119-hr5534

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5534 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 5534

 To add the Republic of Korea to the E-3 nonimmigrant visa program.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 September 19, 2025

 Mr. Suozzi introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on the Judiciary

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 A BILL

 To add the Republic of Korea to the E-3 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 REPUBLIC OF KOREA 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 and pursuant to an agreement as 
determined by the Secretary of State, a national of the Republic of 
Korea,'' 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 the Republic of Korea 
 described in 

section 101

    (a)

    (15)
        (E)
            (iii) , the employer 
 is, and will remain during the period of authorized 
 employment of such Republic of Korea 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 the 
 Republic of Korea, 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.''.
            (d) Effective Date.--This Act shall take effect on the date that is 
180 days after the date of enactment of this Act.
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