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Bills/119th Congress · House

H.R. 3221

Introduced

ICELAND Act

Sponsor
DChellie Pingree· Maine
Introduced
May 6, 2025
Policy area
Immigration
Latest action
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.May 6, 2025
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3221 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 3221

To include Iceland in the list of foreign states whose nationals are 
eligible for admission into the United States as E1 and E2 
nonimmigrants if United States nationals are treated similarly by the 
Government of Iceland, and for other purposes.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

May 6, 2025

Ms. Pingree (for herself and Mr. Murphy) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

_______________________________________________________________________

A BILL

To include Iceland in the list of foreign states whose nationals are 
eligible for admission into the United States as E1 and E2 
nonimmigrants if United States nationals are treated similarly by the 
Government of Iceland, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``Iceland Commercial and Economic 
Leadership for Arctic and National Development Act'' or the ``ICELAND 
Act''.

SEC. 2. NONIMMIGRANT TRADERS AND INVESTORS.

For purposes of clauses (i) and (ii) of section 101(a)(15)(E) of 
the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(E)), Iceland 
shall be considered to be a foreign state described in such section if 
the Government of Iceland provides similar nonimmigrant status to 
nationals of the United States.
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