# 119-hr-6305: High-skilled Immigration Reform for Employment Act

119-hr-6305, High-skilled Immigration Reform for Employment Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Krishnamoorthi, Raja [D-IL-8] (D-IL); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-6305
- Congress: 119
- Title: High-skilled Immigration Reform for Employment Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-11-25
- Sponsor: Rep. Krishnamoorthi, Raja [D-IL-8] (D-IL)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Policy area: Immigration
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-21

## Summary

**Doubles the annual H‑1B visa cap and loosens who counts as an H‑1B‑dependent employer.** This bill would raise the base H‑1B cap from 65,000 to 130,000 and change employer thresholds that trigger dependency. It would also create a competitive grant program to strengthen STEM teaching and college pathways. - High-skilled workers: Would double the base H‑1B cap from 65,000 to 130,000, letting more foreign professionals seek U.S. work visas each year. - Employers: Raises thresholds that define H‑1B‑dependent employers so fewer firms meet that designation. For example, one trigger would move from 25 to 50. - Schools and students: Creates the Promoting American Ingenuity grant program to strengthen K‑12 STEM teaching, retain teachers, and support colleges training STEM students, with $25 million authorized per year for FY2026–2030. *Would increase federal spending by up to $125 million across fiscal years 2026–2030 if the authorized grants are appropriated.*

## Cosponsors (2)

- Rep. McIver, LaMonica [D-NJ-10] (D-NJ), 2025-11-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Thanedar, Shri [D-MI-13] (D-MI), 2025-11-25T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- New STEM grants for schools and colleges: benefit, low. If enacted, this bill would create a competitive Promoting American Ingenuity Grant Program run by the Secretary of Education. States would apply through their chief executive for grants to strengthen K–12 STEM, retain STEM teachers, and help colleges teach STEM students. The bill would authorize $…
- Changes to H-1B visas and employer rules: mixed, low. If enacted, this bill would raise the annual H-1B cap from 65,000 to 130,000, adding 65,000 slots per year. It would remove a sentence that limited a particular H-1B exemption to 20,000 people in a year. It would also raise the numeric tests that make an employer "H-1B-dependent," for example chang…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-9877: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026
- 119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025
- 119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act
- 119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act
- 119-hr-3971: Domestic Workers Bill of Rights Act
- 119-hr-7853: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026

## Sources
- [119-hr-6305 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6305)

## Related
- [119-hr-9877: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9877)
- [119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3151)
- [119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7977)
- [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973)
- [119-hr-3971: Domestic Workers Bill of Rights Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3971)
- [119-hr-7853: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7853)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6305 (as of 2026-09-21).