SEC. 2. PROGRAMS TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF NURSES 
WITHIN THE ARMED FORCES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense may 
provide for the carrying out of each of the programs de-
scribed in subsections (b) through (f). 
(b) SERVICE OF NURSE OFFICERS AS FACULTY IN 
EXCHANGE FOR COMMITMENT TO ADDITIONAL SERVICE 
IN THE ARMED FORCES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—One of the programs under 
this section may be a program in which covered com-
missioned officers with a graduate degree in nursing 
or a related field who are in the nurse corps of the 
Armed Force concerned serve a tour of duty of two 
years as a full-time faculty member of an accredited 
school of nursing. 
(2) COVERED OFFICERS.—A commissioned offi-
cer of the nurse corps of the Armed Forces de-
scribed in this paragraph is a nurse officer on active 
duty who has served for more than nine years on ac-
tive duty in the Armed Forces as an officer of the 
nurse corps at the time of the commencement of the 
tour of duty described in paragraph (1). 
(3) BENEFITS
AND
PRIVILEGES.—An officer 
serving on the faculty of an accredited school or 
nursing under this subsection shall be accorded all 
the benefits, privileges, and responsibilities (other 
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than compensation and compensation-related bene-
fits) of any other comparably situated individual 
serving a full-time faculty member of such school. 
(4) AGREEMENT FOR ADDITIONAL SERVICE.— 
Each officer who serves a tour of duty on the faculty 
of a school of nursing under this subsection shall 
enter into an agreement with the Secretary to serve 
upon the completion of such tour of duty for a pe-
riod of four years for such tour of duty as a member 
of the nurse corps of the Armed Force concerned. 
Any service agreed to by an officer under this para-
graph is in addition to any other service required of 
the officer under law. 
(c) SERVICE OF NURSE OFFICERS AS FACULTY IN 
EXCHANGE
FOR SCHOLARSHIPS
FOR NURSE OFFICER 
CANDIDATES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—One of the programs under 
this section may be a program in which commis-
sioned officers with a graduate degree in nursing or 
a related field who are in the nurse corps of the 
Armed Force concerned serve while on active duty a 
tour of duty of two years as a full-time faculty mem-
ber of an accredited school of nursing. 
(2) BENEFITS
AND
PRIVILEGES.—An officer 
serving on the faculty of an accredited school of 
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nursing under this subsection shall be accorded all 
the benefits, privileges, and responsibilities (other 
than compensation and compensation-related bene-
fits) of any other comparably situated individual 
serving as a full-time faculty member of such school. 
(3) SCHOLARSHIPS FOR NURSE OFFICER CAN-
DIDATES.—(A) Each accredited school of nursing at 
which an officer serves on the faculty under this 
subsection shall provide scholarships to individuals 
undertaking an educational program at such school 
leading to a degree in nursing who agree, upon com-
pletion of such program, to accept a commission as 
an officer in the nurse corps of the Armed Forces. 
(B) The total amount of funds made available 
for scholarships by an accredited school of nursing 
under subparagraph (A) for each officer serving on 
the faculty of that school under this subsection shall 
be not less than the amount equal to an entry-level 
full-time faculty member of that school for each year 
that such officer so serves on the faculty of that 
school. 
(C) The total number of scholarships provided 
by an accredited school of nursing under subpara-
graph (A) for each officer serving on the faculty of 
that school under this subsection shall be such num-
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ber as the Secretary of Defense shall specify for pur-
poses of this subsection. 
(d) SCHOLARSHIPS FOR CERTAIN NURSE OFFICERS 
FOR EDUCATION AS NURSES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—One of the programs under 
this section may be a program in which the Sec-
retary provides scholarships to commissioned officers 
of the nurse corps of the Armed Force concerned de-
scribed in paragraph (2) who enter into an agree-
ment described in paragraph (4) for the participa-
tion of such officers in an educational program of an 
accredited school of nursing leading to a graduate 
degree in nursing. 
(2) COVERED
NURSE
OFFICERS.—A commis-
sioned officer of the nurse corps of the Armed 
Forces described in this paragraph is a nurse officer 
who has served not less than 20 years on active duty 
in the Armed Forces and is otherwise eligible for re-
tirement from the Armed Forces. 
(3) SCOPE OF SCHOLARSHIPS.—Amounts in a 
scholarship provided a nurse officer under this sub-
section may be utilized by the officer to pay the 
costs of tuition, fees, and other educational expenses 
of the officer in participating in an educational pro-
gram described in paragraph (1). 
