,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #cjdh  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,december #ab1 
#bjai,ms4 ,collins 7for herself and ,ms4
 ,sinema7 introduced the following bill2
 which was read twice and referred to   
the ,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a    
,,bill  ,to authorize certain aliens    
seeking asylum to be employed in the    
,united ,states while their applications
 are being adjudicated4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,asylum ,seeker ,work ,authorization    
,act of #bjai4  #b4 ,employment         
authorization for aliens seeking asylum 
,section #bjh7;d77#b7 of the            
,immigration and ,nationality ,act 7#h  
,u4,s4,c4 #aaeh7;d77#b7 is amended to   
read as follows3  7#b7 ,employment      
authorization  7,a7 ,eligibility ,the   
,secretary of ,homeland ,security shall 
authorize employment for an applicant   
for asylum-- 7i7 who is not in          
detention2  7ii7 whose application for  
asylum has not been determined          

frivolous2 and  7iii7 with respect to   
whom the procedures required under      
paragraph 7#e77;,a77i7 have been        
completed4  7,b7 ,application ,the      
,secretary may not grant employment     
authorization under this paragraph to an
 applicant for asylum who is not        
otherwise eligible for employment       
authorization until #cj days after the  
date on which the applicant filed an    
application for asylum4  7,c7 ,term     
,employment authorization under this    
paragraph-- 7i7 shall be for a period of
 #a year2 and  7ii7 shall be renewable  
for additional #a-year periods while the
 applicant's asylum claim is being      
adjudicated1 including administrative or
 judicial review4  4