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

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 9952 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 9952 To add the Republic of Korea to the E3 nonimmigrant visa program. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES October 8, 2024 Mr. Suozzi introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary _______________________________________________________________________ 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) o