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H–4 Employment Protection Act of 2019

H.R. 3033 · 116th Congress · May 28, 2019 · Lineage

A BILL

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.

Section 1 Short title

This Act may be cited as the “H–4 Employment Protection Act of 2019”.

Sec. 2 Employment authorization for certain spouses of H–1B nonimmigrants

The Secretary of Homeland Security may not amend or repeal the rule entitled “Allowing Certain H–4 Dependent Spouses to Apply for Employment Authorization” (8 C.F.R. 214, 275), and shall continue to apply such rule as in effect on May 26, 2015.