S. 3770 · 118th Congress

FAAN Act

Introduced on Feb 8, 2024 by Jeff Merkley (D-OR). 14 cosponsors, all from the sponsor's party. Latest action (Feb 8, 2024): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
Feb 8, 2024
Cosponsors
14
0 from the other party
Policy area
Health
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Progress

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  1. Introduced
  2. 2Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

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.

Summary

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Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Jeff MerkleyD-ORSponsor

Democrats · 12

Independents · 2

Roll calls

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No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

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  1. Feb 8, 2024Introduced in Senate
  2. Feb 8, 2024 · SenateRead twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Committees

Committees and subcommittees the measure was referred to.

Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

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Who lobbied on it

Organizations whose lobbying reports (LD-2) name this measure. Spending is what they reported for those quarters on all issues, not on this measure alone.

  1. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES OF NURSING8 reports
    $280K reported (all issues)
  2. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSE ANESTHETISTS8 reports
    $995K reported (all issues)
  3. AMERICAN NURSES ASSOCIATION7 reports
    $600K reported (all issues)
  4. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSE PRACTITIONERS4 reports
    $1.6M reported (all issues)
  5. Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses4 reports
    $120K reported (all issues)
  6. American Federation of Teachers4 reports
    $1.2M reported (all issues)
  7. American Nephrology Nurses Association4 reports
    $120K reported (all issues)
  8. Emergency Nurses Association4 reports
    $102.7K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: EMERGENCY NURSES ASSOCIATION$201.3K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  9. National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners4 reports
    $96K reported (all issues)
  10. National League for Nursing4 reports
    $109.6K reported (all issues)
  11. AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION3 reports
    $18.1M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION$1.2M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 99%
  12. Vanderbilt University2 reports
    $120K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY$1.6M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  13. Washington State Hospital Association2 reports
    $40K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: WASHINGTON STATE HOSPITAL ASSOCIATIONAI match · 100%
  14. BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM1 report
    $110K reported (all issues)

Reports filed in 2024.

Sources and method

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  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.