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Global Health Care Cooperation Act

Introduced: March 17, 2010 Introduced by: Durbin, Richard J. Democratic · Illinois See on congress.gov
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Mar 17, 2010
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1672)
Mar 17, 2010
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1671-1672)
Mar 17, 2010
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Global Health Care Cooperation Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to allow permanent resident doctors or health care workers to reside in a qualifying developing country (candidate countries) while working in such professions and be considered to be maintaining U.S. presence and residency requirements for naturalization purposes.

Directs the Secretary of State to publish a candidate country list.

What's happening now March 17, 2010

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1672)

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3135: Global Health Care Cooperation Act. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-3135/
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"S. 3135: Global Health Care Cooperation Act." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-3135/.
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S. 3135, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-3135/.
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