U.S. House · 119th Congress · H.R. 7961
H–1Bs for Physicians and the Healthcare Workforce Act
To exempt H-1B health care workers from the restriction under the Presidential Proclamation entitled "Restriction on Entry of Certain Nonimmigrant Workers", and for other purposes.
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- Sponsor
- Michael LawlerR-NY-17
- Introduced
- March 17, 2026, in the House
- Issue areas
- Policy area
- Immigration (from the Congressional Research Service)
- Full text and actions
- congress.gov
Votes on this bill (0)
Neither the House nor the Senate has held a roll-call vote on this bill.
Cosponsors (68)
61 Democrats, 7 Republicans. Each member is shown with the party they were counted with on the day they signed on. How we count these
Original cosponsors
- Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.D-GA-2
- Yvette D. ClarkeD-NY-9
- Maria Elvira SalazarR-FL-27
Signed on later
- Terri A. SewellD-AL-7March 18, 2026
- John W. MannionD-NY-22March 19, 2026
- Don BaconR-NE-2March 24, 2026
- Daniel S. GoldmanD-NY-10March 24, 2026
- Herbert C. Conaway, Jr.D-NJ-3March 26, 2026
- Joseph D. MorelleD-NY-25March 26, 2026
- David ScottD-GA-13March 26, 2026
- Ritchie TorresD-NY-15March 26, 2026
- Suzan K. DelBeneD-WA-1March 27, 2026
- Brian K. FitzpatrickR-PA-1March 27, 2026
- Vicente GonzalezD-TX-34March 27, 2026
- Timothy M. KennedyD-NY-26March 30, 2026
- Mark AlfordR-MO-4April 2, 2026
- J. Luis CorreaD-CA-46April 2, 2026
- Kimberlyn King-HindsR-MP-ALApril 2, 2026
- Raja KrishnamoorthiD-IL-8April 2, 2026
- Bradley Scott SchneiderD-IL-10April 2, 2026
- Shri ThanedarD-MI-13April 2, 2026
- Shomari FiguresD-AL-2April 14, 2026
- Seth MoultonD-MA-6April 14, 2026
- Josh RileyD-NY-19April 14, 2026
- Sarah McBrideD-DE-ALApril 23, 2026
- Donald G. DavisD-NC-1April 27, 2026
- Kim SchrierD-WA-8April 27, 2026
- Cleo FieldsD-LA-6April 30, 2026
- Julie JohnsonD-TX-32May 7, 2026
- Daniel MeuserR-PA-9May 7, 2026
- Maxine DexterD-OR-3May 12, 2026
- Gwen MooreD-WI-4May 12, 2026
- Brendan F. BoyleD-PA-2May 13, 2026
- Linda T. SánchezD-CA-38May 13, 2026
- Norma J. TorresD-CA-35May 13, 2026
- Bennie G. ThompsonD-MS-2May 14, 2026
- James P. McGovernD-MA-2May 19, 2026
- Grace MengD-NY-6May 19, 2026
- André CarsonD-IN-7May 21, 2026
- John B. LarsonD-CT-1May 21, 2026
- Jared F. GoldenD-ME-2May 26, 2026
- James R. WalkinshawD-VA-11May 26, 2026
- Josh GottheimerD-NJ-5June 3, 2026
- Jefferson Van DrewR-NJ-2June 9, 2026
- Thomas R. SuozziD-NY-3June 10, 2026
- Kristen McDonald RivetD-MI-8June 11, 2026
- Nellie PouD-NJ-9June 11, 2026
- Salud O. CarbajalD-CA-24June 23, 2026
- Eleanor Holmes NortonD-DC-ALJune 23, 2026
- Janelle S. BynumD-OR-5June 25, 2026
- Eric SorensenD-IL-17June 30, 2026
- Jim CostaD-CA-21July 2, 2026
- Susie LeeD-NV-3July 2, 2026
- Mike ThompsonD-CA-4July 2, 2026
- Gabe AmoD-RI-1July 9, 2026
- Chrissy HoulahanD-PA-6July 9, 2026
- Jimmy PanettaD-CA-19July 14, 2026
- Judy ChuD-CA-28July 16, 2026
- Pablo José HernándezD-PR-ALJuly 16, 2026
- Steve CohenD-TN-9July 20, 2026
- Ted LieuD-CA-36July 20, 2026
- Hillary J. ScholtenD-MI-3August 3, 2026
- Eugene Simon VindmanD-VA-7August 27, 2026
- April McClain DelaneyD-MD-6September 3, 2026
- Morgan McGarveyD-KY-3September 3, 2026
- Laura GillenD-NY-4September 24, 2026
- George LatimerD-NY-16October 9, 2026
- Haley M. StevensD-MI-11October 9, 2026