S. 1095: American Dream Employment Act of 2019

116th Congress · introduced 2019-04-09 · Congress · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

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Where it came from: introduced 2019-04-09 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

American Dream Employment Act of 2019

Plain summary

American Dream Employment Act of 201 9 This bill permits the compensation of congressional employees who hold a current employment authorization document that was issued under the Department of Homeland Security 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.

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Official text

American Dream Employment Act of 2019

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Sponsor: Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA] · 22 cosponsors

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Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Richard J. Durbin (D-IL), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Michael F. Bennet (D-CO), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Cory A. Booker (D-NJ), Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-NY), Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Patty Murray (D-WA), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Bernard Sanders (I-VT), Tina Smith (D-MN), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Ron Wyden (D-OR)

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Words on this page, explained (3)

Authorization: A law that creates or continues a government program and says what it may do, often with a suggested spending ceiling. An authorization alone does not provide money; a separate appropriation does.
Bill: A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).
Securities: Financial investments that can be bought and sold, such as stocks and bonds.

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Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-116s1095.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/116/s>

Record fed-us-cong116-s1095 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116