AMIGOS Act

II 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 2926 To include Portugal in the list of foreign states whose nationals are eligible for admission into the United States as E–1 and E–2 nonimmigrants if United States nationals are treated similarly by the Government of Portugal. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES NOVEMBER 21, 2019 Mr. WHITEHOUSE (for himself and Mr. TOOMEY) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To include Portugal in the list of foreign states whose nation- als are eligible for admission into the United States as E–1 and E–2 nonimmigrants if United States nation- als 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 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLES. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Advancing Mutual In- 4 terests and Growing Our Success Act’’ or the ‘‘AMIGOS 5 Act’’. 6 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:20 Nov 30, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2926.IS S2926 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 •S 2926 IS SEC. 2. NONIMMIGRANT TRADERS AND INVESTORS. 1 For purposes of clauses (i) and (ii) of section 2 101(a)(15)(E) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 3 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(E)), Portugal shall be considered to 4 be a foreign state described in such section if the Govern- 5 ment of Portugal provides similar nonimmigrant status to 6 nationals of the United States. 7 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:20 Nov 30, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S2926.IS S2926 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS