H.R. 1056: 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.

119th Congress · introduced 2025-02-06 · Immigration · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

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Official title

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.

Plain summary

This bill allows a national of the Czech Republic to qualify for E-1 nonimmigrant status if the Czech Republic provides similar nonimmigrant status to U.S. nationals. E-1 classification allows nationals of certain countries (i.e., those with a treaty of commerce and navigation with the United States, those under a qualifying international agreement, or those deemed to qualify through statute) to be admitted solely to engage in international trade, along with their families and employees.

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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.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-119hr1056.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/119/hr>

Record fed-us-cong119-hr1056 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong119 · updated 2026-11-03 by psicol fed-bills