Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Equal Access to Green 
cards for Legal Employment Act of 2022’’ or the ‘‘EAGLE 
Act of 2022’’. 
SEC. 2. NUMERICAL LIMITATION TO ANY SINGLE FOREIGN 
STATE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 202(a)(2) of the Immigra-
tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1152(a)(2)) is amended 
to read as follows: 
‘‘(2) PER COUNTRY LEVELS FOR FAMILY-SPON-
SORED IMMIGRANTS.—Subject to paragraphs (3) and 
(4), the total number of immigrant visas made avail-
able to natives of any single foreign state or depend-
ent area under section 203(a) in any fiscal year may 
not exceed 15 percent (in the case of a single foreign 
state) or 2 percent (in the case of a dependent area) 
of the total number of such visas made available 
under such section in that fiscal year.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 202 of such 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1152) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
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(A) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘both 
subsections (a) and (b) of section 203’’ and in-
serting ‘‘section 203(a)’’; and 
(B) by striking paragraph (5); and 
(2) by amending subsection (e) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(e) SPECIAL RULES FOR COUNTRIES AT CEILING.— 
If the total number of immigrant visas made available 
under section 203(a) to natives of any single foreign state 
or dependent area will exceed the numerical limitation 
specified in subsection (a)(2) in any fiscal year, immigrant 
visas shall be allotted to such natives under section 203(a) 
(to the extent practicable and otherwise consistent with this 
section and section 203) in a manner so that, except as 
provided in subsection (a)(4), the proportion of the visas 
made available under each of paragraphs (1) through (4) 
of section 203(a) is equal to the ratio of the total visas made 
available under the respective paragraph to the total visas 
made available under section 203(a).’’. 
(c) COUNTRY-SPECIFIC OFFSET.—Section 2 of the Chi-
nese Student Protection Act of 1992 (8 U.S.C. 1255 note) 
is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘(as defined in 
subsection (e))’’; 
(2) by striking subsection (d); and 
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(3) by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection 
(d). 
(d) APPLICATION.—The amendments made by this sec-
tion shall apply beginning on the date that is the first day 
of the second fiscal year beginning after the date of the en-
actment of this Act. 
(e) TRANSITION RULES FOR EMPLOYMENT-BASED IM-
MIGRANTS.—Notwithstanding title II of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1151 et seq.), the following 
transition rules shall apply to employment-based immi-
grants, beginning on the date referred to in subsection (d): 
(1) RESERVED
VISAS
FOR
LOWER
ADMISSION 
STATES.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—For the first nine fiscal 
years after the date referred to in subsection (d), 
immigrant visas under each of paragraphs (2) 
and (3) of section 203(b) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1153(b)) shall be re-
served and allocated to immigrants who are na-
tives of a foreign state or dependent area that is 
not one of the two foreign states or dependent 
areas with the highest demand for immigrant 
visas as follows: 
(i) For the first fiscal year after such 
date, 30 percent of such visas. 
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(ii) For the second fiscal year after 
such date, 25 percent of such visas. 
(iii) For the third fiscal year after 
such date, 20 percent of such visas. 
(iv) For the fourth fiscal year after 
such date, 15 percent of such visas. 
(v) For the fifth and sixth fiscal years 
after such date, 10 percent of such visas. 
(vi) For the seventh, eighth, and ninth 
fiscal years after such date, 5 percent of 
such visas. 
(B) ADDITIONAL RESERVED VISAS FOR NEW 
ARRIVALS.—For each of the first nine fiscal 
years after the date referred to in subsection (d), 
an additional 5.75 percent of the immigrant 
visas made available under each of paragraphs 
(2) and (3) of section 203(b) of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1153(b)) shall be 
allocated to immigrants who are natives of a for-
eign state or dependent area that is not one of 
the two foreign states or dependent areas with 
the highest demand for immigrant visas. Such 
additional visas shall be allocated in the fol-
lowing order of priority: 
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(i) FAMILY
MEMBERS
ACCOMPANYING 
OR
FOLLOWING
TO
JOIN.—Visas reserved 
under this subparagraph shall be allocated 
to family members described in section 
203(d) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1153(d)) who are accom-
panying or following to join a principal 
beneficiary who is in the United States and 
has been granted an immigrant visa or ad-
justment of status to lawful permanent resi-
dence under paragraph (2) or (3) of section 
203(b) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1153(b)). 
(ii) NEW PRINCIPAL ARRIVALS.—If at 
the end of the second quarter of any fiscal 
year, the total number of visas reserved 
under this subparagraph exceeds the number 
of qualified immigrants described in clause 
(i), such visas may also be allocated, for the 
remainder of the fiscal year, to individuals 
(and their family members described in sec-
tion 203(d) of the Immigration and Nation-
ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1153(d))) who are seek-
ing an immigrant visa under paragraph 
(2) or (3) of section 203(b) of the Immigra-
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tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1153(b)) 
to enter the United States as new immi-
grants, and who have not resided or worked 
in the United States at any point in the 
four-year period immediately preceding the 
filing of the immigrant visa petition. 
(iii) OTHER NEW ARRIVALS.—If at the 
end of the third quarter of any fiscal year, 
the total number of visas reserved under this 
subparagraph exceeds the number of quali-
fied immigrants described in clauses (i) and 
(ii), such visas may be also be allocated, for 
the remainder of the fiscal year, to other in-
dividuals (and their family members de-
scribed in section 203(d) of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1153(d))) 
who are seeking an immigrant visa under 
paragraph (2) or (3) of section 203(b) of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1153(b)). 
(2) RESERVED VISAS FOR SHORTAGE OCCUPA-
TIONS.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—For each of the first 
seven fiscal years after the date referred to in 
subsection (d), not fewer than 4,400 of the immi-
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