I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3593 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize certain nursing 
workforce development programs, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 23, 2025 
Mr. JOYCE of Ohio (for himself, Ms. BONAMICI, Mrs. KIGGANS of Virginia, 
and Ms. UNDERWOOD) introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize cer-
tain nursing workforce development programs, 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 ‘‘Title VIII Nursing 
Workforce Reauthorization Act of 2025’’. 
SEC. 2. ADVANCED NURSING EDUCATION GRANTS. 
Section 811 of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 296j) is amended— 
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(1) in subsection (a)(2), by striking ‘‘pro-
grams.’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘programs, in-
cluding individuals enrolled in— 
‘‘(A) authorized nurse practitioner pro-
grams described in subsection (c); 
‘‘(B) authorized nurse-midwifery programs 
described in subsection (d); 
‘‘(C) authorized nurse anesthesia programs 
described in subsection (e); and 
‘‘(D) authorized clinical nurse specialist 
programs described in subsection (f).’’; 
(2) in subsection (d)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘mid-
wives’’ and inserting ‘‘nurse-midwives’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘Amer-
ican College of Nurse-Midwives’’; and 
(3) in subsection (h)(1)(A), by striking ‘‘fees’’ 
and inserting ‘‘fees, including costs for clinical edu-
cation and preceptors,’’. 
SEC. 3. STRENGTHENING CAPACITY FOR NURSE EDU-
CATION AND PRACTICE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Part D of title VIII of the Public 
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 296p et seq.) is amended— 
(1) in the part heading, by striking ‘‘BASIC’’; 
and 
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(2) in section 831 (42 U.S.C. 296p)— 
(A) in subsection (a)— 
(i) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘or’’ 
after the semicolon; 
(ii) in paragraph (2), by striking 
‘‘methodologies.’’ and inserting ‘‘meth-
odologies, audiovisual or other equipment, 
simulation and augmented reality re-
sources, telehealth technologies, and virtual 
and physical laboratories; or’’; and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(3) increasing the number of faculty and stu-
dents at schools of nursing in order to address nurs-
ing workforce shortages.’’; and 
(B) in subsection (b)— 
(i) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘and 
survivors of domestic violence’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘survivors of domestic violence, and 
survivors of sexual assault’’; 
(ii) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘or’’ 
after the semicolon; 
(iii) in paragraph (4), by striking the 
period and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
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