American White-Collar Worker Jobs Act of 2026

This bill would change the H-1B visa program for foreign workers in specialty jobs. It would lower the yearly cap on new H-1B visas to 65,000, limit a visa to 2 calendar years instead of 6, give priority to petitions with higher salaries, and limit each country to 7 percent of the visas. Employers would need Department of Labor approval of an application showing, among other things, that they will pay at least the 75th-percentile local wage, that nonimmigrants make up no more than 5 percent of their U.S. workforce, and that they advertised the job to U.S. workers first. The Labor Department could not approve applications for jobs where unemployment is above 2 percent, could fine employers up to $100,000 per violation, and U.S. workers displaced by H-1B workers could sue in federal court. The bill also states that only Congress may authorize employment for classes of noncitizens.

Full text and official record on Congress.gov

Sponsors

• Chip Roy Republican sponsor
• 1 cosponsors