This bill, known as the "Religious Workforce Protection Act," aims to provide relief for religious workers facing lengthy backlogs in their applications for lawful permanent residence. It amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to allow certain religious workers, who are beneficiaries of an immigrant petition and eligible for immigrant status but are subject to numerical limitations, to extend their nonimmigrant R-1 status beyond the current five-year maximum. This extension would permit them to remain in the United States until their application for adjustment of status or an immigrant visa has been fully processed. Furthermore, the bill grants these religious workers limited job flexibility , enabling them to change employers under certain conditions while their permanent residency applications are pending. Finally, it exempts religious workers who previously departed the U.S. due to the R-1 visa's five-year limit from a one-year foreign residence requirement if they would now qualify for the extended nonimmigrant status.