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H.R. 1929 (112th)

Emergency Nursing Supply Relief Act

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Introduced

13 May 2011

Last action

11 July 2011 · Referred

Status

Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.

Sponsors

Rep. Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [R-WI-5], Rep. Polis, Jared [D-CO-2]

Subjects

Healthcare, Immigration, Education

Source updated

14 August 2025

Healthcare · Immigration · Education

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Summary

Emergency Nursing Supply Relief Act - Amends the American Competitiveness in the Twenty-first Century Act of 2000 to exempt until September 30, 2014, petitions for employment-based immigrants who are qualified physical therapists or professional nurses from numerical limitations on worldwide levels of employment-based immigrants and numerical limitations on individuals from individual foreign states, subject to a cap of 20,000 visas. Establishes fees for such visas. Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to award annual grants to nursing schools to increase the numbers of faculty and students at such schools. Establishes the Domestic Nursing Enhancement Account in the Treasury with funds from visa fees under this Act a to fund such grant program. Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to: (1) allow an alien who has been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence and who is a physician or other health care worker to work in a candidate country (defined to include a lower middle income country or one experiencing a natural disaster) without losing eligibility for naturalization; and (2) make inadmissible alien physicians or health care workers who have an outstanding obligation to their country of origin to work as a physician or other health care worker based upon financial assistance received from such country for medical training. Allows a waiver of inadmissibility under certain circumstances. Directs the Secretary of Labor to establish a partnership program to award grants to certain health care and training entities to provide education to nurses and create a pipeline to nursing for incumbent ancillary health care workers who wish to advance their careers. Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to collect and report to Congress on specified data on alien workers employed as professional nurses.

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Timeline

  1. 13 May 2011

    Introduced

    Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 13 May 2011

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 13 May 2011

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  4. 23 May 2011

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

    Source: Committee

  5. 11 July 2011

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.

    Source: Committee

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