[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7451 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7451

 To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to discontinue the H-1B 
                    program, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 9, 2026

  Mr. Steube introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to discontinue the H-1B 
                    program, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Ending Exploitative Imported Labor 
Exemptions Act'' or the ``EXILE Act''.

SEC. 2. DISCONTINUATION OF H-1B PROGRAM.

    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;
            (2) in clause (vii), by striking ``; or'' and inserting 
        ``through fiscal year 2026; and''; and
            (3) by inserting after clause (vii) the following:
                            ``(viii) 0 in fiscal year 2027 and each 
                        succeeding fiscal year; or''.
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