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Version 00 · Introduced in House · Jan 16, 2025
This joint resolution nullifies the final rule issued by the Department of Homeland Security titled Modernizing H-1B Requirements, Providing Flexibility in the F-1 Program, and Program Improvements Affecting Other Nonimmigrant Workers and published on December 18, 2024. The rule revises several regulations applicable to nonimmigrant visas for workers in specialty occupations (H-1B), nonimmigrant visas for students (F-1), and other visas, including by
adding to the criteria for specialty occupations;
extending the employment authorization period for F-1 visa holders who are beneficiaries of H-1B petitions; and
requiring H-1B petitioners to have bona fide job offers for beneficiaries and have legal presence in, and be subject to the legal processes of, the United States.
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Rep. Arrington, Jodey C. [R-TX-19] · R–TX
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Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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Based on the full Introduced in House · 2025-01-16 text. This explanation has not received human editorial review. This overview describes the proposal’s major provisions; it does not establish what its real-world effects would be.
If enacted, this resolution would cancel a Department of Homeland Security rule addressing H–1B requirements, flexibility in the F–1 program, and other nonimmigrant workers. The supplied resolution does not describe the underlying requirements or explain how canceling them would affect people in those programs.
That Congress disapproves the rule submitted by the Department of Homeland Security relating to Modernizing H–1B Requirements, Providing Flexibility in the F–1 Program, and Program Improvements Affecting Other Nonimmigrant Workers (89 Fed. Reg. 103054), and such rule shall have no force or effect.
The resolution identifies the rule by its Federal Register reference, 89 Fed. Reg. 103054, and would give that rule no legal force or effect. Its operative language contains no exceptions or separate implementation date.
That Congress disapproves the rule submitted by the Department of Homeland Security relating to Modernizing H–1B Requirements, Providing Flexibility in the F–1 Program, and Program Improvements Affecting Other Nonimmigrant Workers (89 Fed. Reg. 103054), and such rule shall have no force or effect.
The supplied January 14, 2026 source snapshot records introduction in the House and referral to the House Committee on the Judiciary on January 16, 2025.
Source snapshot updated 2026-01-14T16:38:48Z. 2025-01-16: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. 2025-01-16: Introduced in House
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