,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bhgg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #ba1 #bjai,mr4  
,neal 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   
,application allocation ,paragraph 7#aa7
 of section #bad7;g7 of the ,immigration
 and ,nationality ,act 7#h ,u4,s4,c4    
#aahd7;g77#aa77 is amended to read as   
follows3  7#aa7  7,a7 ,the ,secretary of
 ,state may approve initial applications
 submitted for aliens described in      
section #aja7;a77#ae77;,e77iii7 only as 
follows3  7i7 ,for applicants who are   
nationals of the ,commonwealth of       
,australia1 not more than #aj1ejj for a 
fiscal year4  7ii7 ,for applicants who  

are nationals of ,ireland1 not more than
 a number equal to the difference       
between #aj1ejj and the number of       
applications approved in the prior      
fiscal year for aliens who are nationals
 of the ,commonwealth of ,australia4    
7,b7 ,the approval of an application    
described under subparagraph 7,a77ii7   
shall be deemed for numerical control   
purposes to have occurred on ,september 
#cj of the prior fiscal year4  7,c7 ,the
 numerical limitation under subparagraph
 7,a7 shall only apply to principal     
aliens and not to the spouses or        
children of such aliens4  4