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Bills/119th Congress · House

H.R. 5335

Introduced

PERU Act of 2025

Sponsor
DNellie Pou· New Jersey
Introduced
September 11, 2025
Policy area
Immigration
Latest action
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.September 11, 2025
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5335 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 5335

To include Peru in the list of foreign states whose nationals are 
eligible for admission into the United States as E-1 and E-2 
nonimmigrants if United States nationals are treated similarly by the 
Government of Peru.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

September 11, 2025

Ms. Pou (for herself and Ms. Salazar) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

_______________________________________________________________________

A BILL

To include Peru in the list of foreign states whose nationals are 
eligible for admission into the United States as E-1 and E-2 
nonimmigrants if United States nationals are treated similarly by the 
Government of Peru.

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 ``Promoting Economic Resilience and 
Unity Act of 2025'' or the ``PERU Act of 2025''.

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)), Peru 
shall be considered to be a foreign state described in such section if 
the Government of Peru provides similar nonimmigrant status to 
nationals of the United States.
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