House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
End H–1B Visa Abuse Act of 2026
Official title: To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for a pause on the issuance of H-1B visas until certain limitations on the issuance thereof are implemented.
Sponsor: Rep. Elijah Crane R-AZWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 22, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 22, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8443.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CRANE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 71, April 22, 2026, Page H3068):Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 22, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 46 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8443, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8443
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 25, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 6, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of September 25, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
14 cosponsors — 14 Republicans
0 of 14 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Brian Babin (R-TX), Sheri Biggs (R-SC), Brandon Gill (R-TX), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Mark Harris (R-NC), Diana Harshbarger (R-TN), Wesley Hunt (R-TX), Tom McClintock (R-CA), Mary Miller (R-IL), Barry Moore (R-AL), Riley Moore (R-WV), Andrew Ogles (R-TN), Chip Roy (R-TX), Keith Self (R-TX).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Elijah Crane.
- H.R. 837 (119th) To require the Secretary of Agriculture to convey the Pleasant Valley Ranger District Administrative Site to Gila County, Arizona.
- H.R. 5729 (119th) North Rim Restoration Act
- H.R. 1829 (119th) Apache County and Navajo County Conveyance Act of 2026
- H.R. 495 (119th) Subterranean Border Defense Act
- H.R. 3334 (119th) USCP Empowerment Act of 2025
- H.R. 2705 (119th) Nuclear Family Priority Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 6, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.