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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Stop Government Shutdowns Act''.

SEC. 2. AUTOMATIC CONTINUATION OF FEDERAL FUNDING.

    (a) In General.--If, as a result of a failure to enact a regular or 
continuing appropriation Act or joint resolution, there is a lapse in 
appropriations for any projects or activities of the Federal Government 
that were conducted in the previous fiscal year, and for which 
appropriations, funds, or other authority were made available in such 
fiscal year, there is appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury 
not otherwise appropriated, and out of applicable corporate or other 
revenues, receipts, and funds, such amounts as may be necessary for 
continuing such projects or activities (including the costs of direct 
loans and loan guarantees), at the current rate for operations and 
under the authority and conditions provided in the applicable 
appropriation Act or Acts that provided funds for the project or 
activity for the previous fiscal year.
    (b) Continuation Period.--Appropriations and funds made available 
and authority granted for a project or activity pursuant to this Act 
shall be available until whichever of the following first occurs:
            (1) the enactment into law of an appropriation for such 
        project or activity;
            (2) the enactment into law of the applicable appropriation 
        Act for such fiscal year without any provision for such project 
        or activity; or
            (3) the last day of the fiscal year for which such 
        appropriations and funds are made available or such authority 
        is granted for such project or activity pursuant to subsection 
        (a).

SEC. 3. AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.

    (a) Extent and Manner.--Appropriations made by section 2(a) shall 
be available to the extent and in the manner that would be provided by 
the applicable appropriation Act.
    (b) Coverage.--Appropriations made and authority granted pursuant 
to this Act shall cover all obligations or expenditures incurred for 
any project or activity during the period for which funds or authority 
for such project or activity are available under this Act.

SEC. 4. USE OF FUNDS.

    (a) No New Starts.--No appropriation or funds made available or 
authority granted pursuant to section 2(a) shall be used to initiate or 
resume any project or activity for which appropriations, funds, or 
other authority were not available during the previous fiscal year.
    (b) Apportionment Timing.--Appropriations made and funds made 
available by or authority granted pursuant to this Act may be used 
without regard to the time limitations for submission and approval of 
apportionments set forth in section 1513 of title 31, United States 
Code, but nothing in this Act may be construed to waive any other 
provision of law governing the apportionment of funds.
    (c) High Rates for Operation.--Notwithstanding any other provision 
of this Act, except section 2(b), for those programs that would 
otherwise have high rates for operation or complete distribution of 
appropriations in the period for which appropriations for such programs 
are made available under this Act because of distributions of funding 
to States, foreign countries, grantees, or others, such high initial 
rates for operation or complete distribution shall not be made, and no 
grants shall be awarded for such programs funded by this Act that would 
impinge on final funding prerogatives.
    (d) Limited Funding Actions.--This Act shall be implemented so that 
only the most limited funding action of that permitted in the Act shall 
be taken in order to provide for continuation of projects and 
activities.
    (e) Prevention of Furloughs.--Amounts made available under section 
2(a) for civilian personnel compensation and benefits in each 
department and agency may be apportioned up to the rate for operations 
necessary to avoid furloughs within such department or agency, 
consistent with the applicable appropriation Act for the previous 
fiscal year, except that such authority provided under this section 
shall not be used until after the department or agency has taken all 
necessary actions to reduce or defer non-personnel-related 
administrative expenses.
    (f) Pay for Members of the Armed Forces.--During a period in which 
appropriations are made available under this Act for the pay of members 
of the Armed Forces, the rate of pay for such members shall not be 
decreased by reason of this Act.
    (g) Application of Certain Authorization Requirements.--Funds 
appropriated by this Act may be obligated and expended notwithstanding 
section 10 of Public Law 91-672 (22 U.S.C. 2412), section 15 of the 
State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2680), 
section 313 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 
1994 and 1995 (22 U.S.C. 6212), and section 504(a)(1) of the National 
Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414(a)(1)).

SEC. 5. ADJUSTMENT OF ACCOUNTS.

    Expenditures made pursuant to this Act shall be charged to the 
applicable appropriation, fund, or authorization whenever a bill in 
which such applicable appropriation, fund, or authorization is 
contained is enacted into law.

