[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 193 (Wednesday, November 3, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S7745-S7746]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4250. Mr. WHITEHOUSE (for himself and Mr. Toomey) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr. 
Reed and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2022 for military activities of the 
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense 
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel 
strengths for such fiscal

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year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       At the end of subtitle D of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. 1237. INCLUSION OF PORTUGAL AMONG FOREIGN STATES WHOSE 
                   NATIONALS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR E VISAS.

       (a) Short Titles.--This section may be cited as the 
     ``Advancing Mutual Interests and Growing Our Success Act'' or 
     the ``AMIGOS Act''.
       (b) 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.
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