[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1861 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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117th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 1861
To provide high-skilled nonimmigrant visas for nationals of the
Republic of Korea, and for other purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
May 26, 2021
Mr. Blunt (for himself and Ms. Hirono) introduced the following bill;
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
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A BILL
To provide high-skilled nonimmigrant visas for nationals of the
Republic of Korea, and for other purposes.
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 ``Partner with Korea Act''.
SEC. 2. RECIPROCAL VISAS FOR NATIONALS OF SOUTH KOREA.
(a) In General.--Section 101(a)(15)(E) of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(E)) is amended--
(1) by striking ``join him: (i) solely to carry'' and
inserting the following: ``join him--
``(i) solely to carry'';
(2) by striking ``(ii) solely to develop'' and inserting
the following:
``(ii) solely to develop'';
(3) by striking ``or (iii) solely to perform'' and
inserting the following:
``(iii) solely to perform''; and
(4) by adding at the end the following: ``or
``(iv) solely to perform services in a specialty
occupation in the United States if the alien is a
national of the Republic of Korea and with respect to
whom the Secretary of Labor determines and certifies to
the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Secretary of
State that the intending employer has filed an
attestation with the Secretary of Labor under section
212(t)(1);''.
(b) Attestation.--Section 212 of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1182), is
amended--
(1) in subsection (t), as added by section 402(b)(2) of the
United States-Chile Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act
(Public Law 108-77; 117 Stat. 941)--
(A) by striking ``section 101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b1) or
section 101(a)(15)(E)(iii)'' each place it appears and
inserting ``subparagraph (E)(iii), (E)(iv), or
(H)(i)(b1) of section 101(a)(15)''; and
(B) in clauses (i)(II), (ii)(II), and (iii)(II) of
paragraph (3)(C), by striking ``section 204, 214(c),
101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b1), or 101(a)(15)(E)(iii)'' each
place it appears and inserting ``subparagraph (E)(iii),
(E)(iv), or (H)(1)(b1) of section 101(a)(15) or section
204 or 214(c)''; and
(2) by redesignating subsection (t), as added by section
1(b)(2)(B) of Public Law 108-449 (118 Stat. 3470), as
subsection (u).
(c) Numerical Limitation.--Section 214(g) of such Act (8 U.S.C.
1184(g)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(12)(A) The Secretary of State may not approve more than 15,000
initial applications submitted for aliens described in section
101(a)(15)(E)(iv) in any fiscal year.
``(B) The numerical limitation under subparagraph (A) shall only
apply to principal aliens and shall not apply to the spouses or
children of such aliens.''.
(d) Specialty Occupation Defined.--Section 214(i)(1) of such Act (8
U.S.C. 1184(i)(1)) is amended by striking ``section
101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b), section 101(a)(15)(E)(iii), and paragraph (2),''
and inserting ``paragraph (2) of this subsection and subparagraphs
(E)(iii), (E)(iv), and (H)(i)(b) of section 101(a)(15),''.
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