Troops to Nurse Teachers Act of 2008
Latest action · Mar 5, 2008 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMar 5, 2008
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Troops to Nurse Teachers Act of 2008 - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to carry out programs under which commissioned officers of the nurse corps: (1) serve as full-time faculty of accredited schools of nursing in exchange for additional service or in exchange for scholarships provided by the school to those accepting commissions in the nurse corps; (2) receive scholarships leading to a graduate degree in nursing in exchange for service as nursing school faculty and to undertake activities to encourage nurses to serve in the Armed Forces nurse corps; (3) receive nursing faculty career placement and continuing education assistance if they are retirement-eligible and have graduate degrees qualifying them as nurse instructors; or (4) receive, while serving after retirement as faculty at a nursing school, retired pay without reduction and a pay differential to ensure that compensation for faculty member service will not be less than the basic pay received before retirement.
Requires: (1) any program established under this Act to last at least two years; and (2) the Secretary to assess each program to determine if it should be continued.
Cosponsors 18
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 5, 2008 to Jul 31, 2008; 10 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-IL | Barack Obama | Original | Mar 5, 2008 |
| D-MD | Barbara A. Mikulski | Original | Mar 5, 2008 |
| D-HI | Daniel K. Inouye | Original | Mar 5, 2008 |
| R-NC | Elizabeth Dole | Original | Mar 5, 2008 |
| D-RI | Jack Reed | Original | Mar 5, 2008 |
| R-OK | James M. Inhofe | Original | Mar 5, 2008 |
| I-CT | Joseph I. Lieberman | Original | Mar 5, 2008 |
| D-DE | Joseph R. Biden Jr. | Original | Mar 5, 2008 |
| D-NJ | Robert Menendez | Original | Mar 5, 2008 |
| R-ME | Susan M. Collins | Original | Mar 5, 2008 |
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | Mar 6, 2008 | |
| D-NY | Hillary Rodham Clinton | Mar 10, 2008 | |
| D-IN | Evan Bayh | Mar 31, 2008 | |
| D-MO | Claire McCaskill | Apr 2, 2008 | |
| D-MN | Amy Klobuchar | Apr 30, 2008 | |
| D-RI | Sheldon Whitehouse | May 15, 2008 | |
| R-MN | Norm Coleman | Jun 20, 2008 | |
| D-NJ | Frank R. Lautenberg | Jul 31, 2008 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Armed Services Committee | Referred Mar 5, 2008 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 5, 2008Introduced in Senate
- Mar 5, 2008Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Printed hearings 3
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2009125 pages | Appropriations Committee | Jun 4, 2008 |
| — | DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2009111 pages | Appropriations Committee | Apr 16, 2008 |
| S. Hrg. 110-611 | DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2009712 pages | Appropriations Committee | Feb 27, 2008–Jun 4, 2008 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 5878 | Troops to Nurse Teachers Act of 2008 | Identical bill | May 7, 2008 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to authorize programs to increase the number of nurses within the Armed Forces through assistance for service as nurse faculty or education as nurses, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Troops to Nurse Teachers Act of 2008
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 5, 2008Introduced in Senate
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