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HR 6495 114th Congress House

Ensure Access to DACA Act

Official title: To require the Secretary of Homeland Security, with respect to individuals who have timely filed a DACA renewal request, to provide a short-term, interim grant… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To require the Secretary of Homeland Security, with respect to individuals who have timely filed a DACA renewal request, to provide a short-term, interim grant of deferred action and employment authorization when there is a delay in processing the renewal request because of a service disruption or other technical problem that causes adjudications to stop or stall.

Introduced: December 8, 2016 Introduced by: Veasey, Marc A. Democratic · Texas See on congress.gov
Immigration
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Became law
Dec 22, 2016
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
Dec 8, 2016
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Dec 8, 2016
Introduced in House
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 Latest action December 22, 2016

Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Ensure Access to DACA Act

This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security to provide an alien who received a grant of deferred action under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program and who filed a DACA renewal request within a specified time frame with a short-term, interim grant of deferred action and employment authorization if there is a service disruption that causes a delay in reaching a final decision that lasts for at last one week.

Such interim renewal shall be effective until a final decision is made.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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Castro, Joaquin
Texas · Dec 8, 2016
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6495: Ensure Access to DACA Act. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-6495/
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"H.R. 6495: Ensure Access to DACA Act." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-6495/.
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