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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. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Partner with Korea 

5 Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. RECIPROCAL VISAS FOR NATIONALS OF SOUTH 

7 KOREA. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 101(a)(15)(E) of the Im9 migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(E)) 

10 is amended— 


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1 (1) by striking ‘‘join him: (i) solely to carry’’ 

2 and inserting the following: ‘‘join him— 

3 ‘‘(i) solely to carry’’; 

4 (2) by striking ‘‘(ii) solely to develop’’ and in5 serting the following: 

6 ‘‘(ii) solely to develop’’; 

7 (3) by striking ‘‘or (iii) solely to perform’’ and 

8 inserting the following: 

9 ‘‘(iii) solely to perform’’; and 

10 (4) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘or 

11 ‘‘(iv) solely to perform services in a spe12 cialty occupation in the United States if the 

13 alien is a national of the Republic of Korea and 

14 with respect to whom the Secretary of Labor 

15 determines and certifies to the Secretary of 

16 Homeland Security and the Secretary of State 

17 that the intending employer has filed an attes18 tation with the Secretary of Labor under sec19 tion 212(t)(1);’’. 

20 (b) ATTESTATION.—Section 212 of such Act (8 

21 U.S.C. 1182), is amended— 

22 (1) in subsection (t), as added by section 

23 402(b)(2) of the United States-Chile Free Trade 

24 Agreement Implementation Act (Public Law 108– 

25 77; 117 Stat. 941)— 


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1 (A) by striking ‘‘section 

2 101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b1) or section 

3 101(a)(15)(E)(iii)’’ each place it appears and 

4 inserting ‘‘subparagraph (E)(iii), (E)(iv), or 

5 (H)(i)(b1) of section 101(a)(15)’’; and 

6 (B) in clauses (i)(II), (ii)(II), and (iii)(II) 

7 of paragraph (3)(C), by striking ‘‘section 204, 

8 214(c), 101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b1), or 

9 101(a)(15)(E)(iii)’’ each place it appears and 

10 inserting ‘‘subparagraph (E)(iii), (E)(iv), or 

11 (H)(1)(b1) of section 101(a)(15) or section 204 

12 or 214(c)’’; and 

13 (2) by redesignating subsection (t), as added by 

14 section 1(b)(2)(B) of Public Law 108–449 (118 

15 Stat. 3470), as subsection (u). 

16 (c) NUMERICAL LIMITATION.—Section 214(g) of 

17 such Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(g)) is amended by adding at the 

18 end the following: 

19 ‘‘(12)(A) The Secretary of State may not approve 

20 more than 15,000 initial applications submitted for aliens 

21 described in section 101(a)(15)(E)(iv) in any fiscal year. 

22 ‘‘(B) The numerical limitation under subparagraph 

23 (A) shall only apply to principal aliens and shall not apply 

24 to the spouses or children of such aliens.’’. 


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1 (d) SPECIALTY OCCUPATION DEFINED.—Section 

2 214(i)(1) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(i)(1)) is amended 

3 by striking ‘‘section 101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b), section 

4 101(a)(15)(E)(iii), and paragraph (2),’’ and inserting 

5 ‘‘paragraph (2) of this subsection and subparagraphs 

6 (E)(iii), (E)(iv), and (H)(i)(b) of section 101(a)(15),’’. 

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