[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1381 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1381

 To provide that individuals who are beneficiaries of deferred action, 
  deferred enforced departure, or temporary protected status shall be 
    treated in the same manner as citizens of the United States for 
purposes of determining the eligibility of such individuals to serve as 
                   officers or employees of Congress.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 7, 2023

  Mr. Aguilar (for himself and Mr. Stanton) introduced the following 
   bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Administration

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide that individuals who are beneficiaries of deferred action, 
  deferred enforced departure, or temporary protected status shall be 
    treated in the same manner as citizens of the United States for 
purposes of determining the eligibility of such individuals to serve as 
                   officers or employees of Congress.

    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 ``American Dream Employment Act of 
2023''.

SEC. 2. ELIGIBILITY OF BENEFICIARIES OF DEFERRED ACTION OR TEMPORARY 
              PROTECTED STATUS FOR EMPLOYMENT IN CONGRESS.

    (a) Treatment in Same Manner as Citizens of United States.--For 
purposes of determining the eligibility of an individual described in 
subsection (b) to serve as an officer or employee of an office of 
Congress, the individual shall be treated in the same manner as an 
individual who is a citizen of the United States.
    (b) Individuals Described.--An individual described in this 
subsection is an individual--
            (1) who has been issued an employment authorization 
        document under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals 
        Program of the Secretary of Homeland Security, established 
        pursuant to the memorandum from the Secretary of Homeland 
        Security entitled ``Exercising Prosecutorial Discretion with 
        Respect to Individuals Who Came to the United States as 
        Children'', dated June 15, 2012, or pursuant to the rule of the 
        Department of Homeland Security entitled ``Deferred Action for 
        Childhood Arrivals'' (87 Fed. Reg. 53152);
            (2) whose employment is authorized pursuant to a grant of 
        deferred enforced departure; or
            (3) who has temporary protected status under section 244 of 
        the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S. 1254a).
    (c) Effective Date.--This section shall apply with respect to 
fiscal year 2024 and each succeeding fiscal year.
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