S.Amdt. 373

SA 373. Mr. MENENDEZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2024 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place in title XII, insert the
following:

SEC. __. UNITED STATES-URUGUAY PARTNERSHIP.

(a) Eligibility of Uruguay for Designation as a Beneficiary
Country Under Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act.--Section
212(b) of the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (19
U.S.C. 2702(b)) is amended by inserting after ``Turks and
Caicos Islands'' the following new item:
``Uruguay''.
(b) 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)),
Uruguay shall be considered to be a foreign state described
in such section if the Government of Uruguay provides similar
nonimmigrant status to nationals of the United States.
(c) Visa Waiver Program Eligibility.--
(1) Sense of congress.--It is the sense of Congress that
the Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the
Secretary of State, should conduct a review as to whether
Uruguay meets the eligibility criteria for designation as a
program country for purposes of the visa waiver program under
section 217 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
1187).
(2) Visa waiver program eligibility.--Not later than 90
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the
Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the
Secretary of State, shall submit to Congress a report that
includes--
(A) an assessment as to whether Uruguay meets the
eligibility criteria for designation as a program country for
purposes of the visa waiver program under section 217 of the
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1187); and
(B) in the case of such an assessment that Uruguay does not
meet such eligibility criteria, a description of the actions
required of Uruguay in order to meet such criteria.
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