HR 1597 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

National Nurse Act of 2019

Introduced Mar 7, 2019 Originated House Sponsor Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX

Latest action · Mar 8, 2019 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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 7, 2019
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

National Nurse Act of 2019

This bill requires 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 position includes the authority to (1) provide 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) conduct outreach and education, and (3) provide 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.

Cosponsors 290

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 7, 2019 to Nov 20, 2020; 52 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-IL	Adam Kinzinger	Original	Mar 7, 2019
R-WV	Alexander X. Mooney	Original	Mar 7, 2019
D-NH	Ann M. Kuster	Original	Mar 7, 2019
D-CA	Barbara Lee	Original	Mar 7, 2019
D-IL	Bill Foster	Original	Mar 7, 2019
R-OH	Bill Johnson	Original	Mar 7, 2019
D-IL	Bobby L. Rush	Original	Mar 7, 2019
R-PA	Brian K. Fitzpatrick	Original	Mar 7, 2019
R-WV	David B. McKinley	Original	Mar 7, 2019
D-RI	David N. Cicilline	Original	Mar 7, 2019
D-MI	Debbie Dingell	Original	Mar 7, 2019
D-WA	Derek Kilmer	Original	Mar 7, 2019
D-CO	Diana DeGette	Original	Mar 7, 2019
R-AK	Don Young	Original	Mar 7, 2019
D-CA	Doris O. Matsui	Original	Mar 7, 2019
D-OR	Earl Blumenauer	Original	Mar 7, 2019
R-GA	Earl L. "Buddy" Carter	Original	Mar 7, 2019
D-DC	Eleanor Holmes Norton	Original	Mar 7, 2019
D-NY	Eliot L. Engel	Original	Mar 7, 2019
R-NY	Elise M. Stefanik	Original	Mar 7, 2019
D-FL	Frederica S. Wilson	Original	Mar 7, 2019
D-VA	Gerald E. Connolly	Original	Mar 7, 2019
D-NY	Grace Meng	Original	Mar 7, 2019
R-VA	H. Morgan Griffith	Original	Mar 7, 2019
D-CA	Jackie Speier	Original	Mar 7, 2019
R-WA	Jaime Herrera Beutler	Original	Mar 7, 2019
D-IL	Janice D. Schakowsky	Original	Mar 7, 2019
R-NE	Jeff Fortenberry	Original	Mar 7, 2019
D-CA	Jim Costa	Original	Mar 7, 2019
D-CO	Joe Neguse	Original	Mar 7, 2019
D-CA	John Garamendi	Original	Mar 7, 2019
D-OR	Kurt Schrader	Original	Mar 7, 2019
D-CA	Lucille Roybal-Allard	Original	Mar 7, 2019
D-OH	Marcy Kaptur	Original	Mar 7, 2019
D-PA	Michael F. Doyle	Original	Mar 7, 2019
D-NY	Paul Tonko	Original	Mar 7, 2019
D-OR	Peter A. DeFazio	Original	Mar 7, 2019
R-NY	Peter T. King	Original	Mar 7, 2019
D-VT	Peter Welch	Original	Mar 7, 2019
D-AZ	Raúl M. Grijalva	Original	Mar 7, 2019
D-CA	Ro Khanna	Original	Mar 7, 2019
R-IL	Rodney Davis	Original	Mar 7, 2019
D-CA	Scott H. Peters	Original	Mar 7, 2019
D-TN	Steve Cohen	Original	Mar 7, 2019
R-IN	Susan W. Brooks	Original	Mar 7, 2019
D-PA	Susan Wild	Original	Mar 7, 2019
D-WA	Suzan K. DelBene	Original	Mar 7, 2019
D-OR	Suzanne Bonamici	Original	Mar 7, 2019
D-AL	Terri A. Sewell	Original	Mar 7, 2019
D-CA	Tony Cárdenas	Original	Mar 7, 2019
R-TX	Will Hurd	Original	Mar 7, 2019
D-NY	Yvette D. Clarke	Original	Mar 7, 2019
D-CA	Adam B. Schiff		Mar 13, 2019
D-WA	Adam Smith		Mar 13, 2019
D-ME	Chellie Pingree		Mar 13, 2019
D-NV	Dina Titus		Mar 13, 2019
