[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4453 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4453

    To improve access to physicians in medically underserved areas.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 20, 2004

 Mr. Moran of Kansas introduced the following bill; which was referred 
                   to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
    To improve access to physicians in medically underserved areas.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Access to Rural Physicians 
Improvement Act of 2004''.

SEC. 2. WAIVER OF FOREIGN COUNTRY RESIDENCE REQUIREMENT WITH RESPECT TO 
              INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL GRADUATES.

    (a) Extension of Deadline.--
            (1) In general.--Section 220(c) of the Immigration and 
        Nationality Technical Corrections Act of 1994 (8 U.S.C. 1182 
        note) (as amended by section 11018 of Public Law 107-273) is 
        amended by striking ``and before June 1, 2004.'' and inserting 
        ``and before the date that is 1 year after the date of the 
        enactment of the Access to Rural Physicians Improvement Act of 
        2004.''.
            (2) Effective dates.--
                    (A) In general.--Except as provided in subparagraph 
                (B), the amendment made by paragraph (1) shall take 
                effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.
                    (B) Special effective date.--With respect only to 
                aliens admitted to the United States under section 
                101(a)(15)(J) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
                U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(J)), or acquiring status under such 
                section after admission, during the period beginning on 
                June 1, 2004, and ending on the date of the enactment 
                of this Act, the amendment made by paragraph (1) shall 
                take effect as if this Act were enacted on May 31, 
                2004.
    (b) Exemption From H1B Numerical Limitations.--
            (1) In general.--Section 214(l)(2)(A) of the Immigration 
        and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(1)(2)(A) is amended by 
        adding at the end the following:
``The numerical limitations contained in subsection (g)(1)(A) shall not 
apply to any alien whose status is changed under the preceding 
sentence, if the alien obtained a waiver of the 2-year foreign 
residence requirement upon a request by an interested State agency.''.
            (2) Effective date.--The amendment made by paragraph (1) 
        shall take effect as if this Act were enacted on September 30, 
        2003.
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