,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #babd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #h1 #bjai ,mr4
 ,rutherford 7for himself and ,ms4      
,kuster of ,new ,hampshire7 introduced  
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a 
,,bill  ,to amend the ,immigration and  
,nationality ,act to permit certain     
,e-#b nonimmigrant investors to adjust  
status to lawful permanent resident     
status4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may
 be cited as the ,e-#b ,visa            
,improvement ,act of #bjai4  #b4        
,adjustment to lawful permanent resident
 status of certain ,e-#b nonimmigrant   
investors  7a7 ,in general ,section     
#bjc7;b77#e7 of the ,immigration and    
,nationality ,act 7#h ,u4,s4,c4         
#aaec7;b77#e77 is amended--  7#a7 in    
subparagraph 7,a77ii71 by inserting     
except as provided in subparagraph      
7,e77i71 after 7ii72 and  7#b7 by adding
 at the end the following new           
subparagraph3  7,e7 ,special rules for  

certain ,e-#b nonimmigrant investors    
7i7 ,in general ,in the case of an alien
 who has been present in the ,united    
,states in the status of an alien       
described in section                    
#aja7;a77#ae77;,e77ii7 for at least #aj 
years the alien is deemed as satisfying 
the requirement of subparagraph 7,a77ii7
 if the enterprise has created full-time
 employment for not fewer than two      
individuals described in such           
subparagraph 7,a77ii74  7ii7 ,limitation
 ,not more than #aj1jjj visas may be    
made available under this paragraph to  
principal aliens described in clause 7i7
 in any fiscal year1 except that such   
visas shall not be included in the      
number in subparagraph 7,a7 and shall   
not count towards that limitation on the
 total visas made available under this  
paragraph4  4  7b7 ,conforming amendment
 ,section #bja7;b77#a7 of the           
,immigration and ,nationality ,act 7#h  
,u4,s4,c4 #aaea7;b77#a77 is amended by  
adding at the end the following3  7,f7  

,aliens who receive an immigrant visa   
under section #bjc7;b77#e77;,e74  4  7c7
 ,treatment of certain children of      
nonimmigrant investors ,section #bad of 
the ,immigration and ,nationality ,act  
7#h ,u4,s4,c4 #aahd7 is amended by      
adding at the end the following3  7s7   
,certain children of nonimmigrant       
investors ,in the case of an alien      
seeking or that has status under section
 #aja7;a77#ae77;,e77ii71 notwithstanding
 section #aja7;b77#a71 if the son or    
daughter of that alien is #bf years of  
age or younger1 that son or daughter    
shall be deemed a child of the alien    
accompanying or following to join him4  
,the ,secretary of ,homeland ,security  
may provide employment authorization to 
such a son or daughter who is #ah years 
of age or older and #bf years of age or 
younger1 and who applies for such       
authorization4 ,if the alien's status is
 terminated1 such authorization shall   
also terminate on the same date4  4  7d7
 ,effective date ,the amendments made by

 subsections 7a7 and 7b7 shall take     
effect on the date of the enactment of  
this ,act4 ,periods of presence in the  
,united ,states in the status of an     
alien described in section              
#aja7;a77#ae77;,e77ii7 of the           
,immigration and ,nationality ,act 7#h  
,u4,s4,c4 #aaja7;a77#ae77;,e77ii77      
before such date shall be counted       
towards satisfying the time requirement 
specified in subparagraph 7,e7 of       
section #bjc7;b77#e7 of such ,act 7#h   
,u4,s4,c4 #aaec7;b77#e77 7as added by   
paragraph 7#c7 of subsection 7a774  7e7 
,immediate eligibility for adjustment of
 status of certain long-,term ,e-#b     
nonimmigrant investors ,an alien who has
 been present in the ,united ,states in 
the status of an alien described in     
section #aja7;a77#ae77;,e77ii7 of the   
,immigration and ,nationality ,act for  
not less than #aj years may be          
immediately eligible to adjust status to
 that of an alien lawfully admitted for 
permanent residence pursuant to the     

amendment made by subsection 7a74