US Congress House Bill 1651 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 79-40)
Status: Introduced on March 21 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-03-24 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

National Nurse Act of 2017 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Department of Health and Human Services to designate the Chief Nurse Officer of the Public Health Service as the National Nurse for Public Health. The duties of this position include: (1) providing leadership and coordination of Public Health Service nursing professional affairs for the Office of the Surgeon General and other agencies of the Public Health Service, (2) conducting outreach and education, and (3) providing guidance and leadership for activities that will increase public safety and emergency preparedness. The National Nurse for Public Health must: (1) participate in identification of national health priorities, (2) encourage volunteerism of nurses and strengthen the relationship between government agencies and health-related national organizations, and (3) promote the dissemination of evidence-based practice in educating the public on health promotion and disease prevention activities.

National Nurse Act of 2017

Rep. Eddie Johnson [D-TX]	Rep. Peter King [R-NY]	Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]	Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]
Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Don Young [R-AK]	Rep. Leonard Lance [R-NJ]	Rep. Kurt Schrader [D-OR]
Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler [R-WA]	Rep. Gregg Harper [R-MS]	Rep. David McKinley [R-WV]	Sen. Kevin Cramer [R-ND]
Rep. Tony Cardenas [D-CA]	Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA]	Rep. Barbara Comstock [R-VA]	Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]
Rep. John Yarmuth [D-KY]	Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]	Rep. Bill Johnson [R-OH]	Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]
Rep. Lou Barletta [R-PA]	Sen. Ben Lujan [D-NM]	Rep. Daniel Donovan [R-NY]	Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]
Rep. Robert Wittman [R-VA]	Rep. Peter Roskam [R-IL]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO]
Rep. Elise Stefanik [R-NY]	Rep. Patrick Meehan [R-PA]	Rep. G. Butterfield [D-NC]	Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen [R-NJ]
Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]	Rep. Christopher Smith [R-NJ]	Rep. Carol Shea-Porter [D-NH]	Rep. Frank LoBiondo [R-NJ]
Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]	Rep. Alexander Mooney [R-WV]	Rep. Earl Carter [R-GA]	Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]
Rep. Will Hurd [R-TX]	Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]	Rep. Glenn Thompson [R-PA]	Rep. David Loebsack [D-IA]
Rep. Scott Peters [D-CA]	Rep. Tim Murphy [R-PA]	Rep. Jerry McNerney [D-CA]	Rep. Evan Jenkins [R-WV]
Rep. Raul Ruiz [D-CA]	Rep. Debbie Dingell [D-MI]	Rep. Ryan Costello [R-PA]	Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]
Rep. John Faso [R-NY]	Rep. Gus Bilirakis [R-FL]	Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]	Rep. Tim Walberg [R-MI]
Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]	Rep. Charles Dent [R-PA]	Rep. Bill Pascrell [D-NJ]	Rep. Morgan Griffith [R-VA]
Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]	Rep. Richard Hudson [R-NC]	Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]	Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]
Rep. Mike Coffman [R-CO]	Rep. Michael Doyle [D-PA]	Rep. Sam Graves [R-MO]	Rep. Thomas MacArthur [R-NJ]
Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]	Rep. Tulsi Gabbard [D-HI]	Rep. Lynn Jenkins [R-KS]	Rep. Rodney Davis [R-IL]
Rep. Bob Goodlatte [R-VA]	Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]	Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]	Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen [R-FL]
Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]	Rep. Susan Brooks [R-IN]	Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]	Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]
Rep. Hakeem Jeffries [D-NY]	Rep. Lloyd Doggett [D-TX]	Rep. Gregorio Sablan [D-MP]	Rep. Dina Titus [D-NV]
Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH]	Rep. Niki Tsongas [D-MA]	Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]
Rep. Adam Schiff [D-CA]	Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]	Rep. Madeleine Bordallo [D-GU]	Rep. Don Beyer [D-VA]
Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]	Rep. Bill Foster [D-IL]
Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Bennie Thompson [D-MS]	Rep. Linda Sanchez [D-CA]	Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]
Rep. Adam Kinzinger [R-IL]	Rep. James Langevin [D-RI]	Rep. Eric Swalwell [D-CA]	Rep. Rick Larsen [D-WA]
Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]	Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]	Rep. Ro Khanna [D-CA]	Rep. William Keating [D-MA]
Rep. Daniel Kildee [D-MI]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Marcia Fudge [D-OH]	Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]
Rep. Terri Sewell [D-AL]	Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Norma Torres [D-CA]
Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]	Rep. Suzan DelBene [D-WA]	Rep. Karen Bass [D-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-03-24	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2017-03-21	House	Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
2017-03-21	House	Introduced in House

SB1106 (Same As) 2017-05-11 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/1651/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr1651/BILLS-115hr1651ih.pdf