1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Emergency Nursing Supply Relief Act of 2017 . 2. Health care worker shortage relief Section 203(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1153(b) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (7) Healthcare workers (A) In general Subject to paragraph (B), the numerical limitations set forth in sections 201(d) and 202(a) shall not apply to employment-based immigrants (and their family members accompanying or following to join under subsection (d)) who are— (i) members of the occupations listed on Schedule A, Group I as defined in section 656.5 of title 20, Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor regulation thereto); (ii) members of the occupations who are required to submit health care worker certificates pursuant to section 212(a)(5)(C)