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        <fullName>Rep. Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]</fullName>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>Rural and Urban Health Care Act of 2005 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to revise admission requirements for H-1C nonimmigrant nurses by, among other things: (1) allowing aliens who received a nursing education in Canada to claim licensure equivalency; (2) requiring aliens who twice fail to pass a State licensure examination to depart the United States; (3) substantially increasing the total number of available H-1C visas; and (4) increasing the type of qualifying employer-facilities.</p> <p>Increases the number of annual two-year foreign residency requirement waivers available to interested State agencies for aliens receiving graduate medical education or training in the United States. </p>]]></text>
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      <text>Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.</text>
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