To allow otherwise eligible Israeli nationals to receive E-2 nonimmigrant visas if similarly situated United…

Full title

To allow otherwise eligible Israeli nationals to receive E-2 nonimmigrant visas if similarly situated United States nationals are eligible for similar nonimmigrant status in Israel.

Law · 112-130 · Jun 8, 2012

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IntroducedPassed one chamberPassed both chambersBecame law (gold)Resolution agreed to (full, dark)Failed or vetoed (gray)

Under the number: the Yea · Nay count of its final (or latest) recorded vote. On a member's page, the small badge is how that member voted: Y Yea / Aye, N Nay / No, P Present, – Not voting.

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D BermanSponsor

11 cosponsors · 6 D, 5 R

3 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

House Introduced Feb 9, 2012
House Passed Mar 19, 2012 371–0
Senate Passed May 24, 2012
President To the President May 31, 2012
President Signed Jun 8, 2012
Law Jun 8, 2012

Makes Israeli nationals eligible to enter the United States as E-2 visa nonimmigrant investors as provided for under the Immigration and Nationality Act if Israel provides reciprocal nonimmigrant treatment to U.S. nationals.

What it does: CRS summary · Public Law · Jun 8, 2012

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the House reported version is repeated here.)

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

Votes to become law

House · Passed Mar 19, 2012 · 371 Yea – 0 Nay Passage (two-thirds required) Speaker: John A. Boehner

About this bill and sources

Official title: To allow otherwise eligible Israeli nationals to receive E-2 nonimmigrant visas if similarly situated United States nationals are eligible for similar nonimmigrant status in Israel.

