A bill to grant States and Indian Tribes the authority to waive the 2-year foreign residence requirement for educators in rural and Tribal areas, and for other purposes.

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 118th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 4301 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 118th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4301 To grant States and Indian Tribes the authority to waive the 2-year foreign residence requirement for educators in rural and Tribal areas, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 9, 2024 Mr. Thune (for himself, Mr. Heinrich, Mr. Rounds, and Mr. Lujan) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To grant States and Indian Tribes the authority to waive the 2-year foreign residence requirement for educators in rural and Tribal areas, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. MODIFICATION OF DEFINITIONS TO INCLUDE INDIAN TRIBES. Section 101(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)) is amended-- (1) in paragraph (36), by striking ``and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Isl…