S.Amdt. 2043
What it does: Adds SEC. 555. NURSE MATTERS at the end of subtitle D of title V
Sen. Richard J. Durbin (D-IL)What it changes
1 change to H.R. 1585
Adds SEC. 555. NURSE MATTERS at the end of subtitle D of title V
Adds a sectionInserted: SEC. 555. NURSE MATTERS.
Inserted: (a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense shall provide for the carrying out of each of the programs described in subsections (b) through (f), with each of the military departments to carry out at least one such program.
Inserted: (b) Service of Nurse Officers as Faculty in Exchange for Commitment to Additional Service in the Armed Forces.--
Inserted: (1) In general.--One of the programs required under this section shall be a program in which covered commissioned officers with a graduate degree in nursing or a related field who are in the nurse corps of the Armed Force concerned serve a tour of duty of two years as a full-time faculty member of an accredited school of nursing.
Inserted: (2) Covered officers.--A commissioned officer of the nurse corps of the Armed Forces described in this paragraph is a nurse officer on active duty who has served for more than nine years on active duty in the Armed Forces as an officer of the nurse corps at the time of the commencement of the tour of duty described in paragraph (1).
Inserted: (3) Benefits and privileges.--An officer serving on the faculty of an accredited school or nursing under this subsection shall be accorded all the benefits, privileges, and responsibilities (other than compensation and compensation-related benefits) of any other comparably situated individual serving a full-time faculty member of such school.
Inserted: (4) Agreement for additional service.--Each officer who serves a tour of duty on the faculty of a school of nursing under this subsection shall enter into an agreement with the Secretary to serve upon the completion of such tour of duty for a period of four years for such tour of duty as a member of the nurse corps of the Armed Force concerned. Any service agreed to by an officer under this paragraph is in addition to any other service required of the officer under law.
Inserted: (c) Service of Nurse Officers as Faculty in Exchange for Scholarships for Nurse Officer Candidates.--
Inserted: (1) In general.--One of the programs required under this section shall be a program in which commissioned officers with a graduate degree in nursing or a related field who are in the nurse corps of the Armed Force concerned serve while on active duty a tour of duty of two years as a full-time faculty member of an accredited school of nursing.
Inserted: (2) Benefits and privileges.--An officer serving on the faculty of an accredited school of nursing under this subsection shall be accorded all the benefits, privileges, and responsibilities (other than compensation and compensation-related benefits) of any other comparably situated individual serving as a full-time faculty member of such school.
Inserted: (3) Scholarships for nurse officer candidates.--(A) Each accredited school of nursing at which an officer serves on the faculty under this subsection shall provide scholarships to individuals undertaking an educational program at such school leading to a degree in nursing who agree, upon completion of such program, to accept a commission as an officer in the nurse corps of the Armed Forces.
Inserted: (B) The amount of funds made available for scholarships by an accredited school of nursing under subparagraph (A) for each officer serving on the faculty of that school under this subsection shall be not less than the amount equal to an entry-level full-time faculty member of that school for each year that such officer so serves on the faculty of that school.
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Inserted: (C) The total number of scholarships provided by an accredited school of nursing under subparagraph (A) for each officer serving on the faculty of that school under this subsection shall be such number as the Secretary of Defense shall specify for purposes of this subsection.
Inserted: (d) Scholarships for Certain Nurse Officers for Education as Nurses.--
Inserted: (1) In general.--One of the programs required under this section shall be a program in which the Secretary provides scholarships to commissioned officers of the nurse corps of the Armed Force concerned described in paragraph (2) who enter into an agreement described in paragraph (4) for the participation of such officers in an educational program of an accredited school of nursing leading to a graduate degree in nursing.
Inserted: (2) Covered nurse officers.--A commissioned officer of the nurse corps of the Armed Forces described in this paragraph is a nurse officer who has served not less than 20 years on active duty in the Armed Forces and is otherwise eligible for retirement from the Armed Forces.
Inserted: (3) Scope of scholarships.--Amounts in a scholarship provided a nurse officer under this subsection may be utilized by the officer to pay the costs of tuition, fees, and other educational expenses of the officer in participating in an educational program described in paragraph (1).
Inserted: (4) Agreement.--An agreement of a nurse officer described in this paragraph is the agreement of the officer--
Inserted: (A) to participate in an educational program described in paragraph (1); and
Inserted: (B) upon graduation from such educational program--
Inserted: (i) to serve not less than two years as a full-time faculty member of an accredited school of nursing; and
Inserted: (ii) to undertake such activities as the Secretary considers appropriate to encourage current and prospective nurses to pursue service in the nurse corps of the Armed Forces.
