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H.R. 1201

U.S. House•In House Committee

Summary

H.R. 1201, the Doctors in our Borders Act, was introduced in the House on Feb 11, 2025 by Rep. Michael Lawler (R) with 12 co-sponsors. It was referred to Judiciary, and last saw action on Feb 11, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Record

Text

H.R. 1201 has 12 co-sponsors.

hb1201/introduced-in-house.txt
119 HR 1201 IH: Doctors in our Borders Act
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-02-11
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 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 1201  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   February 11, 2025   Mr. Lawler  (for himself,  Ms. Clarke of New York ,  Mr. Baird ,  Mr. Moylan ,  Mr. Thanedar ,  Ms. Salazar ,  Mr. Ciscomani ,  Mr. Davis of North Carolina ,  Mr. Moulton ,  Mr. Riley of New York , and  Mrs. Hinson ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on the Judiciary    A BILL
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to increase the number of physicians who may be provided Conrad 30 waivers.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Doctors in our Borders Act  .
2.
Increased number of Conrad 30 waivers
Section 214(l)(1)(B) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1184(l)(1)(B) ) is amended by striking  to exceed 30  and inserting  to exceed 100 .

Tracker

The tracker indicates the progress of this legislation as it moves through the legislative process.

  1. Introduced2025-02-11
  2. Passed House
  3. Passed Senate
  4. Conference
  5. To President
  6. Became Law

CRS Summary

The summaries are the Congressional Research Service’s, one per stage. Read them in full.

Introduced in House Feb 11, 2025

hb1201/introduced-in-house.md

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Introduced in House (02/11/2025)

Doctors in our Borders Act

This bill increases the number of Conrad 30 waivers available each year from 30 to 100.

Typically, a J-1 visa holder (nonimmigrant exchange visitor) must leave the United States for two years after finishing the exchange visitor program, including J-1 visa holders who entered the United States to receive graduate medical training. The Conrad 30 waiver program waives this requirement for eligible foreign medical graduates who agree to practice medicine in an underserved area or for an underserved population in the United States.

Sponsors

Rep. Michael Lawler (R) sponsors H.R. 1201, and 12 members have co-sponsored it, 10 of them from the day it was introduced.

Committees

H.R. 1201 went before 1 committee: Judiciary.

Judiciary
Judiciary
Referred To · Feb 11, 2025 · 2,181 Bills

Actions

H.R. 1201 has taken 2 actions since Feb 11, 2025.

ChamberAction
Feb 11, 2025
House
Introduced in House
Feb 11, 2025
House
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.Judiciary Committee

Votes

H.R. 1201 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

H.R. 1201 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

  • Doctors in our Borders Act — Display Title
  • Doctors in our Borders Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
  • To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to increase the number of physicians who may be provided Conrad 30 waivers. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

7 clients hired 7 firms and 66 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 1201 in 40 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Health Issues, Immigration, Budget/Appropriations, Education, Medicare/Medicaid, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Veterans, Indian/Native American Affairs.

Clients

Who paid to be heard, by how many filings named the bill.

ClientBusinessStateFirmsFilingsReported
AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION—District of Columbia18—
NIGERIAN PHYSICIAN ADVOCACY GROUPNPAG is Nigerian Physician Advocacy GroupNorth Carolina16$136K
CITY OF DOWNEY, CAMunicipal GovernmentCalifornia16$90K
ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN MEDICAL COLLEGES—District of Columbia16—
VANTEO FKA BDV SOLUTIONS LLCConsultingSouth Carolina16—
AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY—Virginia14—
COLLEGE OF AMERICAN PATHOLOGISTS—District of Columbia14—

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

RegistrantClientsFilingsReported
AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION18—
ASHA STRATEGIES LLC16$136K
ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN MEDICAL COLLEGES16—
THE FERGUSON GROUP, LLC16$90K
VANTEO FKA BDV SOLUTIONS LCC16—
AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY14—
COLLEGE OF AMERICAN PATHOLOGISTS14—

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill. The 20 named most often, of 66.

