ployment in the health care workforce; 
and 
‘‘(IV) data on the country of edu-
cation of the participating internation-
ally educated health care profes-
sionals. 
‘‘(2) ANNUAL REPORTS TO CONGRESS BY SEC-
RETARY.—Not later than 2 years after the date of 
enactment of the Welcome Back to the Health Care 
Workforce Act, and each year thereafter until all 
projects supported under this section are completed, 
the Secretary shall prepare and submit to Congress 
a report on the progress of each project supported 
under a grant under this section. 
‘‘(g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘eligible en-
tity’ means a consortium of 2 or more of the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(A) A hospital, health system, or other 
entity that provides health care. 
‘‘(B) A community-based or other non-
profit entity with experience in clinical health or 
public health services. 
‘‘(C) An institution of higher education. 
‘‘(D) An area health education center. 
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‘‘(E) A State government, local govern-
ment, or Indian Tribe. 
‘‘(F) A Federally qualified health center. 
‘‘(G) Any other type of entity determined 
appropriate by the Secretary. 
‘‘(2) EMPLOY; EMPLOYER.—The terms ‘employ’ 
and ‘employer’ have the meanings given the terms in 
section 3 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. 
‘‘(3) HEALTH
CARE
WORKFORCE.—The term 
‘health care workforce’ means the workforce com-
prised of health care providers with direct patient 
care and support responsibilities and public health 
workers. 
‘‘(4) INDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘Indian Tribe’ 
means the recognized governing body of any Indian 
or Alaska Native Tribe, band, nation, pueblo, village, 
community band, or component reservation individ-
ually identified (including parenthetically) in the list 
published most recently as of the date of enactment 
of the Welcome Back to the Health Care Workforce 
Act, pursuant to section 104 of the Federally Recog-
nized Indian Tribe List Act of 1994 (25 U.S.C. 
5131). 
‘‘(5) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.— 
The term ‘institution of higher education’ has the 
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meaning given the term in section 102 of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965. 
‘‘(6) INTERNATIONALLY
EDUCATED
HEALTH 
CARE
PROFESSIONAL.—The term ‘internationally 
educated health care professional’ means an indi-
vidual who— 
‘‘(A) completed the education requirements 
for a health care workforce profession in an-
other country; and 
‘‘(B) is— 
‘‘(i) lawfully admitted for permanent 
residence; 
‘‘(ii) admitted as a refugee under sec-
tion 207 of the Immigration and Nation-
ality Act; 
‘‘(iii) granted asylum under section 
208 of such Act; or 
‘‘(iv) an alien otherwise authorized to 
be employed in the United States. 
‘‘(h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 
2025 through 2029.’’. 
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