I 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 772 To require the country of origin of certain special immigrant religious workers to extend reciprocal immigration treatment to nationals of the United States. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JANUARY 24, 2019 Mr. KING of Iowa introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To require the country of origin of certain special immigrant religious workers to extend reciprocal immigration treat- ment to nationals of the United States. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Religious Worker Visa 4 Reciprocity Act of 2019’’. 5 SEC. 2. REQUIRING RECIPROCAL IMMIGRATION TREAT- 6 MENT. 7 Section 204(a)(1)(G) of the Immigration and Nation- 8 ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1154(a)(1)(G)) is amended by adding 9 at the end the following: 10 VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:05 Feb 02, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H772.IH H772 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 •HR 772 IH ‘‘(iii) Beginning on October 1, 2017, no petition may 1 be approved for classification of an alien as a special immi- 2 grant under section 101(a)(27)(C) if the Secretary of 3 Homeland Security has determined that the country of the 4 alien’s nationality— 5 ‘‘(I) is identified as a ‘Country of Particular 6 Concern’ or a country where religious freedom is of 7 significant interest in the 2018 International Reli- 8 gious Freedom Report; or 9 ‘‘(II) does not extend reciprocal immigration 10 treatment to nationals of the United States who are 11 seeking resident status in order to work in a reli- 12 gious vocation or occupation.’’. 13 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:05 Feb 02, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H772.IH H772 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS