HR 4903
109th Congress
House
Health
Department of Health and Human Services
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Evaluation research (Social action programs)
Executive reorganization
Federal officials
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Grants-in-aid
Health education
Health surveys
Higher education
Labor and Employment
Nonprofit organizations
Nurses
Nursing
Nursing education
Occupational health and safety
Public health
National Nurse Act of 2006
Introduced: March 8, 2006
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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
Plain-English summary
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.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Committees of jurisdiction
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