H.R. 6305: High-skilled Immigration Reform for Employment Act
Quick Facts:
Bill Sponsor: Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL-8)
Congress: 119
Date Introduced: Nov. 25, 2025
Last Action: Referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. (Nov. 25, 2025)
High-skilled Immigration Reform for Employment Act
This bill-
- Doubles the H-1B visa cap from 65,000 to 130,000;
- Removes the 20,000 cap exemption for aliens with master's or higher, making the program functionally unlimited;
- Increases the H-1B dependent employer thresholds, bumping small companies from 25 or fewer employees to 50 or fewer, and medium-sized companies from 26-50 to 51-100, allowing larger businesses to take advantage of more foreign workers; and
- Creates a STEM Grant program to improve education for American students, even though they'll be in harder competition than ever from the massively increased H-1B program.
Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-NJ-10) (Nov. 25, 2025)
Rep. Shri Thanedar (D-MI-13) (Nov. 25, 2025)