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‘‘SEC. 846C. CHILD CARE ASSISTANCE FOR INDIVIDUALS 
PURSUING ADVANCED NURSING DEGREES. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may carry out a 
program of entering into contracts with eligible individuals 
under which— 
‘‘(1) the Secretary agrees to provide child care 
vouchers to the eligible individual for each month 
during which the individual is a student in an ad-
vanced nursing degree program; and 
‘‘(2) the eligible individual agrees to serve, at 
the completion of such program, as a faculty mem-
ber at a school of nursing for a period of 4 years. 
‘‘(b) VOUCHERS.—Vouchers provided to an eligible 
individual under this section— 
‘‘(1) shall be for child care expenses; and 
‘‘(2) shall be for not more than $500 per 
month. 
‘‘(c) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘eligible 
individual’ means an individual who is enrolled or accepted 
for enrollment as a full-time student in an advanced nurs-
ing degree program. 
‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—To 
carry out this section, there are authorized to be appro-
priated such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal 
years 2009 through 2013.’’. 
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SEC. 502. NURSE FACULTY PROGRAM. 
Title VII of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 1133 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 
the following new part: 
‘‘PART E—NURSE FACULTY PROJECT 
‘‘SEC. 771. PURPOSES. 
‘‘The purposes of this part are to create a program— 
‘‘(1) to provide scholarships to qualified nurses 
in pursuit of an advanced degree with the goal of be-
coming faculty members in an accredited nursing 
program; and 
‘‘(2) to provide grants to partnerships between 
accredited schools of nursing and hospitals or health 
facilities to fund release time for qualified nurse em-
ployees, so that those employees can earn a salary 
while obtaining an advanced degree in nursing with 
the goal of becoming nurse faculty. 
‘‘SEC. 772. ASSISTANCE AUTHORIZED. 
‘‘(a) COMPETITIVE GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—The Sec-
retary may, on a competitive basis, award grants to, and 
enter into contracts and cooperative agreements with, 
partnerships composed of an accredited school of nursing 
at an institution of higher education and a hospital or 
health facility to establish projects to enable such hospital 
or health facility to retain its staff of experienced nurses 
while providing a mechanism to have these individuals be-
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come, through an accelerated nursing education program, 
faculty members of an accredited school of nursing. 
‘‘(b) DURATION; EVALUATION
AND
DISSEMINA-
TION.— 
‘‘(1) DURATION.—Grants under this part shall 
be awarded for a period of 3 to 5 years. 
‘‘(2) MANDATORY EVALUATION AND DISSEMI-
NATION.—Grants under this part shall be primarily 
used for evaluation, and dissemination to other insti-
tutions of higher education, of the information ob-
tained through the activities described in section 
771(2). 
‘‘(c) CONSIDERATIONS
IN MAKING AWARDS.—In 
awarding grants and entering into contracts and coopera-
tive agreements under this section, the Secretary shall 
consider the following: 
‘‘(1) GEOGRAPHIC
DISTRIBUTION.—Providing 
an equitable geographic distribution of such grants. 
‘‘(2) RURAL AND URBAN AREAS.—Distributing 
such grants to urban and rural areas. 
‘‘(3) RANGE AND TYPE OF INSTITUTION.—En-
suring that the activities to be assisted are developed 
for a range of types and sizes of institutions of high-
er education. 
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‘‘(4) PRIOR
EXPERIENCE
OR
EXCEPTIONAL 
PROGRAMS.—Institutions of higher education with 
demonstrated prior experience in providing advanced 
nursing education programs to prepare nurses inter-
ested in pursuing a faculty role. 
