AMIGOS Act

IIB 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 565 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES DECEMBER 4, 2019 Received; read twice an referred to the Committee on the Judiciary AN ACT To include Portugal in the list of foreign states whose nation- als are eligible for admission into the United States as E1 and E2 nonimmigrants if United States nationals are treated similarly by the Government of Portugal. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:50 Dec 04, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H565.RFS H565 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 HR 565 RFS SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Advancing Mutual In- 2 terests and Growing Our Success Act’’ or the ‘‘AMIGOS 3 Act’’. 4 SEC. 2. NONIMMIGRANT TRADERS AND INVESTORS. 5 For purposes of clauses (i) and (ii) of section 6 101(a)(15)(E) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 7 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(E)), Portugal shall be considered to 8 be a foreign state described in such section if the Govern- 9 ment of Portugal provides similar nonimmigrant status to 10 nationals of the United States. 11 SEC. 3. DETERMINATION OF BUDGETARY EFFECTS. 12 The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of 13 complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, 14 shall be determined by reference to the latest statement 15 titled ‘‘Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation’’ for this 16 Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional Record 17 by the Chairman of the House Budget Committee, pro- 18 vided that such statement has been submitted prior to the 19 vote on passage. 20 Passed the House of Representatives December 3, 2019. Attest: CHERYL L. JOHNSON, Clerk. VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:50 Dec 04, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H565.RFS H565 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS