S. 3435 119th Congress Senate

FAAN Act

Official title: A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize grants to support schools of nursing in increasing the number of nursing students and faculty and in… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize grants to support schools of nursing in increasing the number of nursing students and faculty and in program enhancement and infrastructure modernization, and for other purposes.

Introduced: December 11, 2025 Introduced by: Jeff Merkley Democratic · Oregon See on congress.gov

Health

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Dec 11, 2025

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

Dec 11, 2025

Introduced in Senate

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What's happening now December 11, 2025

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

Related & companion bills 1

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Committees of jurisdiction 1

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee
Senate

Lobbying activity 42

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

MASON CONSULTING, LLC
for NATIONAL LEAGUE FOR NURSING · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
MASON CONSULTING, LLC
for NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF PEDIATRIC NURSE PRACTITIONERS · New Jersey · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION
for AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES OF NURSING
for AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES OF NURSING · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSE PRACTITIONERS
for AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSE PRACTITIONERS · Virginia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
NATIONAL COUNCIL OF STATE BOARDS OF NURSING, INC.
for NATIONAL COUNCIL OF STATE BOARDS OF NURSING, INC. · Illinois · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)

Bodies those filers lobbied

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
42 filings
SENATE
42 filings
Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
26 filings
Education, Dept of
19 filings
Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)
18 filings
Office of Management & Budget (OMB)
18 filings
Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA)
13 filings
Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)
12 filings

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Cosponsors 14