; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (s) Requirements applicable to State-Sponsored nonimmigrant visas (1) Definitions In this subsection: (A) Reside The term reside means to live and establish a residence in a State for a consecutive period of more than 14 days (not including any period after the approval of the resident’s petition for immigrant status). (B) Secretary Except as otherwise specifically provided in this subsection, the term Secretary means the Secretary of Homeland Security. (C) State Notwithstanding section 101(a)(36), the term State means a State of the United States and the District of Columbia. (D) State-sponsored nonimmigrant The term State-sponsored nonimmigrant means an alien who has been sponsored by a State for admission under section 101(a)(15)(W). (E) State-sponsored nonimmigrant program The term State-sponsored nonimmigrant program means a nonimmigrant program to regulate the employment, investment, and residence of State-sponsored nonimmigrants. (F) State-sponsored nonimmigrant status The term State-sponsored nonimmigrant status means status granted to an alien admitted as a nonimmigrant pursuant to section 101(a)(15)(W). (2) State-sponsored nonimmigrant program Any State may submit an application to the Secretary to participate in the State-sponsored nonimmigrant program by sponsoring aliens for admission to the United States. (3) State-sponsored nonimmigrant program approval The Secretary shall approve any application submitted by a State (or compact of States) under paragraph (2) for a State-sponsored nonimmigrant program that— (A) was approved by the legislature of the State; (B) regulates, in a manner determined by the State, the employment and residence of State-sponsored nonimmigrants; (C) implements procedures, in a manner determined by the Secretary, to inform the Secretary of the failure of a nonimmigrant to comply with the terms of State-sponsored nonimmigrant status when the State is made aware of such failure