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January 2018: The New Bills Will Be Re-Introduced Shortly

We have received communication that Senate and House bills identical to the December 2018 bills will be re-introduced in the new Congress shortly. Please contact your representatives to encourage them to support them! 

December 2018: Identical Bills Were Introduced in the U.S. House & Senate

Bipartisanship is propelling these twin bills, called The United States Cadet Nurse Corps Service Recognition Act. They were introduced on Dec. 7, 2018.

Senate Bill 3729 was introduced by Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Susan Collins (R-Maine), Angus King (I-ME), and Steve Daines (R-MT), and has been joined by Senators Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Chris Murphy (D-CT), and Robert Menendez (D-NJ).

HR7258 was introduced in the U.S. House by Rep. Cheri Bustos (D-IL)​ and Rep. Greg Gianforte (R-MT).

The gist of the bill, as outlined in the Senate press release, would:
  • Provide Cadet Nurses with veteran's status, with an honorable discharge from service where merited
  • Provide Cadet Nurses with burial benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs (this does NOT include Arlington National Cememtary)
  • Allow the Secretary of Defense to provide honorably discharged Cadet Nurses with a service medal​

​The bill has been endorsed 100% by the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the American Nurses Association, the American Association of Colleges of Nursing, American Association for the History of Nursing, and the American Organization of Nurse Executives.
Senator Warren, one of four Senators to sponsor the United States Cadet Nurse Corps Service Recognition Act, released this video about the issue.

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