SEC. 6. ENTITLEMENTS AND OTHER MANDATORY PROGRAMS.

    (a) For entitlements and other mandatory payments whose budget 
authority was provided in previous appropriation Acts, and for 
activities under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, activities shall 
be continued at the rate to maintain program levels under current law, 
under the authority and conditions provided in the applicable 
appropriation Act for the previous fiscal year, to be continued through 
the date on which appropriations for such programs under this Act 
expire (as specified in section 2(b)).
    (b) Notwithstanding section 2(b)(3), obligations for mandatory 
payments due on or about the first day of any month that begins after 
the first month in which appropriations for such programs are made 
under this Act but not later than 30 days after the date on which 
appropriations for such programs under this Act expire (as specified in 
section 2(b)(3)) may continue to be made, and funds shall be available 
for such payments.
Stop Government Shutdowns Act - Appropriates amounts for continuing federal projects and activities at the current rate for operations and under the authority and conditions provided in the applicable appropriation Act or Acts that provided funds for them for the previous fiscal year if, as a result of a failure to enact a regular or continuing appropriation Act or joint resolution, there is a lapse in appropriations for such projects or activities.

 Makes appropriations, funds, and authority granted in this Act available until the earliest of: (1) the enactment into law of an appropriation for the project or activity concerned, (2) the enactment into law of the applicable appropriation Act for such fiscal year without any provision for such project or activity, or (3) the last day of the fiscal year for which such appropriations and funds are made available or such authority is granted for such project or activity.

Prohibits appropriations or funds made available or authority granted pursuant to this Act from being used to initiate or resume any project or activity for which appropriations, funds, or other authority were not available during the previous fiscal year.

Authorizes the use of appropriations or funds made available or authority granted without regard to specified time limitations for submission and approval of apportionments requirements; but declares that nothing in this Act may be construed to waive any other provision of law governing the apportionment of funds.

Prescribes requirements for: (1) denial of high rates for operation or complete distribution of appropriations in the lapsed-appropriations period, (2) the most limited funding action for continuation of projects and activities, and (3) apportionment of funds for civilian personnel compensation and benefits as necessary to avoid furloughs. Prohibits any decrease in the pay for members of the Armed Forces during a lapsed-appropriations period.

Requires expenditures made pursuant to this Act to be charged to the applicable appropriation, fund, or authorization whenever an appropriations bill is subsequently enacted into law.

Continues at a specified maintenance rate, through the date on which appropriations for such programs under this Act expires, certain activities with respect to entitlements and other mandatory payments whose budget authority was provided in previous appropriations Acts, as well as for activities under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008.

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Helping Effective Antibiotics Last 
Act of 2015'' or the ``HEAL Act''.

SEC. 2. APPROVAL OF CERTAIN DRUGS FOR USE IN A WELL-DEFINED POPULATION 
              OF PATIENTS.

