119-s482

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 482 Introduced in Senate

    (IS) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 482

 To include Czechia 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 
 Czechia.

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 February 6 (legislative day, February 5), 2025

 Mr. Welch (for himself, Mr. Ricketts, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Coons, Mr. 
 Cornyn, and Mr. Cruz) introduced the following bill; which was read 
 twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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 A BILL

 To include Czechia 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 
 Czechia.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. NONIMMIGRANTS TRADERS.

 For purposes of 

section 101

    (a)

    (15)
        (E)
            (i) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101

    (a)

    (15)
        (E)
            (i) ), Czechia shall be 
considered to be a foreign state described in such section if the 
Government of Czechia provides similar nonimmigrant status to nationals 
of the United States.
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