End H-1B Now Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6937 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 6937

  To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the H-1B 
                    program, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 2, 2026

Ms. Greene of Georgia introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on 
      Energy and Commerce, and Ways and Means, 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

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the H-1B 
                    program, and for other purposes.

    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 ``End H-1B Now Act''.

SEC. 2. ELIMINATION OF H-1B PROGRAM.

    (a) Phase-Out of Visas.--Section 214(g)(1)(A) of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184) is amended--
            (1) in clause (vi), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in clause (vii), by striking ``; or'' and inserting 
        ``through fiscal year 2025;''; and
            (3) by inserting after clause (vii) the following:
                            ``(viii) 10,000 in fiscal year 2026;
                            ``(ix) 9,000 in fiscal year 2027;
                            ``(x) 8,000 in fiscal year 2028;
                            ``(xi) 7,000 in fiscal year 2029;
                            ``(xii) 6,000 in fiscal year 2030;
                            ``(xiii) 5,000 in fiscal year 2031;
                            ``(xiv) 4,000 in fiscal year 2032;
                            ``(xv) 3,000 in fiscal year 2033;
                            ``(xvi) 2,000 in fiscal year 2034;
                            ``(xvii) 1,000 in fiscal year 2035; and
                            ``(xviii) zero in each succeeding fiscal 
                        year; or''.
    (b) Occupations Eligible for H-1B Visas During Phase-Out.--
            (1) Elimination of fashion models and dual intent.--Section 
        101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
        U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b)) is amended--
                    (A) by inserting ``having a residence in a foreign 
                country which he has no intention of abandoning'' after 
                ``subject to section 212(j)(2),'';
                    (B) by striking ``or as a fashion model''; and
                    (C) by striking ``or, in the case of a fashion 
                model, is of distinguished merit and ability''.
            (2) Specialty occupations.--Section 214(i)(2) of the 
        Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(i)(2)) is 
        amended by inserting after ``occupation, are'' the following: 
        ``that the occupation be as a physician, a surgeon, or a nurse, 
        and''.

SEC. 3. LIMITATION ON MEDICARE-FUNDED RESIDENCY PROGRAMS.

    Section 1886(h)(5)(A) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1395ww(h)(5)(A)) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
sentence: ``For cost reporting periods beginning on or after the date 
of the enactment of this sentence, such term does not include any 
program that trains an individual who is an alien (as defined in 
section 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act) in such program.''.
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