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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 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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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
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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 September 6, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1
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Carter, Earl L. "Buddy"
Georgia · Jul 20, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3351: Emergency Nursing Supply Relief Act of 2017. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-3351/
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"H.R. 3351: Emergency Nursing Supply Relief Act of 2017." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-3351/.
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H.R. 3351, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-3351/.
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