Member	Party at vote	Seat	Position
Don Young	R	AK-AL	Yea
Jo Bonner	R	AL-1	Yea
Martha Roby	R	AL-2	Yea
Mike Rogers	R	AL-3	Yea
Robert Aderholt	R	AL-4	Yea
Mo Brooks	R	AL-5	Yea
Spencer Bachus	R	AL-6	Not Voting
Terri Sewell	D	AL-7	Yea
Rick Crawford	R	AR-1	Not Voting
Tim Griffin	R	AR-2	Yea
Steve Womack	R	AR-3	Yea
Mike Ross	D	AR-4	Yea
Paul Gosar	R	AZ-1	Yea
Trent Franks	R	AZ-2	Yea
Ben Quayle	R	AZ-3	Yea
Ed Pastor	D	AZ-4	Yea
David Schweikert	R	AZ-5	Yea
Jeff Flake	R	AZ-6	Yea
Raúl Grijalva	D	AZ-7	Not Voting
Mike Thompson	D	CA-1	Yea
John Garamendi	D	CA-10	Yea
Jerry McNerney	D	CA-11	Yea
Jackie Speier	D	CA-12	Not Voting
Pete Stark	D	CA-13	Yea
Anna Eshoo	D	CA-14	Yea
Mike Honda	D	CA-15	Not Voting
Zoe Lofgren	D	CA-16	Not Voting
Sam Farr	D	CA-17	Not Voting
Dennis Cardoza	D	CA-18	Yea
Jeff Denham	R	CA-19	Yea
Wally Herger	R	CA-2	Yea
Jim Costa	D	CA-20	Yea
Devin Nunes	R	CA-21	Yea
Kevin McCarthy	R	CA-22	Yea
Lois Capps	D	CA-23	Yea
Elton Gallegly	R	CA-24	Yea
Buck McKeon	R	CA-25	Yea
David Dreier	R	CA-26	Yea
Brad Sherman	D	CA-27	Yea
Howard Berman	D	CA-28	Yea
Adam Schiff	D	CA-29	Yea
Daniel Lungren	R	CA-3	Yea
Henry Waxman	D	CA-30	Yea
Xavier Becerra	D	CA-31	Yea
Judy Chu	D	CA-32	Yea
Karen Bass	D	CA-33	Yea
Lucille Roybal-Allard	D	CA-34	Yea
Maxine Waters	D	CA-35	Yea
Janice Hahn	D	CA-36	Yea
Laura Richardson	D	CA-37	Yea
Grace Napolitano	D	CA-38	Yea
Linda Sánchez	D	CA-39	Yea
Tom McClintock	R	CA-4	Yea
Ed Royce	R	CA-40	Yea
Jerry Lewis	R	CA-41	Not Voting
Gary Miller	R	CA-42	Yea
Joe Baca	D	CA-43	Yea
Ken Calvert	R	CA-44	Yea
Mary Bono Mack	R	CA-45	Not Voting
Dana Rohrabacher	R	CA-46	Not Voting
Loretta Sanchez	D	CA-47	Not Voting
John Campbell	R	CA-48	Not Voting
Darrell Issa	R	CA-49	Yea
Doris Matsui	D	CA-5	Yea
Brian Bilbray	R	CA-50	Yea
Bob Filner	D	CA-51	Not Voting
Duncan Hunter	R	CA-52	Yea
Susan Davis	D	CA-53	Yea
Lynn Woolsey	D	CA-6	Not Voting
George Miller	D	CA-7	Yea
Nancy Pelosi	D	CA-8	Yea
Barbara Lee	D	CA-9	Not Voting
Diana DeGette	D	CO-1	Yea
Jared Polis	D	CO-2	Not Voting
Scott Tipton	R	CO-3	Yea
Cory Gardner	R	CO-4	Yea
Doug Lamborn	R	CO-5	Yea
Mike Coffman	R	CO-6	Yea
Ed Perlmutter	D	CO-7	Yea
John Larson	D	CT-1	Yea
Joe Courtney	D	CT-2	Yea
Rosa DeLauro	D	CT-3	Yea
Jim Himes	D	CT-4	Yea
Christopher Murphy	D	CT-5	Not Voting
John Carney	D	DE-AL	Yea
Jeff Miller	R	FL-1	Yea
C. Young	R	FL-10	Not Voting
Kathy Castor	D	FL-11	Yea
Dennis Ross	R	FL-12	Yea
Vern Buchanan	R	FL-13	Yea
Connie Mack	R	FL-14	Not Voting
Bill Posey	R	FL-15	Yea
Thomas Rooney	R	FL-16	Yea
Frederica Wilson	D	FL-17	Not Voting
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen	R	FL-18	Yea
Ted Deutch	D	FL-19	Yea
Steve Southerland	R	FL-2	Yea
Debbie Wasserman Schultz	D	FL-20	Yea
Mario Diaz-Balart	R	FL-21	Yea
Allen West	R	FL-22	Yea
Alcee Hastings	D	FL-23	Yea
Sandy Adams	R	FL-24	Yea
David Rivera	R	FL-25	Yea
Corrine Brown	D	FL-3	Yea
Ander Crenshaw	R	FL-4	Yea
Richard Nugent	R	FL-5	Yea
