Sponsor
W. Greg Steube
Representative · R-FL
Representative · R-FL
The bill shifts some job opportunities toward domestic workers by restricting H-1B hiring, but at the cost of reduced access to skilled foreign talent for U.S. employers and fewer legal pathways for skilled immigrants.
Middle-class families and unemployed U.S. workers: face reduced competition from new H-1B hires, which may increase their chances of obtaining jobs previously filled by visa holders.
Tech companies, startups, and other U.S. employers: lose access to specialized H-1B talent, shrinking the skilled labor pool, likely raising hiring costs, slowing growth, and incentivizing offshoring or other workarounds.
Prospective immigrant workers: are blocked from obtaining H-1B status, reducing legal pathways for skilled immigrants to live and work in the U.S.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Removes the statutory H-1B numerical authorization after FY2026 by setting the annual H-1B allocation to zero beginning FY2027.
Official title: To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to discontinue the H-1B program, and for other purposes.
Introduced February 9, 2026 by W. Greg Steube · Last progress February 9, 2026
This bill ends the H-1B numerical visa authorization after fiscal year 2026 by amending the Immigration and Nationality Act to set the H-1B allocation to zero for FY2027 and each succeeding year. In short, it would eliminate future annual H-1B visa numbers, effectively ending the H-1B cap program going forward.