Inserted: (e) Transition Assistance for Retiring Nurse Officers Qualified as Faculty.--
Inserted: (1) In general.--One of the programs required under this section shall be a program in which the Secretary provides to commissioned officers of the nurse corps of the Armed Force concerned described in paragraph (2) the assistance described in paragraph (3) to assist such officers in obtaining and fulfilling positions as full-time faculty members of an accredited school of nursing after retirement from the Armed Forces.
Inserted: (2) Covered nurse officers.--A commissioned officer of the nurse corps of the Armed Forces described in this paragraph is a nurse officer who--
Inserted: (A) has served an aggregate of at least 20 years on active duty or in reserve active status in the Armed Forces;
Inserted: (B) is eligible for retirement from the Armed Forces; and
Inserted: (C) possesses a doctoral or master degree in nursing or a related field which qualifies the nurse officer to discharge the position of nurse instructor at an accredited school of nursing.
Inserted: (3) Assistance.--The assistance described in this paragraph is assistance as follows:
Inserted: (A) Career placement assistance.
Inserted: (B) Continuing education.
Inserted: (C) Stipends (in an amount specified by the Secretary).
Inserted: (4) Agreement.--A nurse officer provided assistance under this subsection shall enter into an agreement with the Secretary to serve as a full-time faculty member of an accredited school of nursing for such period as the Secretary shall provide in the agreement.
Inserted: (f) Benefits for Retired Nurse Officers Accepting Appointment as Faculty.--
Inserted: (1) In general.--One of the programs required under this section shall be a program in which the Secretary provides to any individual described in paragraph (2) the benefits specified in paragraph (3).
Inserted: (2) Covered individuals.--An individual described in this paragraph is an individual who--
Inserted: (A) is retired from the Armed Forces after service as a commissioned officer in the nurse corps of the Armed Forces;
Inserted: (B) holds a graduate degree in nursing; and
Inserted: (C) serves as a full-time faculty member of an accredited school of nursing.
Inserted: (3) Benefits.--The benefits specified in this paragraph shall include the following:
Inserted: (A) Payment of retired or retirement pay without reduction based on receipt of pay or other compensation from the institution of higher education concerned.
Inserted: (B) Payment by the institution of higher education concerned of a salary and other compensation to which other similarly situated faculty members of the institution of higher education would be entitled.
Inserted: (C) If the amount of pay and other compensation payable by the institution of higher education concerned for service as an associate full-time faculty member is less than the basic pay to which the individual was entitled immediately before retirement from the Armed Forces, payment of an amount equal to the difference between such basic pay and such payment and other compensation.
Inserted: (g) Definitions.--In this section, the terms "school of nursing" and "accredited" have the meaning given those terms in section 801 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 296).
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At the end of subtitle D of title V, add the following:
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SA 2043. Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Obama, Mr. Menendez, and Mr. Biden) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 1585, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2008 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of subtitle D of title V, add the following:
SEC. 555. NURSE MATTERS.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense shall provide for the carrying out of each of the programs described in subsections (b) through (f), with each of the military departments to carry out at least one such program.
(b) Service of Nurse Officers as Faculty in Exchange for Commitment to Additional Service in the Armed Forces.--
(1) In general.--One of the programs required under this section shall be a program in which covered commissioned officers with a graduate degree in nursing or a related field who are in the nurse corps of the Armed Force concerned serve a tour of duty of two years as a full-time faculty member of an accredited school of nursing.
(2) Covered officers.--A commissioned officer of the nurse corps of the Armed Forces described in this paragraph is a nurse officer on active duty who has served for more than nine years on active duty in the Armed Forces as an officer of the nurse corps at the time of the commencement of the tour of duty described in paragraph (1).
(3) Benefits and privileges.--An officer serving on the faculty of an accredited school or nursing under this subsection shall be accorded all the benefits, privileges, and responsibilities (other than compensation and compensation-related benefits) of any other comparably situated individual serving a full-time faculty member of such school.
(4) Agreement for additional service.--Each officer who serves a tour of duty on the faculty of a school of nursing under this subsection shall enter into an agreement with the Secretary to serve upon the completion of such tour of duty for a period of four years for such tour of duty as a member of the nurse corps of the Armed Force concerned. Any service agreed to by an officer under this paragraph is in addition to any other service required of the officer under law.
(c) Service of Nurse Officers as Faculty in Exchange for Scholarships for Nurse Officer Candidates.--
(1) In general.--One of the programs required under this section shall be a program in which commissioned officers with a graduate degree in nursing or a related field who are in the nurse corps of the Armed Force concerned serve while on active duty a tour of duty of two years as a full-time faculty member of an accredited school of nursing.
