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[H.R. 6225 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 6225
To provide for a limitation on the ability to issue any visa or provide
any status under the immigration laws until certain conditions have
been met.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
November 20, 2025
Mr. Roy (for himself, Mr. Biggs of Arizona, Mr. Self, Mr. Ogles, Ms.
Boebert, Mr. Gill of Texas, Mr. Fine, and Mr. Crane) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
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A BILL
To provide for a limitation on the ability to issue any visa or provide
any status under the immigration laws until certain conditions have
been met.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Pausing on Admissions Until Security
Ensured Act of 2025'' or as the ``PAUSE Act of 2025''.
SEC. 2. LIMITATION.
(a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, but
except as provided in subsection (c), no alien may be issued a visa or
provided any status under the immigration laws, until the immigration
laws provide that--
(1) States and localities are not prohibited from denying
access to public schools to aliens present in the United States
without lawful status under the immigration laws;
(2) no nonimmigrant may adjust status to that of an alien
lawfully admitted for permanent residence;
(3) citizenship at birth is only available to a child who--
(A) is born in the United States; and
(B) has at least one parent who is--
(i) a citizen of the United States; or
(ii) an alien lawfully admitted for
permanent residency in the United States;
(4) no alien may be accorded any status under section
201(a)(1) of the Immigration and Nationality Act unless that
alien is--
(A) the spouse or minor child of a United States
citizen; or
(B) the spouse or minor child of an alien lawfully
admitted for permanent residency;
(5) no alien may be accorded any lawful status under the
immigration laws if that alien is--
(A) an Islamist;
(B) an observer of Sharia law;
(C) a member or associate of the Chinese Communist
Party;
(D) a known or suspected terrorist;
(E) a known or suspected member of a foreign
terrorist organization; or
(F) a person who is affiliated with any foreign
terrorist organization; and
(6) no alien may be provided--
(A) any benefit payable under title XVIII of the
Social Security Act (relating to the medicare program);
(B) medical assistance under title XIX of the
Social Security Act (or any successor program to such
title) for care and services that are necessary for the
treatment of an emergency medical condition (as defined
in section 1903(v)(3) of such Act) of the alien
involved and are not related to an organ transplant
procedure, if the alien involved otherwise meets the
eligibility requirements for medical assistance under
the State plan approved under such title (other than
the requirement of the receipt of aid or assistance
under title IV of such Act, supplemental security
income benefits under title XVI of such Act, or a State
supplementary payment);
(C) any benefit under the supplemental security
income program under title XVI of the Social Security
Act, including supplementary payments pursuant to an
agreement for Federal administration under section
1616(a) of the Social Security Act and payments
pursuant to an agreement entered into under section
212(b) of Public Law 93-66;
(D) any benefit under the supplemental nutrition
assistance program established under the Food and
Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.);
(E) any credit under section 36B of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986;
(F) any credit under section 32 of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986;
(G) any benefit under the special supplemental
nutrition program for women, infants, and children
established by section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of
1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786);
(H) a loan made, insured, or guaranteed under title
IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070
et seq.);
(I) any benefit under any program for housing or
community development assistance or financial
assistance administered by the Secretary of Housing and
Urban Development, any program under title V of the
Housing Act of 1949, or any assistance under section
306C of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development
Act; and
(J) any loan or loan guarantee under the Small
Business Act.
(b) Effective Date.--
(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the
amendments made by this section shall take effect on the date
of the enactment of this Act.
(2) Prior application.--Notwithstanding paragraph (1), in
the case of any alien who applied for any status under the
immigration laws before the date of the enactment of this Act
who is ineligible for such status by reason of the enactment of
this Act, such application shall be revoked, and any fee paid
by such alien shall be refunded.
(c) Exception.--The prohibition on the issuance of a visa or
provision of status under subsection (a) does not apply in the case of
a visa or status under section 101(a)(15)(B)(ii).
SEC. 3. H-1B FEES.
Section 214(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
1184(c)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(D) Additional fee.--Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, beginning with fiscal year 2026, a
fee of $100,000 shall be imposed on an employer filing
a petition under paragraph (1)--
``(i) initially to grant an alien
nonimmigrant status described in section
101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b);
``(ii) to extend the stay of an alien
having such status (unless the employer
previously has obtained an extension for such
alien); or
``(iii) to obtain authorization for an
alien having such status to change
employers.''.
SEC. 4. TERMINATION OF THE OPTIONAL PRACTICAL TRAINING PROGRAM.
(a) Eliminating the Optional Practical Training Program.--Section
274A(h) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1324a) is
amended by adding at the end the following:
``(4) Employment authorization for aliens no longer engaged
in full-time study in the united states.--Notwithstanding any
other provision of law, no alien present in the United States
as a nonimmigrant under section 101(a)(15)(F)(i) may be
provided employment authorization in the United States.''.
(b) Effective Date.--
(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the
amendments made by this section shall take effect on the date
of the enactment of this Act.
(2) Selectees.--Notwithstanding paragraph (1), in the case
of any alien who registered for the Optional Practical Training
Program and received notification before the date of the
enactment of this Act that he or she has been selected for
employment authorization pursuant to such program, such
authorization shall be revoked, and any fee paid by such alien
shall be refunded.
SEC. 5. TERMINATION OF DIVERSITY IMMIGRANT VISA PROGRAM.
(a) Repeal.--Section 203 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8
U.S.C. 1153) is amended by striking subsection (c).
(b) Technical and Conforming Amendments.--Title II of the
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1151 et seq.) is amended--
(1) in section 201--
(A) in subsection (a)--
(i) in paragraph (1), by adding ``and'' at
the end;
(ii) in paragraph (2), by striking ``;
and'' and inserting a period; and
(iii) by striking paragraph (3); and
(B) by striking subsection (e);
(2) in section 203--
(A) by striking subsection (c);
(B) in subsection (d), by striking ``subsection
(a), (b), or (c)'' and inserting ``subsection (a) or
(b)'';
(C) in subsection (e)--
(i) by striking paragraph (2); and
(ii) by redesignating paragraph (3) as
paragraph (2);
(D) in subsection (f), by striking ``subsection
(a), (b), or (c) of this section'' and inserting
``subsection (a) or (b)'';
(E) in subsection (g), by striking ``subsections
(a), (b), and (c)'' and inserting ``subsections (a) and
(b)''; and
(F) in subsection (h)(2)(B), by striking
``subsection (a), (b), or (c)'' and inserting
``subsection (a) or (b)''; and
(3) in section 204--
(A) in subsection (a)(1), by striking subparagraph
(I);
(B) in subsection (e), by striking ``subsection
(a), (b), or (c)'' and inserting ``subsection (a) or
(b)''; and
(C) in subsection (l)(2)(B), by striking ``section
203 (a) or (d)'' and inserting ``subsection (a) or (d)
of section 203''.
(c) Effective Date.--
(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the
amendments made by this section shall take effect on the date
of the enactment of this Act.
(2) Selectees.--Notwithstanding paragraph (1), in the case
of any alien who registered for the Diversity Immigrant Visa
Program and received notification before the date of the
enactment of this Act that he or she has been selected to apply
for a diversity immigrant visa under section 203(c) of the
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1153(c)), such
application shall be revoked, and any fee paid by such alien
shall be refunded.
SEC. 6. DEFINITION.
Terms used in this Act have the meaning given such terms under
section 101(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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