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HR 4453 108th Congress House Immigration Access to health care Admission of nonimmigrants Alien labor Aliens Education Federal-state relations Foreign students Foreign-trained physicians Government Operations and Politics Health Higher education Housing and Community Development Labor and Employment Medical education Medical personnel Physicians Residence requirements Rural health Visas

Access to Rural Physicians Improvement Act of 2004

Introduced: May 20, 2004 Introduced by: Moran, Jerry Republican · Kansas See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 16 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 7, 2004
Received in the Senate.
Oct 6, 2004
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Oct 6, 2004
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H8237)
Oct 6, 2004
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H8237)
Oct 6, 2004
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4453.
Oct 6, 2004
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H8237-8239)
Oct 6, 2004
Mr. Sensenbrenner moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Oct 5, 2004
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 450.
Oct 5, 2004
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 108-730.
Sep 30, 2004
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Sep 30, 2004
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Jun 3, 2004
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.
Jun 3, 2004
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Jun 2, 2004
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
May 20, 2004
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
May 20, 2004
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on October 5, 2004. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Amends the Immigration and Nationality Technical Corrections Act of 1994 to reauthorize for a period of two years the Conrad State 30 program, which annually allows each State to request up to 30 waivers of the home residency requirement applicable to J-1 foreign medical graduates for medical service in health professional shortage areas.

Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to exempt Conrad State 30 physicians from the numerical limitation on H-1B visas.

Limits to primary care or specialty medicine the medical practice areas available to Conrad State 30 physicians.

Allows Conrad State 30 physicians to practice medicine outside geographic areas designated by the Secretary of Health and Human Services in the case of a waiver request from an interested State agency where the facility serves patients residing in such areas and granting the requested waiver would not cause the number of waivers for the State to exceed five in a fiscal year.

What's happening now October 7, 2004

Received in the Senate.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4453: Access to Rural Physicians Improvement Act of 2004. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-4453/
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"H.R. 4453: Access to Rural Physicians Improvement Act of 2004." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-4453/.
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