{"bill":{"id":"119-hr-1337","congress":119,"type":"HR","number":1337,"title":"To add Ireland to the E3 nonimmigrant visa program.","originChamber":"House","introducedDate":"2025-02-13","sponsors":[{"bioguideId":"N000015","fullName":"Rep. Neal, Richard E. [D-MA-1]","party":"D","state":"MA","district":1}],"cosponsorsCount":10,"latestAction":{"actionDate":"2025-02-13","text":"Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary."},"policyArea":"Immigration","subjects":[],"actions":[{"date":"2025-02-13","text":"Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-02-13","text":"Introduced in House","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"Library of Congress","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-02-13","text":"Introduced in House","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"Library of Congress","hasVote":false}],"summary":"<p>This bill expands the E-3 visa program to cover Irish nationals. The E-3 visa is a nonimmigrant visa currently only available to Australian nationals coming to the United States for employment in a specialty occupation. For Irish E-3 initial applications, the Department of State may approve each fiscal year no more than 10,500 minus the number of Australian initial applications approved the previous fiscal year.</p>","updateDate":"2026-03-04T02:20:18Z"},"markets":[],"stateBills":[],"meta":{"sources":["congress.gov"],"latencyMs":301,"ts":"2026-04-15T20:38:19.478Z"},"nextActions":{"inspect":[],"related":[{"description":"Search related legislation","method":"GET","url":"/api/public/query-gov?q=To%20add%20Ireland%20to%20the%20E3%20nonimmigrant%20visa%20program."}]}}