3.0.0 2672 2022-02-03T05:24:25Z 2022-02-03T05:24:25Z Senate S S 2008-02-27 110 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2008-02-28T00:33:30Z Conrad State 30 Improvement Act 110 5707 HR 2008-04-14 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law. Identical bill CRS 2008-02-27 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2008-02-27 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1272-1273) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2008-02-27 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C000705 Sen. Conrad, Kent [D-ND] KENT CONRAD D ND N B000953 Sen. Brownback, Sam [R-KS] SAM BROWNBACK R KS 2008-02-27 True C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2008-04-01 False H001028 Sen. Hagel, Chuck [R-NE] CHUCK HAGEL R NE 2008-04-01 False B000468 Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] JESSE BINGAMAN D NM FRANCIS 2008-04-01 False I000025 Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI] DANIEL INOUYE D HI KEN 2008-04-14 False K000305 Sen. Kohl, Herb [D-WI] HERBERT KOHL D WI H. 2008-04-22 False L000304 Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [ID-CT] JOSEPH LIEBERMAN ID CT I. 2008-04-22 False M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA 2008-05-01 False J000177 Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD] TIM JOHNSON D SD 2008-06-25 False I000055 Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA] Johnny Isakson R GA 2008-06-25 False Immigration Access to health care Alien labor Education Foreign-trained physicians Health Higher education Labor and Employment Medical education Visas Immigration 00 2008-02-27 Introduced in Senate 2008-05-28T15:37:11Z Conrad State 30 Improvement Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Technical Corrections Act of 1994 to make the the J-1 visa waiver (Conrad state 30/medical services in underserved areas) program permanent.

Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to: (1) revise entry provisions for H-1B visa foreign medical graduates and provide for an increase in the annual per-state cap of 30 foreign doctors; (2) exempt from worldwide immigration numerical limitations alien physicians who have completed service requirements of a state waiver or exemption, including alien physicians who completed such service before the date of the enactment of this Act; and (3) increase Conrad program waiver authority with respect to alien physicians in facilities that treat patients from, but that may not be located in, a medically underserved area.

]]> Conrad State 30 Improvement Act Short Titles as Introduced Conrad State 30 Improvement Act Display Title Conrad State 30 Improvement Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide incentives to physicians to practice in rural and medically underserved communities. Introduced in Senate 2008-02-27T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s2672is/xml/BILLS-110s2672is.xml 2008-02-27 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.