US Congress Senate Bill 3048 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on December 12 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-12-12 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S7030)
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to provide employment authorization for eligible asylum applicants. Currently, such individuals are not entitled to employment authorization but may be granted such by the Department of Justice. DHS shall grant employment authorization to an asylum seeker (1) who is not in detention, (2) whose application for asylum has not been deemed frivolous, and (3) whose identity has been checked against certain databases. Such employment authorization shall last for one year and be renewable for one-year terms during the period necessary to adjudicate the applicant's asylum claim. The bill also shortens the waiting period for receiving employment authorization to 30 days from the filing of the asylum application.

Asylum Seeker Work Authorization Act of 2019

Sen. Susan Collins [R-ME]

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema [I-AZ]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-12-12	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S7030)

HB2813 (Related) 2019-06-26 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
HB5210 (Related) 2019-12-19 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
SB2963 (Related) 2019-12-03 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
SB2936 (Related) 2019-11-21 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/3048/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s3048/BILLS-116s3048is.pdf