119-hr2315

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2315 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 2315

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the Optional 
 Practical Training Program, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 March 25, 2025

 Mr. Gosar (for himself, Mr. Biggs of Arizona, Mr. Gill of Texas, Ms. 
Hageman, Mrs. Miller of Illinois, Mr. Moore of Alabama, Mr. Ogles, Mr. 
 Roy, and Mr. Burchett) introduced the following bill; which was 
 referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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 A BILL

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the Optional 
 Practical Training 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 ``Fairness for High-Skilled Americans 
Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. ELIMINATING THE OPTIONAL PRACTICAL TRAINING PROGRAM.

 

Section 274A

    (h) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1324a) is amended by adding at the end the following:
 ``

    (4) Employment authorization for aliens no longer engaged 
 in full-time study in the united states.--Notwithstanding any 
 other provision of law, no alien present in the United States 
 as a nonimmigrant under 

section 101

    (a)

    (15)
        (F)
            (i) may be 
 provided employment authorization in the United States pursuant 
 to the Optional Practical Training Program, or any such 
 successor program, without an express Act of Congress 
 authorizing such a program.''.
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