,i  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dfhj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #ag1 #bjbc,mr4 
,harder of ,california introduced the   
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,ways and ,means1 and 
in addition to the ,committee on ,energy
 and ,commerce1 for a period to be      
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to amend title ,,xviii of   
the ,social ,security ,act to extend the
 period for certain teaching hospitals  
to establish full-time equivalent       
residency caps for new residency        
training programs impacted by the       
,,covid-#ai pandemic1 and for other     
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,train ,more        
,doctors ,act of #bjbc4  #b4 ,two-year  
extension of graduate medical education 
,,fte resident cap building period for  
certain teaching hospitals impacted by  

the ,covid-#ai public health emergency  
,section #ahhf7;h77#d77;,h77i7 of the   
,social ,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4   
#acieww7h77#d77;,h77i77 is amended by   
adding at the end the following new     
subclause3  7,,vi7  7aa7 ,in applying   
this clause in the case of a hospital   
that first began training residents in a
 new approved medical residency training
 program or programs on or after ,july  
#a1 #bjah1 and before ,july #a1 #bjba1  
in determining the limitation on the    
number of total full time equivalent    
residents under subparagraphs 7,f7 and  
7,g7 and under clauses 7v7 and 7vi77,i7 
of subsection 7d77#e77;,b7 with respect 
to such new approved medical residency  
training program or programs of such    
hospital1 the ,secretary shall extend by
 two years the cap building period 7as  
defined in item 7bb77 applicable to such
 new approved medical residency training
 program or programs of such hospital to
 take into account the impact of the    
,,covid-#ai public health emergency on  

such program or programs4  7bb7 ,for    
purposes of item 7aa71 the term cap     
building period means the #e-year period
 used to calculate the total adjustment 
of the limitation under subparagraph    
7,f7 for a hospital for a new approved  
medical residency training program under
 the relevant provisions of paragraphs  
7d7 and 7e7 of section #dac4gi of title 
#db1 ,code of ,federal ,regulations1 and
 such other relevant provisions of such 
regulations 7as in effect on the date of
 the enactment of this subclause74  4