The long awaited Nurse Shortage Emergency Relief Act Bill has finally been re-introduced in the House.
The main sponsor is again Rep. Wexler of Florida with initially 4 co-sponsors. Last year's version (HR 5924) had 20-21 co-sponsors if my memory serves me right.
The new bill number is H.R. 2536. As always, any new bill introduced takes a couple of days before it is uploaded to the Library of Congress. However, it's expected that the new bill will be very similar to HR 5924.
Now, the waiting for it's progress starting from the subcommittee mark-ups begins.
Please stay tuned to our website for more news and updates.
The much awaited bill has been introduced. Many thanks to Congressman Robert Wexler for the kind action of birthing HR2536. 
I fervently pray that this bill will survive and finally be passed as this will solve the burdens of many.
Looking forward for some good progress in the coming days.
Again, kudos to all the good people behind HR2536. I know this is just the start of another long battle, but with the support of everyone, I am confident that this time it will be fine.
God is good, all the time.
Note: Please inform your friends to not post about this development on websites not friendly to foreign nurses. It's impt. that we as much as possible keep this within immigration and foreign nurses friendly sites ONLY.
H.R. 2536: Emergency Nursing Supply Relief Act
To provide relief for the shortage of nurses in the United States, and for other purposes.
Main Sponsor:
Rep. Robert Wexler [D-FL]
Co-sponsors:
Status:
Introduced - May 20, 2009
Referred to Committee -
The bill has been referred to the following committees:
*Source: http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h111-2536
hi there! i really dont know how to react on this.and seeing from diff.website many blogger are not competent that this bill will make it thru. so t-cell do you think this bill will have a wide support? and will see a miracle unfold. for me with all negativism ive been reading i will just pray for all of us nurses. if this will not make it thru its okay GOD moves in mysterious way. he has a plan. at least we cud see that there are people working behind doors. so lets all pray for this bill.
hi there! i really dont know how to react on this.and seeing from diff.website many blogger are not competent that this bill will make it thru. so t-cell do you think this bill will have a wide support? and will see a miracle unfold. for me with all negativism ive been reading i will just pray for all of us nurses. if this will not make it thru its okay GOD moves in mysterious way. he has a plan. at least we cud see that there are people working behind doors. so lets all pray for this bill.
-sabadao
We just need to hope for the best. You also have to take into account on who exactly is saying what. Are they immigration lawyers or who knows what amount of preparation and work that was done to this bill before it was introduced or are they spectators just like us ?
Everyone is entitled to their own opinions but I give more credence to those who know the background of this bill from the ground-up. This includes some immigration lawyers that do not know the background of this re-introduced bill.
Just my two cents.
It's in God's hands now. All we can do is hope and pray.
Miracles do happen.
Hi Guys,
This seems to be a good news for us,and if ever this Bill will make it and become a law how long should we wait for the visas to be ready for release? ex like 4-5 mos? I really dont know what to pursue at this moment,whether to continue working in the hospital or apply somewhere else...my VISA screen will Expire on May 2010,and I should renew it by Dec of this yr,i also dont know if I should retake my IELTS now or wait until Dec..
Lets continue to pRAy that this Bill will finally be passed..God Bless
UPDATE
There was a small update on June 12, 2009.
6/12/2009 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
*Source: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:HR02536:@@@X
Hey... this is good news and i do hope that it will continue to move in a direction favorable to all of us.... let's all pray for the positive outcome of this bill for nurses...
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