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This resolution says Congress does not agree with a Department of Homeland Security rule about H-1B visas, F-1 student visa flexibility, and other changes for certain nonimmigrant workers. If the resolution becomes law, that DHS rule would be cancelled and would not take effect.
- It targets a specific DHS regulation published in the Federal Register about immigration and work-related visa rules.
- The main effect would be to stop the rule from having any legal force.
- The resolution does not create a new visa policy of its own; it only rejects the existing rule.
Official Summaries
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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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
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[H.J. Res. 22 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. J. RES. 22
Disapproving of 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''.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 16, 2025
Mr. Arrington (for himself, Mr. Self, and Mr. Moore of West Virginia)
submitted the following joint resolution; which was referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary
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JOINT RESOLUTION
Disapproving of 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''.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress assembled, 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.
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