I 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 6875 
To amend the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act to make Uruguay 
eligible for designation as a beneficiary country under that Act, to include 
Uruguay in the list of foreign states whose nationals are eligible for 
admission into the United States as E1 and E2 nonimmigrants if nation-
als of the United States are treated similarly by the Government of 
Uruguay, and to require a report on the eligibility of Uruguay for 
the visa waiver program, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 19, 2023 
Ms. SALAZAR (for herself and Mr. KIM of New Jersey) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and 
in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be sub-
sequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of 
such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act to 
make Uruguay eligible for designation as a beneficiary 
country under that Act, to include Uruguay in the list 
of foreign states whose nationals are eligible for admis-
sion into the United States as E1 and E2 nonimmigrants 
if nationals of the United States are treated similarly 
by the Government of Uruguay, and to require a report 
on the eligibility of Uruguay for the visa waiver program, 
and for other purposes. 
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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 ‘‘United States-Uruguay 
Economic Partnership Act’’. 
SEC. 2. ELIGIBILITY OF URUGUAY FOR DESIGNATION AS A 
BENEFICIARY COUNTRY UNDER CARIBBEAN 
BASIN ECONOMIC RECOVERY ACT. 
Section 212(b) of the Caribbean Basin Economic Re-
covery Act (19 U.S.C. 2702(b)) is amended by inserting 
after ‘‘Turks and Caicos Islands’’ the following new item: 
‘‘Uruguay’’. 
SEC. 3. NONIMMIGRANT TRADERS AND INVESTORS. 
For purposes of clauses (i) and (ii) of section 
101(a)(15)(E) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(E)), Uruguay shall be considered to 
be a foreign state described in such section if the Govern-
ment of Uruguay provides similar nonimmigrant status to 
nationals of the United States. 
SEC. 4. VISA WAIVER PROGRAM ELIGIBILITY. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that the Secretary of Homeland Security, in con-
sultation with the Secretary of State, should conduct a re-
view as to whether Uruguay meets the eligibility criteria 
for designation as a program country for purposes of the 
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visa waiver program under section 217 of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1187). 
(b) VISA WAIVER PROGRAM ELIGIBILITY.—Not later 
than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with 
the Secretary of State, shall submit to Congress a report 
that includes— 
(1) an assessment as to whether Uruguay meets 
the eligibility criteria for designation as a program 
country for purposes of the visa waiver program 
under section 217 of the Immigration and Nation-
ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1187); and 
(2) in the case of such an assessment that Uru-
guay does not meet such eligibility criteria, a de-
scription of the actions required of Uruguay in order 
to meet such criteria. 
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