A bill to increase by 5 the number of flex waivers available in each State for J-1 nonimmigrants and to establish a secondary physician match portal to assist alien physicians who are unable to find employment in their preferred State of residence to find employment in another State.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 4637 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4637 To increase by 5 the number of flex waivers available in each State for J-1 nonimmigrants and to establish a secondary physician match portal to assist alien physicians who are unable to find employment in their preferred State of residence to find employment in another State. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 21, 2026 Mr. Cramer (for himself and Ms. Klobuchar) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To increase by 5 the number of flex waivers available in each State for J-1 nonimmigrants and to establish a secondary physician match portal to assist alien physicians who are unable to find employment in their preferred State of residence to find employment in another State. 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 ``Conrad 30 Physician Workforce Optimization Act''. SEC. 2. INCREASING THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF FLEX WAIVER ALLOWANCE SLOTS IN EACH STATE. Section 214(l)(1)(D)(ii) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(l)(1)(D)(ii)) is amended by striking ``10'' and inserting ``15''. SEC. 3. SECONDARY PHYSICIAN MATCH PORTAL. Section 214(l) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(l)) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``(4)(A) The Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, after consultation with the heads of a representative sample of State Departments of Public Health, shall establish a portal for alien physicians who-- ``(i) have been granted the status of a nonimmigrant described in section 101(a)(15)(J)(i); ``(ii)(I) have applied fo