To include the Czech Republic in the list of foreign states whose nationals are eligible for admission into the United States as E-1 nonimmigrants if United States nationals are treated similarly by the Government of the Czech Republic.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8679.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. COHEN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 98, June 11, 2024, Page H3726):
  Article I, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: To include the Czech Republic in the list of foreign states whose nationals are eligible for admission into the United States as E-1 nonimmigrants if United States nationals are treated similarly by the Government of the Czech Republic.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 11, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  300 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8679, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8679

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 17, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  2c215086475d40899fb86ebd9d739ac80f82a4db722d556297a1c4d902fa3d29

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of December 17, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

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