What This Bill Does
This bill allows certain federal employees to receive paychecks if they have work authorization (permission to work) through deferred action, deferred enforced departure, or temporary protected status. The bill specifically amends an existing law to add these employees to the list of people authorized to be paid by the federal government.
Who It Affects
Officers and employees of the House of Representatives or the Senate who hold current employment authorization documents issued through deferred action, deferred enforced departure, or temporary protected status.
Key Provisions
• Congress authorizes payment for House and Senate employees who hold employment authorization documents issued through a grant of deferred action, including the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program, deferred enforced departure, or temporary protected status (Sec. 2)
What Changes
The bill modifies Section 704 of an existing 2021 law to add a new category (category 5) of people eligible to receive federal government paychecks. This new category includes House and Senate employees with the specified types of work authorization.
Important Definitions
The bill does not explicitly define deferred action, deferred enforced departure, temporary protected status, or employment authorization document.
Effective Date
Not specified in bill text
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118TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
S. 672
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 7, 2023
Ms. CORTEZ
MASTO
(for herself, Mr. DURBIN, Mr. PADILLA, Mr.
BLUMENTHAL, Mr. BOOKER, Ms. WARREN, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. SANDERS,
Mr. MURPHY, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mr. LUJA´N, Mr.
HICKENLOOPER, Mr. WELCH, Mr. WHITEHOUSE, Mr. WARNER, Mrs.
MURRAY, Ms. SMITH, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. BENNET, Mr. WYDEN, Mr.
MERKLEY, Mr. KELLY, Mr. BROWN, and Mr. WARNOCK) introduced the
following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Ap-
propriations
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-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘American Dream Em-
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ployment Act of 2023’’.
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•S 672 IS
SEC. 2. CERTAIN FEDERAL EMPLOYEES WHO ARE BENE-
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FICIARIES OF DEFERRED ACTION, DEFERRED
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ENFORCED
DEPARTURE,
OR
TEMPORARY
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PROTECTED STATUS AUTHORIZED TO BE
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PAID.
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Section 704 of title VII of division E of the Consoli-
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dated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public Law 116–260;
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134 Stat. 1430) is amended—
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(1) by striking ‘‘eligible; or’’ and inserting ‘‘eli-
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gible;’’; and
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(2) by striking ‘‘allegiance to the United
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States:’’ and inserting ‘‘allegiance to the United
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States; or (5) is a person who is employed by the
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House of Representatives or the Senate, and holds
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a current employment authorization document that
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was issued pursuant to a grant of deferred action,
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including under the Deferred Action for Childhood
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Arrivals Program of the Secretary of Homeland Se-
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curity, established pursuant to the memorandum
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from the Secretary of Homeland Security entitled
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‘Exercising Prosecutorial Discretion with Respect to
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Individuals Who Came to the United States as Chil-
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dren’, dated June 15, 2012, deferred enforced de-
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parture, or temporary protected status under section
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•S 672 IS
244 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8
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U.S.C. 1254a):’’.
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