[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2245 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2245

 To include New Zealand in the list of foreign states whose nationals 
   are eligible for admission into the United States as E-1 and E-2 
 nonimmigrants if United States nationals are treated similarly by the 
                       Government of New Zealand.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           December 18, 2017

 Ms. Hirono (for herself, Mr. Lee, Mr. Kaine, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Gardner, 
 Mr. McCain, and Mrs. Murray) introduced the following bill; which was 
       read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To include New Zealand in the list of foreign states whose nationals 
   are eligible for admission into the United States as E-1 and E-2 
 nonimmigrants if United States nationals are treated similarly by the 
                       Government of New Zealand.

    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 ``Knowledgeable Innovators and Worthy 
Investors Act'' or the ``KIWI Act''.

SEC. 2. NONIMMIGRANT TRADERS AND INVESTORS.

    For purposes of clauses (i) and (ii) of section 101(a)(15)(E) of 
the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(E)), New 
Zealand shall be considered to be a foreign state described in such 
section if the Government of New Zealand provides similar nonimmigrant 
status to nationals of the United States.
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