Proposed
Bill · 119th Congress · HR 6487
SECURE STEM Act
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Introduced 2025-12-05Topic: immigration · higher education · technology privacySummary
AI-generated summary, report an errorThis bill would bar the State Department from issuing, and the Department of Homeland Security from admitting people on, certain visas for nationals of China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, and Cuba. The covered visas include H-1B specialty worker visas, O-1 extraordinary ability visas, J exchange visitor visas, and F and M student visas. Federal laboratories could not employ nationals of these countries who are in the U.S. on these visas when the bill becomes law. The two Secretaries could jointly waive these rules for a specific person if they find it is in the national interest, and they would report on waivers to Congress twice a year.
Sponsors
- Pat Harrigan Republican sponsor
- 4 cosponsors
Action history
| Date | Chamber | Action | Status effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-05 | House | Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | refer |
| 2025-12-05 | House | Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | refer |
| 2025-12-05 | Introduced in House | introduce | |
| 2025-12-05 | Introduced in House | introduce |