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H.R. 2315

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Summary

H.R. 2315, the Fairness for High-Skilled Americans Act of 2025, was introduced in the House on Mar 25, 2025 by Rep. Paul Gosar (R) with 39 co-sponsors. It was referred to Judiciary, and last saw action on Mar 25, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Record

Text

H.R. 2315 has 39 co-sponsors.

hb2315/introduced-in-house.txt
119 HR 2315 IH: Fairness for High-Skilled Americans Act of 2025
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-03-25
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 Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 2315  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    A BILL
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the Optional Practical Training Program, and for other purposes.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Fairness for High-Skilled Americans Act of 2025  .
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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Tracker

The tracker indicates the progress of this legislation as it moves through the legislative process.

  1. Introduced2025-03-25
  2. Passed House
  3. Passed Senate
  4. Conference
  5. To President
  6. Became Law

CRS Summary

The summaries are the Congressional Research Service’s, one per stage. Read them in full.

Introduced in House Mar 25, 2025

hb2315/introduced-in-house.md

Shown Here:
Introduced in House (03/25/2025)

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.)

Sponsors

Rep. Paul Gosar (R) sponsors H.R. 2315, and 39 members have co-sponsored it, 8 of them from the day it was introduced.

Committees

H.R. 2315 went before 1 committee: Judiciary.

Judiciary
Judiciary
Referred To · Mar 25, 2025 · 2,181 Bills

Actions

H.R. 2315 has taken 2 actions since Mar 25, 2025.

ChamberAction
Mar 25, 2025
House
Introduced in House
Mar 25, 2025
House
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.Judiciary Committee

Votes

H.R. 2315 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

H.R. 2315 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

  • Fairness for High-Skilled Americans Act of 2025 — Display Title
  • Fairness for High-Skilled Americans Act of 2025 — Short Title(s) as Introduced
  • To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the Optional Practical Training Program, and for other purposes. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

3 clients hired 3 firms and 8 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 2315 in 12 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Immigration, Agriculture, Budget/Appropriations, Defense, Education, Energy/Nuclear, Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.), Medical/Disease Research/Clinical Labs.

Clients

Who paid to be heard, by how many filings named the bill.

ClientBusinessStateFirmsFilingsReported
CORNELL UNIVERSITY—New York16—
FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM—District of Columbia13—
NUMBERSUSA ACTION, INC.501(c)(4) social welfare organization supporting immigration policy reform.Virginia13—

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

RegistrantClientsFilingsReported
CORNELL UNIVERSITY16—
FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM13—
NUMBERSUSA ACTION, INC.13—

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill.

LobbyistFirmsClientsFilings
DIANNE MILLER116
ALESSIA LEAL115
DAMIEN SHARP115
DANIEL PARKER115
JOE CHATHAM113
MICHAEL HOUGH113
JULIE KIRCHNER111
KRISTEN ADAMS111

Filings

The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.

ClientRegistrantPeriodReportedDocument
CORNELL UNIVERSITYCORNELL UNIVERSITY2025 second_quarter$444K2nd Quarter - Report
CORNELL UNIVERSITYCORNELL UNIVERSITY2026 second_quarter$360K2nd Quarter - Report
CORNELL UNIVERSITYCORNELL UNIVERSITY2025 third_quarter$240K3rd Quarter - Report
CORNELL UNIVERSITYCORNELL UNIVERSITY2025 first_quarter$230K1st Quarter - Report
CORNELL UNIVERSITYCORNELL UNIVERSITY2026 first_quarter$180K1st Quarter - Report
CORNELL UNIVERSITYCORNELL UNIVERSITY2025 fourth_quarter$180K4th Quarter - Report
FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORMFEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM2025 second_quarter$54.4K2nd Quarter - Amendme…
FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORMFEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM2025 first_quarter$54.4K1st Quarter - Report
FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORMFEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM2025 second_quarter$48.3K2nd Quarter - Report
NUMBERSUSA ACTION, INC.NUMBERSUSA ACTION, INC.2025 third_quarter—3rd Quarter - Report
NUMBERSUSA ACTION, INC.NUMBERSUSA ACTION, INC.2025 second_quarter—2nd Quarter - Report
NUMBERSUSA ACTION, INC.NUMBERSUSA ACTION, INC.2025 first_quarter—1st Quarter - Report

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 2315 under Immigration, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 2315’s is Immigration.

hr2315/policy-areas.txt
ImmigrationAgriculture and FoodAnimalsArmed Forces and National SecurityArts, Culture, ReligionCivil Rights and Liberties, Minority IssuesCommerceCongressCrime and Law EnforcementEconomics and Public FinanceEducationEmergency ManagementEnergyEnvironmental ProtectionFamiliesFinance and Financial SectorForeign Trade and International FinanceGovernment Operations and PoliticsHealthHousing and Community DevelopmentInternational AffairsLabor and EmploymentLawNative AmericansPublic Lands and Natural ResourcesScience, Technology, CommunicationsSocial WelfareSports and RecreationTaxationTransportation and Public WorksWater Resources Development

Constitutional authority

The clause the sponsor cites as Congress’s power to enact H.R. 2315, as entered in the Congressional Record.

[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 54 (Tuesday, March 25, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. GOSAR:H.R. 2315.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8[Page H1274]

Source: congress.gov · legiscan.com