; (ii) include the annotation COVID–19 ; and (iii) notwithstanding any other provision of law, allow the bearer of such document to engage in employment during its validity period, with any United States employer to perform services described in paragraph (1). (F) Renewal Subject to paragraph (5), the Secretary of Homeland Security may renew an employment authorization document issued under this subsection in accordance with procedures established by the Secretary. (G) Clarifications (i) Maintenance of status Notwithstanding a reduction in hours or cessation of work with the employer that petitioned for the alien’s underlying nonimmigrant status, an alien granted employment authorization under this subsection, and the spouse and children of such alien shall, for the period of such authorization, be deemed— (I) to be lawfully present in the United States; and (II) to have continuously maintained the alien’s underlying nonimmigrant status for purposes of an extension of such status, a change of nonimmigrant status under section 248 of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1258 ), or adjustment of status under section 245 of such Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1255 ). (ii) Limitations An employment authorization document described in subparagraph (E) may not be— (I) utilized by the alien to engage in any employment other than that which is described in paragraph (1)