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‘‘(i) the maximum number of visas au-
thorized to be issued under this subsection 
during fiscal years 2001 through 2005 and 
the number of visa numbers issued under 
this subsection during those fiscal years; 
and 
‘‘(ii) the number of visas calculated 
under clause (i) that were issued after fis-
cal year 2005. 
‘‘(2) VISAS FOR SPOUSES AND CHILDREN.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 
subparagraph (B), immigrant visas issued on or 
after October 1, 2004, to spouses and children 
of employment-based immigrants shall not be 
counted against the numerical limitation set 
forth in paragraph (1). 
‘‘(B) NUMERICAL LIMITATION.—The total 
number of visas issued under paragraph (A) 
may not exceed 800,000 during any fiscal 
year.’’. 
(c) EXCEPTION
TO NONDISCRIMINATION.—Section 
202(a)(1)(A) (8 U.S.C. 1152(a)(1)(A)) is amended by 
striking 
‘‘201(b)(2)(A)(i)’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘201(b), 
201(d)(2)(A)’’. 
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SEC. 502. INCREASING COUNTRY LIMITS AND EXEMPTING 
FAMILY-SPONSORED 
AND 
EMPLOYMENT- 
BASED IMMIGRANTS. 
Section 202(a)(2) (8 U.S.C. 1152(a)(2)) is amended 
by striking ‘‘may not exceed 7 percent’’ and all that fol-
lows and inserting ‘‘, except for aliens described in sub-
sections (b) and (d)(2)(A) of section 201, may not exceed 
10 percent (in the case of a single foreign state) or 5 per-
cent (in the case of a dependent area) of the total number 
of such visas made available under such subsections in 
that fiscal year.’’. 
SEC. 503. ALLOCATION OF IMMIGRANT VISAS. 
(a) PREFERENCE ALLOCATION FOR FAMILY-SPON-
SORED IMMIGRANTS.—Section 203(a) (8 U.S.C. 1153(a)) 
is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(a) PREFERENCE ALLOCATIONS FOR FAMILY-SPON-
SORED IMMIGRANTS.—Aliens subject to the worldwide 
level set forth in section 201(c) for family-sponsored immi-
grants shall be allocated visas as follows: 
‘‘(1) UNMARRIED
SONS
AND
DAUGHTERS
OF 
CITIZENS.—Qualified immigrants who are the un-
married sons or daughters of citizens of the United 
States shall be allocated visas in a quantity not to 
exceed the sum of— 
‘‘(A) 10 percent of such worldwide level; 
and 
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‘‘(B) any visas not required for the class 
specified in paragraph (4). 
‘‘(2) SPOUSES
AND
UNMARRIED
SONS
AND 
DAUGHTERS OF PERMANENT RESIDENT ALIENS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Visas in a quantity 
not to exceed 50 percent of such worldwide level 
plus any visas not required for the class speci-
fied in paragraph (1) shall be allocated to quali-
fied immigrants who are— 
‘‘(i) the spouses or children of an 
alien lawfully admitted for permanent resi-
dence; or 
‘‘(ii) the unmarried sons or daughters 
of an alien lawfully admitted for perma-
nent residence. 
‘‘(B) MINIMUM PERCENTAGE.—Visas allo-
cated to individuals described in subparagraph 
(A)(i) shall constitute not less than 77 percent 
of the visas allocated under this paragraph. 
‘‘(3) MARRIED SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF CITI-
ZENS.—Qualified immigrants who are the married 
sons and daughters of citizens of the United States 
shall be allocated visas in a quantity not to exceed 
the sum of— 
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‘‘(A) 10 percent of such worldwide level; 
and 
‘‘(B) any visas not required for the classes 
specified in paragraphs (1) and (2). 
‘‘(4) BROTHERS AND SISTERS OF CITIZENS.— 
Qualified immigrants who are the brothers or sisters 
of a citizen of the United States who is at least 21 
years of age shall be allocated visas in a quantity 
not to exceed 30 percent of the worldwide level.’’. 
(b) PREFERENCE ALLOCATION FOR EMPLOYMENT- 
BASED IMMIGRANTS.—Section 203(b) (8 U.S.C. 1153(b)) 
is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘28.6 per-
cent’’ and inserting ‘‘15 percent’’; 
(2) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking ‘‘28.6 per-
cent’’ and inserting ‘‘15 percent’’; 
(3) in paragraph (3)(A)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘28.6 percent’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘35 percent’’; and 
(B) by striking clause (iii); 
(4) by striking paragraph (4); 
(5) by redesignating paragraph (5) as para-
graph (4); 
(6) in paragraph (4)(A), as redesignated, by 
striking ‘‘7.1 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘5 percent’’; 
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(7) by inserting after paragraph (4), as redesig-
nated, the following: 
‘‘(5) OTHER WORKERS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Visas shall be made 
available, in a number not to exceed 30 percent 
of such worldwide level, plus any visa numbers 
not required for the classes specified in para-
graphs (1) through (4), to qualified immigrants 
who are capable, at the time of petitioning for 
classification under this paragraph, of per-
forming unskilled labor that is not of a tem-
porary or seasonal nature, for which qualified 
workers are determined to be unavailable in the 
United States. 
‘‘(B) PRIORITY IN ALLOCATING VISAS.—In 
allocating visas under subparagraph (A) for 
each of the fiscal years 2007 through 2017, the 
Secretary shall reserve 30 percent of such visas 
for qualified immigrants who were physically 
present in the United States before January 7, 
2004.’’; and 
(8) by striking paragraph (6). 
