U.S. Nationals Employment Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-1207
Sponsor: full_name: Del. Radewagen, Aumua Amata Coleman [R-AS-At Large]
Introduced: 2019-02-13
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Business investment and capital

Foreign labor

Immigration status and procedures

U.S. and foreign investments

Visas and passports
Latest action: action_date: 2019-03-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-02-13
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>U.S. Nationals Employment Act of 2019 </b></p> <p>This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to include full-time employment created for U.S. nationals to count toward the eligibility requirements for an EB-5 commercial enterprise. </p> <p>The EB-5 program provides an employment-based immigration preference for aliens who establish a commercial enterprise in the United States that creates full-time employment for at least 10 U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents. All U.S. citizens are U.S. nationals, but some individuals born in an outlying U.S. possession (i.e., America Samoa and Swains Island) are U.S. nationals but not citizens.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1207 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 13, 2019 Mrs. Radewagen introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to include United States nationals among the eligible employees of an EB–5 commercial enterprise, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the U.S. Nationals Employment Act of 2019 . 2. Inclusion of United States nationals as eligible employees Section 203(b)(5)(A)(ii) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1153(b)(5)(A)(ii) ) is amended by inserting after not fewer than 10 United States citizens the following: , United States nationals, .