S.Amdt. 5472
What it does: Adds SEC. 1083. DEMONSTRATION PROJECT ON SERVICE OF RETIRED MILITARY NURSES AS FACULTY OF CIVILIAN NURSING SCHOOLS at the end of subtitle G of title X
Sen. Richard J. Durbin (D-IL)What it changes
1 change to S. 3001 · shown in the bill's text
Adds SEC. 1083. DEMONSTRATION PROJECT ON SERVICE OF RETIRED MILITARY NURSES AS FACULTY OF CIVILIAN NURSING SCHOOLS at the end of subtitle G of title X
Adds a sectionIn S. 3001 · Placed on Calendar Senate
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking "implemented" and inserting "developed".
Inserted: SEC. 1083. DEMONSTRATION PROJECT ON SERVICE OF RETIRED MILITARY NURSES AS FACULTY OF CIVILIAN NURSING SCHOOLS.
Inserted: (a) Demonstration Project Authorized.--The Secretary of Defense may conduct a demonstration project to assess the feasability and advisability of encouraging retired military nurses to serve as faculty at civilian nursing schools.
Inserted: (b) Eligibility Requirements.--
Inserted: (1) Retired military nurses.--An individual is eligible to participate in the demonstration project if the individual--
Inserted: (A) is a retired nurse corps officer of an Armed Force;
Inserted: (B) has at least 20 years of active service as a commissioned officer in the Armed Forces before retiring from the Armed Forces; and
Inserted: (C) possesses a doctoral or master degree in nursing that qualifies the officer to become a full-time faculty member of an accredited school of nursing.
Inserted: (2) Civilian nursing schools.--A school of nursing is eligible to participate in the demonstration project if--
Inserted: (A) the school is an accredited school of nursing; and
Inserted: (B) the school, or its parent institution of higher education--
Inserted: (i) is a school of nursing that is accredited to award, at a minimum, a bachelor of science in nursing and provides educational programs leading to such degree;
Inserted: (ii) has a resident Senior Reserve Officer Training Corps unit that fulfils the requirements of sections 2101 and 2102 of title 10, United States Code;
Show 21 more inserted paragraphsShow less
Inserted: (iii) does not prevent access to the Senior Reserve Officer Training Corps or military recruiting on campus in a manner which would lead to a denial of Federal funds under section 983 of title 10, United States Code;
Inserted: (iv) provides any retired nurse corps officer participating in the demonstration project a salary and other compensation at the level to which other similarly situated faculty members of the accredited school of nursing are entitled, as determined by the Secretary of Defense; and
Inserted: (v) agrees to comply with the requirements of subsection (d).
Inserted: (c) Employment of Retired Military Nurses.--The Secretary of Defense may authorize a Secretary of a military department to authorize qualified schools of nursing (as described in subsection (b)(2)) to employ as faculty eligible individuals (as described in subsection (b)(1)) who are receiving retired pay, whose qualifications are approved by the Secretary of the military department and the school of nursing, and who request such employment, subject to the following:
Inserted: (1) A retired nurse corps officer so employed is entitled to receive the officer's retired pay without reduction by reason of any additional amount paid to the officer by the school of nursing. In the case of payment of any such additional amount by the school of nursing, the Secretary of the military department concerned may pay the school the amount equal to one-half the amount paid to the retired officer by the institution for any period, up to a maximum of one-half of the difference between the officer's retired pay for that period and the active duty pay and allowances that the officer would have received for that period if on active duty. Payments by the Secretary of the military department concerned under this paragraph shall be made from funds specifically appropriated for that purpose.
Inserted: (2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a retired nurse corps officer so employed shall not, while so employed, be considered to be on active duty or inactive duty training in the Armed Forces for any purpose.
Inserted: (d) Scholarships for Nurse Officer Candidates.--For purposes of the eligibility of an institution under subsection (b)(2)(B)(v), the following requirements apply:
Inserted: (1) The school of nursing shall provide full academic scholarships to individuals undertaking an educational program at the school of nursing leading to a bachelor of science in nursing degree who agree, upon completion of such program and subject to such terms and conditions as the Secretary of Defense shall prescribe for purposes of this section, to accept a commission as an officer in the nurse corps of an Armed Force.
Inserted: (2) The total number of scholarships provided by a school of nursing under paragraph (1) shall be equivalent to the number of retired nurse corps officers who elect to serve as faculty at the school under the demonstration project.
Inserted: (e) Report.--
Inserted: (1) In general.--Not later than 24 months after the commencement of the demonstration project, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the demonstration project.
Inserted: (2) Elements.--The report under paragraph (1) shall include the following:
Inserted: (A) A description of the demonstration project under this section.
Inserted: (B) The current number of retired nurse corps officers who are eligible to participate in the demonstration project.
Inserted: (C) The number of retired nurse corps officers participating in the demonstration project.
Inserted: (D) The number of schools of nursing participating in the demonstration project.
Inserted: (E) The number of scholarships awarded to nurse officer candidates under the demonstration project.
Inserted: (F) The number, if any, of nurse officer candidates who participated in the demonstration project who have accessed into the Armed Forces as a commissioned nurse corps officer, and the number, if any, of nurse officer candidates who participated in the demonstration project and did not access into the Armed Forces as a commissioned nurse corps officer.
