High-skilled Immigration Reform for Employment Act
In committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- House
- Sponsors
- 3
- Latest action
- Nov 25, 2025
What it does
The High-skilled Immigration Reform for Employment Act would double the annual cap on H–1B visas from 65,000 to 130,000 and remove the 20,000 exemption threshold for certain advanced degree holders. It would also raise the employee thresholds that define H–1B-dependent employers, making it harder for companies to be classified as such and thus reducing associated compliance burdens. Additionally, the bill authorizes a $25 million annual grant program from 2026 to 2030 to strengthen STEM education in K–12 schools and support higher education in those fields, administered by the Secretary of Education.
AI summary · The lawmakers haven’t published an official summary of this bill yet, so 52 wrote this one from the bill’s text.
Where it stands
Introduced (Done)
Committee (Current step)
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Who is involved
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Where it goes next
While a bill can still move, the questions are about people and money.