II 118th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 672 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 7, 2023 Ms. Cortez Masto (for herself, Mr. Durbin , Mr. Padilla , Mr. Blumenthal , Mr. Booker , Ms. Warren , Mr. Markey , Mr. Sanders , Mr. Murphy , Mrs. Gillibrand , Mrs. Feinstein , Mr. Luján , Mr. Hickenlooper , Mr. Welch , Mr. Whitehouse , Mr. Warner , Mrs. Murray , Ms. Smith , Mr. Menendez , Mr. Bennet , Mr. Wyden , Mr. Merkley , Mr. Kelly , Mr. Brown , and Mr. Warnock ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations A BILL To enable the payment of certain officers and employees of the United States whose employment is authorized pursuant to a grant of deferred action, deferred enforced departure, or temporary protected status.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the American Dream Employment Act of 2023 . 2. Certain Federal employees who are beneficiaries of deferred action, deferred enforced departure, or temporary protected status authorized to be paid Section 704 of title VII of division E of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 ( Public Law 116–260 ; 134 Stat. 1430) is amended— (1) by striking eligible; or and inserting eligible; ; and (2) by striking allegiance to the United States: and inserting allegiance to the United States; or (5) is a person who is employed by the House of Representatives or the Senate, and holds a current employment authorization document that was issued pursuant to a grant of deferred action, including under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program of the Secretary of Homeland Security, established pursuant to the memorandum from the Secretary of Homeland Security entitled Exercising Prosecutorial Discretion with Respect to Individuals Who Came to the United States as Children , dated June 15, 2012, deferred enforced departure, or temporary protected status under section 244 of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1254a ): .