US Congress Senate Bill 3599 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum:
Status: Introduced on May 5 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-05-05 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Makes previously unused immigrant visas available to nurses and physicians who petition for such a visa before the date that is 90 days after the end of the declared national emergency relating to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) outbreak. The number of visas available shall be the total number of unused employment-based immigrant visas from FY1992-FY2020, up to 40,000. Of such visas, 25,000 shall be reserved for nurses and 15,000 for physicians. Certain family members may accompany the principal beneficiary of a visa provided under this bill, and visas for such family members shall (1) be made available from the unused visas from FY1992-FY2020, and (2) not be counted against the 40,000 cap. Visas provided under this bill shall be exempt from per-country limitations.

Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act

Sen. David Perdue [R-GA]	Sen. Richard Durbin [D-IL]	Sen. Todd Young [R-IN]	Sen. Christopher Coons [D-DE]
Sen. John Cornyn [R-TX]	Sen. Patrick Leahy [D-VT]	Sen. Rand Paul [R-KY]	Sen. Thomas Carper [D-DE]
Sen. James Lankford [R-OK]	Sen. Ron Wyden [D-OR]	Sen. Mike Rounds [R-SD]	Sen. Angus King [I-ME]
Sen. Joni Ernst [R-IA]	Sen. Jerry Moran [R-KS]	Sen. Martin Heinrich [D-NM]	Sen. Jacky Rosen [D-NV]
Sen. Michael Bennet [D-CO]	Sen. Kevin Cramer [R-ND]	Sen. Roy Blunt [R-MO]	Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D-CA]
Sen. Tom Udall [D-NM]	Sen. John Thune [R-SD]	Sen. Pat Roberts [R-KS]	Sen. Mazie Hirono [D-HI]
Sen. John Boozman [R-AR]	Sen. Edward Markey [D-MA]	Sen. Roger Wicker [R-MS]	Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI]
Sen. Robert Casey [D-PA]	Sen. Michael Enzi [R-WY]	Sen. Tim Kaine [D-VA]	Sen. Margaret Hassan [D-NH]
Sen. John Barrasso [R-WY]	Sen. Patty Murray [D-WA]	Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]	Sen. Tim Scott [R-SC]
Sen. Susan Collins [R-ME]	Sen. Rob Portman [R-OH]	Sen. Tammy Duckworth [D-IL]	Sen. Kyrsten Sinema [I-AZ]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-05-05	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

HB6788 (Same As) 2020-05-08 - Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/3599/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s3599/BILLS-116s3599is.pdf