[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 48 (Thursday, March 17, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S1255]
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          STATEMENTS ON INTRODUCED BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS

      By Mr. DURBIN (for himself and Mr. Toomey):
  S. 3869. A bill to add Ireland to the E-3 nonimmigrant visa program; 
to the Committee on the Judiciary.
  Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of 
the bill be printed in the Record.
  There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be 
printed in the Record, as follows:

                                S. 3869

       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.''.

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