Emergency Nursing Supply Relief Act

To provide relief for the shortage of nurses in the United States, and for other purposes.

4/29/2008--Introduced.
Emergency Nursing Supply Relief Act - Amends the American Competitiveness in the Twenty-first Century Act of 2000 to lift the numerical limitations for employment based immigrants (and accompanying family members) for nurses and physical therapists until September 30, 2011, subject to a cap.
Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security:
(1) to impose a fee upon each petitioning employer who uses such a visa to provide employment for an alien as a professional nurse; and
(2) acting through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), to award a grant each fiscal year to each eligible nursing school that applies and meets specified requirements.
Establishes in the Treasury's general fund a Domestic Nursing Enhancement Account.
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to:
(1) direct the Secretary to allow an eligible alien (and spouse or child) to reside in a candidate country (defined to include a lower middle income country or one experiencing a natural disaster) during the period the alien is working there as a health care worker; and
(2) make inadmissible an alien seeking entry into the United States to perform labor as a health care worker unless the alien attests that he or she does not have an outstanding obligation to the alien's government or country of residence, subject to a waiver.
Directs the Secretary of Labor to establish a partnership program to award grants to eligible entities to carry out comprehensive programs to provide education to nurses and create a pipeline to nursing for incumbent ancillary health care workers who wish to advance their careers.


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Sponsor

• Rep. Robert Wexler [D, FL-19]
• and 22 Co-Sponsors
  • Rep. Robert Andrews [D, NJ-1]
  • Rep. Brian Baird [D, WA-3]
  • Rep. Brian Bilbray [R, CA-50]
  • Rep. Kathy Castor [D, FL-11]
  • Rep. Steve Cohen [D, TN-9]
  • Rep. Jim Cooper [D, TN-5]
  • Rep. Danny Davis [D, IL-7]
  • Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart [R, FL-25]
  • Tom Feeney
  • Rep. Bob Filner [D, CA-51]
  • Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D, TX-18]
  • Rep. Eddie Johnson [D, TX-30]
  • Ric Keller
  • John Kuhl
  • Rep. Carolyn McCarthy [D, NY-4]
  • Rep. Edward Pastor [D, AZ-4]
  • Jon Porter
  • Rep. Adam Putnam [R, FL-12]
  • Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen [R, FL-18]
  • Rep. C.A. Ruppersberger [D, MD-2]
  • Rep. F. Sensenbrenner [R, WI-5]
  • Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D, FL-20]
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Committees

• House Judiciary
• 3 more
  • House Energy and Commerce
  • House Judiciary
  • House Energy and Commerce
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Amendments

This bill has no amendments.

Amendments to H.R.5924

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April 29, 2008

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• Jun 03, 2008: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
• Apr 30, 2008: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
• Introduced on Apr 29, 2008.
• Apr 29, 2008: 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.
• Apr 29, 2008: Referred to House Judiciary
• Apr 29, 2008: Referred to House Energy and Commerce

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August 26, 2008 Just in time

A House committee recently approved the Emergency Nursing Supply Relief Act (HR 5924). The legislation would set aside 20000 employment-based visas per year ...

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May 08, 2008 Bloggings: May 09, 2008

by Christopher T. Musillo of the Hammond Law Group The full text of HR 5924 has been published. To read a copy of the bill, go here. ...

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May 01, 2008 Bloggings: May 02, 2008

It is HR 5924, and is co-sponsored by Rep. Sensenbrenner (R - WI). The Government Printing Office has not yet printed the legislation, but since the CTIHS ...

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January 06, 2009 HAMMOND LAW GROUP LLC: New Year News

There has been some talk of extending these bills and including smaller immigration legislation to the extensions, perhaps even last year’s HR 5924. - Economic conditions. With the US economy in a tailspin, it remains to be seen if ...

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December 31, 2008 November 2008 Nurse Licensure Examination Results - Pinoy R.N. ...

HR 5924 Filed in U.S. Congress; Seeks lifting of Nurse Visa Retrogression Among Others Pinoy R.N. Launches Ward Class -- Online Resource for Student Nurses CHED Revises Nursing Curriculum; Adds Two New Nursing Subjects ...

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December 31, 2008 Visa International Technical Articles: SHUSTERMAN'S IMMIGRATION ...

Then, there is H.R. 5924, the Emergency Nursing Supply Relief Act, which was introduced in the House on April 29 and which was the subject of a legislative hearing on June 12. The bill would allow 20000 registered nurses and physical ...

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