HR8691-119

In Committee

Nursing is a Professional Degree Act

119th Congress Introduced May 7, 2026

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, Nursing is a Professional Degree Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting schools, students, and education providers. The main policy domain is Education, Immigration, Government Operations.

Who Benefits and How

schools, students, and education providers may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, schools, students, and education providers may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section H527B9489DE134754A0C186F29FB990F8: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Nursing is a Professional Degree Act.
  • Section H42E4584DEC9447739F88DB6242AA8A38: 2. Professional student and professional degree defined Section 455(a)(4)(C) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087e(a)(4)(C)) is amended— in...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, Nursing is a Professional Degree Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting schools, students, and education providers.

Key Policy Areas

Education, Immigration, Government Operations

Primary Purpose

This bill, Nursing is a Professional Degree Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting schools, students, and education providers.

Policy Domains

Education Immigration Government Operations

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • schools, students, and education providers
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schools, students, and education providers:
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • schools, students, and education providers
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: ih
federal implementing agencies:
schools, students, and education providers:

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
May 7, 2026

Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

May 7, 2026

Introduced in House

May 7, 2026

Mrs. Kiggans of Virginia (for herself, Mr. Joyce of Ohio, …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Education Immigration Government Operations
Actor Mappings
"the_secretary"
→ The Secretary identified in the operative section

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