[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7100 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7100

          To add Ireland to the E-3 nonimmigrant visa program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 26, 2018

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

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                                 A BILL


 
          To add Ireland 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 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).''.
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