MORE Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5384 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5384

 To require preference to be given to applicants for health profession 
 opportunity grants under section 2008 of the Social Security Act who 
         have certain kinds of business and community partners.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 16, 2025

  Mr. Evans of Pennsylvania introduced the following bill; which was 
              referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require preference to be given to applicants for health profession 
 opportunity grants under section 2008 of the Social Security Act who 
         have certain kinds of business and community partners.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Making Opportunities Reachable for 
Everyone Act'' or the ``MORE Act''.

SEC. 2. PREFERENCE FOR HEALTH PROFESSION OPPORTUNITY GRANT APPLICANTS 
              WHO HAVE CERTAIN KINDS OF BUSINESS AND COMMUNITY 
              PARTNERS.

    Section 2008 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1397g) is 
amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as subsections 
        (d) and (e), respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following:
    ``(c) Preference for Grant Applicants Who Have Certain Partners.--
In considering applications for a grant under this section, the 
Secretary shall give preference to applications submitted by applicants 
who have business and community partners in each of the following 
categories:
            ``(1) State and local government agencies and social 
        service providers, including a State or local entity that 
        administers a State program funded under part A of this title;
            ``(2) institutions of higher education, apprenticeship 
        programs, and local workforce development boards established 
        under section 107 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity 
        Act; and
            ``(3) health care employers, health care industry or sector 
        partnerships, labor unions, and labor-management 
        partnerships.''.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendments made by this Act shall take effect on October 1, 
2025.
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