HR 8013 · 119th Congress

Keep Innovators in America Act

This bill makes permanent a program that allows international students to work in the United States after they graduate. Right now, the Optional Practical Training (OPT) program exists through temporary government rules, but this bill would write it directly into immigration law to make it permanent and more stable.…

Sponsor

Liccardo, Sam T. (D-California)

Introduced

2026-03-19

Policy area

Immigration