S. 862 · 118th Congress

Restoring America’s Health Care Workforce and Readiness Act

Introduced on Mar 16, 2023 by Richard J. Durbin (D-IL). One cosponsor. Latest action (Mar 16, 2023): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text: CR S831-832)

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
Mar 16, 2023
Cosponsors
1
1 from the other party
Policy area
Health
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Progress

The furthest stage the measure reached. Simple and concurrent resolutions do not go to the President.

  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 address health workforce shortages through additional funding for the National Health Service Corps, and to establish a National Health Service Corps Emergency Service demonstration project.

Subjects

  • Congressional oversight
  • Department of Health and Human Services
  • Emergency medical services and trauma care
  • Executive agency funding and structure
  • Government lending and loan guarantees
  • Health care coverage and access
  • Health personnel
  • Health programs administration and funding
  • Higher education
  • National and community service
  • Public contracts and procurement
  • Student aid and college costs

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.

Richard J. DurbinD-ILSponsor

Republicans · 1

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. Mar 16, 2023Introduced in Senate
  2. Mar 16, 2023 · SenateRead twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text: CR S831-832)

Committees

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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 DENTAL ASSOCIATION15 reports
    $2.3M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION$78.5K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 98%
  2. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSE PRACTITIONERS5 reports
    $2M reported (all issues)
  3. American Academy of Family Physicians5 reports
    $4.7M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AMERICAN ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANSAI match · 99%
  4. Association of American Medical Colleges5 reports
    $3.1M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN MEDICAL COLLEGESAI match · 100%
  5. PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT EDUCATION ASSOCIATION5 reports
  6. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES OF NURSING1 report
    $70K reported (all issues)
  7. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE1 report
    $90K reported (all issues)
  8. AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION1 report
    $6.1M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION$1.2M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 99%

Reports filed in 2023, 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 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 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 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 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.