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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 6225 
To provide for a limitation on the ability to issue any visa or provide 
any status under the immigration laws until certain conditions have 
been met. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 20, 2025 
Mr. ROY (for himself, Mr. BIGGS of Arizona, Mr. SELF, Mr. OGLES, Ms. 
BOEBERT, Mr. GILL of Texas, Mr. FINE, and Mr. CRANE) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To provide for a limitation on the ability to issue any visa 
or provide any status under the immigration laws until 
certain conditions have been met. 
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 ‘‘Pausing on Admissions 
Until Security Ensured Act of 2025’’ or as the ‘‘PAUSE 
Act of 2025’’. 
SEC. 2. LIMITATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, but except as provided in subsection (c), no 
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alien may be issued a visa or provided any status under 
the immigration laws, until the immigration laws provide 
that— 
(1) States and localities are not prohibited from 
denying access to public schools to aliens present in 
the United States without lawful status under the 
immigration laws; 
(2) no nonimmigrant may adjust status to that 
of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent resi-
dence; 
(3) citizenship at birth is only available to a 
child who— 
(A) is born in the United States; and 
(B) has at least one parent who is— 
(i) a citizen of the United States; or 
(ii) an alien lawfully admitted for per-
manent residency in the United States; 
(4) no alien may be accorded any status under 
section 201(a)(1) of the Immigration and Nation-
ality Act unless that alien is— 
(A) the spouse or minor child of a United 
States citizen; or 
(B) the spouse or minor child of an alien 
lawfully admitted for permanent residency; 
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(5) no alien may be accorded any lawful status 
under the immigration laws if that alien is— 
(A) an Islamist; 
(B) an observer of Sharia law; 
(C) a member or associate of the Chinese 
Communist Party; 
(D) a known or suspected terrorist; 
(E) a known or suspected member of a for-
eign terrorist organization; or 
(F) a person who is affiliated with any for-
eign terrorist organization; and 
(6) no alien may be provided— 
(A) any benefit payable under title XVIII 
of the Social Security Act (relating to the medi-
care program); 
(B) medical assistance under title XIX of 
the Social Security Act (or any successor pro-
gram to such title) for care and services that 
are necessary for the treatment of an emer-
gency medical condition (as defined in section 
1903(v)(3) of such Act) of the alien involved 
and are not related to an organ transplant pro-
cedure, if the alien involved otherwise meets the 
eligibility requirements for medical assistance 
under the State plan approved under such title 
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(other than the requirement of the receipt of 
aid or assistance under title IV of such Act, 
supplemental security income benefits under 
title XVI of such Act, or a State supplementary 
payment); 
(C) any benefit under the supplemental se-
curity income program under title XVI of the 
Social Security Act, including supplementary 
payments pursuant to an agreement for Federal 
administration under section 1616(a) of the So-
cial Security Act and payments pursuant to an 
agreement entered into under section 212(b) of 
Public Law 93–66; 
(D) any benefit under the supplemental 
nutrition assistance program established under 
the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 
2011 et seq.); 
(E) any credit under section 36B of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986; 
(F) any credit under section 32 of the In-
ternal Revenue Code of 1986; 
(G) any benefit under the special supple-
mental nutrition program for women, infants, 
and children established by section 17 of the 
Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786); 
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(H) a loan made, insured, or guaranteed 
under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070 et seq.); 
(I) any benefit under any program for 
housing or community development assistance 
or financial assistance administered by the Sec-
retary of Housing and Urban Development, any 
program under title V of the Housing Act of 
1949, or any assistance under section 306C of 
the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development 
Act; and 
(J) any loan or loan guarantee under the 
Small Business Act. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the amendments made by this section 
shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this 
Act. 
(2) 
PRIOR
APPLICATION.—Notwithstanding 
paragraph (1), in the case of any alien who applied 
for any status under the immigration laws before the 
date of the enactment of this Act who is ineligible 
for such status by reason of the enactment of this 
Act, such application shall be revoked, and any fee 
paid by such alien shall be refunded. 
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(c) EXCEPTION.—The prohibition on the issuance of 
a visa or provision of status under subsection (a) does not 
apply in the case of a visa or status under section 
101(a)(15)(B)(ii). 
SEC. 3. H-1B FEES. 
Section 214(c) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(c)) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(D) ADDITIONAL FEE.—Notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, beginning with fiscal 
year 2026, a fee of $100,000 shall be imposed 
on an employer filing a petition under para-
graph (1)— 
‘‘(i) initially to grant an alien non-
immigrant status described in section 
101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b); 
‘‘(ii) to extend the stay of an alien 
having such status (unless the employer 
previously has obtained an extension for 
such alien); or 
‘‘(iii) to obtain authorization for an 
alien having such status to change employ-
ers.’’. 
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