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Nurses' Higher Education and Loan Repayment Act of 2009

Introduced: May 12, 2009 See on congress.gov
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May 12, 2009
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
May 12, 2009
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Nurses' Higher Education and Loan Repayment Act of 2009 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), to repay education loans in exchange for an individual working as a full-time member of the faculty of an accredited school of nursing. Terminates the provisions of this Act on December 31, 2020.

What's happening now May 12, 2009

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 1460 Related bill Nurses' Higher Education and Loan Repayment Act of 2009
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 4 Republican 1
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Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · May 12, 2009
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Gillibrand, Kirsten E.
New York · May 12, 2009
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Murkowski, Lisa
Alaska · May 12, 2009
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Warner, Mark R.
Virginia · May 12, 2009
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Whitehouse, Sheldon
Rhode Island · May 12, 2009
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1022: Nurses' Higher Education and Loan Repayment Act of 2009. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-1022/
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"S. 1022: Nurses' Higher Education and Loan Repayment Act of 2009." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-1022/.
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S. 1022, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-1022/.
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