[Congressional Bills 109th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 4997 Introduced in House (IH)] 109th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 4997 To permanently authorize amendments made by the Immigration and Nationality Technical Corrections Act of 1994 for the purpose of permitting waivers of the foreign country residence requirement with respect to certain international medical graduates. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 16, 2006 Mr. Moran of Kansas (for himself and Mr. Pomeroy) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To permanently authorize amendments made by the Immigration and Nationality Technical Corrections Act of 1994 for the purpose of permitting waivers of the foreign country residence requirement with respect to certain international medical graduates. 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 ``Physicians for Underserved Areas Act''. SEC. 2. WAIVER OF FOREIGN COUNTRY RESIDENCE REQUIREMENT WITH RESPECT TO INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL GRADUATES. Section 220(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Technical Corrections Act of 1994 (8 U.S.C. 1182 note; Public Law 103-416) (as amended by section 1(a)(1) of Public Law 108-441) is amended by striking ``Act and before June 1, 2006.'' and inserting ``Act.''. <all>