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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
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[H.R. 10643 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                               H. R. 10643

 To increase penalties for certain violations of the H-1B nonimmigrant 
                 visa program, and for other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 1, 2026

Ms. Van Duyne (for herself, Mr. Gill of Texas, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Self, 
  Mr. Babin, and Mr. Fallon) introduced the following bill; which was 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL

 
 To increase penalties for certain violations of the H-1B nonimmigrant 
                 visa 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 ``H-1B Visa Fraud Crackdown Act''.

SEC. 2. INCREASED PENALTIES FOR SERIOUS H-1B VIOLATIONS.

    Section 212(n)(2)(C) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1182(n)(2)(C)) is amended--
            (1) in clause (ii)--
                    (A) in subclause (I), by striking ``$5,000'' and 
                inserting ``$100,000''; and
                    (B) in subclause (II), by striking ``at least 2 
                years'' and inserting ``at least 5 years''; and
            (2) in clause (iii)--
                    (A) in subclause (I), by striking ``$35,000'' and 
                inserting ``$250,000''; and
                    (B) in subclause (II), by striking ``at least 3 
                years'' and inserting ``at least 10 years''.

SEC. 3. PENALTIES FOR DOCUMENT FRAUD.

    Section 274C(d)(3) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1324c(d)(3)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``not less than $250 
        and not more than $2,000'' and inserting ``not less than $1,000 
        and not more than $10,000''; and
            (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``not less than $2,000 
        and not more than $5,000'' and inserting ``not less than 
        $20,000 and not more than $50,000''.
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H–1B Visa Fraud Crackdown Act

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