1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Educating Medical Professionals and Optimizing Workforce Efficiency and Readiness Act of 2017 or the EMPOWER Act of 2017 . 2. Reauthorization of health professions workforce programs (a) Centers of excellence Subsection (i) of section 736 of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 293 ) is amended to read as follows: (i) Authorization of appropriations To carry out this section, there are authorized to be appropriated $21,711,000 for each of fiscal years 2018 through 2022. . (b) Health professions training for diversity Section 740 of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 293d ) is amended— (1) in subsection (a), by striking $51,000,000 for fiscal year 2010, and such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2011 through 2014 and inserting $45,970,000 for each of the fiscal years 2018 through 2022 ; (2) in subsection (b), by striking $5,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2010 through 2014 and inserting $1,190,000 for each of the fiscal years 2018 through 2022