students (as defined in section 402A(h)(3) of the 
Higher Education Act of 1965), including through 
mentorship programs, providing tools and program-
ming for underrepresented students, and addressing 
other student needs; 
‘‘(2) retaining current faculty, and hiring new 
faculty, with an emphasis on faculty from racial or 
ethnic groups who are underrepresented in the nurs-
ing workforce; 
‘‘(3) partnering with a health care facility, 
nurse-managed health clinic, community health cen-
ter, or other facility that provides health care in 
order to provide educational opportunities for the 
purpose of establishing or expanding clinical edu-
cation, including through preceptors; 
‘‘(4) modernizing infrastructure at such school, 
including audiovisual or other equipment, simulation 
and augmented reality resources, telehealth tech-
nologies, and virtual and physical laboratories; 
‘‘(5) creating, supporting, or modernizing edu-
cational programs and curriculum at such school; 
‘‘(6) enhancing and expanding nursing pro-
grams that prepare nurse researchers and scientists; 
‘‘(7) establishing nurse-led intradisciplinary and 
interprofessional educational partnerships; or 
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‘‘(8) other activities that the Secretary deter-
mines further the development, improvement, and 
expansion of schools of nursing. 
‘‘(e) REPORTS FROM ENTITIES.—Each school of 
nursing awarded a grant under this section shall submit 
an annual report to the Secretary on the activities con-
ducted under such grant, and other information as the 
Secretary may require. 
‘‘(f) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 5 years 
after the date of the enactment of this section, the Sec-
retary shall submit to the Committee on Health, Edu-
cation, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and the Com-
mittee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Rep-
resentatives, and make publicly available, a report that 
provides a summary of the activities and outcomes associ-
ated with grants made under this section. Such report 
shall include— 
‘‘(1) a list of schools of nursing receiving grants 
under this section, including the primary geographic 
location of any school of nursing that was improved 
or expanded through such a grant; 
‘‘(2) the total number of students who are en-
rolled at or who have graduated from any school of 
nursing that was improved or expanded through a 
grant under this section, which such statistic shall— 
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‘‘(A) to the extent such information is 
available, be deidentified and disaggregated by 
race, ethnicity, age, sex, geographic region, dis-
ability status, and other relevant factors; and 
‘‘(B) include an indication of the number 
of such students who are from racial or ethnic 
groups underrepresented in the nursing work-
force, such students who are from rural or un-
derserved areas, such students who are low-in-
come students, and such students who are first 
generation college students (as defined in sec-
tion 402A(h)(3) of the Higher Education Act of 
1965); 
‘‘(3) to the extent such information is avail-
able— 
‘‘(A) the effects of the grants awarded 
under this section on— 
‘‘(i) retaining and hiring of faculty, 
including any increase in diverse faculty; 
‘‘(ii) the number of clinical education 
partnerships; and 
‘‘(iii) the modernization of nursing 
education infrastructure; and 
‘‘(B) other ways this section helps to ad-
dress nursing workforce shortages and quickly 
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respond to public health emergencies declared 
under section 319 and pandemics that are not 
otherwise declared as such emergencies; 
‘‘(4) recommendations for improving the grants 
awarded under this section; and 
‘‘(5) any other considerations as the Secretary 
determines appropriate. 
‘‘(g) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—To 
carry out this section, there is authorized to be appro-
priated $1,000,000,000 to remain available until ex-
pended.’’. 
SEC. 3. STRENGTHENING NURSE EDUCATION. 
The heading of part D of title VIII of the Public 
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 296p et seq.) is amended 
by striking ‘‘BASIC’’. 
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