,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cccc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #ac1 #bjbe,mr4  
,costa 7for himself and ,mrs4 ,kiggans  
of ,virginia7 introduced the following  
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,energy and ,commerce  ,a 
,,bill  ,to require the ,national       
,advisory ,council on ,nurse ,education 
and ,practice to examine and report on  
the growing nursing shortage across the 
,united ,states1 and for other purposes4
  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be    
cited as the ,magnifying ,opportunities 
to ,recruit and ,educate ,nurses ,act or
 the ,,more ,nurses ,act4  #b4          
,examination of the growing nursing     
shortage  7a7 ,duties ,the ,national    
,advisory ,council on ,nurse ,education 
and ,practice established pursuant to   
section #hea of the ,public ,health     
,service ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #bigt7 7in 
this section referred to as the         
,national ,advisory ,council7 shall--   
7#a7 examine1 assess1 and report on the 

,united ,states nursing workforce       
capacity1 including-- 7,a7 trends in the
 overall nursing workforce2  7,b7 the   
capacity to educate future nurses2  7,c7
 causes for the existing nursing        
shortage2 and  7,d7 ,federal policies to
 bolster nursing education and the      
nursing workforce2  7#b7 build upon     
existing or ongoing evaluations1 and    
avoid unnecessary duplication1 by       
reviewing1 as appropriate1 the findings1
 conclusions1 and recommendations of    
other task forces1 committees1          
commissions1 and other public and       
private entities with respect to the    
national nursing shortage2  7#c7        
identify areas of ,federal policy that  
have impacted the ability of the ,united
 ,states to respond to the growing      
nursing shortage1 including-- 7,a7      
,federal support of nursing education   
programs2  7,b7 ,federal support of     
increasing diversity in the nursing     
workforce2 and  7,c7 incentives for     
nurses to work in underserved areas and 

communities2 and  7#d7 identify and     
recommend a set of possible solutions to
 the nursing shortage for policymakers1 
including legislative and regulatory    
recommendations4  7b7 ,report  7#a7     
,submission ,not later than one year    
after the date of enactment of this     
,act1 the ,national ,advisory ,council  
shall--  7,a7 complete the activities   
required by subsection 7a72 and  7,b7   
submit to the ,president1 the ,congress1
 and the ,secretary of ,health and      
,human ,services a report on the        
,national ,advisory ,council's findings1
 conclusions1 and recommendations to    
bolster nursing education and the       
nursing workforce in the ,united        
,states4  7#b7 ,public availability ,the
 ,national ,advisory ,council shall make
 the report required by paragraph 7#a7  
available to the public online4