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HR 1019 114th Congress House

Partner with Korea Act

Official title: To provide high-skilled visas for nationals of the Republic of Korea, and for other purposes.

Introduced: June 8, 2015 See on congress.gov
Immigration AsiaEmployment discrimination and employee rightsForeign laborSouth KoreaVisas and passports
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 31, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
Feb 20, 2015
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Feb 20, 2015
Introduced in House
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 Latest action March 31, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Partner with Korea Act

Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to create an E-4 treaty trader visa category for up to 15,000 nationals of the Republic of Korea (South Korea) each fiscal year who are coming to the United States solely to perform specialty occupation services and with respect to whom the Secretary of Labor has certified to the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Secretary of State that the intending employer has filed an attestation concerning U.S. worker protections with the Secretary of Labor.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 1547 Related bill Partner with Korea Act
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 38
All 38 Democratic 23 Republican 6
Bishop, Mike
· Oct 20, 2015
 D
DeSaulnier, Mark
California · Oct 1, 2015
 D
Matsui, Doris O.
California · Sep 25, 2015
 D
Green, Al
Texas · Sep 22, 2015
 D
Thompson, Mike
California · Sep 9, 2015
 D
Boyle, Brendan F.
Pennsylvania · Jul 27, 2015
 D
Larson, John B.
Connecticut · Jul 15, 2015
 D
Bera, Ami
California · Jun 24, 2015
MacArthur, Thomas
· Jun 24, 2015
Walters, Mimi
· Jun 24, 2015
 R
Amodei, Mark E.
Nevada · Jun 18, 2015
 R
Scott, Austin
Georgia · Jun 18, 2015
 R
Stefanik, Elise M.
New York · Jun 18, 2015
 D
Castro, Joaquin
Texas · Jun 8, 2015
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Jun 8, 2015
 D
Lieu, Ted
California · Jun 8, 2015
 R
Rogers, Mike D.
Alabama · May 29, 2015
 D
Duckworth, Tammy
Illinois · May 1, 2015
 D
Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Georgia · May 1, 2015
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · May 1, 2015
 D
Quigley, Mike
Illinois · Apr 15, 2015
Reichert, David
· Apr 13, 2015
Nunes, Devin
· Mar 23, 2015
Woodall, Rob
· Mar 23, 2015
 R
Kelly, Mike
Pennsylvania · Mar 18, 2015
 D
Jeffries, Hakeem S.
New York · Mar 16, 2015
 D
Larsen, Rick
Washington · Mar 16, 2015
 D
Beyer, Donald S.
Virginia · Feb 20, 2015
 R
Cole, Tom
Oklahoma · Feb 20, 2015
Collins, Doug
· Feb 20, 2015
 D
Himes, James A.
Connecticut · Feb 20, 2015
Holding, George
· Feb 20, 2015
 D
Meng, Grace
New York · Feb 20, 2015
ROYCE, ED
· Feb 20, 2015
 D
Schiff, Adam B.
California · Feb 20, 2015
 D
Smith, Adam
Washington · Feb 20, 2015
 D
Takano, Mark
California · Feb 20, 2015
 D
Van Hollen, Chris
Maryland · Feb 20, 2015
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1019: Partner with Korea Act. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-1019/
MLA
"H.R. 1019: Partner with Korea Act." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-1019/.
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H.R. 1019, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-1019/.
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