HR 4842 · 114th Congress 2015–2017, ended

American Dream Employment Act of 2016

Introduced Mar 23, 2016 Originated House Sponsor Ann Kirkpatrick D-AZ

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Latest action · Mar 23, 2016 Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedMar 23, 2016
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

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.

Cosponsors 30

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 23, 2016 to Sep 7, 2016; 24 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-WAAdam SmithOriginalMar 23, 2016
D-NYCharles B. RangelOriginalMar 23, 2016
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalMar 23, 2016
D-CAEric SwalwellOriginalMar 23, 2016
D-TXGene GreenOriginalMar 23, 2016
D-CAGrace F. NapolitanoOriginalMar 23, 2016
D-WIGwen MooreOriginalMar 23, 2016
D-ILJanice D. SchakowskyOriginalMar 23, 2016
D-COJared PolisOriginalMar 23, 2016
D-TXJoaquin CastroOriginalMar 23, 2016
D-MIJohn Conyers, Jr.OriginalMar 23, 2016
D-GAJohn LewisOriginalMar 23, 2016
D-CAJudy ChuOriginalMar 23, 2016
D-CAJulia BrownleyOriginalMar 23, 2016
D-FLKathy CastorOriginalMar 23, 2016
D-ILLuis V. GutierrezOriginalMar 23, 2016
D-TXMarc A. VeaseyOriginalMar 23, 2016
D-CAMark TakanoOriginalMar 23, 2016
D-CAMichael M. HondaOriginalMar 23, 2016
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaOriginalMar 23, 2016
D-AZRuben GallegoOriginalMar 23, 2016
D-TXRuben HinojosaOriginalMar 23, 2016
D-CATony CárdenasOriginalMar 23, 2016
D-CAZoe LofgrenOriginalMar 23, 2016
D-TXAl GreenApr 12, 2016
I-AZKyrsten SinemaApr 12, 2016
D-TXFilemon VelaApr 27, 2016
D-CAPete AguilarApr 27, 2016
D-NYSteve IsraelMay 19, 2016
D-NVDina TitusSep 7, 2016

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseCommittee on House Administration
Referred Mar 23, 2016

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Mar 23, 2016Introduced in House
  2. Mar 23, 2016Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article 1. Section 8 (18) To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 162, no. 46, March 23, 2016, page H1584.

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To amend the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2016, to enable the payment of certain officers and employees of the United States whose employment is authorized under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced
American Dream Employment Act of 2016

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Congress.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Mar 23, 2016Introduced in House

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