    (a) Approval of Certain Antibacterial.--Section 505 of the Federal 
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 355) is amended by adding at 
the end the following:
    ``(x) Approval of Certain Antibacterial Drugs for Use in a Well-
Defined Population of Patients.--
            ``(1) Unmet medical need defined.--In this subsection, the 
        term `unmet medical need' means that the antibacterial drug 
        involved--
                    ``(A) has improved efficacy, as demonstrated in 
                adequate, well-controlled studies in humans, for 
                specific diseases or conditions, where current 
                therapies have been shown to be less effective;
                    ``(B) has clinically meaningful decreased harms, 
                demonstrated in adequate, well-controlled studies in 
                humans, for diseases or conditions, where current 
                therapies have unacceptable adverse effects; or
                    ``(C) has improved convenience, as demonstrated in 
                adequate, well-controlled studies in humans, where 
                improved convenience results in improved effectiveness 
                or decreased harms.
            ``(2) Approval.--Upon receipt of an application under 
        subsection (b) for an antibacterial drug that is intended to 
        treat a serious or life-threatening disease or condition, 
        irrespective of whether the drug is intended to address an 
        unmet medical need, the Secretary--
                    ``(A) may approve the drug under subsection (c) 
                only for treating a well-defined population of 
                patients, and based upon the results of clinical trials 
                inclusive of human subjects representative of such 
                well-defined population;
                    ``(B) in determining whether to grant such 
                approval, shall rely on superior outcomes over 
                available therapies based on direct measures of patient 
                benefits, as demonstrated in adequate, well-controlled 
                studies in the well-defined patient population, such 
                as--
                            ``(i) decreased mortality;
                            ``(ii) irreversible morbidity; or
                            ``(iii) validated surrogate endpoints that 
                        reflect mortality or irreversible morbidity; 
                        and
                    ``(C) shall require the labeling of drugs approved 
                pursuant to this subsection to prominently include in 
                the prescribing information required by section 201.57 
                of title 21, Code of Federal Regulations (or any 
                successor regulation)--
                            ``(i) the population of patients with 
                        respect to which the added benefit over 
                        available therapies is expected as studied in 
                        adequate, well-controlled studies that form the 
                        basis for approval; and
                            ``(ii) the method for identifying members 
                        of that population.
            ``(3) Risk evaluation and mitigation strategy.--The 
        Secretary--
                    ``(A) shall require a risk evaluation and 
                mitigation strategy (REMS) under section 505-1 for each 
                drug approved under this subsection; and
                    ``(B) may include in any such strategy additional 
                elements to assure the safe use of the drug under 
                subsections (e) and (f) of section 505-1.
            ``(4) Rule of construction.--Nothing in this subsection 
        shall be construed to alter the standards of evidence under 
        subsection (c) or (d) (including the substantial evidence 
        standard in subsection (d)). Subsections (c) and (d) and such 
        standards of evidence apply to the review and approval of drugs 
        under this subsection, including whether a drug is safe and 
        effective. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to 
        limit the authority of the Secretary to approve products 
        pursuant to this Act and the Public Health Service Act as 
        authorized prior to the date of enactment of this subsection.
            ``(5) Effective immediately.--The Secretary shall have the 
        authorities vested in the Secretary by this subsection 
        beginning on the date of enactment of this subsection, 
        irrespective of when and whether the Secretary promulgates 
        final regulations to carry out this subsection.''.
    (b) Licensure of Certain Biological Products.--Section 351(j) of 
the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 262(j)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``(j)'' and inserting ``(j)(1)'';
            (2) by inserting ``505(x),'' after ``505(p),''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(2) In applying section 505(x) of the Federal Food, Drug, and 
Cosmetic Act to the licensure of biological products under this 
section--
            ``(A) references to an antibacterial drug with added 
        benefits over available therapies for a well-defined population 
        that is intended to treat a serious or life-threatening disease 
        or condition shall be construed to refer to biological products 
        with added benefits over available therapies for a well-defined 
        population intended to treat a bacterial infection associated 
        with a serious or life-threatening disease; and
            ``(B) references to an application submitted under section 
        505(b) of such Act and to approval of a drug under section 
        505(c) of such Act shall be construed to refer to an 
        application submitted under subsection (a) of this section and 
        to licensure of a biological product under such subsection (a), 
        respectively.''.
    (c) Monitoring.--Title III of the Public Health Service Act is 
amended by inserting after section 317T (42 U.S.C. 247b-22) the 
following:

``SEC. 317U. MONITORING OF ANTIBACTERIAL DRUG USE, PATIENT OUTCOMES, 
              AND RESISTANCE.

    ``(a) Monitoring.--The Secretary, acting through the Director of 
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shall use the National 
Healthcare Safety Network or another appropriate monitoring system to 
monitor--
            ``(1) changes in patient outcomes such as mortality and 
        irreversible morbidity causally related to antibacterial 
        resistance; and
            ``(2) changes in bacterial resistance to drugs in relation 
        to patient outcomes.
    ``(b) Public Availability of Data.--The Secretary, acting through 
the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shall 
make the data derived from monitoring under this section publicly 
available for the purposes of--
            ``(1) improving the monitoring of important trends in 
        patient outcomes in relation to antibacterial resistance; and
            ``(2) ensuring appropriate stewardship of antibacterial 
        drugs, including those receiving approval or licensure for a 
        well-defined population pursuant to section 505(x) of the 
        Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.''.

