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.

I 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 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:45 Jan 25, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H623.IH H623 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 623 IH 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 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:45 Jan 25, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H623.IH H623 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS