Equal Protection for American Workers Act
Latest action · Mar 21, 2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
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.
- IntroducedMar 9, 2017
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Equal Protection for American Workers Act
This bill prohibits the Department of Homeland Security from granting a work authorization to an alien who has been determined, in a valid immigration proceeding during which due process was afforded, to have been at any time unlawfully present in the United States.
Cosponsors 2
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 21, 2017 to Oct 24, 2017.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-GA | Jody B. Hice | Mar 21, 2017 | |
| R-TX | Blake Farenthold | Oct 24, 2017 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Mar 9, 2017 |
| Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee | Referred Mar 21, 2017 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 21, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
- Mar 9, 2017Introduced in House
- Mar 9, 2017Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 41, March 9, 2017, page H2020.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 109 | Equal Protection for American Workers Act | Reintroduced Bill | Jan 3, 2019 |
| HR 205 | Equal Protection for American Workers Act | Reintroduction of | Feb 2, 2015 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To prohibit the Secretary of Homeland Security from granting a work authorization to an alien found to have been unlawfully present in the United States.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Equal Protection for American Workers Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Immigration.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 9, 2017Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