SEC. 3. SUSCEPTIBILITY TEST INTERPRETIVE CRITERIA FOR MICROBIAL 
              ORGANISMS.

    (a) In General.--Section 511 of the Federal Food, Drug, and 
Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 360a) is amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 511. SUSCEPTIBILITY TEST INTERPRETIVE CRITERIA FOR MICROBIAL 
              ORGANISMS.

    ``(a) In General.--The Secretary shall--
            ``(1) identify upon approval or licensing of antibacterial 
        drugs (including biological products intended to treat a 
        bacterial infection and other types of antimicrobial drugs, as 
        deemed appropriate by the Secretary), including qualified 
        infectious disease products, susceptibility test interpretive 
        criteria for such drugs based upon patient outcomes of 
        mortality and morbidity from adequate and well-controlled 
        studies and such other confirmatory evidence as the Secretary 
        deems necessary; and
            ``(2) update, consistent with subsection (b), such criteria 
        as needed based upon scientific evidence of changes in patient 
        outcomes.
    ``(b) Responding to Changes in Patient Outcomes To Evaluate 
Susceptibility Test Interpretive Criteria.--
            ``(1) In general.--As needed based on evidence related to 
        changes in patient outcomes, the Secretary shall--
                    ``(A) evaluate any new scientific studies on 
                changes in patient outcomes in relation to 
                susceptibility test interpretive criteria; and
                    ``(B) publish on the public Website of the Food and 
                Drug Administration a notice--
                            ``(i) presenting suggested new or updated 
                        interpretive criteria; and
                            ``(ii) if needed, hold a public advisory 
                        committee to discuss scientific evidence 
                        related to changes in interpretative criteria.
            ``(2) Annual compilation of notices.--Each year, the 
        Secretary shall compile the notices published under paragraph 
        (1)(B) noting any changes from prior notices and publish such 
        compilation in the Federal Register.
    ``(c) Definition.--In this section, the term `susceptibility test 
interpretive criteria' means one or more specific values which 
characterize patient outcomes in relation to the degree to which 
bacteria or other microbes are more resistant to treatment as measured 
by patient outcomes.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 1111 of the Food and Drug 
Administration Amendments Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 247d-5a; relating to 
identification of clinically susceptible concentrations of 
antimicrobials) is repealed.
    (c) Report to Congress.--Not later than one year after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall 
submit to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
Pensions of the Senate a report on the progress made in implementing 
section 511 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 
360a), as amended by this section.

SEC. 4. REQUIRING DEMONSTRATION OF SUPERIOR OUTCOMES FOR QUALIFIED 
              INFECTIOUS DISEASE PRODUCTS TO RECEIVE AN EXTENDED 
              EXCLUSIVITY PERIOD.

    Section 505E(g) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 
U.S.C. 355f(g)) is amended by striking ``means an antibacterial or 
antifungal drug for human use intended to treat'' and inserting ``means 
an antibacterial or antifungal drug for human use that is demonstrated 
to produce superior outcomes over available therapies, based on direct 
measures of patient benefits in clinical trials, and that is intended 
to treat''.

SEC. 5. GUIDANCE ON TARGET PRODUCT PROFILES.

    Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, in consultation with the 
Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, the 
Director of the Indian Health Service, the Secretary of Defense, and 
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, shall issue guidance on the 
development of target product profiles for novel antibacterial drugs 
focused on public health priorities.
Helping Effective Antibiotics Last Act of 2015 or the HEAL Act This bill amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to allow the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to approve an antibacterial drug or biological product that is intended to treat a serious or life-threatening condition only for treating a well-defined population of patients. To be approved, the antibacterial product must produce superior outcomes over available therapies in the well-defined patient population. A product approved by this pathway must include in its prescribing information the population of patients expected to benefit from using the product and the method for identifying members of that population. The FDA must require each product to have a risk evaluation and mitigation strategy. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention must monitor changes to bacterial drug resistance and changes to patient outcomes caused by bacterial drug resistance. Upon approval of antibacterial products, the FDA must identify susceptibility test interpretive criteria (the drug concentrations where a type of bacteria is categorized as susceptible, intermediate, or resistant) and update the criteria as needed based upon evidence of changes in patient outcomes.  To be eligible for an exclusivity period extension, a qualified infectious disease product must be demonstrated to produce superior outcomes over available therapies. The FDA must issue guidance on the development of target product profiles for antibacterial drugs.

