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<dc:title>119 HR 7451 IH: Ending Exploitative Imported Labor Exemptions Act</dc:title>
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<dc:date>2026-02-09</dc:date>
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<distribution-code display="yes">I</distribution-code><congress display="yes">119th CONGRESS</congress><session display="yes">2d Session</session><legis-num display="yes">H. R. 7451</legis-num><current-chamber>IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES</current-chamber><action display="yes"><action-date date="20260209">February 9, 2026</action-date><action-desc><sponsor name-id="S001214">Mr. Steube</sponsor> introduced the following bill; which was referred to the <committee-name committee-id="HJU00">Committee on the Judiciary</committee-name></action-desc></action><legis-type>A BILL</legis-type><official-title display="yes">To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to discontinue the H–1B program, and for other purposes.</official-title></form><legis-body id="HA4A2B215AEF149B0B3CF1E30DDBF2E82" style="OLC"> 
<section id="H6A77DA8CD44047EF804AFF311F90E8A2" section-type="section-one"><enum>1.</enum><header>Short title</header>
 <text display-inline="no-display-inline">This Act may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Ending Exploitative Imported Labor Exemptions Act</short-title></quote> or the <quote><short-title>EXILE Act</short-title></quote>.</text></section> 
<section id="H7C90FDE48A4B4ED18D1AD44B7D2C4486"><enum>2.</enum><header>Discontinuation of H–1B program</header> <text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 214(g)(1)(A) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1184">8 U.S.C. 1184</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H0C47BDA789CC4B9EA66D600722B926FD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in clause (vi), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></paragraph> 
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 <text>in clause (vii), by striking <quote>; or</quote> and inserting <quote>through fiscal year 2026; and</quote>; and</text>
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<paragraph id="H6A8C872784904D81A40F11B6F405A21F"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after clause (vii) the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H0F66E5E192614FD5B421999000251CDD" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <clause id="H50CD9D28FB3D43B48DB59127B819409A"><enum>(viii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">0 in fiscal year 2027 and each succeeding fiscal year; or</text></clause> <after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section> 
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