United States HR 623: To deem an alien who has been issued an employment authorization document under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program to be a person who owes allegiance to the United States for purposes of employment by an office of a Member of the House of Representatives.

Bill Text

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116TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION H. R. 623
To deem an alien who has been issued an employment authorization document
under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program to be a
person who owes allegiance to the United States for purposes of employ-
ment by an office of a Member of the House of Representatives.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 16, 2019
Mr. VARGAS (for himself, Mr. SOTO, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mrs. TORRES of Cali-
fornia, Mr. GARCI ́A of Illinois, and Mrs. NAPOLITANO) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Administra-
tion
A BILL
To deem an alien who has been issued an employment au-
thorization document under the Deferred Action for
Childhood Arrivals Program to be a person who owes
allegiance to the United States for purposes of employ-
ment by an office of a Member of the House of Rep-
resentatives.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
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SECTION 1. CLARIFICATION FOR PURPOSES OF EMPLOY-1
MENT BY A HOUSE MEMBER. 2
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi-3
sion of law, for purposes of being hired and employed by 4
an office of a Member of the House of Representatives, 5
and being paid compensation by the House of Representa-6
tives, an alien who has a valid employment authorization 7
document issued to the alien under the Deferred Action 8
for Childhood Arrivals Program of the Secretary of Home-9
land Security, established pursuant to the memorandum 10
from the Secretary of Homeland Security entitled ‘‘Exer-11
cising Prosecutorial Discretion with Respect to Individuals 12
Who Came to the United States as Children’’, dated June 13
15, 2012, shall be deemed to be a person who owes alle-14
giance to the United States. 15
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply with 16
respect to fiscal year 2019 and each succeeding fiscal year. 17
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