House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Nurse Faculty Shortage Reduction Act of 2026
Official title: To provide for a wage differential program to support new nursing school faculty members.
Sponsor: Rep. Suzanne Bonamici D-ORWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 30, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 30, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7279.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. BONAMICI, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 22, January 30, 2026, Page H1922):Article 1 Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 30, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 19 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7279, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7279
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of September 19, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
7 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 3 Democrats
4 of 7 cosponsors (57%) are from the other party.
Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Sharice Davids (D-KS), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), David Joyce (R-OH), Jennifer Kiggans (R-VA), Daniel Meuser (R-PA), Lauren Underwood (D-IL).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Suzanne Bonamici.
- H.R. 2406 (119th) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Sexual Harassment and Assault Prevention Improvements Act of 2025
- H.R. 7129 (119th) Water Power Research and Development Reauthorization Act
- H.Res. 94 (119th) Expressing support for the Nation's local public K-12 schools and condemning any actions that would defund public education or weaken or…
- H.R. 846 (119th) SAD Act
- H.J.Res. 189 (119th) Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of…
- H.Res. 856 (119th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States Department of Agriculture should use its contingency funds and…
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