United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 4647 (118th)
High-skilled Immigration Reform for Employment Act
Introduced
14 July 2023
Last action
14 July 2023 · Introduced
Status
Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Sponsors
Rep. Krishnamoorthi, Raja [D-IL-8], Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8]
Subjects
Immigration, Taxation, Education
Source updated
21 July 2025
Immigration · Taxation · Education
Summary
High-skilled Immigration Reform for Employment Act This bill increases the annual cap on H-1B visas (nonimmigrant visas for workers in specialty occupations) and authorizes grants for education. Specifically, the bill (1) increases the cap on such visas for each fiscal year from 65,000 to 130,000; and (2) exempts from this cap all visas for individuals with a postgraduate degree from a U.S. institution of higher education (currently, only up to 20,000 such visas are exempted each fiscal year). The bill also modifies the criteria for determining whether an employer is an H-1B-dependent employer. (Such employers are subject to additional requirements.) The Department of Education may make grants to states to support science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (commonly referred to as STEM) education.
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Timeline
14 July 2023
Introduced
Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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14 July 2023
Introduced
Introduced in House
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14 July 2023
Introduced
Introduced in House
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Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in House · 14 July 2023 · Download file
Documents
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Sponsors
- Rep. Krishnamoorthi, Raja [D-IL-8] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8] · D · Cosponsor
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Related records
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/4647
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4647
- us · 118-hr-4647 · source updated 21 July 2025