[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3033 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3033

 To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to continue to apply the 
  rule entitled ``Allowing Certain H-4 Dependent Spouses to Apply for 
          Employment Authorization'', and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 28, 2019

  Ms. Eshoo (for herself, Ms. Lofgren, and Mr. Khanna) introduced the 
  following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to continue to apply the 
  rule entitled ``Allowing Certain H-4 Dependent Spouses to Apply for 
          Employment Authorization'', 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-4 Employment Protection Act of 
2019''.

SEC. 2. EMPLOYMENT AUTHORIZATION FOR CERTAIN SPOUSES OF H-1B 
              NONIMMIGRANTS.

    The Secretary of Homeland Security may not amend or repeal the rule 
entitled ``Allowing Certain H-4 Dependent Spouses to Apply for 
Employment Authorization'' (8 C.F.R. 214, 275), and shall continue to 
apply such rule as in effect on May 26, 2015.
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