Our Doctors First Act of 2026

H.R.1585/S.709 - Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act Issue: Support expansion of the Conrad 30 program and improvements to physician immigration. H.R.1201 - Doctors in Our Borders Act Issue: Support expansion of the Conrad 30 program and improvements to physician immigration. Educate Congress on policies allowing undocumented students to attend U.S. medical schools and graduate medical education. S.3348 - Dream Act of 2025 Issue: Support permanent protections for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients. H.R.7961 - H-1Bs for Physicians and the Healthcare Workforce Act  Issue: Support physician and health industry exemptions from the $100,000 filing fee for new H-1B visa applications included in the Presidential Proclamation entitled Restriction on Entry of Certain Nonimmigrant Workers. Issue: Oppose renewal of Presidential Proclamation 10973, Restriction on Entry of Certain Nonimmigrant Workers, which implements a $100,000 fee for new H-1B specialty worker visa fees for employers to hire a worker. Support a national interest exemption for all of academic medicine and the health care sector. Issue: Oppose the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) proposed rule for a new $103,265 fee on new cap-subject H-1B applications, The extra add-on fee did not previously exist for H-1B cap-subject petitions. Issue: Oppose the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) proposed rule which implements new fees for F-1 foreign students seeking to participate in Optional Practical Training (OPT), a temporary employment authorization connected to a students field of study. The proposed rule would establish a $70,000 fee for F-1 student visas for an initial 12-month OPT and an additional $30,000 fee for a 24-month extension. H.Res.215/S.J.Res.213 - Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) relating to "Establishing a Fixed Time Period of Admission and an Extension of Stay Procedure for Nonimmigrant Academic Students, Exchange Visitors, and Representatives of Foreign Information Media" Issue: Support the preservation of Duration of Status (D/S) and oppose the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) proposed rule, Establishing a Fixed Time Period of Admission and an Extension of Stay Procedure for Nonimmigrant Academic Students, Exchange Visitors, and Representatives of Foreign Information Media, which would end the current D/S visa term for most F, J, and I visa holders in favor of a fixed term framework, not to exceed four years. Support bicameral Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution of disapproval regarding the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) of the DHS D/S final rule. Issue: Oppose the Department of Homeland Securitys (DHS) interim final rule with comment period, Removal of the Automatic Extension of Employment Authorization Documents, which ends automatic extensions of work authorization of certain Employment Authorization Documents (EADs) when EAD renewal applications are timely filed for international medical graduates (IMGs). Issue: Support exemptions for nonimmigrant visas, including F, J, and M student visas, from countries included under the Presidential Proclamation Restricting the Entry of Foreign Nationals to Protect the United States from Foreign Terrorists and other National Security and Public Safety Threats and any future travel bans offered by the Administration. Issue: Educate Congress on impact of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) memo that would alter adjustment of status applications. H.R.8943 - Our Doctors First Act of 2026 Issue: Oppose legislation that prohibits Medicare support for graduate medical education (GME) for non-citizens. H.R.8942 - GME Transparency Act of 2026 Issue: Oppose legislation that would condition medical residency program status on hospital and health system reporting of resident citizenship, visa, and immigration status.