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HR 5571 110th Congress House Immigration Admission of nonimmigrants Alien labor Education Educational exchanges Exchange of persons programs Health Higher education Labor and Employment Medical residents Physicians Residence requirements Visas

To extend for 5 years the program relating to waiver of the foreign country residence requirement with respect to international medical graduates, and for other purposes.

Introduced: March 10, 2008 Introduced by: Lofgren, Zoe Democratic · California See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 33 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 8, 2008
Became Public Law No: 110-362.
Oct 8, 2008
Signed by President.
Sep 30, 2008
Presented to President.
Sep 27, 2008
Cleared for White House.
Sep 27, 2008
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Sep 27, 2008
On motion that the House suspend the rules and agree to the Senate amendment Agreed to by voice vote. (text as House agreed to Senate amendment: CR H10267)
Sep 27, 2008
Resolving differences -- House actions: On motion that the House suspend the rules and agree to the Senate amendment Agreed to by voice vote.(text as House agreed to Senate amendment: CR H10267)
Sep 27, 2008
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5571.
Sep 27, 2008
Ms. Lofgren, Zoe moved that the House suspend the rules and agree to the Senate amendment. (consideration: CR H10266-10267)
Sep 26, 2008
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Sep 26, 2008
Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
Sep 26, 2008
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
Sep 26, 2008
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S9573)
Sep 26, 2008
Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Jun 2, 2008
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
May 21, 2008
The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
May 21, 2008
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
May 21, 2008
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR 5/19/2008 H4113)
May 21, 2008
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR 5/19/2008 H4113)
May 21, 2008
Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H4433)
May 19, 2008
At the conclusion of debate, the chair put the question on the motion to suspend the rules. Mr. King (IA) objected to the vote on the grounds that a quorum was not present. Further proceedings on the motion were postponed. The point of no quorum was withdrawn.
May 19, 2008
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5571.
May 19, 2008
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4113-4115)
May 19, 2008
Mr. Scott (VA) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
May 15, 2008
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 407.
May 15, 2008
Reported by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 110-646.
Apr 2, 2008
Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
Apr 2, 2008
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Mar 12, 2008
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .
Mar 12, 2008
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Mar 11, 2008
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
Mar 10, 2008
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Mar 10, 2008
Introduced in House
 Amendments to this bill 1

1 agreed to

AmendmentSponsorPurposeStatusLatest action
SAMDT 5,654 — To reduce the length of the waiver program extension. Agreed to Sep 26, 2008
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the Senate on September 26, 2008. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Amends the Immigration and Nationality Technical Corrections Act of 1994 to extend the J-1 visa waiver (Conrad state 30/medical services in underserved areas) program through March 6, 2009.

Increases from five to 10 the number of alien physicians under such program who may serve in state facilities that treat patients from, but that may not be located in, a medically underserved area. (Subject to the overall limit of 30 participants per state.)

Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) federal programs waiving the two-year foreign residence requirement for physicians are generally designed to promote the delivery of critically needed medical services to people in the United States lacking adequate access to physician care; and (2) when determining the qualification of a location for designation as a health professional shortage area, the Secretary of Health and Human Services should consider the needs of vulnerable populations in low-income and impoverished communities, communities with high infant mortality rates, and communities exhibiting other signs of a lack of necessary physician services.

What's happening now October 8, 2008

Became Public Law No: 110-362.

 Bill text 7 versions

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1
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Moran, Jerry
Kansas · Apr 22, 2008
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5571: To extend for 5 years the program relating to waiver of the foreign country residence requirement with respect to international medical graduates, and for other purposes.. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-5571/
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"H.R. 5571: To extend for 5 years the program relating to waiver of the foreign country residence requirement with respect to international medical graduates, and for other purposes.." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-5571/.
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