S 547 United States Senate · 119th Congress

Train More Nurses Act

This bill requires the Health and Human Services and Labor Secretaries to review all federal grant programs supporting nurses and submit a report to Congress within one year. The report must include recommendations to improve three specific goals: increasing nursing faculty (especially in areas with nurse shortages), creating career advancement routes for experienced nurses to become faculty, and expanding pathways for licensed practical nurses (LPNs) to become registered nurses (RNs). It directly affects nursing education programs and the nursing workforce by focusing on strengthening the pipeline to address shortages. The bill itself does not fund new programs but sets up a review process to inform future policy changes.
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Feb 2025
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Introduced Feb 12, 2025 Last action Mar 19, 2026
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Mar 19, 2026
Upper · Passed
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Hearings held.
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Feb 12, 2025
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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Feb 12, 2025
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