Cliff Stearns	R	FL-6	Yea
John Mica	R	FL-7	Yea
Daniel Webster	R	FL-8	Yea
Gus Bilirakis	R	FL-9	Yea
Jack Kingston	R	GA-1	Yea
Paul Broun	R	GA-10	Yea
Phil Gingrey	R	GA-11	Not Voting
John Barrow	D	GA-12	Yea
David Scott	D	GA-13	Yea
Sanford Bishop	D	GA-2	Not Voting
Lynn Westmoreland	R	GA-3	Yea
Hank Johnson	D	GA-4	Yea
John Lewis	D	GA-5	Not Voting
Tom Price	R	GA-6	Yea
Rob Woodall	R	GA-7	Yea
Austin Scott	R	GA-8	Yea
Tom Graves	R	GA-9	Yea
Colleen Hanabusa	D	HI-1	Yea
Mazie Hirono	D	HI-2	Yea
Bruce Braley	D	IA-1	Yea
David Loebsack	D	IA-2	Yea
Leonard Boswell	D	IA-3	Yea
Tom Latham	R	IA-4	Yea
Steve King	R	IA-5	Yea
Raúl Labrador	R	ID-1	Yea
Mike Simpson	R	ID-2	Yea
Bobby Rush	D	IL-1	Not Voting
Bob Dold	R	IL-10	Not Voting
Adam Kinzinger	R	IL-11	Not Voting
Jerry Costello	D	IL-12	Yea
Judy Biggert	R	IL-13	Yea
Randy Hultgren	R	IL-14	Yea
Timothy Johnson	R	IL-15	Not Voting
Donald Manzullo	R	IL-16	Not Voting
Bobby Schilling	R	IL-17	Not Voting
Aaron Schock	R	IL-18	Not Voting
John Shimkus	R	IL-19	Yea
Jesse Jackson	D	IL-2	Not Voting
Daniel Lipinski	D	IL-3	Not Voting
Luis Gutiérrez	D	IL-4	Not Voting
Mike Quigley	D	IL-5	Yea
Peter Roskam	R	IL-6	Yea
Danny Davis	D	IL-7	Not Voting
Joe Walsh	R	IL-8	Not Voting
Jan Schakowsky	D	IL-9	Yea
Peter Visclosky	D	IN-1	Yea
Joe Donnelly	D	IN-2	Not Voting
Marlin Stutzman	R	IN-3	Yea
Todd Rokita	R	IN-4	Yea
Dan Burton	R	IN-5	Yea
Mike Pence	R	IN-6	Yea
André Carson	D	IN-7	Yea
Larry Bucshon	R	IN-8	Yea
Todd Young	R	IN-9	Yea
Tim Huelskamp	R	KS-1	Yea
Lynn Jenkins	R	KS-2	Yea
Kevin Yoder	R	KS-3	Yea
Mike Pompeo	R	KS-4	Yea
Ed Whitfield	R	KY-1	Yea
Brett Guthrie	R	KY-2	Yea
John Yarmuth	D	KY-3	Not Voting
Geoff Davis	R	KY-4	Yea
Hal Rogers	R	KY-5	Yea
Ben Chandler	D	KY-6	Yea
Steve Scalise	R	LA-1	Yea
Cedric Richmond	D	LA-2	Not Voting
Jeff Landry	R	LA-3	Yea
John Fleming	R	LA-4	Yea
Rodney Alexander	R	LA-5	Yea
Bill Cassidy	R	LA-6	Yea
Charles Boustany	R	LA-7	Yea
John Olver	D	MA-1	Yea
William Keating	D	MA-10	Yea
Richard Neal	D	MA-2	Yea
Jim McGovern	D	MA-3	Yea
Barney Frank	D	MA-4	Yea
Niki Tsongas	D	MA-5	Yea
John Tierney	D	MA-6	Yea
Ed Markey	D	MA-7	Not Voting
Michael Capuano	D	MA-8	Yea
Stephen Lynch	D	MA-9	Yea
Andy Harris	R	MD-1	Yea
C. Ruppersberger	D	MD-2	Yea
John Sarbanes	D	MD-3	Yea
Donna Edwards	D	MD-4	Yea
Steny Hoyer	D	MD-5	Yea
Roscoe Bartlett	R	MD-6	Yea
Elijah Cummings	D	MD-7	Yea
Chris Van Hollen	D	MD-8	Yea
Chellie Pingree	D	ME-1	Yea
Michael Michaud	D	ME-2	Yea
Dan Benishek	R	MI-1	Yea
Candice Miller	R	MI-10	Yea
Thad McCotter	R	MI-11	Yea
Sander Levin	D	MI-12	Yea
Hansen Clarke	D	MI-13	Yea
John Conyers	D	MI-14	Yea
John Dingell	D	MI-15	Not Voting
Bill Huizenga	R	MI-2	Yea
Justin Amash	R	MI-3	Yea
Dave Camp	R	MI-4	Yea
Dale Kildee	D	MI-5	Yea
Fred Upton	R	MI-6	Yea
Tim Walberg	R	MI-7	Yea
Mike Rogers	R	MI-8	Yea
Gary Peters	D	MI-9	Yea
Timothy Walz	D	MN-1	Yea
John Kline	R	MN-2	Yea
Erik Paulsen	R	MN-3	Yea