(c) SPECIAL IMMIGRANTS NOT SUBJECT TO NUMER-
ICAL
LIMITATIONS.—Section 201(b)(1)(A) (8 U.S.C. 
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1151(b)(1)(A)) is amended by striking ‘‘subparagraph (A) 
or (B) of’’. 
(d) TEMPORARY INCREASE IN NUMBER OF IRAQI 
AND AFGHAN TRANSLATORS WHO MAY BE PROVIDED 
STATUS AS SPECIAL IMMIGRANTS.—Section 1059(c)(1) of 
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2006 (8 U.S.C. 1101 note) is amended by striking ‘‘during 
any fiscal year shall not exceed 50.’’ and inserting the fol-
lowing: ‘‘may not exceed— 
‘‘(A) 300 during each of the fiscal years 
2007, 2008, and 2009; and 
‘‘(B) 50 during any subsequent fiscal 
year.’’. 
(e) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) DEFINITION OF SPECIAL IMMIGRANT.—Sec-
tion 101(a)(27)(M) (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(27)(M)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘subject to the numerical limi-
tations of section 203(b)(4),’’. 
(2) REPEAL
OF
TEMPORARY
REDUCTION
IN 
WORKERS’ VISAS.—Section 203(e) of the Nicaraguan 
Adjustment and Central American Relief Act (Public 
Law 105–100; 8 U.S.C. 1153 note) is repealed. 
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SEC. 504. NURSING SHORTAGE. 
(a) EXCEPTION
TO DIRECT NUMERICAL LIMITA-
TIONS.—Section 201(b)(1) (8 U.S.C. 1151(b)(1)) is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(F)(i) During the period beginning on the date 
of the enactment the STRIVE Act and ending on 
September 30, 2017, an alien— 
‘‘(I) who is otherwise described in section 
203(b); and 
‘‘(II) who is seeking admission to the 
United States to perform labor in shortage oc-
cupations designated by the Secretary of Labor 
for 
blanket 
certification 
under 
section 
212(a)(5)(A) due to the lack of sufficient 
United States workers able, willing, qualified, 
and available for such occupations and for 
which the employment of aliens will not ad-
versely affect the terms and conditions of simi-
larly employed United States workers. 
‘‘(ii) During the period described in clause (i), 
the spouse or dependents of an alien described in 
clause (i), if accompanying or following to join such 
alien.’’. 
(b) EXCEPTION TO NONDISCRIMINATION REQUIRE-
MENTS.—Section 202(a)(1)(A) (8 U.S.C. 1152(a)(1)(A)) 
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is amended by striking ‘‘201(b)(2)(A)(i)’’ and inserting 
‘‘201(b)’’. 
(c) EXCEPTION TO PER COUNTRY LEVELS FOR FAM-
ILY-SPONSORED
AND
EMPLOYMENT-BASED
IMMI-
GRANTS.—Section 202(a)(2) (8 U.S.C. 1152(a)(2)), as 
amended by section 502, is further amended by inserting 
‘‘, except for aliens described in section 201(b),’’ after 
‘‘any fiscal year’’. 
(d) INCREASING THE DOMESTIC SUPPLY OF NURSES 
AND PHYSICAL THERAPISTS.—Not later than January 1, 
2007, the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
shall— 
(1) submit to Congress a report on the source 
of newly licensed nurses and physical therapists in 
each State, which report shall— 
(A) include the past 3 years for which data 
are available; 
(B) provide separate data for each occupa-
tion and for each State; 
(C) separately identify those receiving their 
initial license and those licensed by endorse-
ment from another State; 
(D) within those receiving their initial li-
cense in each year, identify the number who re-
ceived their professional education in the 
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United States and those who received such edu-
cation outside the United States; and 
(E) to the extent possible, identify, by 
State of residence and country of education, the 
number of nurses and physical therapists who 
were educated in any of the 5 countries (other 
than the United States) from which the most 
nurses and physical therapists arrived; 
(F) identify the barriers to increasing the 
supply of nursing faculty, domestically trained 
nurses, and domestically trained physical thera-
pists; 
(G) recommend strategies to be followed by 
Federal and State governments that would be 
effective in removing such barriers, including 
strategies that address barriers to advancement 
to become registered nurses for other health 
care workers, such as home health aides and 
nurses assistants; 
(H) recommend amendments to Federal 
legislation that would increase the supply of 
nursing faculty, domestically trained nurses, 
and domestically trained physical therapists; 
(I) recommend Federal grants, loans, and 
other incentives that would provide increases in 
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nurse educators, nurse training facilities, and 
other steps to increase the domestic education 
of new nurses and physical therapists; 
(J) identify the effects of nurse emigration 
on the health care systems in their countries of 
origin; and 
(K) recommend amendments to Federal 
law that would minimize the effects of health 
care shortages in the countries of origin from 
which immigrant nurses arrived; 
(2) enter into a contract with the National 
Academy of Sciences Institute of Medicine to deter-
mine the level of Federal investment under titles VII 
and VIII of the Public Health Service Act necessary 
to eliminate the domestic nursing and physical ther-
apist shortage not later than 7 years from the date 
on which the report is published; and 
(3) collaborate with other agencies, as appro-
priate, in working with ministers of health or other 
appropriate officials of the 5 countries from which 
the most nurses and physical therapists arrived, 
to— 
(A) 
address 
health 
worker 
shortages 
caused by emigration; 
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