H.R. 3593 · 119th Congress

Title VIII Nursing Workforce Reauthorization Act of 2025

Introduced on May 23, 2025 by David P. Joyce (R-OH-14). 21 cosponsors, 11 of them from another party. Latest action (Sep 10, 2025): Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
May 23, 2025
Cosponsors
21
11 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

To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize certain nursing workforce development programs, and for other purposes.

Subjects

  • Employment and training programs
  • Health personnel
  • Health programs administration and funding
  • Medical education
  • Nursing

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.

David P. JoyceR-OH-14Sponsor

Democrats · 11

Republicans · 10

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. May 23, 2025Introduced in House
  2. May 23, 2025Introduced in House
  3. May 23, 2025 · HouseReferred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
  4. Sep 10, 2025 · HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  5. Sep 10, 2025 · HouseSubcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  6. Sep 10, 2025 · HouseForwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.

Committees

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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 NURSING10 reports
    $400K reported (all issues)
  2. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSE ANESTHETISTS10 reports
    $1.9M reported (all issues)
  3. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSE PRACTITIONERS10 reports
    $2.1M reported (all issues)
  4. AMERICAN NURSES ASSOCIATION10 reports
    $980K reported (all issues)
  5. Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses6 reports
    $103.8K reported (all issues)
  6. Association of American Medical Colleges5 reports
    $3.7M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN MEDICAL COLLEGESAI match · 100%
  7. National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners5 reports
    $120K reported (all issues)
  8. National Council of State Boards of Nursing, Inc.5 reports
    $797K reported (all issues)
  9. National League for Nursing5 reports
    $142.8K reported (all issues)
  10. Emergency Nurses Association4 reports
    $156.3K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: EMERGENCY NURSES ASSOCIATION$201.3K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  11. Ascend Learning, LLC3 reports
    $140K reported (all issues)
  12. BCBSM, Inc.2 reports
    $60K reported (all issues)
  13. Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association2 reports
    $2.6M reported (all issues)
  14. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida, Inc.2 reports
    $170K reported (all issues)
  15. National Association of Community Health Centers2 reports
    $380K reported (all issues)
  16. National Association of School Nurses2 reports
    $20K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL NURSES, INCORPORATEDAI match · 100%
  17. American Nephrology Nurses Association1 report
    $30K reported (all issues)
  18. BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD OF KANSAS, INC.1 report
    $10K reported (all issues)
  19. BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM1 report
    $92K reported (all issues)
  20. ERIE FAMILY HEALTH CENTERS1 report
  21. Vanderbilt University1 report
    $200K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY$1.6M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%

Reports filed in 2025, 2026.

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.