,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #hdc  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,march #ad1         
#bjai,mr4 ,isakson 7for himself1 ,mr4   
,blunt1 and ,ms4 ,hirono7 introduced the
 following bill2 which was read twice   
and referred to the ,committee on the   
,judiciary  ,a ,,bill  ,to provide      
high-skilled nonimmigrant 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  
by striking join him3 7i7 solely to     
carry and inserting the following3 8join
 him--  7i7 solely to carry  2  7#b7 by 
striking 7ii7 solely to develop and     
inserting the following3  7ii7 solely to
 develop  2  7#c7 by striking or 7iii7  
solely to perform and inserting the     

following3  7iii7 solely to perform  2  
and  7#d7 by adding at the end the      
following3 8or  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 an         
attestation with the ,secretary of      
,labor under section #bab7t77#a72  4    
7b7 ,attestation ,section #bab of such  
,act 7#h ,u4,s4,c4 #aahb71 is amended-- 
7#a7 in subsection 7t71 as added by     
section #djb7;b77#b7 of the ,united     
,states-,chile ,free ,trade ,agreement  
,implementation ,act 7,public ,law      
#ajh-gg2 #aag ,stat4 #ida7-- 7,a7 by    
striking section                        
#aja7;a77#ae77;,h77i77b#a7 or section   
#aja7;a77#ae77;,e77iii7 each place it   
appears and inserting subparagraph      
7,e77iii71 7,e77iv71 or 7,h77i77b#a7 of 

section #aja7;a77#ae72 and  7,b7 in     
clauses 7i77,,ii71 7ii77,,ii71 and      
7iii77,,ii7 of paragraph 7#c77;,c71 by  
striking section #bjd1 #bad7;c71        
#aja7;a77#ae77;,h77i77b#a71 or          
#aja7;a77#ae77;,e77iii7 each place it   
appears and inserting subparagraph      
7,e77iii71 7,e77iv71 or 7,h77#a77;b#a7  
of section #aja7;a77#ae7 or section #bjd
 or #bad7;c72 and  7#b7 by redesignating
 subsection 7t71 as added by section    
#a7;b77#b77;,b7 of ,public ,law #ajh-ddi
 7#aah ,stat4 #cdgj71 as subsection 7u74
  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    
more than #ae1jjj initial applications  
submitted for aliens described in       
section #aja7;a77#ae77;,e77iv7 in any   
fiscal year4  7,b7 ,the numerical       
limitation under subparagraph 7,a7 shall
 only apply to principal aliens and     
shall not apply 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;,h77i77b71       
section #aja7;a77#ae77;,e77iii71 and    
paragraph 7#b71 and inserting paragraph 
7#b7 of this subsection and             
subparagraphs 7,e77iii71 7,e77iv71 and  
7,h77i77b7 of section #aja7;a77#ae714