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(4) AGREEMENT.—An agreement of a nurse of-
ficer described in this paragraph is the agreement of 
the officer— 
(A) to participate in an educational pro-
gram described in paragraph (1); and 
(B) upon graduation from such educational 
program— 
(i) to serve not less than two years as 
a full-time faculty member of an accredited 
school of nursing; and 
(ii) to undertake such activities as the 
Secretary considers appropriate to encour-
age current and prospective nurses to pur-
sue service in the nurse corps of the 
Armed Forces. 
(e) TRANSITION ASSISTANCE FOR RETIRING NURSE 
OFFICERS QUALIFIED AS FACULTY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—One of the programs under 
this section may be a program in which the Sec-
retary provides to commissioned officers of the nurse 
corps of the Armed Force concerned described in 
paragraph (2) the assistance described in paragraph 
(3) to assist such officers in obtaining and fulfilling 
positions as full-time faculty members of an accred-
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ited school of nursing after retirement from the 
Armed Forces. 
(2) COVERED
NURSE
OFFICERS.—A commis-
sioned officer of the nurse corps of the Armed 
Forces described in this paragraph is a nurse officer 
who— 
(A) has served an aggregate of at least 20 
years on active duty or in reserve active status 
in the Armed Forces; 
(B) is eligible for retirement from the 
Armed Forces; and 
(C) possesses a doctoral or master degree 
in nursing or a related field which qualifies the 
nurse officer to discharge the position of nurse 
instructor at an accredited school of nursing. 
(3) ASSISTANCE.—The assistance described in 
this paragraph is assistance as follows: 
(A) Career placement assistance. 
(B) Continuing education. 
(C) Stipends (in an amount specified by 
the Secretary). 
(4) AGREEMENT.—A nurse officer provided as-
sistance under this subsection shall enter into an 
agreement with the Secretary to serve as a full-time 
faculty member of an accredited school of nursing 
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for such period as the Secretary shall provide in the 
agreement. 
(f) BENEFITS FOR RETIRED NURSE OFFICERS AC-
CEPTING APPOINTMENT AS FACULTY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—One of the programs under 
this section may be a program in which the Sec-
retary provides to any individual described in para-
graph (2) the benefits specified in paragraph (3). 
(2) COVERED INDIVIDUALS.—An individual de-
scribed in this paragraph is an individual who— 
(A) is retired from the Armed Forces after 
service as a commissioned officer in the nurse 
corps of the Armed Forces; 
(B) holds a graduate degree in nursing; 
and 
(C) serves as a full-time faculty member of 
an accredited school of nursing. 
(3) BENEFITS.—The benefits specified in this 
paragraph shall include the following: 
(A) Payment of retired or retirement pay 
without reduction based on receipt of pay or 
other compensation from the institution of 
higher education concerned. 
(B) Payment by the institution of higher 
education concerned of a salary and other com-
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pensation to which other similarly situated fac-
ulty members of the institution of higher edu-
cation would be entitled. 
(C) If the amount of pay and other com-
pensation payable by the institution of higher 
education concerned for service as an associate 
full-time faculty member is less than the basic 
pay to which the individual was entitled imme-
diately before retirement from the Armed 
Forces, payment of an amount equal to the dif-
ference between such basic pay and such pay-
ment and other compensation. 
(g) ADMINISTRATION
AND
DURATION
OF
PRO-
GRAMS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish 
requirements and procedures for the administration 
of the programs authorized by this section. Such re-
quirements and procedures shall include procedures 
for selecting participating schools of nursing. 
(2) DURATION.—Any program carried out 
under this section shall continue for not less than 
two years. 
(3) ASSESSMENT.—Not later than two years 
after commencing any program under this section, 
the Secretary shall assess the results of such pro-
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gram and determine whether or not to continue such 
program. The assessment of any program shall be 
based on measurable criteria, information concerning 
results, and such other matters as the Secretary 
considers appropriate. 
(4) CONTINUATION.—The Secretary may con-
tinue carrying out any program under this section 
that the Secretary determines, pursuant to an as-
sessment under paragraph (3), to continue to carry 
out. In continuing to carry out a program, the Sec-
retary may modify the terms of the program within 
the scope of this section. The continuation of any 
program may include its expansion to include addi-
tional participating schools of nursing. 
(h) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms ‘‘school 
of nursing’’ and ‘‘accredited’’ have the meaning given 
those terms in section 801 of the Public Health Service 
Act (42 U.S.C. 296). 
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