14, 2016 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 


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