,,ii  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #bffc  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,july #bd1     
#bjad ,mr4 ,isakson 7for himself1 ,mr4  
,blunt1 and ,mr4 ,begich7 introduced the
 following bill2 which was read twice   
and referred to the ,committee on the   
,judiciary  ,a ,,bill  ,to provide      
high-skilled visas for nationals of the 
,republic of ,korea1 and for other      
purposes4  #a4  ,short title  ,this ,act
 may be cited as the ,partner with      
,korea ,act4  #b4  ,reciprocal visas for
 nationals of ,south ,korea  7a7  ,in   
general  ,section #aja7;a77#ae77;,e7 of 
the ,immigration and ,nationality ,act  
7#h ,u4,s4,c4 #aaja7;a77#ae77;,e77 is   
amended--  7#a7 in clause 7ii71 by      
striking or at the end2  7#b7 in clause 
7iii71 by adding or at the end2 and     
7#c7 by adding at the end the following3
  7iv7 solely to perform services in a  
specialty occupation in the ,united     
,states if the alien is a national of   
the ,republic of ,korea and with respect

 to whom the ,secretary of ,labor       
determines and certifies to the         
,secretary of ,homeland ,security and   
the ,secretary of ,state that the       
intending employer has filed with the   
,secretary of ,labor an attestation     
under section #bab7t77#a72  4  7b7      
,attestation  ,section #bab7t7 of such  
,act 7#h ,u4,s4,c4 #aahb7t771 as added  
by section #djb7;b77#b7 of the ,united  
,states-,chile ,free ,trade ,agreement  
,implementation ,act 7,public ,law      
#ajh-gg2 #aag ,stat4 #ida71 is amended--
  7#a7 by striking or section           
#aja7;a77#ae77;,e77iii7 each place it   
appears and inserting or clause 7iii7 or
 7iv7 of section #aja7;a77#ae77;,e72 and
  7#b7 in clauses 7i77,,ii71 7ii77,,ii71
 and 7iii77,,ii7 of paragraph 7#c77;,c71
 by striking or section                 
#aja7;a77#ae77;,e77iii7 each place it   
appears4  7c7  ,numerical limitation    
,section #bad7;g7 of such ,act 7#h      
,u4,s4,c4 #aahd7;g77 is amended by      
adding at the end the following3  7#ab7 

7,a7 ,the ,secretary of ,state may not  
approve a number of initial applications
 submitted for aliens described in      
section #aja7;a77#ae77;,e77iv7 that is  
more than the applicable numerical      
limitation set out in this paragraph4   
7,b7 ,the applicable numerical          
limitation referred to in subparagraph  
7,a7 is #ae1jjj for each fiscal year4   
7,c7 ,the applicable numerical          
limitation referred to in subparagraph  
7,a7 shall only apply to principal      
aliens and not to the spouses or        
children of such aliens4  4  7d7        
,specialty occupation defined  ,section 
#bad7;i77#a7 of such ,act 7#h ,u4,s4,c4 
#aahd7;i77#a77 is amended by striking   
section #aja7;a77#ae77;,e77iii71 and    
inserting clauses 7iii7 and 7iv7 of     
section #aja7;a77#ae77;,e714