[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 151 (Tuesday, September 20, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S4870]
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  SA 5514. Mr. TOOMEY (for himself and Mr. Whitehouse) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr. 
Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) and intended to be proposed to the 
bill H.R. 7900, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2023 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 year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

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

     SEC. 1239. ELIGIBILITY OF PORTUGUESE TRADERS AND INVESTORS 
                   FOR E-1 AND E-2 NONIMMIGRANT VISAS.

       (a) Short Titles.--This Act 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.
       (c) Modification of Eligibility Criteria for E Visas.--
     Section 101(a)(15)(E) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
     (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(E)) is amended--
       (1) in the matter preceding clause (i)--
       (A) by inserting ``(or, in the case of an alien who 
     acquired the relevant nationality through a financial 
     investment and who has not previously been granted status 
     under this subparagraph, the foreign state of which the alien 
     is a national and in which the alien has been domiciled for a 
     continuous period of not less than 3 years at any point 
     before applying for a nonimmigrant visa under this 
     subparagraph)'' before ``, and the spouse''; and
       (B) by striking ``him'' and inserting ``such alien''; and
       (2) by striking ``he'' each place such term appears and 
     inserting ``the alien''.
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