[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3735 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3735

 To amend section 214(g)(5) of the Immigration and Nationality Act to 
remove the numerical limitation on nonimmigrant aliens issued a visa or 
otherwise provided status under section 101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b) of such Act 
 in the case of an alien who is employed at the Department of Veterans 
                    Affairs, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 25, 2023

Ms. Tlaib (for herself and Mrs. Ramirez) introduced the following bill; 
          which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend section 214(g)(5) of the Immigration and Nationality Act to 
remove the numerical limitation on nonimmigrant aliens issued a visa or 
otherwise provided status under section 101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b) of such Act 
 in the case of an alien who is employed at the Department of Veterans 
                    Affairs, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Expanding Health Care Providers for 
Veterans Act''.

SEC. 2. ADMISSION OF NONIMMIGRANTS.

    (a) Removing Numerical Limitation.--Section 214(g)(5) of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(g)(5)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``or'' at the end;
            (2) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period at the end 
        and inserting ``; or''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(D) is employed (or has received an offer of 
                employment) at the Department of Veterans Affairs or a 
                State home (as defined in section 101(19) of title 38, 
                United States Code) recognized and certified by the 
                Secretary of Veterans Affairs.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect 6 months after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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