American Dream Employment Act of 2021

II 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 650 To enable the payment of certain officers and employees of the United States whose employment is authorized pursuant to a grant of deferred action, deferred enforced departure, or temporary protected status. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES MARCH 9, 2021 Ms. CORTEZ MASTO (for herself, Mr. DURBIN, Ms. WARREN, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Ms. SMITH, Mr. PADILLA, Mr. MERKLEY, Mr. BOOKER, Ms. ROSEN, Mrs. MURRAY, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. WYDEN, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Mr. WARNER, Mr. SANDERS, and Ms. KLOBUCHAR) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations A BILL To enable the payment of certain officers and employees of the United States whose employment is authorized pursuant to a grant of deferred action, deferred enforced departure, or temporary protected status. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘American Dream Em- 4 ployment Act of 2021’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:45 Apr 02, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S650.IS S650 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 2 •S 650 IS SEC. 2. CERTAIN FEDERAL EMPLOYEES WHO ARE BENE- 1 FICIARIES OF DEFERRED ACTION, DEFERRED 2 ENFORCED DEPARTURE, OR TEMPORARY 3 PROTECTED STATUS AUTHORIZED TO BE 4 PAID. 5 Section 704 of title VII of division E of the Consoli- 6 dated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public Law 116–260) is 7 amended— 8 (1) by striking ‘‘eligible; or’’ and inserting ‘‘eli- 9 gible;’’; 10 (2) by striking ‘‘allegiance to the United 11 States:’’ and inserting ‘‘allegiance to the United 12 States; or (5) is a person who is employed by the 13 House of Representatives or the Senate, and holds 14 a current employment authorization document that 15 was issued pursuant to a grant of deferred action, 16 including under the Deferred Action for Childhood 17 Arrivals Program of the Secretary of Homeland Se- 18 curity, established pursuant to the memorandum 19 from the Secretary of Homeland Security entitled 20 ‘Exercising Prosecutorial Discretion with Respect to 21 Individuals Who Came to the United States as Chil- 22 dren’, dated June 15, 2012, deferred enforced de- 23 parture, or temporary protected status under section 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:45 Apr 02, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S650.IS S650 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 3 •S 650 IS 244 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 1 U.S.C. 1254a):’’. 2 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:45 Apr 02, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S650.IS S650 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS