[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 16]
[Senate]
[Page 22177]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




  TO EXTEND FOR 5 YEARS THE PROGRAM RELATING TO WAIVER OF THE FOREIGN 
  COUNTRY RESIDENCE REQUIREMENT WITH RESPECT TO INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL 
                               GRADUATES

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent the Judiciary 
Committee be discharged from further consideration of H.R. 5571 and we 
now proceed to its consideration.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so 
ordered.
  The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (H.R. 5571) 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.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
  Mr. REID. I ask unanimous consent a Conrad amendment which is at the 
desk be agreed to, the bill, as amended, be read a third time, passed, 
the motion to reconsider be laid on the table, with no intervening 
action or debate, and any statements be printed in the Record.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Is there objection?
  Mr. ALLARD. Mr. President, I wanted to make sure we had an 
opportunity to speak for 2\1/2\ minutes.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so 
ordered.
  The amendment (No. 5654) was agreed to, as follows:

    (Purpose: To reduce the length of the waiver program extension)

       On page 2, line 5, strike ``June 1, 2013'' and insert 
     ``March 6, 2009''.

  The amendment was ordered to be engrossed and the bill read a third 
time.
  The bill (H.R. 5571), as amended, was read the third time and passed.

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