Train More Nurses Act

Bill: 119-hr-5052
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Nunn, Zachary [R-IA-3]
Introduced: 2025-08-26
Policy area: Health
Latest action: action_date: 2025-08-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Summaries:

tv_txt: I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5052 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES August 26, 2025 Mr. Nunn of Iowa (for himself, Ms. Lee of Nevada , and Ms. Titus ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce , and in addition to the Committee on Education and Workforce , for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned A BILL To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Secretary of Labor to conduct a study and issue a report on grant programs to support the nursing workforce.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Train More Nurses Act . 2. Review of and report on programs supporting the nursing workforce The Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Secretary of Labor, jointly, shall— (1) conduct a review of all grant programs carried out by the Department of Health and Human Services or the Department of Labor that support the nurse workforce; and (2) not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, submit to Congress a report on the review under paragraph (1) that includes recommendations for changes to such grant programs to improve upon the goals of— (A) increasing nurse faculty, particularly in underserved areas; (B) providing pathways for nurses who have more than 10 years of clinical experience to become faculty at schools of nursing; and (C) encouraging and increasing the nursing pipeline through pathways for licensed practical nurses to become registered nurses.