US Congress House Bill 6507 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 16-0)
Status: Introduced on April 14 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-04-14 - Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Directs the Department of Homeland Security to automatically extend an alien's employment authorization if the authorization was valid when a public health emergency period begins. This extended authorization shall be valid until at least one year after the end of the emergency period. This extension shall apply retroactively to any alien with employment authorization on January 31, 2020, and the end of such an extension shall be calculated using the date when the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency period ends.

COVID–19 Employment Authorization Document Extension Act

Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY]	Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Tony Cardenas [D-CA]
Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Jesus Garcia [D-IL]	Rep. Adriano Espaillat [D-NY]	Rep. Thomas Suozzi [D-NY]
Rep. Gil Cisneros [D-CA]	Rep. Dina Titus [D-NV]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO]
Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Pramila Jayapal [D-WA]	Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]	Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-04-14	House	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
2020-04-14	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/6507/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr6507/BILLS-116hr6507ih.pdf