H.R. 8013

Summary

H.R. 8013, the Keep Innovators in America Act, was introduced in the House on Mar 19, 2026 by Rep. Sam Liccardo (D) with 2 co-sponsors. It was referred to Judiciary, and last saw action on Mar 19, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Record

Text

H.R. 8013 has 2 co-sponsors.

119 HR 8013 IH: Keep Innovators in America Act
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2026-03-19
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 I  119th CONGRESS  2d Session  H. R. 8013  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   March 19, 2026   Mr. Liccardo  (for himself,  Mr. Obernolte , and  Mr. Krishnamoorthi ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on the Judiciary    A BILL
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to codify the Optional Practical Training program.
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Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Keep Innovators in America Act  .
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In general
Section 101(a)(15)(F)(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(F)(i) ) is amended by inserting after  course of study  the second time it appears the following:  , except that such a course of study may include practical training and employment authorization under terms and conditions set by the Secretary of Homeland Security as long as such employment is related to the field of study, including after completion of degree requirements, and that such an alien may maintain student status under this section if the alien is the beneficiary of a pending or approved petition filed pursuant to section 204(a)(1) except that as an enrolled student the alien’s course of study must be consistent with section 214(m) .

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To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to codify the Optional Practical Training program.

Sponsors

Rep. Sam Liccardo (D) sponsors H.R. 8013, and 2 members have co-sponsored it, all of them from the day it was introduced.

Sam Liccardo

Rep. · D–CA-16 · Sponsor

Introduced Mar 19, 2026

Raja Krishnamoorthi

Rep. · D–IL-8 · Co-sponsor

Joined Mar 19, 2026 · Original

Jay Obernolte

Rep. · R–CA-23 · Co-sponsor

Joined Mar 19, 2026 · Original

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Committees

H.R. 8013 went before 1 committee: Judiciary.

Judiciary

Judiciary

Referred To · Mar 19, 2026 · 2,181 Bills

Actions

H.R. 8013 has taken 2 actions since Mar 19, 2026.

Votes

H.R. 8013 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

H.R. 8013 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

• Keep Innovators in America Act — Display Title
• Keep Innovators in America Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to codify the Optional Practical Training program. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

5 clients hired 6 firms and 112 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 8013 in 10 quarterly filings, 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 Budget/Appropriations, Science/Technology, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Immigration, Agriculture, Energy/Nuclear, Environment/Superfund, Trade (domestic/foreign).

Clients

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

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill. The 20 named most often, of 112.

Filings

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

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 8013 under Immigration, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 8013’s is Immigration.

Constitutional authority

The clause the sponsor cites as Congress’s power to enact H.R. 8013, as entered in the Congressional Record.

[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 50 (Thursday, March 19, 2026)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. LICCARDO:H.R. 8013.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 1.All legislative powers herein granted shall be vested in aCongress of the United States, which shall consist of aSenate and House of Representatives.[Page H2622]

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