[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9502 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9502

  To provide for automatic extension of employment authorizations, to 
     require earlier determinations on temporary protected status 
                 designations, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 9, 2024

  Mr. Frost introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To provide for automatic extension of employment authorizations, to 
     require earlier determinations on temporary protected status 
                 designations, 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 ``Work Permit Reform Act''.

SEC. 2. EMPLOYMENT AUTHORIZATION DOCUMENT OR ENDORSEMENT EXTENSIONS.

    Section 244(a)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1254a(a)(2)) is amended to read as follows:
            ``(2) Duration of work authorization.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Work authorization provided 
                under this section shall be effective throughout the 
                period the alien is in temporary protected status under 
                this section.
                    ``(B) Extensions.--Upon extension of a foreign 
                state's designation pursuant to subsection (b)(3)(C), 
                the period during which the work authorization provided 
                under this section shall be effective shall be 
                automatically extended for an additional period 
                equivalent to the period of the extension of such 
                designation if a request for renewal designated by the 
                Secretary of Homeland Security is properly filed during 
                the filing period described in the applicable Federal 
                Register notice regarding the extension of the foreign 
                state's designation.
                    ``(C) Publication on website.--The Secretary of 
                Homeland Security shall include on the website of the 
                Department of Homeland Security a notice describing any 
                automatic extension pursuant to subparagraph (B) and 
                shall ensure that the automatic extension is accurately 
                reflected in the automated system known as Systematic 
                Alien Verification for Entitlements, as provided for by 
                section 404 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and 
                Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1324a 
                note).''.
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