Betty McCollum	D	MN-4	Yea
Keith Ellison	D	MN-5	Not Voting
Michele Bachmann	R	MN-6	Yea
Collin Peterson	D	MN-7	Yea
Chip Cravaack	R	MN-8	Yea
Wm. Clay	D	MO-1	Yea
W. Akin	R	MO-2	Not Voting
Russ Carnahan	D	MO-3	Yea
Vicky Hartzler	R	MO-4	Yea
Emanuel Cleaver	D	MO-5	Yea
Sam Graves	R	MO-6	Yea
Billy Long	R	MO-7	Yea
Jo Ann Emerson	R	MO-8	Yea
Blaine Luetkemeyer	R	MO-9	Yea
Alan Nunnelee	R	MS-1	Yea
Bennie Thompson	D	MS-2	Yea
Gregg Harper	R	MS-3	Yea
Steven Palazzo	R	MS-4	Yea
Denny Rehberg	R	MT-AL	Yea
G.K. Butterfield	D	NC-1	Yea
Patrick McHenry	R	NC-10	Yea
Heath Shuler	D	NC-11	Not Voting
Mel Watt	D	NC-12	Yea
Brad Miller	D	NC-13	Yea
Renee Ellmers	R	NC-2	Yea
Walter Jones	R	NC-3	Yea
David Price	D	NC-4	Yea
Virginia Foxx	R	NC-5	Yea
Howard Coble	R	NC-6	Yea
Mike McIntyre	D	NC-7	Yea
Larry Kissell	D	NC-8	Yea
Sue Myrick	R	NC-9	Yea
Rick Berg	R	ND-AL	Yea
Jeff Fortenberry	R	NE-1	Yea
Lee Terry	R	NE-2	Not Voting
Adrian Smith	R	NE-3	Yea
Frank Guinta	R	NH-1	Yea
Charlie Bass	R	NH-2	Yea
Rob Andrews	D	NJ-1	Yea
Rodney Frelinghuysen	R	NJ-11	Yea
Rush Holt	D	NJ-12	Yea
Albio Sires	D	NJ-13	Not Voting
Frank LoBiondo	R	NJ-2	Yea
Jon Runyan	R	NJ-3	Yea
Chris Smith	R	NJ-4	Yea
Scott Garrett	R	NJ-5	Yea
Frank Pallone	D	NJ-6	Yea
Leonard Lance	R	NJ-7	Yea
Bill Pascrell	D	NJ-8	Not Voting
Steven Rothman	D	NJ-9	Yea
Martin Heinrich	D	NM-1	Not Voting
Steve Pearce	R	NM-2	Yea
Ben Luján	D	NM-3	Yea
Shelley Berkley	D	NV-1	Yea
Mark Amodei	R	NV-2	Yea
Joseph Heck	R	NV-3	Yea
Timothy Bishop	D	NY-1	Yea
Ed Towns	D	NY-10	Not Voting
Yvette Clarke	D	NY-11	Yea
Nydia Velázquez	D	NY-12	Not Voting
Michael Grimm	R	NY-13	Yea
Carolyn Maloney	D	NY-14	Yea
Charlie Rangel	D	NY-15	Not Voting
José Serrano	D	NY-16	Yea
Eliot Engel	D	NY-17	Yea
Nita Lowey	D	NY-18	Yea
Nan Hayworth	R	NY-19	Yea
Steve Israel	D	NY-2	Yea
Christopher Gibson	R	NY-20	Yea
Paul Tonko	D	NY-21	Yea
Maurice Hinchey	D	NY-22	Not Voting
William Owens	D	NY-23	Yea
Richard Hanna	R	NY-24	Yea
Ann Marie Buerkle	R	NY-25	Yea
Kathleen Hochul	D	NY-26	Yea
Brian Higgins	D	NY-27	Yea
Louise Slaughter	D	NY-28	Yea
Tom Reed	R	NY-29	Not Voting
Pete King	R	NY-3	Yea
Carolyn McCarthy	D	NY-4	Yea
Gary Ackerman	D	NY-5	Yea
Gregory Meeks	D	NY-6	Yea
Joe Crowley	D	NY-7	Yea
Jerrold Nadler	D	NY-8	Yea
Robert Turner	R	NY-9	Not Voting
Steve Chabot	R	OH-1	Yea
Dennis Kucinich	D	OH-10	Yea
Marcia Fudge	D	OH-11	Yea
Pat Tiberi	R	OH-12	Yea
Betty Sutton	D	OH-13	Yea
Steven LaTourette	R	OH-14	Yea
Steve Stivers	R	OH-15	Yea
James Renacci	R	OH-16	Yea
Tim Ryan	D	OH-17	Yea
Bob Gibbs	R	OH-18	Yea
Jean Schmidt	R	OH-2	Yea
Michael Turner	R	OH-3	Yea
Jim Jordan	R	OH-4	Yea
Robert Latta	R	OH-5	Yea
Bill Johnson	R	OH-6	Yea
Steve Austria	R	OH-7	Yea
Marcy Kaptur	D	OH-9	Yea
John Sullivan	R	OK-1	Yea
Dan Boren	D	OK-2	Yea
Frank Lucas	R	OK-3	Yea
Tom Cole	R	OK-4	Yea
James Lankford	R	OK-5	Yea
Suzanne Bonamici	D	OR-1	Yea
Greg Walden	R	OR-2	Yea
Earl Blumenauer	D	OR-3	Yea
Peter DeFazio	D	OR-4	Yea
