End H–1B Visa Abuse Act of 2026
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, End H–1B Visa Abuse Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers. The main policy domain is Immigration, Labor, Education.
Who Benefits and How
immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies, immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section H5D3B633E7DA44764A2390D70BCCB695B: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the End H–1B Visa Abuse Act of 2026.
- Section H940FB317216F449D835FBAFDC0B6D334: 2. Pausing the issuance of H–1B visas Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no alien may be issued a nonimmigrant visa described in section...
- Section HC398ADBD84D84429B0C3384D88F735EF: 3. Necessary reforms of the H–1b visa Section 214(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(b)) is amended by striking , and other than a...
- Section H15E58441AC2C47BEAE2682451691946D: 4. Restricting H nonimmigrants to primary workers Section 101(a)(15)(H) is amended by striking ; and the alien spouse and minor children of any such alien...
- Section H04366275E7FE4575BA195100FD8551EE: 5. Prohibiting Federal employment of nonimmigrant visa holders Section 214(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(c)) is amended by adding at...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, End H–1B Visa Abuse Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers.
Key Policy Areas
Immigration, Labor, Education
Primary Purpose
This bill, End H–1B Visa Abuse Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeReferred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced in House
Mr. Crane (for himself, Mr. Gosar, Mr. Hunt, Mr. Self, …
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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "secretary_of_homeland_security"
- → Secretary of Homeland Security
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