Duties— The National Advisory Council on Nurse Education and Practice established pursuant to section 851 of the Public Health Service Act (
42 U.S.C. 297t) (in this section referred to as the “National Advisory Council”)
shall—
(1)
examine, assess, and report on the United States nursing workforce capacity, including—
(A)
trends in the overall nursing workforce;
(B)
the capacity to educate future nurses;
(C)
causes for the existing nursing shortage; and
(D)
Federal policies to bolster nursing education and the nursing workforce;
(2)
build upon existing or ongoing evaluations, and avoid unnecessary duplication, by reviewing, as appropriate, the findings, conclusions, and recommendations of other task forces, committees, commissions, and other public and private entities with respect to the national nursing shortage;