Kurt Schrader	D	OR-5	Yea
Robert Brady	D	PA-1	Not Voting
Tom Marino	R	PA-10	Not Voting
Lou Barletta	R	PA-11	Yea
Mark Critz	D	PA-12	Yea
Allyson Schwartz	D	PA-13	Yea
Michael Doyle	D	PA-14	Yea
Charles Dent	R	PA-15	Yea
Joseph Pitts	R	PA-16	Yea
Tim Holden	D	PA-17	Yea
Tim Murphy	R	PA-18	Yea
Todd Platts	R	PA-19	Yea
Chaka Fattah	D	PA-2	Yea
Mike Kelly	R	PA-3	Yea
Jason Altmire	D	PA-4	Yea
Glenn Thompson	R	PA-5	Yea
Jim Gerlach	R	PA-6	Yea
Patrick Meehan	R	PA-7	Yea
Michael Fitzpatrick	R	PA-8	Yea
Bill Shuster	R	PA-9	Yea
David Cicilline	D	RI-1	Yea
Jim Langevin	D	RI-2	Yea
Tim Scott	R	SC-1	Yea
Joe Wilson	R	SC-2	Yea
Jeff Duncan	R	SC-3	Yea
Trey Gowdy	R	SC-4	Yea
Mick Mulvaney	R	SC-5	Yea
Jim Clyburn	D	SC-6	Yea
Kristi Noem	R	SD-AL	Yea
Phil Roe	R	TN-1	Yea
Jimmy Duncan	R	TN-2	Yea
Chuck Fleischmann	R	TN-3	Yea
Scott DesJarlais	R	TN-4	Yea
Jim Cooper	D	TN-5	Yea
Diane Black	R	TN-6	Yea
Marsha Blackburn	R	TN-7	Yea
Stephen Fincher	R	TN-8	Yea
Steve Cohen	D	TN-9	Yea
Louie Gohmert	R	TX-1	Yea
Michael McCaul	R	TX-10	Yea
K. Conaway	R	TX-11	Yea
Kay Granger	R	TX-12	Yea
Mac Thornberry	R	TX-13	Yea
Ron Paul	R	TX-14	Not Voting
Rubén Hinojosa	D	TX-15	Yea
Silvestre Reyes	D	TX-16	Yea
Bill Flores	R	TX-17	Yea
Sheila Jackson Lee	D	TX-18	Yea
Randy Neugebauer	R	TX-19	Yea
Ted Poe	R	TX-2	Yea
Charlie Gonzalez	D	TX-20	Not Voting
Lamar Smith	R	TX-21	Yea
Pete Olson	R	TX-22	Yea
Quico Canseco	R	TX-23	Yea
Kenny Marchant	R	TX-24	Not Voting
Lloyd Doggett	D	TX-25	Not Voting
Michael Burgess	R	TX-26	Yea
Blake Farenthold	R	TX-27	Yea
Henry Cuellar	D	TX-28	Yea
Gene Green	D	TX-29	Yea
Sam Johnson	R	TX-3	Yea
Eddie Johnson	D	TX-30	Yea
John Carter	R	TX-31	Yea
Pete Sessions	R	TX-32	Yea
Ralph Hall	R	TX-4	Yea
Jeb Hensarling	R	TX-5	Yea
Joe Barton	R	TX-6	Yea
John Culberson	R	TX-7	Yea
Kevin Brady	R	TX-8	Yea
Al Green	D	TX-9	Yea
Rob Bishop	R	UT-1	Yea
Jim Matheson	D	UT-2	Yea
Jason Chaffetz	R	UT-3	Yea
Robert Wittman	R	VA-1	Yea
Frank Wolf	R	VA-10	Yea
Gerald Connolly	D	VA-11	Yea
Scott Rigell	R	VA-2	Yea
Bobby Scott	D	VA-3	Yea
J. Forbes	R	VA-4	Yea
Robert Hurt	R	VA-5	Yea
Bob Goodlatte	R	VA-6	Yea
Eric Cantor	R	VA-7	Yea
Jim Moran	D	VA-8	Not Voting
H. Griffith	R	VA-9	Yea
Peter Welch	D	VT-AL	Yea
Jay Inslee	D	WA-1	Yea
Rick Larsen	D	WA-2	Yea
Jaime Herrera Beutler	R	WA-3	Yea
Doc Hastings	R	WA-4	Yea
Cathy McMorris Rodgers	R	WA-5	Yea
Norm Dicks	D	WA-6	Not Voting
Jim McDermott	D	WA-7	Yea
David Reichert	R	WA-8	Yea
Adam Smith	D	WA-9	Yea
Paul Ryan	R	WI-1	Yea
Tammy Baldwin	D	WI-2	Yea
Ron Kind	D	WI-3	Yea
Gwen Moore	D	WI-4	Yea
F. Sensenbrenner	R	WI-5	Yea
Tom Petri	R	WI-6	Yea
Sean Duffy	R	WI-7	Yea
Reid Ribble	R	WI-8	Yea
David McKinley	R	WV-1	Yea
Shelley Capito	R	WV-2	Yea
Nick Rahall	D	WV-3	Yea
Cynthia Lummis	R	WY-AL	Yea

To allow otherwise eligible Israeli nationals to receive E-2 nonimmigrant visas if similarly situated United…

Votes to become law

Final vote · House · Mar 19, 2012