End H-1B Now Act
Sponsored By: Representative Greene (GA)
Introduced
Summary
This bill would phase out the H-1B visa program and sharply narrow who can qualify. It targets the H-1B route over a defined timetable and restricts Medicare-funded residency training for noncitizens.
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- It would set annual H-1B caps that begin at 10,000 in fiscal year 2026 and step down each year until the cap is zero after fiscal year 2035. Employers that rely on H-1B workers outside the narrowed health occupations would lose most access.
- It would remove the fashion-model H-1B category and add a requirement that applicants keep a foreign residence they do not intend to abandon. During the phase-out the only specialty-occupation H-1B workers allowed would be physicians, surgeons, and nurses.
- It would bar Medicare-funded residency programs from training individuals who are aliens as defined in immigration law, affecting hospitals that use Medicare funding for residency slots and prospective foreign trainees.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 2 costs, 0 mixed.
Phase-out and limits on H-1B visas
If enacted, the bill would keep the existing H‑1B rules through fiscal year 2025 and then impose much smaller annual caps from FY2026 through FY2035. The caps would be: 10,000 in FY2026; 9,000 in FY2027; 8,000 in FY2028; 7,000 in FY2029; 6,000 in FY2030; 5,000 in FY2031; 4,000 in FY2032; 3,000 in FY2033; 2,000 in FY2034; 1,000 in FY2035; and zero each year after FY2035. The bill would also narrow H‑1B eligibility during the phase-out so only physicians, surgeons, and nurses qualify. It would add a requirement that applicants keep a foreign residence they do not intend to abandon and would remove the fashion‑model category.
Medicare residencies barred for aliens
If enacted, for cost reporting periods starting on or after enactment, Medicare-funded residency programs would not include programs that train an individual who is an "alien" under the Immigration and Nationality Act. Hospitals and training programs would not be able to count or receive Medicare payments for residency slots used to train such noncitizen trainees for those reporting periods. This would affect noncitizen medical trainees and could reduce Medicare payments to affected programs.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Greene (GA)
GA • R
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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