To add Ireland to the E-3 nonimmigrant visa program.
Latest action · Mar 10, 2020 Received in the Senate.
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.
- IntroducedMay 21, 2019
- Passed HouseMar 9, 2020
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
This bill expands the E-3 visa program to cover Irish nationals. The E-3 visa is a nonimmigrant visa currently only available to Australian nationals coming to the United States for employment in a specialty occupation. For Irish E-3 initial applications, the Department of State may approve each fiscal year no more than 10,500 minus the number of Australian initial applications approved the previous fiscal year.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred May 21, 2019 |
| Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee | Referred Jun 26, 2019 |
Actions 9
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 10, 2020Received in the Senate.
- Mar 9, 2020Ms. Scanlon moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- Mar 9, 2020Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1541-1542)
- Mar 9, 2020DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2877.
- Mar 9, 2020Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1541)
- Mar 9, 2020Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Jun 26, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
- May 21, 2019Introduced in House
- May 21, 2019Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H1541, H1542Text printed H1541 | Kelly Armstrong R-ND, Mary Gay Scanlon D-PA, Richard E. Neal D-MA | Mar 9, 2020 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Mar 9, 2020Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Effects of H.R. 2877, a bill to add Ireland to the E-3 nonimmigrant visa programAs Introduced in the House of Representatives on May 21, 2019
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 85, May 21, 2019, page H4065.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R46419 | Immigration Legislation and Issues in the 116th Congress Archived | Report | Jul 27, 2020 |
Related bills 3
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 2418 | To add Ireland to the E-3 nonimmigrant visa program. | Related bill | May 20, 2019 |
| S 3134 | A bill to add Ireland to the E-3 nonimmigrant visa program. | Identical bill | Dec 19, 2019 |
| HR 8761 | To add Ireland to the E-3 nonimmigrant visa program. | Reintroduced Bill | Nov 1, 2022 |
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To add Ireland to the E-3 nonimmigrant visa program.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Immigration.
Text 3
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 10, 2020Received in Senate
- Mar 9, 2020Engrossed in House
- May 21, 2019Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
