of science in nursing degree, other advanced 
nursing degrees, specialty training, or certifi-
cation program. 
(E) The payment of tuition assistance to 
incumbent healthcare workers. 
(f) OTHER REQUIREMENTS.— 
(1) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may not 
make a grant under this section unless the ap-
plicant involved agrees, with respect to the costs 
to be incurred by the applicant in carrying out 
the program under the grant, to make available 
non-Federal contributions (in cash or in kind 
under subparagraph (B)) toward such costs in 
an amount equal to not less than $1 for each 
$1 of Federal funds provided in the grant. Such 
contributions may be made directly or through 
donations from public or private entities, or 
may be provided through the cash equivalent of 
paid release time provided to incumbent worker 
students. 
(B) DETERMINATION OF AMOUNT OF NON- 
FEDERAL
CONTRIBUTION.—Non-Federal con-
tributions required in subparagraph (A) may be 
in cash or in kind (including paid release time), 
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fairly evaluated, including equipment or services 
(and excluding indirect or overhead costs). 
(C) 
SUPPLEMENT, 
NOT
SUPPLANT.— 
Funds made available under this section shall 
supplement, and not supplant, resources dedi-
cated by an entity, or other Federal, State, or 
localfunds available to carry out activities de-
scribed in this section. 
(2) REQUIRED COLLABORATION.—Entities car-
rying out or overseeing programs carried out with 
assistance provided under this section shall dem-
onstrate collaboration with accredited schools of 
nursing which may include community colleges and 
other academic institutions providing associate, 
bachelor’s, or advanced nursing degree programs or 
specialty training or certification programs. 
(g) ACTIVITES.—Amounts awarded to an entity 
under a grant under this section shall be used for the fol-
lowing: 
(1) To carry out programs that provide edu-
cation and training to establish nursing career lad-
ders to educate incumbent healthcare workers to be-
come nurses (including Certified Nurse Assistants, 
Licensed Practical Nurses, Licensed Vocational 
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Nurses, and Registered Nurses). Such programs 
shall include one or more of the following: 
(A) Preparing incumbent workers to return 
to the classroom through English as a second 
language education, GED education, precollege 
counseling, college preparation classes, and sup-
port with entry level college classes that are a 
prerequisite to nursing. 
(B) Providing tuition assistance with pref-
erence for dedicated cohort classes in commu-
nity colleges, universities, accredited schools of 
nursing with supportive services including tu-
toring and counseling. 
(C) Providing assistance in preparing for 
and meeting all nursing licensure tests and re-
quirements. 
(D) 
Carrying 
out 
orientation 
and 
mentorship programs that assist newly grad-
uated nurses in adjusting to working at the 
bedside to ensure their retention post gradua-
tion, and ongoing programs to support nurse 
retention. 
(E) Providing stipends for release time and 
continued healthcare coverage to enable incum-
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bent healthcare workers to participate in these 
programs. 
(2) To carry out programs that assist nurses in 
obtaining advanced degrees and completing specialty 
training or certification programs and to establish 
incentives for nurses to assume nurse faculty posi-
tions on a part-time or full-time basis. Such pro-
grams shall include one or more of the following: 
(A) Increasing the pool of nurses with ad-
vanced degrees who are interested in teaching 
by funding programs that enable incumbent 
nurses to return to school. 
(B) Establishing incentives for advanced 
degree bedside nurses who wish to teach in 
nursing programs so they can obtain a leave 
from their bedside position to assume a full- or 
part-time position as adjunct or full time fac-
ulty without the loss of salary or benefits. 
(C) Collaboration with accredited schools 
of nursing which may include community col-
leges and other academic institutions providing 
associate, bachelor’s, or advanced nursing de-
gree programs, or specialty training or certifi-
cation programs, for nurses to carry out innova-
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tive nursing programs which meet the needs of 
bedside nursing and healthcare providers. 
(h) PREFERENCE.—In awarding grants under this 
section the Secretary shall give preference to programs 
that— 
(1) provide for improving nurse retention; 
(2) provide for improving the diversity of the 
new nurse graduates to reflect changes in the demo-
graphics of the patient population; 
(3) provide for improving the quality of nursing 
education to improve patient care and safety; 
(4) have demonstrated success in upgrading in-
cumbent healthcare workers to become nurses or 
which have established effective programs or pilots 
to increase nurse faculty; or 
(5) are modeled after or affiliated with such 
programs described in paragraph (4). 
