H–4 Employment Protection Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-3033
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-18]
Introduced: 2019-05-28
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Department of Homeland Security

Employment and training programs

Foreign labor

Immigration status and procedures
Latest action: action_date: 2019-06-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-05-28
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>H-4 Employment Protection Act of 2019</b></p> <p>This bill prohibits the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from amending or repealing the rule entitled <i>Allowing Certain H-4 Dependent Spouses to Apply for Employment Authorization</i>, and requires DHS to apply the rule as in effect on May 26, 2015.</p> <p>The rule was implemented on May 26, 2015, and authorizes employment for H-4 visa spouses of H-1B visa nonimmigrants (specialty occupations) who are in the process of becoming lawful permanent residents or who have H-1B status under the American Competitiveness in the Twenty-first Century Act of 2000. </p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3033 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 28, 2019 Ms. Eshoo (for herself, Ms. Lofgren , and Mr. Khanna ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to continue to apply the rule entitled Allowing Certain H–4 Dependent Spouses to Apply for Employment Authorization , and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the H–4 Employment Protection Act of 2019 . 2. Employment authorization for certain spouses of H–1B nonimmigrants The Secretary of Homeland Security may not amend or repeal the rule entitled Allowing Certain H–4 Dependent Spouses to Apply for Employment Authorization (8 C.F.R. 214, 275), and shall continue to apply such rule as in effect on May 26, 2015.