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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 1337 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To add Ireland to the E3 nonimmigrant visa program. |
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| 6 | 6 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 7 | 7 | | FEBRUARY13, 2025 |
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| 8 | 8 | | Mr. N |
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| 9 | 9 | | EAL(for himself and Mr. KELLYof Pennsylvania) introduced the |
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| 10 | 10 | | following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary |
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| 11 | 11 | | A BILL |
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| 12 | 12 | | To add Ireland to the E3 nonimmigrant visa program. |
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| 13 | 13 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 14 | 14 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 15 | 15 | | SECTION 1. E–3 VISAS FOR IRISH NATIONALS. 3 |
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| 16 | 16 | | (a) I |
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| 17 | 17 | | NGENERAL.—Section 101(a)(15)(E)(iii) of the 4 |
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| 18 | 18 | | Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 5 |
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| 19 | 19 | | 1101(a)(15)(E)(iii)) is amended by inserting ‘‘or, on a 6 |
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| 20 | 20 | | basis of reciprocity as determined by the Secretary of 7 |
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| 21 | 21 | | State, a national of Ireland,’’ after ‘‘Australia’’. 8 |
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| 22 | 22 | | (b) E |
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| 23 | 23 | | MPLOYERREQUIREMENTS.—Section 212 of the 9 |
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| 24 | 24 | | Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182) is 10 |
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| 25 | 25 | | amended— 11 |
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| 28 | 28 | | •HR 1337 IH |
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| 29 | 29 | | (1) by redesignating the second subsection (t) 1 |
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| 30 | 30 | | (as added by section 1(b)(2)(B) of Public Law 108– 2 |
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| 31 | 31 | | 449 (118 Stat. 3470)) as subsection (u); and 3 |
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| 32 | 32 | | (2) by adding at the end of subsection (t)(1) 4 |
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| 33 | 33 | | (as added by section 402(b)(2) of Public Law 108– 5 |
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| 34 | 34 | | 77 (117 Stat. 941)) the following: 6 |
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| 35 | 35 | | ‘‘(E) In the case of an attestation filed 7 |
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| 36 | 36 | | with respect to a national of Ireland described 8 |
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| 37 | 37 | | in section 101(a)(15)(E)(iii), the employer is, 9 |
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| 38 | 38 | | and will remain during the period of authorized 10 |
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| 39 | 39 | | employment of such Irish national, a partici-11 |
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| 40 | 40 | | pant in good standing in the E-Verify program 12 |
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| 41 | 41 | | described in section 403(a) of the Illegal Immi-13 |
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| 42 | 42 | | gration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility 14 |
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| 43 | 43 | | Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1324a note).’’. 15 |
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| 44 | 44 | | (c) A |
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| 45 | 45 | | PPLICATIONALLOCATION.—Paragraph (11) of 16 |
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| 46 | 46 | | section 214(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 17 |
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| 47 | 47 | | U.S.C. 1184(g)(11)) is amended to read as follows: 18 |
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| 48 | 48 | | ‘‘(11)(A) The Secretary of State may approve 19 |
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| 49 | 49 | | initial applications submitted for aliens described in 20 |
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| 50 | 50 | | section 101(a)(15)(E)(iii) only as follows: 21 |
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| 51 | 51 | | ‘‘(i) For applicants who are nationals 22 |
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| 52 | 52 | | of the Commonwealth of Australia, not 23 |
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| 53 | 53 | | more than 10,500 for a fiscal year. 24 |
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| 56 | 56 | | •HR 1337 IH |
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| 57 | 57 | | ‘‘(ii) For applicants who are nationals 1 |
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| 58 | 58 | | of Ireland, not more than a number equal 2 |
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| 59 | 59 | | to the difference between 10,500 and the 3 |
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| 60 | 60 | | number of applications approved in the 4 |
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| 61 | 61 | | prior fiscal year for aliens who are nation-5 |
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| 62 | 62 | | als of the Commonwealth of Australia. 6 |
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| 63 | 63 | | ‘‘(B) The approval of an application de-7 |
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| 64 | 64 | | scribed under subparagraph (A)(ii) shall be 8 |
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| 65 | 65 | | deemed for numerical control purposes to have 9 |
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| 66 | 66 | | occurred on September 30 of the prior fiscal 10 |
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| 67 | 67 | | year. 11 |
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| 68 | 68 | | ‘‘(C) The numerical limitation under sub-12 |
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| 69 | 69 | | paragraph (A) shall only apply to principal 13 |
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| 70 | 70 | | aliens and not to the spouses or children of 14 |
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| 71 | 71 | | such aliens.’’. 15 |
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