To add Ireland to the E3 nonimmigrant visa program.

H.R. 1337 would add Ireland to the E-3 nonimmigrant visa program, which currently allows Australian nationals to work in the United States in specialty occupations with an annual cap. The bill would treat Ireland as eligible for E-3 on a basis of reciprocity determined by the Secretary of State, and would require Irish employers to participate in the E-Verify employment verification system during the period Irish workers are employed. It also creates a specific annual allocation framework: up to 10,500 E-3 visas for Australian nationals each fiscal year, and a remaining, calculated allotment for Irish nationals (the difference between 10,500 and the prior year Australia approvals). Importantly, the cap applies only to principal applicants, not to accompanying spouses or children. The bill replaces and amends several sections of the Immigration and Nationality Act to implement these changes, including how applications are allocated, how employer attestations must be managed, and how the “numerical control” of visas is recorded for the prior fiscal year.