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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2029 

To provide that individuals who are beneficiaries of deferred action, deferred 

enforced departure, or temporary protected status shall be treated in 

the same manner as citizens of the United States for purposes of determining the eligibility of such individuals to serve as officers or employees 

of Congress. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 18, 2021 

Mrs. KIRKPATRICK (for herself, Ms. BARRAGA ́N, Ms. BASS, Mr. BEYER, Ms. 

BONAMICI, Mr. CARBAJAL, Mr. CA ́RDENAS, Mr. CARSON, Mr. CICILLINE, 

Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts, Mr. COOPER, Ms. DEGETTE, Mr. 

ESPAILLAT, Mr. GALLEGO, Ms. GARCIA of Texas, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. 

HASTINGS, Mr. HUFFMAN, Ms. JAYAPAL, Mr. KIND, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. LEVIN of Michigan, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mr. 

MCGOVERN, Mr. MCNERNEY, Mr. MEEKS, Ms. MENG, Mr. MOULTON, 

Ms. NORTON, Ms. OMAR, Mr. PANETTA, Ms. PRESSLEY, Mr. PRICE of 

North Carolina, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Mr. STANTON, Mr. SUOZZI, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Ms. TLAIB, Mr. VARGAS, 

Mr. VELA, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Mrs. 

NAPOLITANO, Mr. JONES, Ms. MATSUI, Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, 

Ms. TITUS, Mr. RASKIN, Mr. AUCHINCLOSS, and Mr. WELCH) introduced 

the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Administration 

A BILL 

To provide that individuals who are beneficiaries of deferred 

action, deferred enforced departure, or temporary protected status shall be treated in the same manner as 

citizens of the United States for purposes of determining 


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the eligibility of such individuals to serve as officers 

or employees of Congress. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘American Dream Em5 ployment Act of 2021’’. 

6 SEC. 2. ELIGIBILITY OF BENEFICIARIES OF DEFERRED AC7 TION OR TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS 

8 FOR EMPLOYMENT IN CONGRESS. 

9 (a) TREATMENT IN SAME MANNER AS CITIZENS OF

10 UNITED STATES.—For purposes of determining the eligi11 bility of an individual described in subsection (b) to serve 

12 as an officer or employee of an office of Congress, the indi13 vidual shall be treated in the same manner as an indi14 vidual who is a citizen of the United States. 

15 (b) INDIVIDUALS DESCRIBED.—An individual de16 scribed in this subsection is an individual— 

17 (1) who has been issued an employment author18 ization document under the Deferred Action for 

19 Childhood Arrivals Program of the Secretary of 

20 Homeland Security, established pursuant to the 

21 memorandum from the Secretary of Homeland Secu22 rity entitled ‘‘Exercising Prosecutorial Discretion 

23 with Respect to Individuals Who Came to the United 

24 States as Children’’, dated June 15, 2012; 


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1 (2) whose employment is authorized pursuant 

2 to a grant of deferred enforced departure; or 

3 (3) who has temporary protected status under 

4 section 244 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 

5 (8 U.S. 1254a). 

6 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply with 

7 respect to fiscal year 2022 and each succeeding fiscal year. 

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