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Recruitment and Diversity in Nursing 
Act of 2002''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds as follows:
            (1) The United States is experiencing a nursing shortage 
        due to declining enrollment rates in education and nursing 
        programs. The Federal Government has a substantial interest in 
        addressing the nursing shortage, because the shortage affects 
        the overall health and safety of patients receiving health 
        care.
            (2) The average age of nurses in the United States is 43.3. 
        Unless the Congress takes affirmative measures, the shortage 
        will only continue to worsen as nurses retire and leave the 
        profession.
            (3) Increasing access to nursing education for 
        nontraditional students will result in more people entering the 
        profession and thus combat the current nursing shortage and 
        help to reduce the average age of nurses.
            (4) Increasing the awareness of elementary and secondary 
        school students about careers in nursing, through the use of 
        nonprofit organizations, will assist in recruitment of 
        nontraditional nursing students and thus combat the current 
        nursing shortage and help to reduce the average age of nurses.

SEC. 3. SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM FOR NONTRADITIONAL NURSING STUDENTS.

    (a) Establishment.--Section 846 of the Public Health Service Act 
(42 U.S.C. 297n) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsections (e), (f), (g), (h), and 
        (i) as subsections (f), (g), (h), (i), and (j), respectively; 
        and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (d) the following:
    ``(e) Scholarship Program.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall (for fiscal years 
        2003 and 2004) and may (for fiscal years thereafter) carry out 
        a program of entering into contracts with nontraditional 
        nursing students under which such students agree to serve as 
        nurses for a period of not less than 2 years at a health care 
        facility with a critical shortage of nurses, in consideration 
        of the Federal Government agreeing to provide to the students 
        scholarships for attendance at accredited schools of nursing.
            ``(2) Nontraditional nursing student.--In this subsection, 
        the term `nontraditional nursing student' means an individual 
        who--
                    ``(A) belongs to a group that is underrepresented 
                among registered nurses, including socially 
                disadvantaged individuals and males; and
                    ``(B) is enrolled or accepted for enrollment as a 
                full-time or part-time student in an accredited school 
                of nursing.
            ``(3) Advanced degree programs.--The Secretary shall ensure 
        that not more than 25 percent of the contracts entered into 
        under this subsection are for scholarships for training in 
        advanced degree programs (as that term is used in section 811).
            ``(4) Service requirement.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The Secretary may not enter into 
                a contract with a nontraditional nursing student under 
                this subsection unless the student agrees to serve as a 
                nurse at a health care facility with a critical 
                shortage of nurses for a period of full-time service of 
                not less than 2 years, or for a period of part-time 
                service in accordance with subparagraph (B).
                    ``(B) Part-time service.--A nontraditional nursing 
                student may complete the period of service described in 
                subparagraph (A) on a part-time basis if the student 
                has a written agreement that--
                            ``(i) is entered into by the facility and 
                        the student and is approved by the Secretary; 
                        and
                            ``(ii) provides that the period of 
                        obligated service will be extended so that the 
                        aggregate amount of service performed will 
                        equal the amount of service that would be 
                        performed through a period of full-time service 
                        of not less than 2 years.
            ``(5) Applicability of certain provisions.--The provisions 
        of subpart III of part D of title III shall, except as 
        inconsistent with this section, apply to the program 
        established in paragraph (1) in the same manner and to the same 
        extent as such provisions apply to the National Health Service 
        Corps Scholarship Program established in such subpart.''.
    (b) Preference Based on Financial Need.--Section 846(f) of the 
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 297n) (as redesignated by 
subsection (a)(1)) is amended by striking ``under subsection (a) or 
(d)'' and inserting ``under subsections (a), (d), and (e)''.
    (c) Authorization of Appropriations.--Subsection (j) of section 846 
of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 297n) (as redesignated by 
subsection (a)(1)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) by striking ``For the purpose of'' and 
                inserting the following:
                    ``(A) For the purpose of''; and
            (B) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(B) For the purpose of carrying out subsection 
                (e), there are authorized to be appropriated such sums 
                as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2003 
                through 2007, except that funds may be appropriated for 
                such purpose for a fiscal year only if the amount of 
                such funds will be sufficient for the Secretary to 
                enter into agreements that year under subsection (e) 
                with not less than 250 nontraditional nursing 
                students.''; and
            (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ``amounts appropriated 
        under paragraph (1)'' and inserting ``amounts appropriated 
        under paragraph (1)(A)''.

