119-hr1337

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1337 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 1337

 To add Ireland to the E3 nonimmigrant visa program.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 February 13, 2025

 Mr. Neal (for himself and Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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 A BILL

 To add Ireland to the E3 nonimmigrant visa program.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. E-3 VISAS FOR IRISH NATIONALS.

    (a) In General.--

Section 101

    (a)

    (15)
        (E)
            (iii) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101

    (a)

    (15)
        (E)
            (iii) ) is amended by inserting 
``or, on a basis of reciprocity as determined by the Secretary of 
State, a national of Ireland,'' after ``Australia''.

    (b) Employer Requirements.--

Section 212 of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182) is amended--

    (1) by redesignating the second subsection

    (t) (as added by 
 

section 1

    (b)

    (2)
        (B) of Public Law 108-449 (118 Stat. 3470)) as 
 subsection

    (u) ; and

    (2) by adding at the end of subsection

    (t)

    (1) (as added by 
 

section 402

    (b)

    (2) of Public Law 108-77 (117 Stat. 941)) the 
 following:
 ``
        (E) In the case of an attestation filed with 
 respect to a national of Ireland described in 

section 101

    (a)

    (15)
        (E)
            (iii) , the employer is, and will remain 
 during the period of authorized employment of such 
 Irish national, a participant in good standing in the 
 E-Verify program described in 

section 403

    (a) of the 
 Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility 
 Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1324a note).''.
            (c) Application Allocation.--Paragraph

    (11) of 

section 214

    (g) of 
the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184

    (g)

    (11) ) is amended 
to read as follows:
 ``

    (11)
        (A) The Secretary of State may approve initial 
 applications submitted for aliens described in 

section 101

    (a)

    (15)
        (E)
            (iii) only as follows:
 ``
            (i) For applicants who are nationals of 
 the Commonwealth of Australia, not more than 
 10,500 for a fiscal year.
 ``
            (ii) For applicants who are nationals of 
 Ireland, not more than a number equal to the 
 difference between 10,500 and the number of 
 applications approved in the prior fiscal year 
 for aliens who are nationals of the 
 Commonwealth of Australia.
 ``
        (B) The approval of an application described 
 under subparagraph
        (A)
            (ii) shall be deemed for 
 numerical control purposes to have occurred on 
 September 30 of the prior fiscal year.
 ``
            (C) The numerical limitation under subparagraph
        (A) shall only apply to principal aliens and not to the 
 spouses or children of such aliens.''.
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