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HR 4903 109th Congress House

National Nurse Act of 2006

Official title: To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish an Office of the National Nurse.

Introduced: September 26, 2006 See on congress.gov
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Executive reorganizationFederal officialsGovernment Operations and PoliticsGovernment publicityGrants-in-aidHealth educationHealth surveysHigher educationLabor and EmploymentNonprofit organizationsNursesNursingNursing educationOccupational health and safetyPublic healthPublic service advertisingRecruiting of employeesSocial WelfareTeacher supply and demandVolunteer workers
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 17, 2006
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 8, 2006
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Mar 8, 2006
Introduced in House
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 Latest action March 17, 2006

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

National Nurse Act of 2006 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish the Office of the National Nurse within the Office of Public Health and Science to: (1) encourage individuals to enter the nursing profession; (2) encourage nurses to become educators in schools of nursing; and (3) promote the public health.

Requires the National Nurse to: (1) designate four methods of achieving better health that will be given priority; and (2) make grants to nonprofit private entities to carry out projects for the purpose of educating the public on the annual health priorities.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 10
All 10 Democratic 6 Independent 1
D
Matsui, Doris O.
California · Nov 13, 2006
 D
DeGette, Diana
Colorado · Sep 28, 2006
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Sep 26, 2006
KENNEDY, PATRICK
· Sep 12, 2006
GORDON, BART
· Jul 10, 2006
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Jun 7, 2006
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · May 17, 2006
 D
Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · May 9, 2006
 D
Hoyer, Steny H.
Maryland · May 2, 2006
WU, DAVID
· Mar 29, 2006
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4903: National Nurse Act of 2006. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-4903/
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"H.R. 4903: National Nurse Act of 2006." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-4903/.
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H.R. 4903, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-4903/.
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