D-NJ	Donald M. Payne, Jr.		Mar 13, 2019
D-CA	Julia Brownley		Mar 13, 2019
D-TX	Lloyd Doggett		Mar 13, 2019
D-OH	Marcia L. Fudge		Mar 13, 2019
D-WI	Mark Pocan		Mar 13, 2019
D-CA	Mark Takano		Mar 13, 2019
D-CA	Norma J. Torres		Mar 13, 2019
R-VA	Robert J. Wittman		Mar 13, 2019
D-TX	Sheila Jackson Lee		Mar 13, 2019
D-NJ	Bill Pascrell, Jr.		Mar 27, 2019
D-NC	G. K. Butterfield		Mar 27, 2019
D-NY	Gregory W. Meeks		Mar 27, 2019
D-GA	Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.		Mar 27, 2019
D-KY	John A. Yarmuth		Mar 27, 2019
D-DE	Lisa Blunt Rochester		Mar 27, 2019
R-MO	Sam Graves		Mar 27, 2019
D-FL	Theodore E. Deutch		Mar 27, 2019
D-CA	Alan S. Lowenthal		Apr 1, 2019
R-VA	Denver Riggleman		Apr 1, 2019
D-OH	Tim Ryan		Apr 1, 2019
R-MI	Tim Walberg		Apr 1, 2019
D-NJ	Albio Sires		Apr 9, 2019
D-FL	Alcee L. Hastings		Apr 9, 2019
D-NY	Brian Higgins		Apr 9, 2019
D-MP	Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan		Apr 9, 2019
D-MA	James P. McGovern		Apr 9, 2019
D-RI	James R. Langevin		Apr 9, 2019
D-WA	Rick Larsen		Apr 9, 2019
R-CO	Doug Lamborn		Apr 29, 2019
D-CA	Judy Chu		Apr 29, 2019
D-FL	Kathy Castor		Apr 29, 2019
R-OH	Steve Stivers		Apr 29, 2019
D-AZ	Tom O'Halleran		Apr 29, 2019
D-MA	Ayanna Pressley		May 7, 2019
D-FL	Darren Soto		May 7, 2019
D-CA	Eric Swalwell		May 7, 2019
R-FL	Gus M. Bilirakis		May 7, 2019
D-TX	Marc A. Veasey		May 7, 2019
R-OH	Michael R. Turner		May 7, 2019
D-IL	Robin L. Kelly		May 7, 2019
D-NJ	Donald Norcross		May 16, 2019
D-GA	John Lewis		May 16, 2019
D-IA	David Loebsack		May 22, 2019
D-CA	Harley Rouda		May 22, 2019
D-CA	Katie Hill		May 22, 2019
R-PA	Glenn Thompson		Jun 4, 2019
D-CA	Zoe Lofgren		Jun 4, 2019
D-NM	Ben Ray Luján		Jun 12, 2019
D-NH	Chris Pappas		Jun 12, 2019
D-IL	Danny K. Davis		Jun 12, 2019
D-IA	Abby Finkenauer		Jun 18, 2019
D-IN	André Carson		Jun 18, 2019
D-MS	Bennie G. Thompson		Jun 21, 2019
R-NY	John Katko		Jun 21, 2019
D-CA	Linda T. Sánchez		Jul 15, 2019
D-MA	Lori Trahan		Jul 15, 2019
D-CA	Nanette Diaz Barragán		Jul 15, 2019
D-NY	Hakeem S. Jeffries		Jul 23, 2019
D-TX	Lizzie Fletcher		Jul 23, 2019
D-CA	Susan A. Davis		Jul 23, 2019
D-NJ	Tom Malinowski		Jul 23, 2019
R-FL	John H. Rutherford		Jul 24, 2019
D-CA	Grace F. Napolitano		Jul 25, 2019
D-CA	Josh Harder		Aug 6, 2019
D-NY	Max Rose		Aug 6, 2019
D-CA	Maxine Waters		Aug 6, 2019
R-KS	Steve Watkins		Aug 6, 2019
D-TX	Vicente Gonzalez		Aug 6, 2019
D-IL	Daniel Lipinski		Aug 16, 2019
D-CA	Juan Vargas		Aug 16, 2019
D-GA	Lucy McBath		Aug 16, 2019
D-CA	Salud O. Carbajal		Aug 16, 2019
D-CA	Ted Lieu		Aug 16, 2019
D-NY	Thomas R. Suozzi		Aug 16, 2019
D-FL	Val Butler Demings		Aug 16, 2019
D-CA	Brad Sherman		Sep 6, 2019
D-PA	Dwight Evans		Sep 6, 2019
D-MD	Elijah E. Cummings		Sep 6, 2019
D-CA	Jimmy Gomez		Sep 6, 2019
D-NJ	Mikie Sherrill		Sep 6, 2019
D-NY	Nydia M. Velázquez		Sep 6, 2019
R-NC	Richard Hudson		Sep 6, 2019
D-CA	Tj Cox		Sep 6, 2019
R-OH	Anthony Gonzalez		Sep 17, 2019
D-MI	Daniel T. Kildee		Sep 17, 2019
D-WA	Denny Heck		Sep 17, 2019
D-NJ	Jefferson Van Drew		Sep 17, 2019
D-CA	Jerry McNerney		Sep 17, 2019
D-NY	Kathleen M. Rice		Sep 17, 2019
D-PA	Mary Gay Scanlon		Sep 17, 2019
R-MN	Pete Stauber		Sep 17, 2019