Inserted: (G) The amount, if any, of Federal funds expended on the demonstration project.
Inserted: (H) Such recommendations as the Secretary of Defense considers appropriate regarding the extension or expansion of the demonstration project.
Inserted: (f) Definitions.--In this section, the terms "school of nursing" and "accredited" have the meeting given such terms in section 801 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 296).
Original wording
At the end of subtitle G of title X, add the following:
Read automatically from the Congressional Record. Check the original before relying on it.
As printed
SA 5472. Mr. DURBIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 3001, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2009 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 G of title X, add the following:
SEC. 1083. DEMONSTRATION PROJECT ON SERVICE OF RETIRED MILITARY NURSES AS FACULTY OF CIVILIAN NURSING SCHOOLS.
(a) Demonstration Project Authorized.--The Secretary of Defense may conduct a demonstration project to assess the feasability and advisability of encouraging retired military nurses to serve as faculty at civilian nursing schools.
(b) Eligibility Requirements.--
(1) Retired military nurses.--An individual is eligible to participate in the demonstration project if the individual--
(A) is a retired nurse corps officer of an Armed Force;
(B) has at least 20 years of active service as a commissioned officer in the Armed Forces before retiring from the Armed Forces; and
(C) possesses a doctoral or master degree in nursing that qualifies the officer to become a full-time faculty member of an accredited school of nursing.
(2) Civilian nursing schools.--A school of nursing is eligible to participate in the demonstration project if--
(A) the school is an accredited school of nursing; and
(B) the school, or its parent institution of higher education--
(i) is a school of nursing that is accredited to award, at a minimum, a bachelor of science in nursing and provides educational programs leading to such degree;
(ii) has a resident Senior Reserve Officer Training Corps unit that fulfils the requirements of sections 2101 and 2102 of title 10, United States Code;
(iii) does not prevent access to the Senior Reserve Officer Training Corps or military recruiting on campus in a manner which would lead to a denial of Federal funds under section 983 of title 10, United States Code;
(iv) provides any retired nurse corps officer participating in the demonstration project a salary and other compensation at the level to which other similarly situated faculty members of the accredited school of nursing are entitled, as determined by the Secretary of Defense; and
(v) agrees to comply with the requirements of subsection (d).
(c) Employment of Retired Military Nurses.--The Secretary of Defense may authorize a Secretary of a military department to authorize qualified schools of nursing (as described in subsection (b)(2)) to employ as faculty eligible individuals (as described in subsection (b)(1)) who are receiving retired pay, whose qualifications are approved by the Secretary of the military department and the school of nursing, and who request such employment, subject to the following:
(1) A retired nurse corps officer so employed is entitled to receive the officer's retired pay without reduction by reason of any additional amount paid to the officer by the school of nursing. In the case of payment of any such additional amount by the school of nursing, the Secretary of the military department concerned may pay the school the amount equal to one-half the amount paid to the retired officer by the institution for any period, up to a maximum of one-half of the difference between the officer's retired pay for that period and the active duty pay and allowances that the officer would have received for that period if on active duty. Payments by the Secretary of the military department concerned under this paragraph shall be made from funds specifically appropriated for that purpose.
(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a retired nurse corps officer so employed shall not, while so employed, be considered to be on active duty or inactive duty training in the Armed Forces for any purpose.
(d) Scholarships for Nurse Officer Candidates.--For purposes of the eligibility of an institution under subsection (b)(2)(B)(v), the following requirements apply:
(1) The school of nursing shall provide full academic scholarships to individuals undertaking an educational program at the school of nursing leading to a bachelor of science in nursing degree who agree, upon completion of such program and subject to such terms and conditions as the Secretary of Defense shall prescribe for purposes of this section, to accept a commission as an officer in the nurse corps of an Armed Force.
(2) The total number of scholarships provided by a school of nursing under paragraph (1) shall be equivalent to the number of retired nurse corps officers who elect to serve as faculty at the school under the demonstration project.
(e) Report.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 24 months after the commencement of the demonstration project, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the demonstration project.
(2) Elements.--The report under paragraph (1) shall include the following:
(A) A description of the demonstration project under this section.
(B) The current number of retired nurse corps officers who are eligible to participate in the demonstration project.
(C) The number of retired nurse corps officers participating in the demonstration project.
(D) The number of schools of nursing participating in the demonstration project.
(E) The number of scholarships awarded to nurse officer candidates under the demonstration project.
(F) The number, if any, of nurse officer candidates who participated in the demonstration project who have accessed into the Armed Forces as a commissioned nurse corps officer, and the number, if any, of nurse officer candidates who participated in the demonstration project and did not access into the Armed Forces as a commissioned nurse corps officer.
(G) The amount, if any, of Federal funds expended on the demonstration project.
(H) Such recommendations as the Secretary of Defense considers appropriate regarding the extension or expansion of the demonstration project.
(f) Definitions.--In this section, the terms “school of nursing” and “accredited” have the meeting given such terms in section 801 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 296).
Legislative Activity
Stay on top of the latest movement without scrolling through every action
Senate amendment submitted
September 11, 2008