116 HR 565 IH: Advancing Mutual Interests and Growing Our Success Act U.S. House of Representatives 2019-01-15 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I 116th CONGRESS1st Session H. R. 565 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 15, 2019 Mr. Cicilline (for himself, Mr. Costa, and Mr. Nunes) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To include Portugal in the list of foreign states whose nationals are eligible for admission into the United States as E1 and E2 nonimmigrants if United States nationals are treated similarly by the Government of Portugal.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Advancing Mutual Interests and Growing Our Success Act or the AMIGOS Act.

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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)), Portugal shall be considered to be a foreign state described in such section if the Government of Portugal provides similar nonimmigrant status to nationals of the United States.