Proposed
Bill · 119th Congress · HR 6305
High-skilled Immigration Reform for Employment Act
Refreshed 5 h ago
Introduced 2025-11-25Topic: immigration · labor · educationSummary
AI-generated summary, report an errorThis bill would raise the yearly cap on new H-1B visas for skilled foreign workers from 65,000 to 130,000. It would also remove the 20,000 limit on extra H-1B visas exempt from the cap for people with advanced U.S. degrees. It would change the employee-count thresholds used to decide which employers count as "H-1B-dependent," a label that brings extra hiring rules. It would also let the Secretary of Education give competitive grants to states for science, math, engineering, and technology education, with $25 million per year authorized for 2026 through 2030.
Sponsors
- Raja Krishnamoorthi Democrat sponsor
- 2 cosponsors
Action history
| Date | Chamber | Action | Status effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-25 | House | Referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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 |
| 2025-11-25 | House | Referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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 |
| 2025-11-25 | Introduced in House | introduce | |
| 2025-11-25 | Introduced in House | introduce |