I 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4659 
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to make the EB-5 regional 
center program permanent, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 13, 2014 
Mr. SCHOCK introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to make 
the EB-5 regional center program permanent, and for 
other purposes. 
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 ‘‘EB-5 Regional Center 
Extension Act of 2014’’. 
SEC. 2. REMOVAL OF PER COUNTRY NUMERICAL CAPS ON 
EMPLOYMENT VISAS. 
Section 202(a)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1152) is amended by striking ‘‘subsections 
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(a) and (b) of section 203’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (a) 
of section 203’’. 
SEC. 3. REGIONAL CENTER PROGRAM MADE PERMANENT. 
Section 203(b)(5) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1153(b)(5)) is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘(E) REGIONAL CENTER PROGRAM.— 
‘‘(i) SET ASIDE.—Not less than 3,000 
of the visas made available under this 
paragraph in each fiscal year shall be re-
served for qualified immigrants for a pro-
gram to implement the provisions of this 
paragraph. 
‘‘(ii) IN GENERAL.—The program re-
ferred to in clause (i) shall involve a re-
gional center in the United States, des-
ignated by the Secretary of Homeland Se-
curity on the basis of a general proposal, 
for the promotion of economic growth, in-
cluding increased export sales, improved 
regional productivity, job creation, or in-
creased domestic capital investment. A re-
gional center shall have jurisdiction over a 
limited geographic area, which shall be de-
scribed in the proposal and consistent with 
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the purpose of concentrating pooled invest-
ment in defined economic zones. The es-
tablishment of a regional center may be 
based on general predictions, contained in 
the proposal, concerning the kinds of com-
mercial enterprises that will receive capital 
from aliens, the jobs that will be created 
directly or indirectly as a result of such 
capital investments, and the other positive 
economic effects such capital investments 
will have. 
‘‘(iii) RULE FOR DETERMINING COM-
PLIANCE
WITH
JOB
CREATION
REQUIRE-
MENTS.—For purposes of determining 
compliance with subparagraph (A)(ii), and 
notwithstanding the requirements of 8 
CFR 204.6, the Secretary of Homeland 
Security shall permit aliens admitted under 
the program described in this subpara-
graph to establish reasonable methodolo-
gies for determining the number of jobs 
created by the program, including such 
jobs which are estimated to have been cre-
ated indirectly through revenues generated 
from increased exports, improved regional 
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productivity, job creation, or increased do-
mestic capital investment resulting from 
the program.’’. 
SEC. 4. PRIORITY CONSIDERATION FOR REGIONAL CENTER 
APPLICANTS. 
Section 204(a)(1)(H) of the Immigration and Nation-
ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1154(a)(1)(H)) is amended by adding 
at the end the following: ‘‘In processing petitions under 
this subparagraph, the Secretary of Homeland Security 
may give priority to petitions filed by aliens seeking admis-
sion under the program described in section 203(b)(5)(E). 
Notwithstanding section 203(e), immigrant visas made 
available under section 203(b)(5) may be issued to such 
aliens in an order that takes into account any priority ac-
corded under the preceding sentence.’’. 
SEC. 5. CONFORMING AMENDMENT. 
Section 610 of Public Law 102–395 (8 U.S.C. 1153 
note) is hereby repealed. 
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