H.R. 5985

Summary

H.R. 5985, the Expanding Health Care Providers for Veterans Act, was introduced in the House on Nov 7, 2025 by Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D) with 4 co-sponsors. It was referred to Judiciary, and last saw action on Nov 7, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Record

Text

H.R. 5985 has 4 co-sponsors.

119 HR 5985 IH: Expanding Health Care Providers for Veterans Act
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-11-07
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 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 5985  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   November 7, 2025   Ms. Tlaib  (for herself,  Ms. Clarke of New York ,  Ms. Sewell , and  Mr. Carson ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on the Judiciary    A BILL
To amend section 214(g)(5) of the Immigration and Nationality Act to remove the numerical limitation on nonimmigrant aliens issued a visa or otherwise provided status under section 101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b) of such Act in the case of an alien who is employed at the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Expanding Health Care Providers for Veterans Act  .
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Admission of nonimmigrants
(a)
Removing numerical limitation
Section 214(g)(5) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1184(g)(5) ) is amended—
(1)
in subparagraph (B), by striking  or  at the end;
(2)
in subparagraph (C), by striking the period at the end and inserting  ; or ; and
(3)
by adding at the end the following:
(D)
is employed (or has received an offer of employment) at the Department of Veterans Affairs or a State home (as defined in section 101(19) of title 38, United States Code) recognized and certified by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
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(b)
Effective date
The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect 6 months after the date of the enactment of this Act.
(c)
Inapplicability of presidential proclamation
The Presidential Proclamation entitled  Restriction on Entry of Certain Nonimmigrant Workers , dated September 19, 2025, or any substantially similar restriction on the entry into the United States of aliens as nonimmigrants under section 101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b) ) implemented via Executive order or Presidential proclamation, shall not apply to any nonimmigrant described in section 214(g)(5)(D) of such Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1184(g)(5)(D) ), as added by this section.

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To amend section 214(g)(5) of the Immigration and Nationality Act to remove the numerical limitation on nonimmigrant aliens issued a visa or otherwise provided status under section 101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b) of such Act in the case of an alien who is employed at the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.

Sponsors

Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D) sponsors H.R. 5985, and 4 members have co-sponsored it, 3 of them from the day it was introduced.

Rashida Tlaib

Rep. · D–MI-12 · Sponsor

Introduced Nov 7, 2025

Andre Carson

Rep. · D–IN-7 · Co-sponsor

Joined Nov 7, 2025 · Original

Yvette Clarke

Rep. · D–NY-9 · Co-sponsor

Joined Nov 7, 2025 · Original

Terri Sewell

Rep. · D–AL-7 · Co-sponsor

Joined Nov 7, 2025 · Original

Luz Rivas

Rep. · D–CA-29 · Co-sponsor

Joined Dec 2, 2025

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Committees

H.R. 5985 went before 1 committee: Judiciary.

Judiciary

Judiciary

Referred To · Nov 7, 2025 · 2,181 Bills

Actions

H.R. 5985 has taken 2 actions since Nov 7, 2025.

Votes

H.R. 5985 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

H.R. 5985 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

• Expanding Health Care Providers for Veterans Act — Display Title
• Expanding Health Care Providers for Veterans Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• To amend section 214(g)(5) of the Immigration and Nationality Act to remove the numerical limitation on nonimmigrant aliens issued a visa or otherwise provided status under section 101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b) of such Act in the case of an alien who is employed at the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

1 client hired 1 firm and 8 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 5985 in 3 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 Veterans.

Clients

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Firms

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Lobbyists

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Filings

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Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 5985 under Immigration, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 5985’s is Immigration.

Constitutional authority

The clause the sponsor cites as Congress’s power to enact H.R. 5985, as entered in the Congressional Record.

[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 187 (Friday, November 7, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Ms. TLAIB:H.R. 5985.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 1 of the Constitution.[Page H4587]

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