NURSE Visa Act of 2026

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7351 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7351

 To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide nonimmigrant 
            status to nurses working in certain facilities.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 4, 2026

  Mr. Beyer introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide nonimmigrant 
            status to nurses working in certain facilities.

    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 ``National Urgent Recruitment for 
Skilled Employees Visa Act of 2026'' or the ``NURSE Visa Act of 2026''.

SEC. 2. REQUIREMENTS FOR ADMISSION OF NONIMMIGRANT NURSES.

    (a) Number of Visas.--Section 212(m)(4) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(m)(4)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``500. The number of such visas issued for 
        employment in each State in each fiscal year shall not exceed 
        the following:'' and inserting ``20,000. Such visas shall be 
        issued to employ a nonimmigrant to perform nursing services in 
        a shortage area (as designated by the the Administrator of the 
        Health Resources and Services Administration).''; and
            (2) by striking subparagraphs (A) through (C).
    (b) Provider Staffing Ratio Required.--Section 212(m)(6) of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(m)(6)) is amended by 
adding at the end the following:
                    ``(C) The facility has in place a policy with 
                respect to a provider-to-patient staffing ratio.''.
    (c) Regulations Required.--Not later than one year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services and the Secretary of State shall issue regulations necessary 
to implement the amendments made by this section.
    (d) Applicability.--This Act, and the amendments made by this Act, 
shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and shall 
apply to a petition for a nonimmigrant visa issued pursuant to a 
petition granted under section 101(a)(15)(H)(i)(c) of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)(i)(c)).
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