INCLUDE Act

Investors Need Clear Laws with Uniform Direction for E-2 Status Holders Act or the INCLUDE Act - Allows aliens having E-2 (treaty investor) nonimmigrant status by reason of a change of nonimmigrant classification made in the United States to re-enter the United States after a trip abroad without requesting or obtaining a new visa.

States that there shall be no limit on the number of such re-entries during the period in which the alien lawfully holds such status.

[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5237 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5237

  To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to allow aliens having 
  status as an E-2 nonimmigrant by reason of a change of nonimmigrant 
classification made in the United States to re-enter the United States 
           after a trip abroad without obtaining a new visa.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 29, 2014

 Mr. Coffman introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to allow aliens having 
  status as an E-2 nonimmigrant by reason of a change of nonimmigrant 
classification made in the United States to re-enter the United States 
           after a trip abroad without obtaining a new visa.

    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--
            (1) the ``Investors Need Clear Laws with Uniform Direction 
        for E-2 Status Holders Act''; or
            (2) the ``INCLUDE Act''.

SEC. 2. UNLIMITED RE-ENTRIES FOR CERTAIN TREATY INVESTORS.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Homeland Security shall take such 
steps as may be necessary to ensure that--
            (1) an alien described in subsection (b) may re-enter the 
        United States after a trip abroad without having to request or 
        obtain a new visa; and
            (2) there is no limit on the number of such re-entries 
        during the period in which the alien lawfully holds status 
        under section 101(a)(15)(E)(ii) of the Immigration and 
        Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(E)(ii)).
    (b) Aliens Described.--An alien described in this subsection is an 
alien having lawful status under section 101(a)(15)(E)(ii) of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(E)(ii)) by reason 
of a change of nonimmigrant classification made in the United States 
under section 248 of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1258).
    (c) Travel Documents.--The Secretary of Homeland Security shall 
commence issuance of travel documents determined appropriate by the 
Secretary to carry out this section, such as re-entry permits, advance 
parole travel documents, or any other travel documents deemed 
appropriate by the Secretary for this purpose.
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