Fairness for High-Skilled Americans Act of 2025
The summary
What this bill does
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.)
Legislative timeline
From introduction
Mar 25, 2025
Introduced & referred to committee
Congressional support
Sponsors & Cosponsors
U.S. Representative - AZ District 9 · R-AZ
35 cosponsors
U.S. Representative - AZ District 5 · R-AZ
U.S. Representative - TX District 26 · R-TX
U.S. Representative - WY · R-WY
U.S. Representative - IL District 15 · R-IL
U.S. Representative - AL District 1 · R-AL
U.S. Representative - TN District 5 · R-TN
Member of Congress · R-TX
U.S. Representative - TN District 2 · R-TN
U.S. Representative - CO District 4 · R-CO
U.S. Representative - GA District 10 · R-GA
U.S. Representative - FL District 13 · R-FL
U.S. Representative - TX District 22 · R-TX
+ 23 more cosponsors
Roll-call vote
The vote, by member
The vote, by member
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Bill Metadata
| Congress | 119 |
| Bill Type | HR |
| Bill Number | 2315 |
| Origin Chamber | House |
| Current Status | Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. |
| Policy Area | Immigration |
| Primary Committee | Not assigned |
| Introduced | March 25, 2025 |
| Latest Action | March 25, 2025 |
| Cosponsors | 35 · House vote — · — views |