Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 5283 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5283 To enhance our Nation's nurse and physician workforce by recapturing unused immigrant visas. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 10, 2025 Mr. Schneider (for himself and Mr. Bacon) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To enhance our Nation's nurse and physician workforce by recapturing unused immigrant visas. 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 ``Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act''. SEC. 2. RECAPTURING UNUSED IMMIGRANT VISAS FOR PROFESSIONAL NURSES AND PHYSICIANS. Section 106(d) of the American Competitiveness in the Twenty-first Century Act of 2000 (title I of Public Law 106-313; 8 U.S.C. 1153 note) is amended to read as follows: ``(d) Recapture of Unused Employment-Based Immigrant Visas.-- ``(1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), and notwithstanding any other provision of law, the number of employment-based visas made available under section 203(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1153(b)) shall be increased by the number calculated in paragraph (3). ``(2) Limitations.-- ``(A) In general.--Visas may only be made available under this subsection for up to 40,000 employment-based immigrants (and their family members accompanying or following to join under section 203(d) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1153(d))) whose immigrant worker petitions were filed no later than three years following the date of enactment of the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act. ``(B) Reservations.--Of the visas authorized under subparagraph (A)-- ``(i) 25,000 shall be reserved for professional