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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3726 

To recruit qualified foreign nationals residing in the United States to provide 

healthcare during a public health emergency at healthcare facilities operated by the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department 

of Defense, or the Department of Veterans Affairs. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 13, 2020 

Mr. CRUZ introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to 

the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 

A BILL 

To recruit qualified foreign nationals residing in the United 

States to provide healthcare during a public health emergency at healthcare facilities operated by the Department 

of Health and Human Services, the Department of Defense, or the Department of Veterans Affairs. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Allowing All to Serve 

5 Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY HEALTHCARE PRO2 GRAM. 

3 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Health and 

4 Human Services, in consultation with the Secretary of 

5 Homeland Security, the Secretary of Defense, and the 

6 Secretary of Veterans Affairs, shall establish a program 

7 for recruiting aliens who are lawfully present in the United 

8 States and have medical training to provide healthcare 

9 during the COVID–19 public health emergency at 

10 healthcare facilities owned, operated, or managed by— 

11 (1) the Department of Health and Human 

12 Services; 

13 (2) the Department of Defense; or 

14 (3) the Department of Veterans Affairs. 

15 (b) ELIGIBLE ALIENS.—An alien may participate in 

16 the program established pursuant to subsection (a) if the 

17 alien— 

18 (1) was admitted to the United States, and has 

19 been lawfully residing in the United States continu20 ously during the most recent 2-year period— 

21 (A) as a refugee under section 207 of the 

22 Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 

23 1157); 

24 (B) as an asylee under section 208 of such 

25 Act (8 U.S.C. 1158); or 


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1 (C) in temporary protected status under 

2 section 244 of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1254a); 

3 (2) is a qualified healthcare provider, whose 

4 healthcare services are needed at a facility referred 

5 to in subsection (a) to meet increased staffing needs 

6 to respond to the COVID–19 pandemic; 

7 (3) possesses medical training or skills that are 

8 relevant to the diagnosis, treatment, or prevention of 

9 COVID–19; and 

10 (4) meets all other qualification criteria consid11 ered necessary by the Federal Department to which 

12 the alien is assigned. 

13 (c) MAXIMUM PARTICIPANTS.—Not more than 

14 10,000 eligible aliens may participate in the program es15 tablished pursuant to subsection (a). 

16 (d) LENGTH OF PARTICIPATION.—Eligible aliens se17 lected to participate in the program— 

18 (1) shall commit to remain in the program until 

19 the earlier of— 

20 (A) 6 months after the date on which the 

21 alien began such participation; or 

22 (B) the date set forth in paragraph (2); 

23 and 

24 (2) may participate in the program established 

25 pursuant to subsection (a) until the date on which 


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1 the national emergency declared by the President 

2 under the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 

3 1601 et seq.) with respect to COVID–19 is termi4 nated. 

5 (e) SUPERVISION.—Program participants shall be di6 rectly supervised by medical professionals who have a cur7 rent license to practice medicine in the United States, in 

8 accordance with guidelines promulgated by the Secretary 

9 of Health and Human Services, the Secretary of Defense, 

10 or the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, as applicable. 

11 (f) NON-PREFERENCE.—Nothing in this section may 

12 be construed to authorize the Department of Health and 

13 Human Services, the Department of Defense, or the De14 partment of Veterans Affairs to give preference to the re15 cruitment of healthcare providers described in subsection 

16 (b) over the recruitment of healthcare providers otherwise 

17 authorized to work in the United States who are not de18 scribed in such subsection. 

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