SEC. 4. PROMOTING AND RECRUITING NURSES THROUGH ELEMENTARY AND 
              SECONDARY SCHOOL INITIATIVES.

    Part H of title VIII of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
297w et seq.) is amended--
            (1) by amending the part heading to read as follows:

        ``PART H--PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS AND RECRUITING'';

            and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 853. PROMOTING AND RECRUITING NURSES THROUGH ELEMENTARY AND 
              SECONDARY SCHOOL INITIATIVES.

    ``(a) In General.--The Secretary shall (for fiscal years 2003 and 
2004) and may (for fiscal years thereafter) make grants to eligible 
entities to carry out nursing awareness and recruitment programs in 
elementary schools and secondary schools.
    ``(b) Use of Funds.--The Secretary may not make a grant to an 
applicant under this subsection unless the applicant agrees--
            ``(1) to use the grant to promote careers in nursing by 
        carrying out nursing awareness and recruitment programs in 
        elementary and secondary schools, of which at least 50 percent 
        must have a high percentage of nontraditional students; and
            ``(2) in carrying out such programs, to encourage 
        increasing the diversity of the nursing profession by 
        presenting a diverse image of nursing inclusive of 
        nontraditional students.
    ``(c) Duration of Grant.--The Secretary may not make a grant under 
this section for a period of more than 3 years.
    ``(d) Report.--Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment 
of this section and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to 
the Congress a report describing the programs carried out with grants 
under this section, including the following:
            ``(1) The number of grant recipients.
            ``(2) The number of schools visited.
            ``(3) The total amount in grants awarded.
            ``(4) The educational institutions that received visits.
            ``(5) To the extent that it can be determined, the number 
        of students who have an increased interest in nursing.
            ``(6) The educational methods used by grant recipients to 
        encourage a diverse image of nursing.
            ``(7) The demographics of the schools and students 
        participating in the nursing awareness programs.
            ``(8) Not later than 10 years after the date of enactment 
        of this section, the percentage and number of individuals from 
        the visited schools entering nursing careers in comparison to 
        such percentage and number before the visits.
            ``(9) An evaluation of the overall costs and benefits of 
        the programs.
    ``(e) Definitions.--For purposes of this section:
            ``(1) The terms `elementary school' and `secondary school' 
        have the meaning given to those terms in section 9101 of the 
        Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
        7801).
            ``(2) The term `eligible entity' means any public or 
        private nonprofit organization involved in nursing issues, any 
        other public or private nonprofit organization approved by the 
        Secretary, any school of nursing, any nursing center, any 
        academic health center, and any State or local government.''.
    ``(f) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section such sums as may be necessary 
for each of fiscal years 2003 through 2007.''.

Recruitment and Diversity in Nursing Act of 2002 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a program in which nontraditional nursing students shall contract to serve at least two years at a health care facility with a critical shortage of nurses after attending an accredited school of nursing on a Federal scholarship. Requires the program to run from FY 2003 to 2004, and permits the Secretary to extend the program thereafter.Sets a maximum figure of 25 percent of the number of scholarships that may be used for training in advanced degree programs. Allows a recipient to complete a period of service on a part-time basis under certain conditions.Applies certain provisions applicable to the National Health Service Corps Program to the nursing scholarship program. Directs the Secretary to give preference in entering into contracts in such program to individuals in financial need.Requires the Secretary to make grants to eligible entities to carry out nursing awareness and recruitment programs in elementary schools and secondary schools. States that the program shall run from FY 2003 to 2004, and permits the Secretary to extend the program thereafter. Requires that of the schools in which a beneficiary conducts awareness and recruitment programs, at least half must have a high percentage of nontraditional students. Prohibits any grant for nursing awareness and recruitment programs from lasting for a period of more than three years.