Partner with Korea Act
Latest action · Mar 31, 2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedFeb 20, 2015
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Partner with Korea Act
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to create an E-4 treaty trader visa category for up to 15,000 nationals of the Republic of Korea (South Korea) each fiscal year who are coming to the United States solely to perform specialty occupation services and with respect to whom the Secretary of Labor has certified to the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Secretary of State that the intending employer has filed an attestation concerning U.S. worker protections with the Secretary of Labor.
Cosponsors 82
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 20, 2015 to Mar 23, 2016, with 19 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | Original | Feb 20, 2015 |
| D-WA | Adam Smith | Original | Feb 20, 2015 |
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | Original | Feb 20, 2015 |
| R-TX | Blake Farenthold | Original | Feb 20, 2015 |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Original | Feb 20, 2015 |
| D-VA | Donald S. Beyer, Jr. | Original | Feb 20, 2015 |
| R-GA | Doug Collins | Original | Feb 20, 2015 |
| R-CA | Edward R. Royce | Original | Feb 20, 2015 |
| D-NY | Eliot L. Engel | Original | Feb 20, 2015 |
| R-NC | George Holding | Original | Feb 20, 2015 |
| D-VA | Gerald E. Connolly | Original | Feb 20, 2015 |
| D-NY | Grace Meng | Original | Feb 20, 2015 |
| D-CT | James A. Himes | Original | Feb 20, 2015 |
| R-GA | Lynn A. Westmoreland | Original | Feb 20, 2015 |
| D-GU | Madeleine Z. Bordallo | Original | Feb 20, 2015 |
| D-CA | Mark Takano | Original | Feb 20, 2015 |
| D-CA | Michael M. Honda | Original | Feb 20, 2015 |
| R-OK | Tom Cole | Original | Feb 20, 2015 |
| R-AZ | Trent Franks | Original | Feb 20, 2015 |
| D-NY | Hakeem S. Jeffries | Mar 16, 2015 | |
| D-TN | Jim Cooper | Mar 16, 2015 | |
| R-CO | Mike Coffman | Mar 16, 2015 | |
| D-PR | Pedro R. Pierluisi | Mar 16, 2015 | |
| D-WA | Rick Larsen | Mar 16, 2015 | |
| R-PA | Mike Kelly | Mar 18, 2015 | |
| R-IL | Robert J. Dold | Mar 18, 2015 | |
| R-CA | Devin Nunes | Mar 23, 2015 | |
| R-GA | Rob Woodall | Mar 23, 2015 | |
| D-MI | Brenda L. Lawrence | Apr 13, 2015 | |
| R-WA | David G. Reichert | Apr 13, 2015 | |
| R-IN | Luke Messer | Apr 13, 2015 | |
| R-PA | Patrick Meehan | Apr 13, 2015 | |
| R-NM | Stevan Pearce | Apr 13, 2015 | |
| D-IL | Mike Quigley | Apr 15, 2015 | |
| R-MO | Billy Long | Apr 21, 2015 | |
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | Apr 21, 2015 | |
| R-NY | Christopher P. Gibson | Apr 21, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Jerry McNerney | Apr 21, 2015 | |
| D-GA | David Scott | May 1, 2015 | |
| D-WA | Derek Kilmer | May 1, 2015 | |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | May 1, 2015 | |
| D-IL | Tammy Duckworth | May 1, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | May 1, 2015 | |
| R-WI | F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr. | May 20, 2015 | |
| D-MI | John Conyers, Jr. | May 20, 2015 | |
| D-NY | Steve Israel | May 20, 2015 | |
| D-FL | Theodore E. Deutch | May 20, 2015 | |
| D-MA | Joseph P. Kennedy III | May 29, 2015 | |
| R-AL | Mike Rogers | May 29, 2015 | |
| D-TX | Joaquin Castro | Jun 8, 2015 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Jun 8, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | Jun 8, 2015 | |
| R-FL | Thomas J. Rooney | Jun 8, 2015 | |
| R-GA | Austin Scott | Jun 18, 2015 | |
| R-NY | Elise M. Stefanik | Jun 18, 2015 | |
| R-NV | Mark E. Amodei | Jun 18, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Ami Bera | Jun 24, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Jun 24, 2015 | |
| R-CA | Mimi Walters | Jun 24, 2015 | |
| R-TX | Pete Olson | Jun 24, 2015 | |
| R-NJ | Thomas MacArthur | Jun 24, 2015 | |
| D-CT | John B. Larson | Jul 15, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Jackie Speier | Jul 16, 2015 | |
| D-PA | Brendan F. Boyle | Jul 27, 2015 | |
| R-TX | John Abney Culberson | Jul 27, 2015 | |
| R-IL | Adam Kinzinger | Sep 9, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Mike Thompson | Sep 9, 2015 | |
| R-UT | Rob Bishop | Sep 9, 2015 | |
| D-TX | Al Green | Sep 22, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Lucille Roybal-Allard | Sep 22, 2015 | |
| R-NY | Tom Reed | Sep 22, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Doris O. Matsui | Sep 25, 2015 | |
| R-TX | Ted Poe | Sep 29, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Mark DeSaulnier | Oct 1, 2015 | |
| D-NY | Kathleen M. Rice | Oct 20, 2015 | |
| R-MI | Mike Bishop | Oct 20, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Anna G. Eshoo | Oct 21, 2015 | |
| D-NY | Charles B. Rangel | Nov 5, 2015 | |
| D-WA | Jim McDermott | Nov 5, 2015 | |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Nov 17, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Sam Farr | Jan 28, 2016 | |
| R-CO | Doug Lamborn | Mar 23, 2016 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 31, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
- Feb 20, 2015Introduced in House
- Feb 20, 2015Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1547 | Partner with Korea Act | Related bill | Jun 10, 2015 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Immigration.
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- Feb 20, 2015Introduced in House
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