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Partner with Korea Act
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S. 1399 (Introduced-in-Senate)


115th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 1399


To provide high-skilled nonimmigrant visas for nationals of the Republic of Korea, and for other purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

June 21, 2017

Mr. Isakson (for himself, Ms. Hirono, and Mr. Blunt) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

A BILL

To provide high-skilled nonimmigrant visas for nationals of the Republic of Korea, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. Short title.

This Act may be cited as the “Partner with Korea Act”.

SEC. 2. Reciprocal visas for nationals of South Korea.

(a) In general.—Section 101(a)(15)(E) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(E)) is amended—

(1) by striking “join him: (i) solely to carry” and inserting the following: “join him—

“(i) solely to carry”;

(2) by striking “(ii) solely to develop” and inserting the following:

“(ii) solely to develop”;

(3) by striking “or (iii) solely to perform” and inserting the following:

“(iii) solely to perform”; and

(4) by adding at the end the following: “or

“(iv) solely to perform services in a specialty occupation in the United States if the alien is a national of the Republic of Korea and with respect to whom the Secretary of Labor determines and certifies to the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Secretary of State that the intending employer has filed an attestation with the Secretary of Labor under section 212(t)(1);”.

(b) Attestation.—Section 212 of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1182), is amended—

(1) in subsection (t), as added by section 402(b)(2) of the United States-Chile Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (Public Law 108–77; 117 Stat. 941)—

(A) by striking “section 101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b1) or section 101(a)(15)(E)(iii)” each place it appears and inserting “subparagraph (E)(iii), (E)(iv), or (H)(i)(b1) of section 101(a)(15)”; and

(B) in clauses (i)(II), (ii)(II), and (iii)(II) of paragraph (3)(C), by striking “section 204, 214(c), 101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b1), or 101(a)(15)(E)(iii)” each place it appears and inserting “subparagraph (E)(iii), (E)(iv), or (H)(1)(b1) of section 101(a)(15) or section 204 or 214(c)”; and

(2) by redesignating subsection (t), as added by section 1(b)(2)(B) of Public Law 108–449 (118 Stat. 3470), as subsection (u).

(c) Numerical limitation.—Section 214(g) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(g)) is amended by adding at the end the following:

“(12) (A) The Secretary of State may not approve more than 15,000 initial applications submitted for aliens described in section 101(a)(15)(E)(iv) in any fiscal year.

“(B) The numerical limitation under subparagraph (A) shall only apply to principal aliens and shall not apply to the spouses or children of such aliens.”.

(d) Specialty occupation defined.—Section 214(i)(1) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(i)(1)) is amended by striking “section 101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b), section 101(a)(15)(E)(iii), and paragraph (2),” and inserting “paragraph (2) of this subsection and subparagraphs (E)(iii), (E)(iv), and (H)(i)(b) of section 101(a)(15),”.