[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9952 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9952

   To add the Republic of Korea to the E3 nonimmigrant visa program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 8, 2024

  Mr. Suozzi introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
   To add the Republic of Korea 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. E-3 VISAS FOR REPUBLIC OF KOREA 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 and pursuant to an agreement as 
determined by the Secretary of State, a national of the Republic of 
Korea,'' after ``Australia''.
    (b) Employer Requirements.--Section 212 of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182) is amended 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 the Republic of Korea described in section 
101(a)(15)(E)(iii), the employer is, and will remain during the period 
of authorized employment of such Republic of Korea 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) of this title only as follows:
                            ``(i) For applicants who are nationals of 
                        the Commonwealth of Australia, not more than 
                        10,500 for each fiscal year.
                            ``(ii) For applicants who are nationals of 
                        the Republic of Korea, 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.''.
    (d) Effective Date.--This Act shall take effect on the date that is 
180 days after the date of enactment of this Act.
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