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      <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>&lt;pre&gt;[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 98 (Tuesday, June 11, 2024)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [&lt;a href="https://www.gpo.gov"&gt;www.gpo.gov&lt;/a&gt;]By Mr. COHEN:H.R. 8679.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8The single subject of this legislation is:To include the Czech Republic in the list of foreign stateswhose nationals are eligible for admission into the UnitedStates as E-1 nonimmigrants if United States nationals aretreated similarly by the Government of the Czech Republic.[Page H3726]&lt;/pre&gt;</constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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