United States · Bill · S
S. 843 (116th)
Partner with Korea Act
Introduced
14 March 2019
Last action
14 March 2019 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Sponsors
Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA], Sen. Blunt, Roy [R-MO], Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI]
Subjects
Immigration, Taxation
Source updated
10 August 2026
Summary
Partner with Korea Act This bill creates an E-4 treaty trader visa category for up to 15,000 nationals of South Korea each fiscal year who are coming to the United States solely to perform specialty occupation services, subject to various requirements. The 15,000 limit shall only apply to principal aliens and not the spouses or children of such aliens. A specialty occupation is one that requires the theoretical and practical application of highly specialized knowledge and a bachelor's degree or higher.
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Timeline
14 March 2019
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Source: IntroReferral
14 March 2019
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 14 March 2019 · Official file
Documents
3 official files
Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 14 March 2019
Introduced in Senate (PDF)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 14 March 2019
Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 14 March 2019
Sponsors
- Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Blunt, Roy [R-MO] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] · D · Sponsor
- · ssju00 · Standing
Related records
- related to ← Partner with Korea Act
- related to ← Partner with Korea Act
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/843
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/s/843
- us · 116-s-843 · source updated 10 August 2026