[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4997 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]
H.R.4997
One Hundred Ninth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE SECOND SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
the third day of January, two thousand and six
An Act
To extend for 2 years the authority to grant 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 ``June 1, 2006.'' and inserting ``June 1, 2008.''.
SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.
The amendment made by section 2 shall take effect as if enacted on
May 31, 2006.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.