[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5571 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.5571

                       One Hundred Tenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Thursday,
            the third day of January, two thousand and eight


                                 An Act


 
  To extend for 5 years the program relating to waiver of the foreign 
  country residence requirement with respect to international medical 
                   graduates, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. EXTENSION OF WAIVER PROGRAM.
    Section 220(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Technical 
Corrections Act of 1994 (8 U.S.C. 1182 note) is amended by striking 
``June 1, 2008'' and inserting ``March 6, 2009''.
SEC. 2. EXPANDING THE FLEXIBILITY OF THE CONRAD STATE 30 PROGRAM.
    Section 214(l)(1)(D)(ii) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1184(l)(1)(D)(ii)) is amended by striking ``5'' and inserting 
``10''.
SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS.
    It is the sense of the Congress that--
        (1) Federal programs waiving the 2-year foreign residence 
    requirement under section 212(e) of the Immigration and Nationality 
    Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(e)) for physicians are generally designed to 
    promote the delivery of critically needed medical services to 
    people in the United States lacking adequate access to physician 
    care; and
        (2) when determining the qualification of a location for 
    designation as a health professional shortage area, the Secretary 
    of Health and Human Services should consider the needs of 
    vulnerable populations in low-income and impoverished communities, 
    communities with high infant mortality rates, and communities 
    exhibiting other signs of a lack of necessary physician services.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.