3.0.0 6717 2023-01-11T13:43:00Z 2023-01-11T13:43:00Z House HR 2020-05-05 116 [Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 84 (Tuesday, May 5, 2020)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. HARDER of California:H.R. 6717.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:U.S. Const. art. I, sec. 8[Page H1979]]]> hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing Referred to 2020-05-05T14:34:05Z 2020-05-05 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2020-05-05 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2020-05-05 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress H001090 Rep. Harder, Josh [D-CA-10] Josh Harder D CA 10 N M000312 Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2] JAMES MCGOVERN D MA P. 2 2020-05-05 True C001059 Rep. Costa, Jim [D-CA-16] Jim Costa D CA 16 2020-05-05 True Immigration Cardiovascular and respiratory health Emergency medical services and trauma care Foreign labor Health personnel Immigration status and procedures Infectious and parasitic diseases Visas and passports Immigration 00 2020-05-05 Introduced in House 2020-05-20T11:30:36Z Health Care Workforce Protection Act of 2020

This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security to extend the authorized stay period for certain alien health care workers to until at least 60 days after the end of the declared emergency period stemming from the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) outbreak. This extension shall apply to an alien (1) who was admitted into the United States as a health care worker on an H-1B nonimmigrant visa (specialty professions); (2) who served as a health care worker in the United States during the emergency period; and (3) whose employment was terminated during the emergency period, unless the termination was for cause.

]]> Health Care Workforce Protection Act of 2020 Display Title Health Care Workforce Protection Act of 2020 Official Title as Introduced To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to extend the period of authorized stay for certain alien health care workers during the COVID-19 emergency period, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced Health Care Workforce Protection Act of 2020 Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2020-05-05T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116hr6717ih/xml/BILLS-116hr6717ih.xml 2020-05-05 Referred to the House 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.