I 
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 deter-
mining 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 Cali-
fornia, 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. STAN-
TON, 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 Admin-
istration 
A BILL 
To provide that individuals who are beneficiaries of deferred 
action, deferred enforced departure, or temporary pro-
tected 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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘American Dream Em-
ployment Act of 2021’’. 
SEC. 2. ELIGIBILITY OF BENEFICIARIES OF DEFERRED AC-
TION OR TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS 
FOR EMPLOYMENT IN CONGRESS. 
(a) TREATMENT IN SAME MANNER AS CITIZENS OF 
UNITED STATES.—For purposes of determining the eligi-
bility of an individual described in subsection (b) to serve 
as an officer or employee of an office of Congress, the indi-
vidual shall be treated in the same manner as an indi-
vidual who is a citizen of the United States. 
(b) INDIVIDUALS DESCRIBED.—An individual de-
scribed in this subsection is an individual— 
(1) who has been issued an employment author-
ization document under the Deferred Action for 
Childhood Arrivals Program of the Secretary of 
Homeland Security, established pursuant to the 
memorandum from the Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity entitled ‘‘Exercising Prosecutorial Discretion 
with Respect to Individuals Who Came to the United 
States as Children’’, dated June 15, 2012; 
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(2) whose employment is authorized pursuant 
to a grant of deferred enforced departure; or 
(3) who has temporary protected status under 
section 244 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
(8 U.S. 1254a). 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply with 
respect to fiscal year 2022 and each succeeding fiscal year. 
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