Specifically, it would create a grant program that closes the gap between clinical nursing and nurse faculty roles, operating alongside the existing Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA) Nurse Faculty Loan Repayment Program (NFLP).
Create a grant program to provide financial support to new and early-career nurse faculty and help recruit and retain qualified nursing educators.
Occurrences
Evidence
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The office site’s latest news items are a June 10, 2026 bill to reduce student overdoses and a June 9, 2026 vote to fully fund DHS; nothing in the current posting highlights a nurse-faculty grant effort.
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HRSA’s current homepage lists existing health-workforce support, including Faculty Loan Repayment, Nurse Corps Loan Repayment, and Nurse Corps Scholarship programs, and a June 18, 2026 press release on workforce education.
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H.R. 7279 was introduced in the House on January 30, 2026 by Suzanne Bonamici for herself, David P. Joyce, Lauren Underwood, and Jennifer Kiggans. The bill would require the Secretary to establish a Nurse Faculty Demonstration Program under which eligible schools of nursing receive grants to supplement salaries of eligible nursing faculty members for recruitment and retention, with $15 million authorized for each fiscal year 2027 through 2031.
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The Senate-reported version of S. 1874 was reported by Senator Cassidy with an amendment on July 28, 2026 and placed on Calendar No. 527. Section 4 adds a Nurse Faculty Demonstration Program authorizing the Secretary to award nurse faculty grants to accredited nursing schools to supplement eligible faculty salaries for recruitment and retention, with $15 million authorized for fiscal years 2027 through 2031 and grant authority ending September 30, 2031.
Assessments
Joyce materially supported legislation matching the promise by cosponsoring H.R. 7279 in January 2026, which would establish a Nurse Faculty Demonstration Program with grants to nursing schools for faculty salary support, recruitment, and retention. Similar language advanced in a Senate-reported bill in July 2026, but the evidence does not show enactment, implementation, or creation of the grant program. Because the promised outcome was not delivered despite a serious legislative attempt, this is a failed delivery with effort credit.
The available evidence does not show that David P. Joyce created or materially advanced a new grant program for new and early-career nurse faculty. The cited office activity is unrelated, and the HRSA material shows existing workforce programs rather than fulfillment of the specific promise. There is not enough basis to credit delivery, partial delivery, or a failed but serious attempt.