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Introduced
03/26/2021
03/26/2021
In Committee
10/19/2021
10/19/2021
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
01/03/2023
01/03/2023
Introduced Session
117th Congress
Bill Summary
A BILL To enhance our Nation’s nurse and physician workforce dur- ing the COVID-19 crisis by recapturing unused immi- grant visas.
AI Summary
This bill, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, aims to enhance the nurse and physician workforce in the United States during the COVID-19 crisis by recapturing unused immigrant visas. The key provisions of the bill are as follows:
1. It allows for the recapture of up to 40,000 unused employment-based immigrant visas, with 25,000 reserved for professional nurses and 15,000 reserved for physicians. These visas are exempt from the per-country numerical limitations and will be issued in order of the priority date assigned when the visa petition was filed.
2. It requires the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Secretary of State to provide premium processing and expedited processing for the review and approval of visa petitions and applications for the immigrants covered by this bill.
3. It mandates that before an immigrant visa reserved for professional nurses is issued, the petitioner must attest that the hiring of the alien has not and will not displace a U.S. worker.
The goal of this bill is to quickly bolster the healthcare workforce in the United States during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic by making additional visas available for foreign-born nurses and physicians.
Committee Categories
Justice
Sponsors (71)
Brad Schneider (D)*,
Pete Aguilar (D),
Jake Auchincloss (D),
Cindy Axne (D),
Don Bacon (R),
Joyce Beatty (D),
Ami Bera (D),
Lisa Blunt Rochester (D),
Suzanne Bonamici (D),
Julia Brownley (D),
Cheri Bustos (D),
G. Butterfield (D),
Tony Cárdenas (D),
Sean Casten (D),
Kathy Castor (D),
Emanuel Cleaver (D),
Steve Cohen (D),
Tom Cole (R),
Gerry Connolly (D),
Lou Correa (D),
Jim Costa (D),
Madeleine Dean (D),
Dwight Evans (D),
Brian Fitzpatrick (R),
Bill Foster (D),
Sylvia Garcia (D),
Anthony Gonzalez (R),
Sam Graves (R),
Josh Harder (D),
Jahana Hayes (D),
Chrissy Houlahan (D),
Robin Kelly (D),
Ro Khanna (D),
Dan Kildee (D),
Derek Kilmer (D),
Andy Kim (D),
Conor Lamb (D),
Al Lawson (D),
Barbara Lee (D),
Billy Long (R),
Frank Lucas (R),
Kathy Manning (D),
Betty McCollum (D),
Grace Meng (D),
Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R),
Markwayne Mullin (R),
Stephanie Murphy (D),
Grace Napolitano (D),
Tom O'Halleran (D),
Jimmy Panetta (D),
Chris Pappas (D),
Scott Peters (D),
Chellie Pingree (D),
Mike Quigley (D),
Deborah Ross (D),
Dutch Ruppersberger (D),
Bobby Rush (D),
María Salazar (R),
Kurt Schrader (D),
Kim Schrier (D),
David Scott (D),
Elissa Slotkin (D),
Darren Soto (D),
Eric Swalwell (D),
Dina Titus (D),
David Trone (D),
Juan Vargas (D),
Peter Welch (D),
Susan Wild (D),
Nikema Williams (D),
John Yarmuth (D),
Last Action
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship. (on 10/19/2021)
Official Document
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| Document Type | Source Location |
|---|---|
| State Bill Page | https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/2255/all-info |
| BillText | https://www.congress.gov/117/bills/hr2255/BILLS-117hr2255ih.pdf |
| Bill | https://www.congress.gov/117/bills/hr2255/BILLS-117hr2255ih.pdf.pdf |
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