,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fejg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #ad1 #bjbj,ms4
 ,meng 7for herself1 ,ms4 ,velzquez1    
,mr4 ,mc,govern1 ,mr4 ,crdenas1 ,ms4    
,norton1 ,mr4 ,garca of ,illinois1 ,mr4 
,espaillat1 ,mr4 ,suozzi1 ,mr4          
,cisneros1 ,ms4 ,titus1 ,ms4 ,jackson   
,lee1 ,ms4 ,de,gette1 ,ms4 ,schakowsky1 
,ms4 ,jayapal1 and ,mr4 ,johnson of     
,georgia7 introduced the following bill2
 which was referred to the ,committee on
 the ,judiciary  ,a ,,bill  ,to direct  
the ,secretary of ,homeland ,security to
 automatically extend the period of     
validity of an alien's employment       
authorization during an emergency       
period1 and for other purposes4  #a4    
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,,covid-#ai ,employment             
,authorization ,document ,extension     
,act4  #b4 ,employment authorization    
extension ,notwithstanding any other    
provision of law1 the ,secretary of     
,homeland ,security shall automatically 

extend the validity of an alien's       
employment authorization for an alien   
with an employment authorization        
document that is valid on the date on   
which an emergency period 7as such term 
is defined in section #aace7;g7 of the  
,social ,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4   
#acbj;b-#e7;g777 based on a public      
health emergency begins1 for a period   
that expires not earlier than the date  
that is one year after the date on which
 the emergency period ends4  #c4        
,retroactive application to ,,covid-#ai 
emergency period ,the requirement under 
section #b shall apply with respect to  
any alien who had a valid employment    
authorization document on ,january #ca1 
#bjbj1 and the employment authorization 
for each such alien shall be extended in
 accordance with such section based on  
the date on which the emergency period  
related to the ,,covid-#ai public health
 emergency ends4