(i) EVALUATION.— 
(1) PROGRAM
EVALUATIONS.—An entity that 
receives a grant under this section shall annually 
evaluate, and submit to the Secretary a report on, 
the activities carried out under the grant and the 
outcomes of such activities. Such outcomes may in-
clude— 
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(A) an increased number of incumbent 
workers entering an accredited school of nurs-
ing and in the pipeline for nursing programs; 
(B) an increasing number of graduating 
nurses and improved nurse graduation and li-
censure rates; 
(C) improved nurse retention; 
(D) an increase in the number of staff 
nurses at the healthcare facility involved; 
(E) an increase in the number of nurses 
with advanced degrees in nursing; 
(F) an increase in the number of nurse 
faculty; 
(G) improved measures of patient quality 
as determined by the Secretary; and 
(H) an increase in the diversity of new 
nurse graduates relative to the patient popu-
lation. 
(2) GENERAL
REPORT.—Not later than Sep-
tember 30, 2011, the Secretary of Labor shall, using 
data and information from the reports received 
under paragraph (1), submit to Congress a report 
concerning the overall effectiveness of the grant pro-
gram carried out under this section. 
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(j) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
for fiscal years 2010, 2011, and 2012, such sums as may 
be necessary. Funds appropriated under this subsection 
shall remain available until expended without fiscal year 
limitation. 
SEC. 4. COLLECTION OF DATA AND REPORTS TO CONGRESS 
ON FOREIGN-TRAINED NURSES AND PHYS-
ICAL THERAPISTS NEWLY ADMITTED TO THE 
UNITED STATES EACH FISCAL YEAR. 
(a) REQUIREMENT TO COLLECT DATA.—With re-
spect to each fiscal year, beginning with fiscal year 2009, 
the Secretary of Homeland Security shall collect the fol-
lowing data for each alien that acquires the status of a 
lawful permanent resident or a temporary alien worker 
(including as a temporary professional worker under the 
North American Free Trade Agreement) during that fiscal 
year for employment as a professional nurse or physical 
therapist: 
(1) The country of residence and country of na-
tionality of the alien at the time such status is ac-
quired. 
(2) The country or countries in which the alien 
received the professional education and training to 
be licensed as a nurse or a physical therapist. 
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(3) The name and address of the petitioning 
employer. 
(4) The name and and address of any recruit-
ing agency used by the petitioning employer with re-
spect to the recruitment, processing or preparation 
of the alien for the employment involved. 
(5) The processing time for review and action 
on the petition with respect to each such aliens. 
(b) RESEARCH
OF
DATA
FROM
PRIOR
FISCAL 
YEARS.— 
(1) With respect to the fiscal years 2004 
through 2008, the Secretary shall determine which 
of the data required to be collected pursuant to sub-
section (a) are available for retrieval in electronic 
databases maintained by the Secretary. 
(2) In preparing the report for fiscal year 2009 
mandated by this section, the Secretary shall include 
a summary of all such available data for fiscal years 
2004 through 2008. 
(c) REPORTS.—The Secretary shall submit annual re-
ports aggregating the data collected under subsection (a), 
and, with respect to the report for fiscal year 2009, such 
additional data identified pursuant to subsection (b), 
along with such related information as the Secretary de-
termines to be appropriate, to the Committees on the Ju-
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diciary of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
not later than 90 days after the end of each fiscal year. 
Such reports shall include— 
(1) the aggregate number of aliens who ac-
quired a status described in subsection (a) during 
such fiscal year and subtotals of the status cat-
egories acquired; 
(2) subtotals within each status category for the 
data element collected pursuant to subsection (a); 
and 
(3) the average processing times for each dif-
ferent type of petition or application involved in the 
acquisition of status. 
(d) PUBLICATION IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER.—The 
Secretary shall cause to have published in the Federal 
Register notice of the submittal to the Committees on the 
Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
of each report required under subsection (c) and of the 
availability to the public of each such report. 
Æ 
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