‘‘(d) USES OF FUNDS.—Funds made available by 
grant, contract, or cooperative agreement under this part 
may be used— 
‘‘(1) to develop a new national demonstration 
initiative to align nursing education with the emerg-
ing challenges of healthcare delivery; and 
‘‘(2) for any one or more of the following inno-
vations in educational programs: 
‘‘(A) to develop a clinical simulation lab-
oratory in a hospital, health facility, or accred-
ited school of nursing; 
‘‘(B) to purchase distance learning tech-
nologies; 
‘‘(C) to fund release time for qualified 
nurses enrolled in the graduate nursing pro-
gram; 
‘‘(D) to provide for faculty salaries; and 
‘‘(E) to collect and analyze data on edu-
cational outcomes. 
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‘‘SEC. 773. APPLICATIONS. 
‘‘Each partnership desiring to receive a grant, con-
tract, or cooperative agreement under this part shall sub-
mit an application to the Secretary at such time, in such 
manner, and accompanied by such information as the Sec-
retary may require. Each application shall include assur-
ances that— 
‘‘(1) the individuals enrolled in the program will 
be qualified nurses in pursuit of a master’s or doc-
toral degree in nursing and have a contractual obli-
gation with the hospital or health facility that is in 
partnership with the institution of higher education; 
‘‘(2) the hospital or health facility of employ-
ment would be the clinical site for the accredited 
school of nursing program; 
‘‘(3) individuals will also maintain their employ-
ment on a part time basis to the hospital or health 
facility that allowed them to participate in the pro-
gram, and will receive an income from the hospital 
or health facility, as a part time employee, and re-
lease times or flexible schedules to accommodate 
their class schedule; and 
‘‘(4) upon completion of the program, individ-
uals agree to teach for 2 years in an accredited 
school of nursing for each year of support the indi-
vidual received under this program. 
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‘‘SEC. 774. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated for this 
part not more than $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2009 and 
such sums as may be necessary for each of the 4 suc-
ceeding fiscal years. 
‘‘SEC. 775. DEFINITION. 
‘‘For purposes of this part, the term ‘health facility’ 
means an Indian Health Service health service center, a 
Native Hawaiian health center, a hospital, a federally 
qualified health center, a rural health clinic, a nursing 
home, a home health agency, a hospice program, a public 
health clinic, a State or local department of public health, 
a skilled nursing facility, or ambulatory surgical center.’’. 
SEC. 503. ADDITIONAL CAPACITY FOR R.N. STUDENTS OR 
GRADUATE-LEVEL NURSING STUDENTS. 
Title VII of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 1133 et seq.), as amended by section 502, is fur-
ther amended by adding at the end the following new part: 
‘‘PART F—ADDITIONAL CAPACITY FOR R.N. STU-
DENTS OR GRADUATE-LEVEL NURSING STU-
DENTS 
‘‘SEC. 781. ADDITIONAL CAPACITY FOR R.N. STUDENTS OR 
GRADUATE-LEVEL NURSING STUDENTS. 
‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary shall award 
grants to institutions of higher education that offer— 
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‘‘(1) a R.N. nursing program at the bacca-
laureate or associate degree level to enable such pro-
gram to expand the faculty and facilities of such 
program to accommodate additional R.N. nursing 
program students; or 
‘‘(2) a graduate-level nursing program to ac-
commodate advanced practice degrees for R.N.s or 
to accommodate students enrolled in a graduate-level 
nursing program to provide teachers of nursing stu-
dents. 
‘‘(b) DETERMINATION OF NUMBER OF STUDENTS 
AND APPLICATION.—Each institution of higher education 
that offers a program described in subsection (a) that de-
sires to receive a grant under this section shall— 
‘‘(1) determine for the 4 academic years pre-
ceding the academic year for which the determina-
tion is made the average number of matriculated 
nursing program students at such institution for 
such academic years; and 
‘‘(2) submit an application to the Secretary at 
such time, in such manner, and accompanied by 
such information as the Secretary may require, in-
cluding the average number determined under para-
graph (1). 
