Fairness for High-Skilled Americans Act of 2025
Latest action · Mar 25, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMar 25, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Fairness for High-Skilled Americans Act of 2025
This bill eliminates the Optional Practical Training Program or any successor program, unless Congress expressly authorizes such a program. (The program provides an F-1 student visa holder temporary employment authorization before or after completion of the student's studies, or both.)
Cosponsors 40
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 25, 2025 to Oct 26, 2026; 8 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-TN | Andrew Ogles | Original | Mar 25, 2025 |
| R-AZ | Andy Biggs | Original | Mar 25, 2025 |
| R-AL | Barry Moore | Original | Mar 25, 2025 |
| R-TX | Brandon Gill | Original | Mar 25, 2025 |
| R-TX | Chip Roy | Original | Mar 25, 2025 |
| R-WY | Harriet M. Hageman | Original | Mar 25, 2025 |
| R-IL | Mary E. Miller | Original | Mar 25, 2025 |
| R-TN | Tim Burchett | Original | Mar 25, 2025 |
| R-CO | Lauren Boebert | May 6, 2025 | |
| R-GA | Mike Collins | May 8, 2025 | |
| R-FL | Anna Paulina Luna | May 23, 2025 | |
| R-TX | Troy E. Nehls | Aug 19, 2025 | |
| R-OH | Warren Davidson | Aug 26, 2025 | |
| R-GA | Marjorie Taylor Greene | Sep 3, 2025 | |
| R-VA | Ben Cline | Sep 17, 2025 | |
| R-KY | Andy Barr | Oct 10, 2025 | |
| R-FL | Byron Donalds | Oct 24, 2025 | |
| R-TX | Michael Cloud | Oct 24, 2025 | |
| R-FL | Randy Fine | Oct 24, 2025 | |
| R-TX | Keith Self | Nov 7, 2025 | |
| R-WI | Tony Wied | Nov 7, 2025 | |
| R-OK | Josh Brecheen | Nov 19, 2025 | |
| R-FL | Cory Mills | Dec 9, 2025 | |
| R-GA | Brian Jack | Dec 16, 2025 | |
| R-FL | W. Gregory Steube | Jan 16, 2026 | |
| R-WV | Riley M. Moore | Jan 21, 2026 | |
| R-TX | August Pfluger | Feb 9, 2026 | |
| R-TN | Matt Van Epps | Feb 20, 2026 | |
| R-FL | Jimmy Patronis | Mar 2, 2026 | |
| R-CA | Tom McClintock | Mar 2, 2026 | |
| R-TX | Brian Babin | Mar 4, 2026 | |
| R-TN | Diana Harshbarger | Apr 13, 2026 | |
| R-AZ | Elijah Crane | Apr 15, 2026 | |
| R-VA | H. Morgan Griffith | Apr 27, 2026 | |
| R-SC | Ralph Norman | Apr 27, 2026 | |
| R-WI | Glenn Grothman | May 20, 2026 | |
| R-MO | Robert F. Onder, Jr. | Jun 30, 2026 | |
| R-SC | Sheri Biggs | Jul 14, 2026 | |
| R-TX | Randy K. Weber, Sr. | Sep 2, 2026 | |
| R-OH | Michael A. Rulli | Oct 26, 2026 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Mar 25, 2025 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 25, 2025Introduced in House
- Mar 25, 2025Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 54, March 25, 2025, page H1274.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the Optional Practical Training Program, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Fairness for High-Skilled Americans Act of 2025
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Immigration.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 25, 2025Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
