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116TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION H. R. 2418
To add Ireland to the E–3 nonimmigrant visa program.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 30, 2019
Mr. NEAL introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on the Judiciary
A BILL
To add Ireland to the E–3 nonimmigrant visa program.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. E–3 VISAS FOR IRISH NATIONALS.
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(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 101(a)(15)(E)(iii) of the
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Immigration
and
Nationality
Act
(8
U.S.C.
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1101(a)(15)(E)(iii)) is amended by inserting ‘‘or, on a
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basis of reciprocity as determined by the Secretary of
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State, a national of Ireland,’’ after ‘‘Australia’’.
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(b) EMPLOYER REQUIREMENTS.—Section 212 of the
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Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182) is
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amended—
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(1) by redesignating the second subsection (t)
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(as added by section 1(b)(2)(B) of Public Law 108–
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449 (118 Stat. 3470)) as subsection (u); and
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(2) by adding at the end of subsection (t)(1)
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(as added by section 402(b)(2) of Public Law 108–
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77 (117 Stat. 941)) the following:
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‘‘(E) In the case of an attestation filed with re-
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spect to a national of Ireland described in section
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101(a)(15)(E)(iii), the employer is, and will remain
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during the period of authorized employment of such
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Irish national, a participant in good standing in the
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E-Verify program described in section 403(a) of the
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Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Respon-
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sibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1324a note).’’.
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