ICELAND Act

Bill: 116-hr-5496
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1]
Introduced: 2019-12-19
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Europe

Foreign labor

Iceland

Immigration status and procedures

U.S. and foreign investments

Visas and passports
Latest action: action_date: 2020-01-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-12-19
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Iceland Commercial and Economic Leadership for Arctic and National Development Act or the ICELAND Act</b></p> <p>This bill establishes that a national of Iceland shall be eligible for an E visa (for an investor or trader who is a national of a foreign country with a treaty of commerce and navigation with the United States) if Iceland provides a similar nonimmigrant status to U.S. nationals.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5496 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 19, 2019 Ms. Pingree (for herself, Mr. Young , Mr. Larsen of Washington , and Mr. Courtney ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To include Iceland in the list of foreign states whose nationals are eligible for admission into the United States as E1 and E2 nonimmigrants if United States nationals are treated similarly by the Government of Iceland, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Iceland Commercial and Economic Leadership for Arctic and National Development Act or the ICELAND Act . 2. 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) ), Iceland shall be considered to be a foreign state described in such section if the Government of Iceland provides similar nonimmigrant status to nationals of the United States.