D-CA	Raul Ruiz		Sep 17, 2019
D-AZ	Ruben Gallego		Sep 17, 2019
D-HI	Ed Case		Sep 26, 2019
D-WI	Gwen Moore		Sep 26, 2019
D-NY	Jerrold Nadler		Sep 26, 2019
D-NY	Sean Patrick Maloney		Sep 26, 2019
D-VA	A. Donald McEachin		Oct 15, 2019
D-NY	Adriano Espaillat		Oct 15, 2019
D-MN	Angie Craig		Oct 15, 2019
D-MN	Betty McCollum		Oct 15, 2019
D-NJ	Bonnie Watson Coleman		Oct 15, 2019
D-NY	Carolyn B. Maloney		Oct 15, 2019
D-FL	Debbie Wasserman Schultz		Oct 15, 2019
D-MO	Emanuel Cleaver		Oct 15, 2019
D-CT	James A. Himes		Oct 15, 2019
D-MD	Jamie Raskin		Oct 15, 2019
D-CA	Jimmy Panetta		Oct 15, 2019
D-NY	Jose E. Serrano		Oct 15, 2019
D-NY	Joseph D. Morelle		Oct 15, 2019
D-CA	Mark DeSaulnier		Oct 15, 2019
D-CA	Pete Aguilar		Oct 15, 2019
D-NV	Susie Lee		Oct 15, 2019
D-VA	Abigail Davis Spanberger		Oct 28, 2019
D-FL	Al Lawson, Jr.		Oct 28, 2019
D-NJ	Andy Kim		Oct 28, 2019
D-MD	C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger		Oct 28, 2019
R-WV	Carol D. Miller		Oct 28, 2019
R-WA	Dan Newhouse		Oct 28, 2019
D-ME	Jared F. Golden		Oct 28, 2019
D-OH	Joyce Beatty		Oct 28, 2019
D-FL	Lois Frankel		Oct 28, 2019
D-CA	Mike Thompson		Oct 28, 2019
D-NY	Nita M. Lowey		Oct 28, 2019
R-FL	W. Gregory Steube		Oct 28, 2019
D-MD	David J. Trone		Oct 30, 2019
D-CO	Ed Perlmutter		Oct 30, 2019
D-CA	Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr.		Oct 30, 2019
D-CO	Jason Crow		Oct 30, 2019
R-TX	Pete Olson		Oct 30, 2019
D-NY	Antonio Delgado		Nov 12, 2019
R-TX	Bill Flores		Nov 12, 2019
D-NM	Debra A. Haaland		Nov 12, 2019
D-NJ	Josh Gottheimer		Nov 12, 2019
D-MO	Wm. Lacy Clay		Nov 12, 2019
R-FL	Brian J. Mast		Nov 14, 2019
D-CA	J. Luis Correa		Nov 14, 2019
D-CT	Jahana Hayes		Nov 14, 2019
D-PA	Madeleine Dean		Nov 14, 2019
D-NY	Anthony Brindisi		Dec 3, 2019
D-MD	Anthony G. Brown		Dec 3, 2019
D-FL	Debbie Mucarsel-Powell		Dec 3, 2019
D-MI	Haley M. Stevens		Dec 3, 2019
D-IL	Jesús G. "Chuy" García		Dec 3, 2019
D-VA	Elaine G. Luria		Dec 9, 2019
D-MA	Katherine M. Clark		Dec 9, 2019
D-PA	Matt Cartwright		Dec 9, 2019
D-IL	Raja Krishnamoorthi		Dec 9, 2019
D-CA	Mike Levin		Dec 10, 2019
D-IL	Sean Casten		Dec 10, 2019
D-KS	Sharice Davids		Dec 10, 2019
D-CA	Ami Bera		Jan 7, 2020
D-TX	Colin Z. Allred		Jan 7, 2020
D-MA	Joseph P. Kennedy III		Jan 7, 2020
R-CA	Ken Calvert		Jan 7, 2020
D-GA	Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.		Jan 7, 2020
D-MA	Seth Moulton		Jan 7, 2020
D-MA	William R. Keating		Jan 7, 2020
D-AZ	Ann Kirkpatrick		Jan 13, 2020
D-FL	Charlie Crist		Jan 13, 2020
D-IA	Cynthia Axne		Jan 13, 2020
D-VA	Jennifer Wexton		Jan 13, 2020
D-MA	Richard E. Neal		Jan 13, 2020
D-TX	Al Green		Jan 24, 2020
D-IL	Mike Quigley		Jan 24, 2020
D-FL	Stephanie N. Murphy		Jan 24, 2020
D-MI	Brenda L. Lawrence		Feb 10, 2020
R-NJ	Christopher H. Smith		Feb 10, 2020
R-FL	Daniel Webster		Feb 10, 2020
D-GA	David Scott		Feb 10, 2020
R-NY	Lee M. Zeldin		Feb 10, 2020
D-WA	Pramila Jayapal		Feb 10, 2020
D-TX	Veronica Escobar		Feb 10, 2020
D-TN	Jim Cooper		Feb 14, 2020
D-AZ	Greg Stanton		Feb 27, 2020
D-CA	Katie Porter		Feb 27, 2020
D-WA	Kim Schrier		Feb 27, 2020
D-MI	Rashida Tlaib		Feb 27, 2020
D-MI	Andy Levin		May 1, 2020
D-PA	Brendan F. Boyle		May 1, 2020
