[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8406 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8406

          To add Ireland to the E3 nonimmigrant visa program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 15, 2024

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

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                                 A BILL


 
          To add Ireland to the E3 nonimmigrant visa program.

    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 ``Advancing Opportunity for Hibernians 
Act'' or the ``AOH Act''.

SEC. 2. 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.''.
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