Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: S. 2815 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Nurse Faculty Shortage Reduction Act of 2023''. SEC. 2. NURSE FACULTY GRANT PROGRAM. Section 846A of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 296n-1) is amended-- (1) in the section heading, by adding ``and nursing faculty grant program'' after ``loan program''; (2) by amending subsection (a) to read as follows: ``(a) In General.--To increase the number of qualified nursing faculty, the Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, may-- ``(1) enter into an agreement with any accredited school of nursing for the establishment and operation of a student loan fund in accordance with subsection (b); and ``(2) award nurse faculty grants in accordance with subsection (c).''; (3) in subsection (b)-- (A) by redesignating clauses (A) through (D) of paragraph (2) as clauses (i) through (iv), respectively, and adjusting the margins accordingly; (B) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (5) as subparagraphs (A) through (E), respectively, and adjusting the margins accordingly; (C) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``subsection (c)'' and inserting ``paragraph (2)''; (D) by str…
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