I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 6937 
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the H–1B 
program, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 2, 2026 
Ms. GREENE of Georgia introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on 
Energy and Commerce, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subse-
quently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate 
the H–1B program, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘End H-1B Now Act’’. 
SEC. 2. ELIMINATION OF H–1B PROGRAM. 
(a) PHASE-OUT OF VISAS.—Section 214(g)(1)(A) of 
the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184) is 
amended— 
(1) in clause (vi), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
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(2) in clause (vii), by striking ‘‘; or’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘through fiscal year 2025;’’; and 
(3) by inserting after clause (vii) the following: 
‘‘(viii) 10,000 in fiscal year 2026; 
‘‘(ix) 9,000 in fiscal year 2027; 
‘‘(x) 8,000 in fiscal year 2028; 
‘‘(xi) 7,000 in fiscal year 2029; 
‘‘(xii) 6,000 in fiscal year 2030; 
‘‘(xiii) 5,000 in fiscal year 2031; 
‘‘(xiv) 4,000 in fiscal year 2032; 
‘‘(xv) 3,000 in fiscal year 2033; 
‘‘(xvi) 2,000 in fiscal year 2034; 
‘‘(xvii) 1,000 in fiscal year 2035; and 
‘‘(xviii) zero in each succeeding fiscal 
year; or’’. 
(b) OCCUPATIONS ELIGIBLE FOR H–1B VISAS DUR-
ING PHASE-OUT.— 
(1) ELIMINATION
OF
FASHION
MODELS
AND 
DUAL INTENT.—Section 101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b) of the 
Immigration 
and 
Nationality 
Act 
(8 
U.S.C. 
1101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b)) is amended— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘having a residence in a 
foreign country which he has no intention of 
abandoning’’ 
after 
‘‘subject 
to 
section 
212(j)(2),’’; 
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(B) by striking ‘‘or as a fashion model’’; 
and 
(C) by striking ‘‘or, in the case of a fash-
ion model, is of distinguished merit and abil-
ity’’. 
(2) 
SPECIALTY
OCCUPATIONS.—Section 
214(i)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1184(i)(2)) is amended by inserting after 
‘‘occupation, are’’ the following: ‘‘that the occupation 
be as a physician, a surgeon, or a nurse, and’’. 
SEC. 3. LIMITATION ON MEDICARE-FUNDED RESIDENCY 
PROGRAMS. 
Section 1886(h)(5)(A) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1395ww(h)(5)(A)) is amended by adding at the 
end the following new sentence: ‘‘For cost reporting peri-
ods beginning on or after the date of the enactment of 
this sentence, such term does not include any program 
that trains an individual who is an alien (as defined in 
section 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act) in 
such program.’’. 
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