‘‘(c) GRANT AMOUNT; AWARD BASIS.— 
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‘‘(1) GRANT AMOUNT.—For each academic year 
after academic year 2006–2007, the Secretary shall 
provide to each institution of higher education 
awarded a grant under this section an amount that 
is equal to $3,000 multiplied by the number of ma-
triculated nursing program students at such institu-
tion for such academic year that is more than the 
average number determined with respect to such in-
stitution under subsection (b)(1). Such amount shall 
be used for the purposes described in subsection (a). 
‘‘(2) DISTRIBUTION
OF
GRANTS
AMONG
DIF-
FERENT DEGREE PROGRAMS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to subpara-
graph (B), from the funds available to award 
grants under this section for each fiscal year, 
the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(i) use 20 percent of such funds to 
award grants under this section to institu-
tions of higher education for the purpose 
of accommodating advanced practice de-
grees or students in graduate-level nursing 
programs; 
‘‘(ii) use 40 percent of such funds to 
award grants under this section to institu-
tions of higher education for the purpose 
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of expanding R.N. nursing programs at the 
baccalaureate degree level; and 
‘‘(iii) use 40 percent of such funds to 
award grants under this section to institu-
tions of higher education for the purpose 
of expanding R.N. nursing programs at the 
associate degree level. 
‘‘(B) DISTRIBUTION OF EXCESS FUNDS.— 
If, for a fiscal year, funds described in clause 
(i), (ii), or (iii) of subparagraph (A) remain 
after the Secretary awards grants under this 
section to all applicants for the particular cat-
egory of nursing programs described in such 
clause, the Secretary shall use equal amounts of 
the remaining funds to award grants under this 
section to applicants for the remaining cat-
egories of nursing programs. 
‘‘(C) 
EQUITABLE
DISTRIBUTION.—In 
awarding grants under this section, the Sec-
retary shall, to the extent practicable, ensure— 
‘‘(i) an equitable geographic distribu-
tion of the grants among the States; and 
‘‘(ii) an equitable distribution of the 
grants among different types of institu-
tions of higher education. 
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‘‘(d) PROHIBITION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Funds provided under this 
section may not be used for the construction of new 
facilities. 
‘‘(2) RULE
OF
CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in 
paragraph (1) shall be construed to prohibit funds 
provided under this section from being used for the 
repair or renovation of facilities. 
‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
such sums as may be necessary.’’. 
SEC. 504. 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 
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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 
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-
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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 
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-
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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-
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 
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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). 
(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 
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(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-
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 
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(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 
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— 
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(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-
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-
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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-
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-
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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). 
TITLE 
VI—RESERVE 
COMPO-
NENTS 
OF 
THE 
ARMED 
FORCES 
SEC. 601. EFFECTIVE DATE OF ACTIVE DUTY FOR PUR-
POSES OF ENTITLEMENT TO ACTIVE DUTY 
HEALTH CARE OF MEMBERS OF THE RE-
SERVE 
COMPONENTS 
OF 
THE 
ARMED 
FORCES RECEIVING ALERT ORDER ANTICI-
PATING A CALL OR ORDER TO ACTIVE DUTY 
IN SUPPORT OF A CONTINGENCY OPER-
ATION. 
Subsection (d) of section 1074 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(d)(1) For purposes of this chapter, a member of 
a reserve component of the armed forces shall be treated 
as a member of the armed forces on active duty as follows: 
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‘‘(A) On the date of the issuance of the alert 
order for the member’s unit in anticipation of the 
mobilization of the unit for service for a period of 
more than 30 days in support of a contingency oper-
ation. 
‘‘(B) On the date of the issuance of the order 
providing for the assignment or attachment of the 
member to a unit subject to an alert order described 
in paragraph (1). 
‘‘(2) If the alert order for a member’s unit (or the 
unit to which the member is assigned or attached) is re-
scinded, the member shall cease to be treated on active 
duty for purposes of this chapter as of the date of the 
issuance of the order rescinding such alert order.’’. 
Æ 
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