H-1C工作签证允许每年有500海外护士到美国持工作签证做RN，06年6月原计划到期。现在美国众议院批准了延期，未来3年，海外护士又可以申请H-1C工作签证了。

 

法案如下。

 

IIB

109TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION _{H. R. 1285}

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

JUNE 21, 2006
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

To extend for 3 years changes to requirements for admission of nonimmigrant nurses in health professional shortage areas made by the Nursing Relief for Disadvantaged Areas Act of 1999.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa

2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

2

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Nursing Relief for Disadvantaged Areas Reauthorization Act of 2005’’.

Section 2 of the Nursing Relief for Disadvantaged Areas Act of 1999 (8 U.S.C. 1182 note) is amended—

              (1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘4-YEAR’’ and inserting ‘‘SPECIFIED’’; and

              (2) by amending subsection (e) to read as follows: ‘‘(e) LIMITING APPLICATION OF NONIMMIGRANT

 

CHANGES TO SPECIFIED PERIOD.—The amendments made by this section shall apply to classification petitions filed for nonimmigrant status only during the period—

‘‘(1) beginning on the date that interim or final regulations are first promulgated under subsection (d); and

‘‘(2) ending on the date that is 3 years after the date of the enactment of the Nursing Relief for Disadvantaged Areas Reauthorization Act of 2005.’’.

3

1 SEC. 3. EXEMPTION FROM ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE 2 ACT. 3 The requirements of chapter 5 of title 5, United 4 States Code (commonly referred to as the ‘‘Administrative 5 Procedure Act’’ ) or any other law relating to rulemaking, 6 information collection or publication in the Federal Reg7 ister, shall not apply to any action to implement the 8 amendments made by section 2 to the extent the Secretary 9 Homeland of Security, the Secretary of Labor, or the Sec10 retary of Health and Human Services determines that 11 compliance with any such requirement would impede the 12 expeditious implementation of such amendments. Passed the House of Representatives June 20, 2006. Attest: KAREN L. HAAS,