(2) Benefits and privileges.--An officer serving on the faculty of an accredited school of nursing under this subsection shall be accorded all the benefits, privileges, and responsibilities (other than compensation and compensation-related benefits) of any other comparably situated individual serving as a full-time faculty member of such school.
(3) Scholarships for nurse officer candidates.--(A) Each accredited school of nursing at which an officer serves on the faculty under this subsection shall provide scholarships to individuals undertaking an educational program at such school leading to a degree in nursing who agree, upon completion of such program, to accept a commission as an officer in the nurse corps of the Armed Forces.
(B) The amount of funds made available for scholarships by an accredited school of nursing under subparagraph (A) for each officer serving on the faculty of that school under this subsection shall be not less than the amount equal to an entry-level full-time faculty member of that school for each year that such officer so serves on the faculty of that school.
(C) The total number of scholarships provided by an accredited school of nursing under subparagraph (A) for each officer serving on the faculty of that school under this subsection shall be such number as the Secretary of Defense shall specify for purposes of this subsection.
(d) Scholarships for Certain Nurse Officers for Education as Nurses.--
(1) In general.--One of the programs required under this section shall be a program in which the Secretary provides scholarships to commissioned officers of the nurse corps of the Armed Force concerned described in paragraph (2) who enter into an agreement described in paragraph (4) for the participation of such officers in an educational program of an accredited school of nursing leading to a graduate degree in nursing.
(2) Covered nurse officers.--A commissioned officer of the nurse corps of the Armed Forces described in this paragraph is a nurse officer who has served not less than 20 years on active duty in the Armed Forces and is otherwise eligible for retirement from the Armed Forces.
(3) Scope of scholarships.--Amounts in a scholarship provided a nurse officer under this subsection may be utilized by the officer to pay the costs of tuition, fees, and other educational expenses of the officer in participating in an educational program described in paragraph (1).
(4) Agreement.--An agreement of a nurse officer described in this paragraph is the agreement of the officer--
(A) to participate in an educational program described in paragraph (1); and
(B) upon graduation from such educational program--
(i) to serve not less than two years as a full-time faculty member of an accredited school of nursing; and
(ii) to undertake such activities as the Secretary considers appropriate to encourage current and prospective nurses to pursue service in the nurse corps of the Armed Forces.
(e) Transition Assistance for Retiring Nurse Officers Qualified as Faculty.--
(1) In general.--One of the programs required under this section shall be a program in which the Secretary provides to commissioned officers of the nurse corps of the Armed Force concerned described in paragraph (2) the assistance described in paragraph (3) to assist such officers in obtaining and fulfilling positions as full-time faculty members of an accredited school of nursing after retirement from the Armed Forces.
(2) Covered nurse officers.--A commissioned officer of the nurse corps of the Armed Forces described in this paragraph is a nurse officer who--
(A) has served an aggregate of at least 20 years on active duty or in reserve active status in the Armed Forces;
(B) is eligible for retirement from the Armed Forces; and
(C) possesses a doctoral or master degree in nursing or a related field which qualifies the nurse officer to discharge the position of nurse instructor at an accredited school of nursing.
(3) Assistance.--The assistance described in this paragraph is assistance as follows:
(A) Career placement assistance.
(B) Continuing education.
(C) Stipends (in an amount specified by the Secretary).
(4) Agreement.--A nurse officer provided assistance under this subsection shall enter into an agreement with the Secretary to serve as a full-time faculty member of an accredited school of nursing for such period as the Secretary shall provide in the agreement.
(f) Benefits for Retired Nurse Officers Accepting Appointment as Faculty.--
(1) In general.--One of the programs required under this section shall be a program in which the Secretary provides to any individual described in paragraph (2) the benefits specified in paragraph (3).
(2) Covered individuals.--An individual described in this paragraph is an individual who--
(A) is retired from the Armed Forces after service as a commissioned officer in the nurse corps of the Armed Forces;
(B) holds a graduate degree in nursing; and
(C) serves as a full-time faculty member of an accredited school of nursing.
(3) Benefits.--The benefits specified in this paragraph shall include the following:
(A) Payment of retired or retirement pay without reduction based on receipt of pay or other compensation from the institution of higher education concerned.
(B) Payment by the institution of higher education concerned of a salary and other compensation to which other similarly situated faculty members of the institution of higher education would be entitled.
(C) If the amount of pay and other compensation payable by the institution of higher education concerned for service as an associate full-time faculty member is less than the basic pay to which the individual was entitled immediately before retirement from the Armed Forces, payment of an amount equal to the difference between such basic pay and such payment and other compensation.
(g) Definitions.--In this section, the terms “school of nursing” and “accredited” have the meaning given those terms in section 801 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 296).
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Senate amendment submitted
July 10, 2007