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American Dream Employment Act of 2016

Introduced: March 23, 2016 See on congress.gov
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Mar 23, 2016
Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Mar 23, 2016
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American Dream Employment Act of 2016

This bill amends the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 to permit the compensation of congressional employees who have been issued employment authorization documents under the Department of Homeland Security's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program.

The program enables many unlawfully present aliens who came to the United States as children to be granted deferred action (a type of relief from removal which does not confer immigration status) and work authorization.

What's happening now March 23, 2016

Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 15
All 15 Democratic 15
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Titus, Dina
Nevada · Sep 7, 2016
 D
Aguilar, Pete
California · Apr 27, 2016
 D
Green, Al
Texas · Apr 12, 2016
 D
Brownley, Julia
California · Mar 23, 2016
 D
Castor, Kathy
Florida · Mar 23, 2016
 D
Castro, Joaquin
Texas · Mar 23, 2016
 D
Chu, Judy
California · Mar 23, 2016
 D
Gallego, Ruben
Arizona · Mar 23, 2016
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Mar 23, 2016
 D
Moore, Gwen
Wisconsin · Mar 23, 2016
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Mar 23, 2016
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Mar 23, 2016
 D
Smith, Adam
Washington · Mar 23, 2016
 D
Takano, Mark
California · Mar 23, 2016
 D
Veasey, Marc A.
Texas · Mar 23, 2016
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4842: American Dream Employment Act of 2016. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-4842/
MLA
"H.R. 4842: American Dream Employment Act of 2016." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-4842/.
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H.R. 4842, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-4842/.
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[H.R. 4842: American Dream Employment Act of 2016](https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-4842/)
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