R-WA	Cathy McMorris Rodgers		May 1, 2020
D-PA	Chrissy Houlahan		May 1, 2020
D-CA	Jared Huffman		May 1, 2020
D-TX	Joaquin Castro		May 1, 2020
D-CA	Karen Bass		May 1, 2020
R-OK	Markwayne Mullin		May 1, 2020
D-MA	Stephen F. Lynch		May 1, 2020
D-HI	Tulsi Gabbard		May 1, 2020
D-NM	Xochitl Torres Small		May 1, 2020
R-CA	Doug LaMalfa		May 22, 2020
R-FL	Michael Waltz		May 22, 2020
D-TX	Filemon Vela		Jun 4, 2020
D-NY	Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez		Jul 13, 2020
R-OH	Robert E. Latta		Jul 13, 2020
R-AR	Bruce Westerman		Jul 24, 2020
R-PA	Fred Keller		Jul 24, 2020
D-TX	Sylvia R. Garcia		Jul 24, 2020
R-NE	Adrian Smith		Jul 29, 2020
R-NE	Don Bacon		Jul 29, 2020
R-CO	Scott R. Tipton		Jul 29, 2020
R-MO	Vicky Hartzler		Jul 29, 2020
D-LA	Cedric L. Richmond		Aug 11, 2020
R-GA	Jody B. Hice		Aug 11, 2020
R-SC	Ralph Norman		Aug 11, 2020
R-GA	Rob Woodall		Aug 11, 2020
D-SC	Joe Cunningham		Aug 21, 2020
R-GA	Austin Scott		Sep 1, 2020
R-TN	David P. Roe		Sep 1, 2020
R-MN	Jim Hagedorn		Sep 1, 2020
R-AR	Steve Womack		Sep 1, 2020
R-MN	Tom Emmer		Sep 1, 2020
D-NC	Alma S. Adams		Sep 17, 2020
D-MN	Dean Phillips		Sep 17, 2020
R-OK	Frank D. Lucas		Sep 17, 2020
R-SC	Joe Wilson		Sep 17, 2020
R-MI	John R. Moolenaar		Sep 17, 2020
R-OK	Kevin Hern		Sep 17, 2020
R-GA	A. Drew Ferguson IV		Oct 1, 2020
D-MN	Collin C. Peterson		Oct 1, 2020
D-FL	Donna E. Shalala		Oct 1, 2020
D-MI	Elissa Slotkin		Oct 1, 2020
R-WI	Glenn Grothman		Oct 1, 2020
R-SC	William R. Timmons IV		Oct 1, 2020
R-AL	Bradley Byrne		Oct 13, 2020
D-NC	David E. Price		Oct 13, 2020
R-MI	Jack Bergman		Oct 13, 2020
R-AL	Robert B. Aderholt		Oct 13, 2020
D-VA	Robert C. "Bobby" Scott		Oct 23, 2020
D-WI	Ron Kind		Oct 23, 2020
D-CT	Rosa L. DeLauro		Oct 23, 2020
R-PR	Jenniffer González-Colón		Oct 30, 2020
D-NV	Steven Horsford		Oct 30, 2020
R-SC	Tom Rice		Oct 30, 2020
R-MS	Michael Guest		Nov 20, 2020

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Energy and Commerce Committee	Referred Mar 7, 2019
	Health Subcommittee	Referred Mar 8, 2019

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Mar 8, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 7, 2019Introduced in House
Mar 7, 2019Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

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.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8, clause 18 allows Congress to make all laws ``which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution'' any of Congress's enumerated powers.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 41, March 7, 2019, page H2585.

Related bills 2

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 696	National Nurse Act of 2019	Identical bill	Mar 7, 2019
HR 1651	National Nurse Act of 2017	Reintroduction of	Mar 24, 2017

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To designate the same individual serving as the Chief Nurse Officer of the Public Health Service as the National Nurse for Public Health.
Short Title(s) as Introduced: National Nurse Act of 2019

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Mar 7, 2019Introduced in House

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