; (C) 6 percent of United States workers left the workforce entirely to care for an elderly loved one; and (D) 27 percent of United States workers reported finding affordable elder care services very difficult, and 33 percent of such workers reported finding such services moderately difficult. (3) If working family caregivers aged 50 years and older are provided the support they need to care for their loved ones, the gross domestic product of the United States could grow by an additional $1,700,000,000,000 by 2030. (4) In the United States, nursing assistants and home health aides— (A) comprise the largest group of workers in the long-term care workforce; and (B) are among the 10 occupations experiencing the highest levels of job growth. (5) In 2014, there were approximately 1,220,000 nursing assistants and 704,500 home health aides in the United States. (6) The need for workers providing direct care for elderly populations is expected to grow by 34 percent by 2030, which is significantly higher than the capacity of United States workers to fill the need. (b) Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that— (1) the increasing care needs of the elderly population of the United States is of increasing significance, both in terms of cost and time, as United States family size decreases and the overall population ages; and (2) the establishment of a nonimmigrant visa category to increase the availability of caregivers and lower the cost of caring for the elderly will allow the family members of the elderly, particularly women and single heads of household who historically have taken a greater role in caring for elderly parents, to continuing working rather than taking on a caregiving role. (c) Concern for Advanced Retired and Elderly nonimmigrant visa program (1) In general Section 101(a)(15) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15) ) is amended— (A) in subparagraph (T)(ii)(III), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon