Expanding Health Care Providers for Veterans Act

Bill: 118-hr-3735
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-12]
Introduced: 2023-05-25
Policy area: Immigration
Latest action: action_date: 2023-05-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-05-25
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Expanding Health Care Providers for Veterans Act</b></p> <p>This bill exempts certain workers involved with providing care for veterans from the annual cap on H-1B visas (specialty occupations). </p> <p>Specifically, an H-1B visa shall not count against the annual cap if the visa holder is employed (or has received a job offer) at the Department of Veterans Affairs or a State home (generally, a facility established by a state or Indian tribe for disabled veterans). </p> <p>(The annual H-1B cap is 65,000 visas with various exemptions and additional visas available to certain categories of workers.)</p>

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3735 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 25, 2023 Ms. Tlaib (for herself and Mrs. Ramirez ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend section 214(g)(5) of the Immigration and Nationality Act to remove the numerical limitation on nonimmigrant aliens issued a visa or otherwise provided status under section 101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b) of such Act in the case of an alien who is employed at the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Expanding Health Care Providers for Veterans Act . 2. Admission of nonimmigrants (a) Removing numerical limitation Section 214(g)(5) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1184(g)(5) ) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (B), by striking or at the end; (2) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; or ; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (D) is employed (or has received an offer of employment) at the Department of Veterans Affairs or a State home (as defined in section 101(19) of title 38, United States Code) recognized and certified by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. . (b) Effective date The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect 6 months after the date of the enactment of this Act.