HR 3351
115th Congress
House
Immigration
Foreign labor
Health personnel
Immigration status and procedures
Nursing
Visas and passports
Wages and earnings
Emergency Nursing Supply Relief Act of 2017
Introduced: July 20, 2017
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 6, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
Jul 20, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Jul 20, 2017
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Emergency Nursing Supply Relief Act of 2017
This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for up to 8,000 employment-based immigrant visas per fiscal year for qualifying nurses, physical therapists, and other health care workers (excluding physicians) and their accompanying family members. Such aliens are exempted from worldwide and foreign state numerical limits.
A petition filed on behalf of such an immigrant must be accompanied by evidence that the prospective U.S. employer has the ability to pay the proffered wage.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
Committees of jurisdiction
2
Cosponsors
1