,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gafd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,november #bj1       
#bjah,mr4 ,sensenbrenner 7for himself   
and ,mr4 ,neal7 introduced the following
 bill2 which was referred to the        
,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a ,,bill 
,to add ,ireland to the ,e-#c           
nonimmigrant visa program4  #a4 ,e-#c   
visas for ,irish nationals  7a7 ,in     
general ,section #aja7;a77#ae77;,e77iii7
 of the ,immigration and ,nationality   
,act 7#h ,u4,s4,c4                      
#aaja7;a77#ae77;,e77iii77 is amended by 
inserting or1 on a basis of reciprocity 
as determined by the ,secretary of      
,state1 a national of ,ireland1 after   
,australia4  7b7 ,employer requirements 
,section #bab of the ,immigration and   
,nationality ,act 7#h ,u4,s4,c4 #aahb7  
is amended-- 7#a7 by redesignating the  
second subsection 7t7 7as added by      
section #a7;b77#b77;,b7 of ,public ,law 
#ajh-ddi 7#aah ,stat4 #cdgj77 as        
subsection 7u72 and  7#b7 by adding at  

the end of subsection 7t77#a7 7as added 
by section #djb7;b77#b7 of ,public ,law 
#ajh-gg 7#aag ,stat4 #ida77 the         
following3  7,e7 ,in the case of an     
attestation filed with respect to a     
national of ,ireland described in       
section #aja7;a77#ae77;,e77iii71 the    
employer is1 and will remain during the 
period of authorized employment of such 
,irish national1 a participant in good  
standing in the ,e-,verify program      
described in section #djc7;a7 of the    
,illegal ,immigration ,reform and       
,immigrant ,responsibility ,act of #aiif
 7#h ,u4,s4,c4 #acbd;a note74  4  7c7   
,visa allocation ,section #bad7;g77#aa7 
of the ,immigration and ,nationality    
,act 7#h ,u4,s4,c4 #aahd7;g77#aa77 is   
amended-- 7#a7 in subparagraph 7,a71 by 
striking ,the ,secretary of ,state may  
not approve a number of initial         
applications and inserting ,except as   
provided in subparagraph 7,d71 the      
,secretary of ,state may not approve a  
number of initial applications2 and     

7#b7 by adding at the end the following3
  7,d7 7i7 ,subject to the limitation in
 clause 7ii71 the ,secretary may approve
 initial applications submitted for     
aliens described in section             
#aja7;a77#ae77;,e77iii7 for a fiscal    
year who are nationals of ,ireland only 
in a number equal to the difference     
between #aj1ejj and the number of       
applications approved in a prior fiscal 
year for aliens who are nationals of the
 ,commonwealth of ,australia4  7ii7 ,in 
no event may any application be approved
 such that the total number of initial  
applications approved in the period     
beginning on the first day of the fiscal
 year immediately preceding the fiscal  
year for which the application is made  
would be #ba1jjj or more4  4