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.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3992.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3992, a bill 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” on March 8, 2012. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on February 28, 2012”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 8, 2012 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/43049

  CBO publication date

  March 8, 2012

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3992, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/3992

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 112-410 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on March 8, 2012.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported March 8, 2012 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/410

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3992, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/3992

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. As as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H693):
  Clause 4 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 10, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  54 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3992, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/3992

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  7dcf4e1d8a5be9154fb4531fa2923e902ccaec6e42d84510e4bb7807be5e8733

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