LobbyistFirmsClientsFilings
ALEXIS PIERCE118
ANDREW WANKUM118
ASHLEY DELOSH118
BRYAN HULL118
CHRISTOPHER SHERIN118
DANA LICHTENBERG118
JASON MARINO118
JEFFREY COUGHLIN118
KATHERINE DAPPER118
LINDSEY BRILL118
LISA MYERS118
MARGARET GARIKES118
MATTHEW REID118
ROBERT REDDING118
SANDRA MARKS118
SHANNON CURTIS118
SUZANNE JOY118
TODD ASKEW118
JENNIFER BROWN117
KORYN RUBIN117

Filings

The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.

ClientRegistrantPeriodReportedDocument
AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATIONAMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION2025 first_quarter$8M1st Quarter - Report
AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATIONAMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION2026 first_quarter$8M1st Quarter - Amendme…
AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATIONAMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION2026 first_quarter$8M1st Quarter - Report
AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATIONAMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION2025 fourth_quarter$5.5M4th Quarter - Report
AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATIONAMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION2026 second_quarter$5.1M2nd Quarter - Amendme…
AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATIONAMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION2025 second_quarter$5M2nd Quarter - Report
AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATIONAMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION2025 third_quarter$4.6M3rd Quarter - Report
ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN MEDICAL COLLEGESASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN MEDICAL COLLEGES2025 second_quarter$831.4K2nd Quarter - Report
ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN MEDICAL COLLEGESASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN MEDICAL COLLEGES2026 second_quarter$821.4K2nd Quarter - Report
ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN MEDICAL COLLEGESASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN MEDICAL COLLEGES2025 third_quarter$758.2K3rd Quarter - Report
ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN MEDICAL COLLEGESASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN MEDICAL COLLEGES2025 first_quarter$751K1st Quarter - Report
ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN MEDICAL COLLEGESASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN MEDICAL COLLEGES2025 fourth_quarter$708.4K4th Quarter - Report
ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN MEDICAL COLLEGESASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN MEDICAL COLLEGES2026 first_quarter$577.7K1st Quarter - Report
AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATIONAMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION2026 second_quarter$513K2nd Quarter - Report
AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITYAMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY2025 first_quarter$305K1st Quarter - Amendme…
AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITYAMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY2025 first_quarter$305K1st Quarter - Amendme…
AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITYAMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY2025 first_quarter$305K1st Quarter - Amendme…
COLLEGE OF AMERICAN PATHOLOGISTSCOLLEGE OF AMERICAN PATHOLOGISTS2025 first_quarter$217.6K1st Quarter - Report
VANTEO FKA BDV SOLUTIONS LLCVANTEO FKA BDV SOLUTIONS LCC2026 second_quarter$190K2nd Quarter - Report
VANTEO FKA BDV SOLUTIONS LLCVANTEO FKA BDV SOLUTIONS LCC2026 first_quarter$170K1st Quarter - Report

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 1201 under Immigration, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 1201’s is Immigration.

hr1201/policy-areas.txt
ImmigrationAgriculture and FoodAnimalsArmed Forces and National SecurityArts, Culture, ReligionCivil Rights and Liberties, Minority IssuesCommerceCongressCrime and Law EnforcementEconomics and Public FinanceEducationEmergency ManagementEnergyEnvironmental ProtectionFamiliesFinance and Financial SectorForeign Trade and International FinanceGovernment Operations and PoliticsHealthHousing and Community DevelopmentInternational AffairsLabor and EmploymentLawNative AmericansPublic Lands and Natural ResourcesScience, Technology, CommunicationsSocial WelfareSports and RecreationTaxationTransportation and Public WorksWater Resources Development

Constitutional authority

The clause the sponsor cites as Congress’s power to enact H.R. 1201, as entered in the Congressional Record.

[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 28 (Tuesday, February 11, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. LAWLER:H.R. 1201.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the U.S. Constitution[Page H645]

Source: congress.gov · legiscan.com