# 117-hr-8817: National Nursing Workforce Center Act of 2022

117-hr-8817, National Nursing Workforce Center Act of 2022, is a 117th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Blunt Rochester, Lisa [D-DE] (D-DE); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 117-hr-8817
- Congress: 117
- Title: National Nursing Workforce Center Act of 2022
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Introduced: 2022-09-14
- Sponsor: Sen. Blunt Rochester, Lisa [D-DE] (D-DE)
- Cosponsors: 5
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

National Nursing Workforce Center Act of 2022 This bill sets out a pilot program to support state agencies, state boards of nursing, nursing schools, or other eligible entities with establishing or expanding state-based nursing workforce centers that carry out research, planning, and programs to address nursing shortages, nursing education, and other matters affecting the nursing workforce. The bill also expands the authority of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to establish health workforce research centers and specifically requires that HRSA establish a center focused on nursing.

## Cosponsors (5)

- Rep. Kim, Young [R-CA-40] (R-CA), 2022-09-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Dean, Madeleine [D-PA-4] (D-PA), 2022-11-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1] (D-NV), 2022-11-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1] (R-PA), 2022-11-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Barragán, Nanette Diaz [D-CA-44] (D-CA), 2022-11-16T00:00:00.000Z

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- 117-hres-1451: Original National Domestic Violence Awareness Month Resolution of 2022
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## Sources
- [117-hr-8817 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/8817)

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- [117-hr-1842: Harriet Tubman Bicentennial Commemorative Coin Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-1842)
- [117-hr-1057: Greatest Generation Commemorative Coin Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-1057)
- [117-hres-1451: Original National Domestic Violence Awareness Month Resolution of 2022](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hres-1451)
- [117-hres-987: Expressing gratitude on behalf of the people of the United States to the journa…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hres-987)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-8817 (as of 2025-11-18).