[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3000 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3000

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for additional 
         investment visas for aliens investing in rural areas.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 2, 2013

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

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for additional 
         investment visas for aliens investing in rural areas.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Rural Economy Vital Investment Visa 
Encouragement Act of 2013'' or as the ``REVIVE Act of 2013''.

SEC. 2. IN GENERAL.

    Section 203(b)(5) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1153(b)(5)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (C), by adding at the end the 
        following:
                            ``(iv) Adjustment for rural areas.--In the 
                        case of an investment made pursuant to 
                        subparagraph (E), the amount of capital 
                        required under subparagraph (A) shall be 
                        $200,000. This amount may be increased by 
                        regulation in the same manner as the amount 
                        specified in clause (i).''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(E) Set-aside for rural areas.--Not less than 
                3,000 of the visas made available under this paragraph 
                in each fiscal year shall be reserved for qualified 
                immigrants who--
                            ``(i) at the time such aliens apply for a 
                        visa under this subparagraph, have nonimmigrant 
                        status under section 101(a)(15)(E)(ii) and have 
                        been present in the United States for a period 
                        2 years continuously; and
                            ``(ii) invest in a commercial enterprise 
                        described in subparagraph (A) which will create 
                        employment in a rural area, except that such 
                        commercial enterprise need only create full 
                        time employment for not fewer than 5 United 
                        States citizens or aliens lawfully admitted for 
                        permanent residence or other immigrants 
                        lawfully authorized to be employed in the 
                        United States (other than the immigrant and the 
                        immigrant's spouse, sons, or daughters).''.
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