[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2877 Received in Senate (RDS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 2877


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 10, 2020

                                Received

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                                 AN ACT


 
          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).''.
    (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.''.

            Passed the House of Representatives March 9, 2020.

            Attest:

                                             CHERYL L. JOHNSON,

                                                                 Clerk.