Troops to Nurse Teachers Act of 2008

Summary

Troops to Nurse Teachers Act of 2008 - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to carry out programs under which commissioned officers of the nurse corps: (1) serve as full-time faculty of accredited schools of nursing in exchange for additional service or in exchange for scholarships provided by the school to those accepting commissions in the nurse corps; (2) receive scholarships leading to a graduate degree in nursing in exchange for service as nursing school faculty and to undertake activities to encourage nurses to serve in the Armed Forces nurse corps; (3) receive nursing faculty career placement and continuing education assistance if they are retirement-eligible and have graduate degrees qualifying them as nurse instructors; or (4) receive, while serving after retirement as faculty at a nursing school, retired pay without reduction and a pay differential to ensure that compensation for faculty member service will not be less than the basic pay received before retirement. Requires: (1) any program established under this Act to last at least two years; and (2) the Secretary to assess each program to determine if it should be continued.

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Timeline

1. 23 April 2008

   Introduced

   Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 23 April 2008

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 23 April 2008

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 7 May 2008

   Referred

   Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.

   Source: Committee

Votes

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Versions

• Introduced in House · 23 April 2008 · Official file

Documents

3 official files

• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN · 23 April 2008

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• Introduced in House (PDF)

  Introduced in House · EN · 23 April 2008

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 23 April 2008

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Sponsors

• Rep. Capps, Lois [D-CA-24] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. LaTourette, Steven C. [R-OH-14] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Waxman, Henry A. [D-CA-24] · D · Cosponsor
• Raúl Grijalva · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-19] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Castle, Michael N. [R-DE-At Large] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Latham, Tom [R-IA-3] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12] · D · Cosponsor
• LUCILLE ROYBAL-ALLARD · D · Cosponsor
• · hsas00 · Standing

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