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Version 00 · Introduced in House · Jan 16, 2025
This joint resolution nullifies the final rule issued by the Department of Homeland Security titled Increase of the Automatic Extension Period of Employment Authorization and Documentation for Certain Employment Authorization Document Renewal Applicants and published on December 13, 2024. This rule makes permanent the increase of the automatic extension period from 180 days to 540 days for expiring employment authorization documents. The extension applies to eligible noncitizens who renew these authorizations on time.
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Rep. Arrington, Jodey C. [R-TX-19] · R–TX
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Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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Based on the full Introduced in House · 2025-01-16 text. This explanation has not received human editorial review. This overview describes the proposal’s major provisions; it does not establish what its real-world effects would be.
This resolution proposes to cancel a Department of Homeland Security rule concerning longer automatic extensions of permission to work and related documents for certain people applying to renew employment authorization documents. If enacted, the resolution would make that rule legally ineffective. The proposal concerns a specific rule, rather than expressly ending all employment authorization extensions.
That Congress disapproves the rule submitted by the Department of Homeland Security relating to Increase of the Automatic Extension Period of Employment Authorization and Documentation for Certain Employment Authorization Document Renewal Applicants (89 Fed. Reg. 101208), and such rule shall have no force or effect.
The resolution would formally disapprove the rule identified at Federal Register citation 89 Fed. Reg. 101208 and require that it have no force or effect.
That Congress disapproves the rule submitted by the Department of Homeland Security relating to Increase of the Automatic Extension Period of Employment Authorization and Documentation for Certain Employment Authorization Document Renewal Applicants (89 Fed. Reg. 101208), and such rule shall have no force or effect.
The supplied action snapshot, updated February 21, 2025, records introduction in the House and referral to the House Committee on the Judiciary on January 16, 2025.
Source snapshot updated 2025-02-21T13:05:29Z. 2025-01-16: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. 2025-01-16: Introduced in House
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