To include the Czech Republic in the list of foreign states whose nationals are eligible for admission into the United States as E1 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. 1056.

• 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. 171, No. 25, February 6, 2025, Page H556):
  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 February 6, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  236 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1056, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1056

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 25, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 26, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  cf45c509516bbc44427e4dd3f304c321968c43a63bba58271d255653ebd99ef9

  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 September 25, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1056, last updated September 25, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 26, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.