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HR 7150 115th Congress House

H-4 Employment Protection Act of 2018

Official title: 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.

Introduced: November 16, 2018 See on congress.gov
Immigration Administrative law and regulatory proceduresDepartment of Homeland SecurityEmployment and training programsForeign laborImmigration status and procedures
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Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Nov 16, 2018
Introduced in House
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 Latest action November 16, 2018

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

H-4 Employment Protection Act of 2018

This bill prohibits the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from amending or repealing the rule entitled "Allowing Certain H-4 Dependent Spouses to Apply for Employment Authorization" and requires DHS to apply the rule as in effect on May 26, 2015.

The rule was implemented on May 26, 2015, and authorizes employment for H-4 visa spouses of H-1B visa nonimmigrants (specialty occupation) 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.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Democratic 6
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Sánchez, Linda T.
California · Dec 12, 2018
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Khanna, Ro
California · Nov 28, 2018
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Matsui, Doris O.
California · Nov 28, 2018
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Watson Coleman, Bonnie
New Jersey · Nov 28, 2018
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Wilson, Frederica S.
Florida · Nov 28, 2018
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Lofgren, Zoe
California · Nov 16, 2018
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 7150: H-4 Employment Protection Act of 2018. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-7150/
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"H.R. 7150: H-4 Employment Protection Act of 2018." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-7150/.
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H.R. 7150, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-7150/.
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