,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bfej  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,august #a1    
#bjbe,ms4 ,ernst 7for herself and ,ms4  
,klobuchar7 introduced the following    
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a 
,,bill  ,to amend the ,immigration and  
,nationality ,act to provide for the    
reallocation of unused waivers of the   
foreign residency requirement for       
certain ,j-visa holders4  #a4 ,short    
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,directing ,our ,country's ,transfer of 
,residency ,slots or the ,,doctors ,act4
  #b4 ,reallocation of unused waivers of
 foreign residency requirement for      
certain ,j-visa holders ,section #bad7l7
 of the ,immigration and ,nationality   
,act 7#h ,u4,s4,c4 #aahd7l77 is amended 
by adding at the end the following3     
7#d7 7,a7 ,beginning on ,september #cj1 
#bjbf1 and every ,september #cj         
thereafter1 each ,state agency that     
received a waiver under section #bab7;e7

 during the fiscal year that ends on    
that date shall report to the ,secretary
 of ,state the total number of such     
waivers that the ,state agency did not  
use during such fiscal year4  7,b7 7i7  
,for fiscal year #bjbf1 and each fiscal 
year thereafter1 the ,secretary of      
,state shall-- 7,i7 calculate the total 
number of unused waivers reported by all
 ,state agencies under subparagraph     
7,a72 and  7,,ii7 subject to clause     
7ii71 reallocate such waivers for equal 
distribution among eligible ,state      
agencies for use during the subsequent  
fiscal year as waivers subject to       
paragraph 7#a77;,d77ii7 7referred to in 
this paragraph as supplemental waivers74
  7ii7 ,the total number of supplemental
 waivers that may be reallocated for use
 during a subsequent fiscal year shall  
be the number that is #a_/c of the      
difference between-- 7,i7 the total     
number of waivers under section #bab7;e7
 available for the fiscal year2 and     
7,,ii7 the total number of waivers under

 section #bab7;e7 distributed during    
such fiscal year4  7,c7 ,in reallocating
 waivers under subparagraph 7,b71 on    
,january #a1 #bjbf1 and every ,january  
#a thereafter1 the ,secretary of ,state 
shall inform each eligible ,state agency
 of-- 7i7 the number of supplemental    
waivers available to the ,state agency  
for the subsequent fiscal year2 and     
7ii7 the manner in which the            
supplemental waivers will be            
distributed4  7,d7 ,ten percent of      
supplemental waivers distributed in a   
fiscal year shall be used to support    
positions in #a or more facilities that 
serve patients who reside in medically  
underserved communities 7as defined in  
section #gii;,b of the ,public ,health  
,service ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #biep774   
7,e7 ,in this paragraph1 the term       
eligible ,state agency means a ,state   
agency that1 in the preceding fiscal    
year1 used not fewer than #cj waivers   
under section #bab7;e74  4