I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4407 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to support and stabilize the existing 
nursing workforce, establish programs to increase the number of nurses, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 15, 2025 
Mrs. KIM (for herself, Ms. STRICKLAND, Mr. BACON, Ms. MCBRIDE, and Mr. 
OBERNOLTE) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to support and 
stabilize the existing nursing workforce, establish pro-
grams to increase the number of nurses, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘National Nursing 
Workforce Center Act of 2025’’. 
SEC. 2. STATE NURSING WORKFORCE CENTERS. 
Title VII of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
292 et seq.) is amended— 
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(1) by redesignating part G (42 U.S.C. 295j et 
seq.) as part H; and 
(2) by inserting after part F the following new 
part: 
‘‘PART G—NURSING WORKFORCE CENTERS 
‘‘SEC. 785. STATE AND REGIONAL NURSING WORKFORCE 
CENTER 
DATA 
COLLECTION 
PILOT 
PRO-
GRAM. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may carry out a 
2-year pilot program to establish new or enhance existing 
State-based nursing workforce centers, evaluate the im-
pact of State-based nursing workforce centers on out-
comes, and assess the feasibility of nursing workforce pub-
lic-private partnerships. The Secretary shall begin imple-
mentation of such pilot program not later than 1 year 
after the date of enactment of the National Nursing Work-
force Center Act of 2025. 
‘‘(b) GRANT TERMS.— 
‘‘(1) TERM.—The term of a grant awarded 
under the pilot program under subsection (a) shall 
be 2 years. 
‘‘(2) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.—As a condi-
tion on receipt of a grant under the pilot program 
under subsection (a), the Secretary shall require the 
applicant to agree, with respect to costs to be in-
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curred by the applicant in carrying out the activities 
funded through the grant, to make available non- 
Federal contributions (in cash or in kind) toward 
such costs in an amount that is equal to not less 
than $1 for each $4 of Federal funds provided 
through the grant. Such contributions may be made 
directly or through donations from public or private 
entities. 
‘‘(c) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to receive a grant 
under this section, an entity shall be— 
‘‘(1) a State agency; 
‘‘(2) a State board of nursing; 
‘‘(3) an organization that is exempt from tax-
ation under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986; 
‘‘(4) a community-based organization; 
‘‘(5) a school of nursing (as defined in section 
801); or 
‘‘(6) another type of school or program deter-
mined by the Secretary to be an eligible entity for 
purposes of this section. 
‘‘(d) 
EQUITABLE
DISTRIBUTION.—In 
awarding 
grants under this section, the Secretary shall ensure, to 
the greatest extent possible, that such grants are equitably 
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distributed among the geographical regions of the United 
States. 
‘‘(e) PRIORITY.—In selecting the eligible entity to be 
awarded a grant under this section for a nursing work-
force center in a particular State, the Secretary shall give 
priority to eligible entities that— 
‘‘(1) propose to provide statewide services; 
‘‘(2) have expertise in the State’s nursing work-
force issues; 
‘‘(3) have a history of convening entities to ad-
dress nursing workforce issues; and 
‘‘(4) have partnerships with entities that tradi-
tionally educate and employ the State’s nurses. 
‘‘(f) USE OF FUNDS.—A nursing workforce center 
supported under this section may use funds provided 
under this section for the following statewide activities: 
‘‘(1) Conducting comprehensive analysis of and 
research on— 
‘‘(A) existing State nursing workforce data 
and gaps in such data; 
‘‘(B) 2- and 4-year nursing education pro-
grams, including with respect to— 
‘‘(i) faculty capacity and pay; 
‘‘(ii) enrollment, retention, and grad-
uation; 
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‘‘(iii) services for nursing students 
and the outcomes of such services; 
‘‘(iv) facility needs; and 
‘‘(v) clinical placement capacity; 
‘‘(C) State-specific scholarships, grants, 
and financial aid; and 
‘‘(D) factors contributing to retention and 
recruitment challenges and to nurses leaving 
the workplace or profession. 
‘‘(2) Conducting strategic nursing workforce 
planning with employers across all work settings and 
nursing education. 
‘‘(3) Conducting focused research on trends in 
nursing shortages, including the fiscal and clinical 
outcomes of contract nursing. 
‘‘(4) Establishing and implementing programs 
to— 
‘‘(A) support and retain faculty to increase 
enrollment in schools of nursing; 
‘‘(B) recruit and retain nurses in all set-
tings where nurses practice; 
‘‘(C) support leadership development; 
‘‘(D) prepare the nursing workforce to ad-
dress social determinants of health and health 
inequities; 
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